diff --git a/AGRARIAN_DEVELOPMENT_ROADMAP.md b/AGRARIAN_DEVELOPMENT_ROADMAP.md
index 7e7a9e6..4dea512 100644
--- a/AGRARIAN_DEVELOPMENT_ROADMAP.md
+++ b/AGRARIAN_DEVELOPMENT_ROADMAP.md
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ Target deliverable: A small group can join a server, spawn into one biome, gathe
 - [x] Replace the placeholder Ground Zero environment presentation with investor-facing biome dressing: believable terrain material, grass, brush, shrubs, bushes, trees, rocks, water visuals, and local coastal-scrub color variation. Upgraded the repeatable Ground Zero setup to require denser investor-facing foliage counts and twenty-three labeled variation actors covering trees, brush, shrubs, dry grass mats, rock slabs, water-bank pieces, reeds, and freshwater surface material variation, then extended the verifier/docs so the map no longer qualifies if the visual dressing falls back to sparse placeholder presentation.
 - [x] Add a real water-source visual pass with surface material, edge treatment, scale, and placement that reads as collectable freshwater instead of a placeholder plane. Formalized the MVP freshwater presentation around the native `AAgrarianWaterSource` water-surface, stone-bank, and collect-marker proxies, documented the Ground Zero drainage-candidate placement and nearby water-bank/reed dressing, and added an Unreal verifier that checks surface material, edge treatment, scale, placement, and nearby dressing actors in the actual map.
 - [x] Add density and sightline tuning so grasses, shrubs, trees, and resource clusters are visible enough to sell the world without hiding gameplay-critical objects. Added protected foliage clearances around early survival targets and biome resource nodes, sampled first-look sightline corridors from the player start to wood, fiber, campfire, shelter, wildlife, and freshwater, plus a dedicated Unreal verifier/documentation gate so investor-facing density cannot regress into object-hiding clutter.
-- [ ] Preserve realism as the target: use assets, materials, lighting, and environmental dressing that can survive toward MVP production rather than cosmetic throwaways where practical.
+- [x] Preserve realism as the target: use assets, materials, lighting, and environmental dressing that can survive toward MVP production rather than cosmetic throwaways where practical. Added MVP realism target rules to the shared art/UX/code/asset standards, tied current 0.1.O visual passes to production-directed proxy expectations, and added a verifier that requires Ground Zero materials, water, density/sightline, character, and survival-object docs to point toward production realism instead of cosmetic throwaways.
 - [ ] Define default, recommended, and cinematic investor rendering presets, with ray tracing available only as an optional high-end/cinematic mode and never required for baseline visual credibility.
 - [ ] Verify the non-ray-traced compatibility/default path still looks credible on common investor, tester, and remote-session hardware.
 - [ ] Add packaged-demo visual QA screenshots or short clips for startup credits, character selection, first spawn, terrain, vegetation, water, campfire, shelter, pause menu, and save/quit before each investor build is called ready.
diff --git a/Docs/ArtUxCodeAndAssetStandards.md b/Docs/ArtUxCodeAndAssetStandards.md
index cf70415..9cdb5ca 100644
--- a/Docs/ArtUxCodeAndAssetStandards.md
+++ b/Docs/ArtUxCodeAndAssetStandards.md
@@ -52,6 +52,36 @@ Ground Zero target:
   region-appropriate materials, vegetation, rocks, shoreline treatment, and
   weathered survival props.
 
+## MVP Realism Target Rules
+
+Investor-facing art work should move the project toward grounded realism even
+when the current asset is still an MVP proxy. A proxy is acceptable when it
+locks down gameplay scale, silhouette, material family, biome placement, or
+interaction readability that can survive into production. A cosmetic throwaway
+is not acceptable when it creates a style, color language, or object read that
+will have to be discarded before MVP.
+
+Realism preservation rules:
+
+- use real-world biome references for terrain color, vegetation density, water,
+  rock, weather, shelter, tools, wildlife, and clothing decisions;
+- prefer Agrarian-owned proxy meshes and materials over engine template assets
+  so replacements can be staged without changing gameplay contracts;
+- keep survival objects readable through practical construction logic: fuel,
+  stone, ash, fabric, branches, stored goods, water edges, and worn surfaces;
+- use lighting and fog that imply Pacific coastal conditions without requiring
+  cinematic hardware settings;
+- document any visible proxy that remains in investor builds, including what
+  production-quality asset family should replace it;
+- avoid cosmetic-only changes that make the world prettier while moving it away
+  from the long-term realistic tone.
+
+Current 0.1.O visual passes are production-directed proxies, not final art:
+character bodies, survival objects, foliage silhouettes, water-source dressing,
+and Ground Zero biome materials are expected to be replaced with higher-fidelity
+assets, but their scale, placement, material families, and gameplay readability
+should survive.
+
 ## Character Direction
 
 MVP character selection should support realistic male and female young-adult
diff --git a/Scripts/verify_mvp_realism_target.py b/Scripts/verify_mvp_realism_target.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff4df25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scripts/verify_mvp_realism_target.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+
+
+REQUIRED_SNIPPETS = {
+    "Docs/ArtUxCodeAndAssetStandards.md": [
+        "## MVP Realism Target Rules",
+        "production-directed proxies, not final art",
+        "avoid cosmetic-only changes",
+        "real-world biome references",
+    ],
+    "Docs/CharactersAndObjects/MvpReadableSurvivalObjectProxies.md": [
+        "Final realistic art should replace these proxies",
+        "without changing survival",
+    ],
+    "Docs/Terrain/GroundZeroNaturalEnvironmentPass.md": [
+        "coastal scrub",
+        "drive density and shape selection from land-cover",
+    ],
+    "Docs/Terrain/GroundZeroWaterSourceVisualPass.md": [
+        "production water material",
+        "bank geometry",
+    ],
+    "Docs/Terrain/GroundZeroDensitySightlineTuning.md": [
+        "coastal scrub biome",
+        "without hiding the first playable survival loop",
+    ],
+    "Scripts/setup_ground_zero_demo_map.py": [
+        'M_AGR_GZ_Terrain_CoastalScrub',
+        'M_AGR_GZ_Tree_CoastalOak',
+        'M_AGR_GZ_Shrub_CoyoteBrush',
+        'M_AGR_GZ_Grass_DryCoastal',
+        'M_AGR_GZ_Stone_Sandstone',
+        'SIGHTLINE_TUNING_CONFIG',
+    ],
+    "AGRARIAN_DEVELOPMENT_ROADMAP.md": [
+        "[x] Preserve realism as the target",
+        "production realism",
+        "cosmetic throwaways",
+    ],
+}
+
+
+def main():
+    failures = []
+    for relative_path, snippets in REQUIRED_SNIPPETS.items():
+        path = ROOT / relative_path
+        if not path.exists():
+            failures.append(f"missing {relative_path}")
+            continue
+
+        text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        for snippet in snippets:
+            if snippet not in text:
+                failures.append(f"{relative_path} missing snippet: {snippet}")
+
+    if failures:
+        raise SystemExit("MVP realism target verification failed:\n" + "\n".join(failures))
+
+    print("PASS: MVP realism target standards are documented and wired to 0.1.O visual gates.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()