diff --git a/resources/lang/en.json b/resources/lang/en.json
index 5dfce1e70..92fcb3a16 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en.json
+++ b/resources/lang/en.json
@@ -523,6 +523,8 @@
     "colored_names_label": "Name color",
     "coordinate_grid_opacity_desc": "How opaque the coordinate grid is (lower lets more things show through)",
     "coordinate_grid_opacity_label": "Coordinate grid opacity",
+    "fallout_desc": "Show the green nuclear fallout glow on irradiated territory. Disable to improve performance",
+    "fallout_label": "Fallout effects",
     "highlight_brighten_desc": "How strongly the border brightens on hover (0 to disable)",
     "highlight_brighten_label": "Border highlight amount",
     "highlight_fill_desc": "How strongly territory brightens on hover (0 to disable)",
diff --git a/src/client/hud/layers/GraphicsSettingsModal.ts b/src/client/hud/layers/GraphicsSettingsModal.ts
index 22ca56b20..d0b65abac 100644
--- a/src/client/hud/layers/GraphicsSettingsModal.ts
+++ b/src/client/hud/layers/GraphicsSettingsModal.ts
@@ -487,6 +487,17 @@ export class GraphicsSettingsModal extends LitElement implements Controller {
     this.patchPassEnabled({ fx: !this.currentSpecialEffects() });
   }
 
+  private currentFallout(): boolean {
+    return (
+      this.userSettings.graphicsOverrides().passEnabled?.fallout ??
+      renderDefaults.passEnabled.falloutBloom
+    );
+  }
+
+  private onToggleFallout() {
+    this.patchPassEnabled({ fallout: !this.currentFallout() });
+  }
+
   /** Whether colorblind mode is currently enabled. */
   private currentColorblind(): boolean {
     return (
@@ -1137,6 +1148,25 @@ export class GraphicsSettingsModal extends LitElement implements Controller {
               </div>
             </button>
 
+            <button
+              class="flex gap-3 items-center w-full text-left p-3 hover:bg-slate-700 rounded-sm text-white transition-colors"
+              @click=${this.onToggleFallout}
+            >
+              <div class="flex-1">
+                <div class="font-medium">
+                  ${translateText("graphics_setting.fallout_label")}
+                </div>
+                <div class="text-sm text-slate-400">
+                  ${translateText("graphics_setting.fallout_desc")}
+                </div>
+              </div>
+              <div class="text-sm text-slate-400">
+                ${this.currentFallout()
+                  ? translateText("user_setting.on")
+                  : translateText("user_setting.off")}
+              </div>
+            </button>
+
             <div
               class="px-3 py-1 text-xs font-semibold text-slate-400 uppercase tracking-wider mt-2"
             >
diff --git a/src/client/render/gl/GraphicsOverrides.ts b/src/client/render/gl/GraphicsOverrides.ts
index 453e371c5..021450c6a 100644
--- a/src/client/render/gl/GraphicsOverrides.ts
+++ b/src/client/render/gl/GraphicsOverrides.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ export const GraphicsOverridesSchema = z
     passEnabled: z
       .object({
         fx: z.boolean(),
+        // Nuclear fallout effects: the broiling green territory bloom and its
+        // light emission in day/night mode. Disable to improve performance.
+        fallout: z.boolean(),
       })
       .partial(),
     accessibility: z
diff --git a/src/client/render/gl/RenderOverrides.ts b/src/client/render/gl/RenderOverrides.ts
index cd71ea9ed..5d53883e5 100644
--- a/src/client/render/gl/RenderOverrides.ts
+++ b/src/client/render/gl/RenderOverrides.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ export function applyGraphicsOverrides(
   if (overrides.passEnabled?.fx !== undefined) {
     settings.passEnabled.fx = overrides.passEnabled.fx;
   }
+  if (overrides.passEnabled?.fallout !== undefined) {
+    // One user-facing toggle drives both fallout passes: the territory bloom
+    // and its additive light contribution in the day/night composite.
+    settings.passEnabled.falloutBloom = overrides.passEnabled.fallout;
+    settings.passEnabled.falloutLight = overrides.passEnabled.fallout;
+  }
   if (overrides.terrain?.oceanColor !== undefined) {
     settings.terrain.oceanColor = overrides.terrain.oceanColor;
   }
diff --git a/src/client/render/gl/RenderSettings.ts b/src/client/render/gl/RenderSettings.ts
index 6654e50a4..d301f1e2d 100644
--- a/src/client/render/gl/RenderSettings.ts
+++ b/src/client/render/gl/RenderSettings.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export interface RenderSettings {
     unit: boolean;
     name: boolean;
     falloutBloom: boolean;
+    falloutLight: boolean;
     railroad: boolean;
     fx: boolean;
     bar: boolean;
diff --git a/src/client/render/gl/passes/LightmapPass.ts b/src/client/render/gl/passes/LightmapPass.ts
index 5994b1fc3..935fc958c 100644
--- a/src/client/render/gl/passes/LightmapPass.ts
+++ b/src/client/render/gl/passes/LightmapPass.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ export class LightmapPass {
     this.pointLightPass.draw(cameraMatrix);
 
     // --- 2. Fallout light → extract at tile res, composite into FBO A (additive) ---
-    this.falloutLightPass.draw(cameraMatrix, this.lightFboA, lw, lh, tick);
+    if (this.settings.passEnabled.falloutLight) {
+      this.falloutLightPass.draw(cameraMatrix, this.lightFboA, lw, lh, tick);
+    }
 
     // --- 3. Blur: 2 iterations separable H+V Gaussian ---
     const zoom = Math.abs(cameraMatrix[0]);
diff --git a/src/client/render/gl/render-settings.json b/src/client/render/gl/render-settings.json
index b2d3487c7..4c3e0eb39 100644
--- a/src/client/render/gl/render-settings.json
+++ b/src/client/render/gl/render-settings.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "unit": true,
     "name": true,
     "falloutBloom": true,
+    "falloutLight": true,
     "railroad": true,
     "fx": true,
     "bar": true,