diff --git a/scripts/generate_asset.py b/scripts/generate_asset.py
index a8c6287..d668a67 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_asset.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_asset.py
@@ -212,6 +212,40 @@ def _export_pbr(mesh, path: Path, *, baker: str, target: Optional[int], texture_
         faces = torch.from_numpy(simplified_faces).to(dtype=mesh.faces.dtype)
         pre_simplified = True
 
+    if baker == "vertex":
+        # Dark-patch fix (MODELBEAST BENCHMARKS 2026-07-19): the Metal texel
+        # sampler mangles clean decoder attrs; sample the voxel grid at mesh
+        # vertices (cKDTree IDW, ~0.3s) and ship linear vertex colors.
+        import numpy as np
+        import trimesh
+        from scipy.spatial import cKDTree
+
+        v_np = vertices.numpy()
+        f_np = faces.numpy()
+        coords_np = mesh.coords.cpu().numpy().astype(np.float32)
+        if coords_np.shape[1] == 4:
+            coords_np = coords_np[:, 1:4]
+        attrs_np = mesh.attrs.float().cpu().numpy()
+        vsz = float(mesh.voxel_size)
+        origin = np.array([-0.5, -0.5, -0.5], np.float32)
+        tree = cKDTree(coords_np * vsz + origin + vsz * 0.5)
+        d, idx = tree.query(v_np, k=4, workers=-1)
+        w = 1.0 / (d + vsz * 0.05) ** 2
+        w[d > vsz * 1.5] = 0.0
+        ws = w.sum(1, keepdims=True)
+        has = (ws > 0).squeeze()
+        ws[ws == 0] = 1.0
+        rgb = np.clip(((attrs_np[idx] * (w / ws)[..., None]).sum(1))[:, 0:3], 0, 1)
+        rgb[~has] = np.clip(attrs_np[idx[~has, 0], 0:3], 0, 1)
+        v_gltf = np.stack([v_np[:, 0], v_np[:, 2], -v_np[:, 1]], axis=1)
+        out = trimesh.Trimesh(vertices=v_gltf, faces=f_np, process=False)
+        rgba = np.concatenate([rgb, np.ones((len(v_gltf), 1))], 1)
+        out.visual = trimesh.visual.ColorVisuals(
+            out, vertex_colors=(rgba * 255).astype(np.uint8))  # LINEAR
+        out.export(str(path))
+        return {"baker": "vertex", "pre_simplified": pre_simplified,
+                "triangles": int(len(f_np)), "vertices": int(len(v_np))}
+
     if baker == "metal":
         available, reason = _metal_baker_available()
         if not available:
@@ -394,7 +428,7 @@ def _parse_args():
     parser.add_argument("image", type=Path)
     parser.add_argument("--output-dir", type=Path, required=True)
     parser.add_argument("--backend", choices=("auto", "mps", "mlx-experimental"), default="auto")
-    parser.add_argument("--baker", choices=("auto", "metal", "kdtree"), default="auto")
+    parser.add_argument("--baker", choices=("auto", "metal", "kdtree", "vertex"), default="auto")
     parser.add_argument("--pipeline-type", choices=("512", "1024", "1024_cascade"), default="512")
     parser.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=42)
     parser.add_argument("--steps", type=int)