diff --git a/packages/engine/src/game.ts b/packages/engine/src/game.ts
index 1fa6150..d91e80e 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/game.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/game.ts
@@ -3726,8 +3726,10 @@ function fearRepels(state: GameState, moverId: PlayerId | null, from: Cell, to:
   for (const other of state.players) {
     if (!other.alive || other.id === moverId) continue;
     if (sustainedOn(state, other.id, "fear").length === 0) continue;
-    const d = Math.abs(other.position.x - to.x) + Math.abs(other.position.y - to.y);
-    const dBefore = Math.abs(other.position.x - from.x) + Math.abs(other.position.y - from.y);
+    // "Spaces" are counted through the maze — warps included, walls
+    // respected — exactly as feet would walk them.
+    const d = walkingDistance(state, other.position, to);
+    const dBefore = walkingDistance(state, other.position, from);
     if (d <= 3 && d < dBefore) return true;
   }
   return false;
diff --git a/packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts b/packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts
index e7808ff..0d21069 100644
--- a/packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ describe("fear holds off monsters and unwilling feet alike (rules rev 32)", () =
       wallPassesPerTurn: 0, wallPassUsed: 0, attackUsed: false, justCreated: false,
       scorchedThisTurn: [],
     } as never);
-    state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey({ x: 2, y: 8 }, "S")] = "open";
+    for (const y of [5, 6, 7, 8]) state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey({ x: 2, y }, "S")] = "open";
     while (state.players[state.turn.activeIndex]!.id !== "a") {
       const r = applyCommand(state, state.players[state.turn.activeIndex]!.id, { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
       if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
diff --git a/packages/web/src/Board.svelte b/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
index 8cb35ae..7a8b606 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import type { Component } from "svelte";
+  import { stepTarget } from "@wizwar/engine";
   import type { GameView, SightTrace } from "@wizwar/engine";
   import type { Side } from "@wizwar/engine";
   import type { BoardFx } from "./fx";
@@ -180,6 +181,33 @@
     return boxes;
   });
 
+  // FEAR's dread reaches three WALKED spaces (through warps, around walls) —
+  // the same BFS the engine's refusal runs, so the wash never lies.
+  const fearCells = $derived.by(() => {
+    const out = new Set<string>();
+    for (const fp of view.players) {
+      if (!fp.alive) continue;
+      if (!view.sustained.some((e) => e.cardId === "fear" && e.targetId === fp.id)) continue;
+      const seen = new Map<string, number>([[`${fp.position.x},${fp.position.y}`, 0]]);
+      const queue = [fp.position];
+      while (queue.length > 0) {
+        const cur = queue.shift()!;
+        const d = seen.get(`${cur.x},${cur.y}`)!;
+        if (d >= 3) continue;
+        for (const side of ["N", "S", "E", "W"] as const) {
+          const t = stepTarget(view.board, cur, side);
+          if (t.kind === "blocked") continue;
+          const k = `${t.to.x},${t.to.y}`;
+          if (seen.has(k) || view.squareContents[k]?.kind === "stone") continue;
+          seen.set(k, d + 1);
+          queue.push(t.to);
+        }
+      }
+      for (const k of seen.keys()) out.add(k);
+    }
+    return out;
+  });
+
   // Warp pairs share a letter, like the printed openings on the real boards.
   const warpLetters = $derived.by(() => {
     const letters = new Map<string, string>();
@@ -633,15 +661,12 @@
       {/if}
     {/each}
   {/if}
-  <!-- FEAR's bubble: no willing step crosses this line toward its center -->
-  {#each view.players.filter((p) => p.alive && view.sustained.some((e) => e.cardId === "fear" && e.targetId === p.id)) as fp (fp.id)}
-    {@const fx = fp.position.x * CELL + CELL / 2}
-    {@const fy = fp.position.y * CELL + CELL / 2}
-    {@const r = 3.5 * CELL}
-    <path
-      d={`M ${fx} ${fy - r} L ${fx + r} ${fy} L ${fx} ${fy + r} L ${fx - r} ${fy} Z`}
-      class="fear-aura"
-    />
+  <!-- FEAR's bubble: every square within three WALKED spaces (warps count) -->
+  {#each fearCells as key (key)}
+    {@const bx = Number(key.split(",")[0])}
+    {@const by = Number(key.split(",")[1])}
+    <rect x={bx * CELL + 1.5} y={by * CELL + 1.5} width={CELL - 3} height={CELL - 3}
+      class="fear-aura" rx="4" />
   {/each}
 
   <!-- the sight line an attack traveled, leg by leg through any warp mouth -->