diff --git a/Extension/Trainer/trainer.cpp b/Extension/Trainer/trainer.cpp
index 1d185c07..cfdb7aa7 100644
--- a/Extension/Trainer/trainer.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Trainer/trainer.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ struct State {
         return a;
     }();
     std::uint64_t tr_option_at{};
+    int grind_assist{-1}; // the game's own Grind Assist (grind_assist_setting), read with the options above
     // What the player's own game settings hold for the settings the trainer can force (read with the options above):
     // a row that is not forced shows this, not the game's default.
     std::array<std::int8_t, grind_settings.size()> grind_own = [] {
@@ -2289,6 +2290,10 @@ void drive_transition(std::uintptr_t base, std::uintptr_t client, std::uint64_t
     if (now >= s.tr_option_at) {
         // The game's own options: whatever its Settings menu (or the trainer) last set.
         s.tr_option_at = now + 500;
+        if (const auto held = profile_runtime::local_game_option(grind_assist_setting); (held ? static_cast<int>(std::lround(*held)) : -1) != s.grind_assist) {
+            s.grind_assist = held ? static_cast<int>(std::lround(*held)) : -1;
+            s.view_due = true;
+        }
         for (std::size_t i = 0; i < transition_options.size(); ++i) {
             const auto held = profile_runtime::local_game_option(transition_options[i].setting);
             const int value = held ? static_cast<int>(std::lround(*held)) : transition_options[i].stock;
@@ -2531,6 +2536,7 @@ void build_view() {
     next->grind_own = s.grind_own;
     next->tr_own = s.tr_own;
     next->tr_option = s.tr_option;
+    next->grind_assist = s.grind_assist;
     next->offboard_height = s.offboard_height;
     next->flip_speed = s.flip_speed;
     next->underflip_speed = s.underflip_speed;
@@ -3398,8 +3404,18 @@ std::string run(std::string_view verb, const std::vector<std::string> &a) {
     if (v == "transition") return transition_command(a);
     if (v == "foot") return foot_command(a);
     if (v == "grind") {
-        // trainer grind | grind watch 0|1 | grind side <x> | grind <key>|all game|off|on
+        // trainer grind | grind watch 0|1 | grind side <x> | grind assist <0-100> | grind <key>|all game|off|on
         const auto what = lower(arg(0)), to = lower(arg(1));
+        if (what == "assist") {
+            // The player's own game setting, as its Settings menu sets it: in any session, never part of presets or resets.
+            const auto value = number(to);
+            if (!value || !(*value >= 0 && *value <= 100)) return "error: usage: trainer grind assist <0 to 100> (the game's own Grind Assist)";
+            if (!profile_runtime::set_local_game_option(grind_assist_setting, std::round(*value), false)) return "error: the game's settings are not ready yet.";
+            s.grind_assist = static_cast<int>(std::lround(*value));
+            s.tr_option_at = 0; // read back from the game on the next tick
+            s.view_due = true;
+            return std::format("Grind Assist (the game's own setting) is {}.", s.grind_assist);
+        }
         const auto word = [](std::int8_t value) { return value < 0 ? "-" : value ? "on" : "off"; };
         if (what.empty()) {
             std::string out = std::format("Side force off grinds x {:.2f}.", s.grind_side);
diff --git a/Extension/Trainer/trainer.h b/Extension/Trainer/trainer.h
index 47941c30..4bf2f94b 100644
--- a/Extension/Trainer/trainer.h
+++ b/Extension/Trainer/trainer.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ struct View {
     bool tr_spine{};
     std::array<std::int8_t, transition_settings.size()> tr_setting{};
     std::array<int, transition_options.size()> tr_option{}; // the game's own options, as the game holds them now
+    int grind_assist{-1}; // the game's own Grind Assist as the game holds it (-1: not saved in the profile yet)
     // What the player's own game settings hold for the settings the trainer can force (0 off / 1 on).
     std::array<std::int8_t, grind_settings.size()> grind_own{};
     std::array<std::int8_t, transition_settings.size()> tr_own{};
diff --git a/Extension/Trainer/trainer_gamestate.h b/Extension/Trainer/trainer_gamestate.h
index d6fd6ba1..47b21edb 100644
--- a/Extension/Trainer/trainer_gamestate.h
+++ b/Extension/Trainer/trainer_gamestate.h
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ struct TransitionOption {
     int stock{};              // the game's default
     int low{}, high{};
 };
+// The game's own Grind Assist (its Settings menu): what the trainer's Grind lock-on row shows and sets, 0 to 100.
+inline constexpr std::string_view grind_assist_setting = "egf_grindassistamount";
 inline constexpr std::array<TransitionOption, 3> transition_options{{
     {"pumpassist", "Pump assist", "The game's own Pump Assist: how much of a pump you get without pressing for it. The game takes the larger of your left stick and this, "
      "so at its default of 85 the stick only adds the last 15 percent. 0 is fully manual: no press, no pump. Skate 3 gave about 70 percent of a pump by "
diff --git a/Extension/Trainer/trainer_page.cpp b/Extension/Trainer/trainer_page.cpp
index b79b2cb9..64e532b7 100644
--- a/Extension/Trainer/trainer_page.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Trainer/trainer_page.cpp
@@ -1088,10 +1088,29 @@ void topic_body(SkateMenu &menu, const Model &model, const CallbacksV3 &callback
         ImGui::EndDisabled();
         from_trickline({"trick-pops", "trick-spins"});
         break;
-    case trainer::topic_grinds:
+    case trainer::topic_grinds: {
+        // Grind lock-on is the game's own Grind Assist: the same number as its Settings menu, changed from either place. Never
+        // MODIFIED, in no preset or reset, and the player's own in any session (the owner's ask, 2026-10-24).
+        ImGui::PushID("grind-assist");
+        const char *help = "Your game's own Grind Assist, the same number as in its Settings menu: change it here or there. How much the game "
+                           "helps the board onto a rail or ledge. It is your setting, so it never counts as MODIFIED and no preset or reset "
+                           "changes it. The lock-on distance, the reach from the air and the lock-on speeds and angle are the game's tuning "
+                           "values, in the rows of this section.";
+        field(menu, "Grind lock-on (GAME SETTING: Grind Assist)", help);
+        if (view.grind_assist < 0) {
+            ImGui::TextDisabled("not saved yet: set it once in the game's Settings");
+        } else {
+            double assist = view.grind_assist;
+            ImGui::BeginDisabled(!callbacks.queue_console_command);
+            if (slider_double("##assist", &assist, 0.0, 100.0, "%.0f")) trainer_command(menu, callbacks, std::format("grind assist {:.0f}", assist));
+            ImGui::EndDisabled();
+        }
+        if (ImGui::IsItemHovered(ImGuiHoveredFlags_AllowWhenDisabled)) wrapped_tooltip("%s", help);
+        ImGui::PopID();
         from_trickline({"grind-feel", "grind-stick", "grind-exits"});
         dials_card(menu, callbacks, p, view, topic, can_edit);
         break;
+    }
     case trainer::topic_trickline:
         from_trickline({"trickline", "trick-revert"});
         // Dark Pop is ReSkate's own switch (not a tuning value), so it is live even where the tuning is locked.
diff --git a/Extension/Trainer/trainer_presets.cpp b/Extension/Trainer/trainer_presets.cpp
index 01ad6d48..0ba68179 100644
--- a/Extension/Trainer/trainer_presets.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Trainer/trainer_presets.cpp
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ PresetDial preset_dial(std::string_view name) {
         {"Fast Flips", "Body flip speed", topic_pop},
         {"Fast Spins", "Body spin speed", topic_pop},
         {"Hard To Bail", "Bail resistance (higher: harder to bail)", topic_bails},
-        {"Sticky Grinds", "Grind lock-on", topic_grinds},
+        {"Sticky Grinds", "", topic_grinds}, // a switch: Grind lock-on is the game's own Grind Assist (the owner's ask, 2026-10-24)
         {"Slick Grinds", "Grind friction", topic_grinds},
         {"Moon Jump", "On foot: jump height", topic_foot},
         {"Fast On Foot", "On foot: sprint speed", topic_foot},