diff --git a/internal/check-shot-fidelity.mjs b/internal/check-shot-fidelity.mjs
index 090e635e3..85bd306cc 100644
--- a/internal/check-shot-fidelity.mjs
+++ b/internal/check-shot-fidelity.mjs
@@ -110,9 +110,59 @@ function restrictedTilesetFiles() {
   return out
 }
 
+/**
+ * Map bundles whose BASEMAP comes only from Mapbox tiles — i.e. that render a blank void when
+ * the token cannot fetch tilesets from this origin.
+ *
+ * ★ THE THIRD FIDELITY CLASS, and the widest (measured 2026-09-21 by looking at cap2-*.png).
+ * All three doxa-simple-map shots show data dots floating on an empty dark field: no coastlines,
+ * no country fills, no labels. `bun run shots` reported OK for every one — the page loads, the
+ * element mounts, the legend and controls paint, the data layer is correct.
+ *
+ * ★ WHY IT IS INVISIBLE TO EVERY OTHER SIGNAL: the Mapbox STYLE DOCUMENT returns 200 from every
+ * origin, so the map genuinely initialises. Only the TILESETS are restricted —
+ * mapbox-streets-v8 (the basemap itself), mapbox-bathymetry-v2, country-boundaries-v1 all return
+ * 403 off doxa.life and 200 with its referer. A booted map showing its own UI and its own data
+ * looks like a working map; only the GEOGRAPHY is absent.
+ *
+ * ★ AND IT EXPLAINS A NEAR-MISDIAGNOSIS worth keeping: cap4-upg100-list.png paints coastlines and
+ * country fills perfectly, which made the blank cap-2 maps look like a per-bundle bug. It is not —
+ * my-upg-100-list SHIPS ITS OWN world-adm0.geojson and draws geography from self-hosted data
+ * instead of tiles. Three bundles do that and survive; the other eight do not.
+ *
+ * NOTE the dark basemap in those shots is DELIBERATE, not a theme violation: useMapTheme's
+ * lookForStrategy() keeps prayer/adoption/engagement on the night preset by design ("light and
+ * darkness"), and only affinity/region/language go light. The missing TILES are the defect.
+ */
+function tileDependentMapBundles() {
+  const dir = join(ROOT, 'plugin-designs')
+  if (!existsSync(dir)) return []
+  const out = []
+  for (const e of readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    if (!e.isDirectory() || /^[_.]/.test(e.name)) continue
+    const bdir = join(dir, e.name)
+    let usesMap = false, selfHosted = false
+    const scan = (d) => {
+      for (const f of readdirSync(d, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+        if (/^(node_modules|[_.])/.test(f.name)) continue
+        const p = join(d, f.name)
+        if (f.isDirectory()) { scan(p); continue }
+        if (!/\.(vue|js|mjs)$/.test(f.name)) continue
+        const src = readFileSync(p, 'utf8')
+        if (/useMapInstance|mapbox-gl|bootStyle/.test(src)) usesMap = true
+        if (/adm0/.test(src)) selfHosted = true
+      }
+    }
+    scan(bdir)
+    if (usesMap && !selfHosted) out.push(e.name)
+  }
+  return out
+}
+
 const bundles = emojiBundles()
 const fonts = emojiFontCount()
 const tilesetFiles = restrictedTilesetFiles()
+const tileBundles = tileDependentMapBundles()
 const findings = []   // every condition reports; no early exit hides a later one
 
 console.log(`SHOT-FIDELITY: ${bundles.length} bundle(s) render emoji; emoji fonts on this box: ` +
@@ -124,6 +174,23 @@ if (fonts === null) {
   console.log('  i fc-list not available — cannot verify glyph coverage. Screenshots UNASSESSED.')
 }
 
+if (tileBundles.length) {
+  findings.push([
+    '',
+    'SHOT-FIDELITY: these map bundles draw their GEOGRAPHY from Mapbox tiles only, so they shoot',
+    'as a blank void when the token cannot fetch tilesets from this origin:',
+    `  ${tileBundles.join(', ')}`,
+    '',
+    '  Measured: the STYLE document returns 200 everywhere (so the map boots, the legend and',
+    '  controls paint, the data layer is correct) while mapbox-streets-v8 / bathymetry-v2 /',
+    '  country-boundaries-v1 all return 403 off doxa.life. A booted map showing its own UI and',
+    '  its own data looks like a working map — only the coastlines and country fills are gone.',
+    '',
+    '  Bundles that ship their own world-adm0.geojson are UNAFFECTED, which is why one cap-4 shot',
+    '  looks perfect beside four blank ones. That contrast is a red herring, not a per-bundle bug.',
+  ].join('\n'))
+}
+
 if (tilesetFiles.length) {
   findings.push([
     '',
@@ -132,8 +199,8 @@ if (tilesetFiles.length) {
     '',
     '  The shared pk. token is URL-restricted. Measured against country-boundaries-v1:',
     '    Referer doxa.life -> 200 (3/3) · 127.0.0.1 -> 403 · no referer -> 403',
-    '  The STYLE endpoint returns 200 from every origin, so MOST maps paint here and only the',
-    '  tileset-backed choropleth blanks — which is why this looked like "that surface has no map".',
+    '  The STYLE endpoint returns 200 from every origin, so every map BOOTS and only the TILES are',
+    '  missing — which is why this first looked like "that surface has no map".',
     '',
     '  ★ It is NOT a missing tileset scope (re-tested with the doxa.life referer, which passes)',
     '  and NOT a code defect. Either shoot these panes from an allowed origin, or add the shot',