diff --git a/src/core/Game2.lua b/src/core/Game2.lua
index 28deaeaa..4ce17192 100644
--- a/src/core/Game2.lua
+++ b/src/core/Game2.lua
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ local function makeStack()
   return StateStack
 end
 
+local function visibleBaseState(stack)
+  if not stack then return nil end
+  local state = stack.states[stack:visibleBase()]
+  return stack:renderVisible(state) and state or nil
+end
+
 local function loadGenerated(path)
   local chunk = love.filesystem.load(path)
   if not chunk then return nil end
@@ -1441,8 +1447,7 @@ end
 -- them but the Pokegear, whose paper is RGB 28,31,20.  Nil means white, which
 -- is what Font.drawBox does by default.
 function Game2:textboxPaper()
-  local base = self.stack and self.stack.states
-    and self.stack.states[self.stack:visibleBase()]
+  local base = visibleBaseState(self.stack)
   if base and base.paperColor then return base:paperColor() end
   return nil
 end
@@ -1455,10 +1460,11 @@ function Game2:drawScene(w, h)
 
   if self:inFillBoot() then
     local top = self.stack:top()
-    local base = self.stack.states[self.stack:visibleBase()]
+    local base = visibleBaseState(self.stack)
     -- Title (and friends) paint sky/clouds edge-to-edge; Oak speech and
     -- name pick paint a paper-white surround via drawWidescreen.
-    local wide = (top and top.drawsWidescreen and top:drawsWidescreen()
+    local wide = (self.stack:renderVisible(top)
+      and top.drawsWidescreen and top:drawsWidescreen()
       and top.drawWidescreen) and top
       or (base and base.drawsWidescreen and base:drawsWidescreen()
         and base.drawWidescreen and base)
@@ -1507,8 +1513,9 @@ function Game2:drawScene(w, h)
     -- PARTY, PACK, #DEX, PC, DAY-CARE, MAILBOX and TRADE screens whenever a
     -- TextBox goes up over them.
     local top = self.stack:top()
-    local base = self.stack.states[self.stack:visibleBase()]
-    local wide = (top and top.drawsWidescreen and top:drawsWidescreen()
+    local base = visibleBaseState(self.stack)
+    local wide = (self.stack:renderVisible(top)
+      and top.drawsWidescreen and top:drawsWidescreen()
       and top.drawWidescreen) and top
       or (base and base.drawsWidescreen and base:drawsWidescreen()
         and base.drawWidescreen and base)
diff --git a/tests/modkit/cases/screen_render_visible.lua b/tests/modkit/cases/screen_render_visible.lua
index eb8d246a..68d039e9 100644
--- a/tests/modkit/cases/screen_render_visible.lua
+++ b/tests/modkit/cases/screen_render_visible.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
 
 local T = require("tests.modkit")
 local Game = require("src.core.Game")
+local Game2 = require("src.core.Game2")
 local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
 local StateStack = require("src.core.StateStack")
 local Renderer = require("src.render.Renderer")
@@ -92,6 +93,43 @@ do
     "the hidden menu remains the active top state")
   game.stack:update(1 / 60)
   T.eq(menu.updates, 1, "the hidden menu keeps its update ownership")
+
+  -- Gold keeps the overworld outside its state stack. A companion-opened
+  -- screen can therefore be the stack's only state; visibleBase() still
+  -- returns index 1, but that hidden state must not become the direct base.
+  for _, boot in ipairs({ false, true }) do
+    local stack = setmetatable({}, { __index = StateStack })
+    stack:init()
+    local hidden = {
+      screenId = "BagMenu",
+      isOpaque = true,
+      draws = 0,
+      wideDraws = 0,
+      draw = function(self) self.draws = self.draws + 1 end,
+      drawsWidescreen = function() return true end,
+      drawWidescreen = function(self)
+        self.wideDraws = self.wideDraws + 1
+      end,
+    }
+    stack:push(hidden)
+    local world = {
+      map = {}, draws = 0,
+      draw = function(self) self.draws = self.draws + 1 end,
+      fitScale = function() return 1 end,
+    }
+    game = { stack = stack, world = world }
+    game.inFillBoot = function() return boot end
+    game.letterbox = function() end
+    setmetatable(game, { __index = Game2 })
+
+    game:drawScene(1280, 720)
+    T.eq(hidden.wideDraws, 0,
+      "Gold omits a hidden widescreen top (boot=" .. tostring(boot) .. ")")
+    T.eq(hidden.draws, 0,
+      "Gold omits its hidden GB canvas (boot=" .. tostring(boot) .. ")")
+    T.eq(world.draws, boot and 0 or 1,
+      "Gold reveals its external world (boot=" .. tostring(boot) .. ")")
+  end
   run.release()
 end