diff --git a/docs/modding.md b/docs/modding.md
index cfb70eb0..ee6094d8 100644
--- a/docs/modding.md
+++ b/docs/modding.md
@@ -495,6 +495,21 @@ Neither hook needs a `Runtime.wantsHook` guard before calling it: `Hooks:call`
 already falls straight through to the vanilla function when no mod has
 wrapped the name, at negligible cost.
 
+## Detached Pokémon icon presentation
+
+`mod.ui.PokemonIcon.draw(game, summary, x, y, opts)` draws the same party icon
+the native Party menu would resolve without exposing a live Pokémon record or
+the private Party menu. `summary` is the detached data-only shape
+`{ species = string, hp = integer, maxHp = integer }`; `opts.selected` and
+`opts.counter` optionally request the native selected-icon animation phase.
+
+The engine retains icon ownership. Content registered through
+`mod.content.icons`, species `icon` definitions, asset overrides, and the
+public `pokemon.icon` hook therefore continue to compose. Invalid summaries
+return `false, code, message` and draw nothing. The helper is presentation
+only: it does not expose moves, status, checkpoint payloads, or mutable party
+state.
+
 ## Shared date and time presentation
 
 The global Options menu owns `DATE FORMAT` (`DEVICE`, `DD-MM-YYYY`,
diff --git a/src/ui/ModUI.lua b/src/ui/ModUI.lua
index f04c1488..aa1a75f1 100644
--- a/src/ui/ModUI.lua
+++ b/src/ui/ModUI.lua
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ local MODULES = {
   QuantityBox = "src.ui.QuantityBox",
   NamingScreen = "src.ui.NamingScreen",
   PicBox = "src.ui.PicBox",
+  PokemonIcon = "src.ui.PokemonIcon",
   TextBox = "src.render.TextBox",
   Font = "src.render.Font",
   Theme = "src.ui.Theme",
diff --git a/src/ui/PokemonIcon.lua b/src/ui/PokemonIcon.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2cd3c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/PokemonIcon.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+-- Public read-only Pokemon icon presentation for detached summaries.
+-- Resolution and rendering deliberately stay engine-owned: PartyMenu already
+-- composes content icon registrations, per-species definitions, asset
+-- overrides, and the pokemon.icon hook in one canonical path.
+
+local PartyMenu = require("src.ui.PartyMenu")
+
+local PokemonIcon = {}
+
+local function finite(value)
+  return type(value) == "number" and value == value
+    and value ~= math.huge and value ~= -math.huge
+end
+
+local function integer(value, minimum)
+  return finite(value) and value % 1 == 0 and value >= minimum
+end
+
+function PokemonIcon.draw(game, summary, x, y, opts)
+  opts = type(opts) == "table" and opts or {}
+  if type(game) ~= "table" or type(summary) ~= "table"
+      or type(summary.species) ~= "string" or summary.species == ""
+      or not integer(summary.hp, 0) or not integer(summary.maxHp, 1)
+      or summary.hp > summary.maxHp or not finite(x) or not finite(y)
+      or (opts.selected ~= nil and type(opts.selected) ~= "boolean")
+      or (opts.counter ~= nil and not finite(opts.counter)) then
+    return false, "invalid_pokemon_preview",
+      "Pokemon icon presentation needs species and valid captured HP values."
+  end
+  local ok, message = pcall(PartyMenu.drawIcon, game, {
+    species = summary.species,
+    hp = summary.hp,
+    stats = { hp = summary.maxHp },
+  }, x, y, opts.selected == true, opts.counter or 0)
+  if not ok then
+    return false, "pokemon_icon_failed", tostring(message)
+  end
+  return true
+end
+
+return PokemonIcon
diff --git a/tests/modkit/cases/pokemon_icon.lua b/tests/modkit/cases/pokemon_icon.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55687296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modkit/cases/pokemon_icon.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+-- Public read-only Pokemon icon presentation delegates to the same resolver
+-- PartyMenu uses, so content registrations and pokemon.icon hooks compose.
+
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local T = require("tests.modkit")
+local PartyMenu = require("src.ui.PartyMenu")
+
+local FIXTURE = {
+  ["mods/icon_probe/manifest.json"] = [[{
+    "id": "icon_probe",
+    "name": "Icon Probe",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "entry": "main.lua",
+    "api": 2
+  }]],
+  ["mods/icon_probe/main.lua"] = [[
+    local mod = ...
+    mod.exports.icon = mod.ui.PokemonIcon
+  ]],
+}
+
+local run = T.sdk.loadMods({ "mods/icon_probe" }, { fs = T.sdk.memfs(FIXTURE) })
+T.eq(#run.errors, 0, "fixture mod loads cleanly")
+local icon = run.loader.exports.icon_probe.icon
+T.eq(type(icon), "table", "mod.ui exposes the PokemonIcon helper")
+T.eq(type(icon.draw), "function", "PokemonIcon exposes a draw operation")
+
+local original = PartyMenu.drawIcon
+local call
+PartyMenu.drawIcon = function(game, mon, x, y, selected, counter)
+  call = { game = game, mon = mon, x = x, y = y,
+    selected = selected, counter = counter }
+end
+
+local game = { data = {} }
+local drawn, code = icon.draw(game, {
+  species = "PIKACHU", hp = 4, maxHp = 10,
+}, 8, 16, { selected = true, counter = 7 })
+T.eq(drawn, true, "valid detached Pokemon summary is drawable")
+T.eq(code, nil, "valid summary has no rejection code")
+T.check(call and call.game == game, "helper delegates with the live game")
+T.eq(call.mon.species, "PIKACHU", "species reaches the shared party resolver")
+T.eq(call.mon.hp, 4, "captured current HP reaches icon animation semantics")
+T.eq(call.mon.stats.hp, 10, "captured maximum HP reaches icon animation semantics")
+T.eq(call.selected, true, "selection state is presentation-only")
+T.eq(call.counter, 7, "animation counter is presentation-only")
+
+call = nil
+local bad, badCode = icon.draw(game, {
+  species = "PIKACHU", hp = 11, maxHp = 10,
+}, 0, 0)
+T.eq(bad, false, "invalid detached summary fails closed")
+T.eq(badCode, "invalid_pokemon_preview", "invalid summary has a stable error")
+T.eq(call, nil, "invalid summary never reaches renderer internals")
+
+PartyMenu.drawIcon = original
+run.release()
+
+T.finish("pokemon_icon")