diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/Test/mod_variants_tests.cpp b/Engine/Vfs/Test/mod_variants_tests.cpp
index 2cae3a90..ebb320fb 100644
--- a/Engine/Vfs/Test/mod_variants_tests.cpp
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/Test/mod_variants_tests.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,23 @@ int main() {
           "A disabled pack still decided what loads");
     check(mods::variant_of("Pack#wide") == "wide" && mods::variant_owner("Pack#wide") == "Pack" && mods::variant_owner("Pack").empty(),
           "A variant's entry does not name its variant and mod");
+    const auto cooperation = [&](const std::string& policy) {
+        write(mods_root / "Pack" / "reskate-plugin.json",
+              "{\"api\":1,\"variants\":{\"folder\":\"decks\",\"displaces\":[\"deck_bundle\"]},\"variant_additions\":" + policy + "}");
+        std::vector<std::string> notes;
+        return mods::describe_mod(mods_root / "Pack", "Pack", notes);
+    };
+    auto permitted = cooperation(R"({"accept":["WIN32/TEST/DECK"],"contribute":["win32/test/other"]})");
+    check(permitted.variant_additions.accept == std::vector<std::string>{"win32/test/deck"} &&
+          permitted.variant_additions.contribute == std::vector<std::string>{"win32/test/other"}, "Both exact bundle permissions are parsed");
+    for (const auto* invalid : {R"({"accept":true})", R"({"accept":["win32/*"]})", R"({"accept":["win32/../deck"]})",
+                               R"({"accept":["win32/test","WIN32/TEST"]})", R"({"accept":["win32/test"],"contribute":[3]})"}) {
+        permitted = cooperation(invalid);
+        check(permitted.variants && permitted.variants->displaces == std::vector<std::string>{"deck_bundle"},
+              "Malformed cooperation retains the author's displacement rule");
+        check(permitted.variant_additions.accept.empty() && permitted.variant_additions.contribute.empty(),
+              "Malformed cooperation grants neither side, even after a valid first field");
+    }
     fs::remove_all(root);
     std::cout << "Mod variants: order, choice, fallback, set aside, disabled and malformed passed.\n";
 }
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/mod_list.cpp b/Engine/Vfs/mod_list.cpp
index 1c103ed9..3c0e3f80 100644
--- a/Engine/Vfs/mod_list.cpp
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/mod_list.cpp
@@ -232,6 +232,43 @@ void read_variants(Mod& mod, std::vector<std::string>& notes) {
     }
 }
 
+// Invalid cooperation never removes an existing displacement rule. Read this
+// independently of variants, and publish neither side of a partial declaration.
+void read_variant_additions(Mod& mod, std::vector<std::string>& notes) {
+    const auto path = mod.directory / plugin_manifest_file;
+    std::error_code error;
+    if (!fs::is_regular_file(path, error) || error) return;
+    try {
+        const auto root = parse(path, maximum_plugin_bytes);
+        if (!root.is_object() || !root.contains("variant_additions")) return;
+        const auto& policy = root.at("variant_additions");
+        if (!policy.is_object()) throw std::runtime_error("variant_additions is an object");
+        const auto list = [&](const char* field) {
+            std::vector<std::string> result;
+            if (!policy.contains(field)) return result;
+            const auto& values = policy.at(field);
+            if (!values.is_array() || values.size() > 16) throw std::runtime_error("at most 16 exact bundle names per side");
+            for (const auto& value : values) {
+                if (!value.is_string() || value.string().size() > 260) throw std::runtime_error("bundle name must be a string of at most 260 characters");
+                auto name = lower(value.string());
+                if (!name.starts_with("win32/") || name.find("..") != std::string::npos ||
+                    name.find("//") != std::string::npos || name.back() == '/' ||
+                    std::ranges::any_of(name, [](unsigned char c) { return c <= 0x20 || c >= 0x7f || c == '\\' || c == '*' || c == '?'; }))
+                    throw std::runtime_error("an exact win32 bundle name is required");
+                if (std::ranges::find(result, name) != result.end()) throw std::runtime_error("repeated bundle permission");
+                result.push_back(std::move(name));
+            }
+            return result;
+        };
+        VariantAdditions parsed;
+        parsed.accept = list("accept");
+        parsed.contribute = list("contribute");
+        mod.variant_additions = std::move(parsed);
+    } catch (const std::exception& failure) {
+        notes.push_back("Mod " + mod.name + ": private variant additions refused (" + failure.what() + ")");
+    }
+}
+
 // Whether reskate-plugin.json names code to run. A file with only "resident" or "variants" serves
 // the mod's game data and is no plugin. The plugin host reports what else is wrong with it.
 void read_plugin_entry(Mod& mod) {
@@ -498,6 +535,7 @@ Mod describe_mod(const std::filesystem::path& directory, std::string name, std::
     read_levels(mod);
     read_resident(mod, notes);
     read_variants(mod, notes);
+    read_variant_additions(mod, notes);
     read_plugin_entry(mod);
     read_studio_marker(mod);
     return mod;
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/mod_list.h b/Engine/Vfs/mod_list.h
index 449e02bd..402c5bdd 100644
--- a/Engine/Vfs/mod_list.h
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/mod_list.h
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ struct Variants {
     std::vector<std::string> displaces;
 };
 
+// Separate from displacement: both authors must opt into a bounded native
+// compatibility check. Exact bundle names are used, never prefixes or globs.
+struct VariantAdditions {
+    std::vector<std::string> accept, contribute;
+};
+
 struct Mod {
     std::string name;                 // folder name directly under Mods/
     std::filesystem::path directory;
@@ -96,6 +102,7 @@ struct Mod {
     std::vector<ResidentAssets> resident;
     // From reskate-plugin.json: the variants it holds (Variants), if it declares any.
     std::optional<Variants> variants;
+    VariantAdditions variant_additions;
     // From .reskate-studio-patch: whether the mod has one, and the Skate.exe SHA-256 it records.
     bool studio_marker{};
     std::string skate_sha256;