diff --git a/src/simulator/crates/mc-climate/src/events.rs b/src/simulator/crates/mc-climate/src/events.rs
index 71ebfc34..0ff328c8 100644
--- a/src/simulator/crates/mc-climate/src/events.rs
+++ b/src/simulator/crates/mc-climate/src/events.rs
@@ -145,6 +145,117 @@ pub fn apply_wildfire(
     burned
 }
 
+/// The 12 natural-event categories, in the canonical dispatch order (matches GDScript
+/// `ecological_events._CATEGORY_ORDER`). Each category's noise channel is `index*10 + 10`.
+pub const CATEGORY_ORDER: [&str; 12] = [
+    "volcanic", "impact", "seismic", "wildfire", "drought", "plague", "magical", "marine",
+    "solar", "glacial", "tsunami", "pandemic",
+];
+
+/// One event that fired this turn, for logging / downstream effects.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct FiredEvent {
+    pub category: String,
+    pub tier: usize,
+    pub center: (i32, i32),
+    pub affected: i32,
+}
+
+/// Per-turn natural-event dispatch on the grid. Matches GDScript
+/// `ecological_events.process_events`: `turn_seed = seed*1000 + turn`; per category
+/// (channel = `index*10 + 10`), gate on `category_fires`, roll severity (capped at
+/// `max_tier`), then apply the category's effect. Currently implements the **wildfire**
+/// category end-to-end; the other 11 are recognised (gate + severity roll) but their
+/// effect handlers land in subsequent increments.
+pub fn process_events(
+    grid: &mut mc_core::grid::GridState,
+    configs: &std::collections::BTreeMap<String, EventCategoryConfig>,
+    turn: u32,
+    seed: u64,
+    max_tier: usize,
+) -> Vec<FiredEvent> {
+    let turn_seed = seed as f64 * 1000.0 + turn as f64;
+    let mut fired = Vec::new();
+    for (idx, category) in CATEGORY_ORDER.iter().enumerate() {
+        let channel = idx as f64 * 10.0 + 10.0;
+        let cfg = match configs.get(*category) {
+            Some(c) => c,
+            None => continue,
+        };
+        if cfg.base_frequency <= 0.0 || !category_fires(cfg.base_frequency, channel, turn_seed) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let tier = roll_severity(&cfg.severity_weights, turn_seed, channel, max_tier);
+        if *category == "wildfire" {
+            if let Some(ev) = dispatch_wildfire(grid, cfg, tier, turn_seed, channel) {
+                fired.push(ev);
+            }
+        }
+        // TODO(p3-26 gap 2): volcanic/seismic/drought/… effect handlers.
+    }
+    fired
+}
+
+/// Resolve the wildfire tier config + pick a deterministic forest center, then burn.
+fn dispatch_wildfire(
+    grid: &mut mc_core::grid::GridState,
+    cfg: &EventCategoryConfig,
+    tier: usize,
+    turn_seed: f64,
+    channel: f64,
+) -> Option<FiredEvent> {
+    let target_terrain: Vec<String> = cfg
+        .raw
+        .get("target_terrain")
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_array())
+        .map(|a| a.iter().filter_map(|x| x.as_str().map(String::from)).collect())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            ["forest", "jungle", "boreal_forest", "enchanted_forest"]
+                .iter()
+                .map(|s| s.to_string())
+                .collect()
+        });
+    let tier_cfg = cfg.raw.get("tiers").and_then(|t| t.get(tier.to_string()))?;
+    let radius = tier_cfg.get("radius").and_then(|v| v.as_i64()).unwrap_or(1) as i32;
+    let moisture_loss = tier_cfg.get("moisture_loss").and_then(|v| v.as_f64()).unwrap_or(0.05) as f32;
+    // GDScript reads "quality_loss" (the JSON's "tier_loss" is unused by the live handler).
+    let quality_loss = tier_cfg.get("quality_loss").and_then(|v| v.as_i64()).unwrap_or(0) as i32;
+    let becomes = tier_cfg.get("becomes").and_then(|v| v.as_str()).map(String::from);
+
+    // Deterministic forest-tile pick (headless sim needs internal determinism, not a
+    // byte-match with the live game's Godot RNG).
+    let forests: Vec<(i32, i32)> = (0..grid.height)
+        .flat_map(|row| (0..grid.width).map(move |col| (col, row)))
+        .filter(|&(c, r)| {
+            grid.tile(c, r)
+                .is_some_and(|t| target_terrain.iter().any(|b| b.as_str() == t.biome_label_id))
+        })
+        .collect();
+    if forests.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let pick = (hash_noise(channel, 1.0, turn_seed) * forests.len() as f64) as usize;
+    let center = forests[pick.min(forests.len() - 1)];
+    let affected = apply_wildfire(
+        grid,
+        center,
+        radius,
+        moisture_loss,
+        quality_loss,
+        becomes.as_deref(),
+        &target_terrain,
+    );
+    if affected == 0 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    Some(FiredEvent {
+        category: "wildfire".to_string(),
+        tier,
+        center,
+        affected,
+    })
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -221,6 +332,45 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(far.moisture, 0.5, "non-forest tile untouched");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn process_events_fires_wildfire_and_burns_forest() {
+        use mc_core::grid::GridState;
+        let make = || {
+            let mut grid = GridState::new(12, 12);
+            for t in &mut grid.tiles {
+                t.biome_label_id = "forest".into();
+                t.moisture = 0.5;
+                t.quality = 3;
+            }
+            grid
+        };
+        let mut configs = std::collections::BTreeMap::new();
+        configs.insert(
+            "wildfire".to_string(),
+            EventCategoryConfig {
+                base_frequency: 1.0, // always fires
+                severity_weights: vec![100],
+                raw: serde_json::json!({
+                    "target_terrain": ["forest"],
+                    "tiers": { "1": { "radius": 2, "moisture_loss": 0.1, "becomes": "grassland" } }
+                }),
+            },
+        );
+
+        let mut grid = make();
+        let fired = process_events(&mut grid, &configs, 5, 7, 10);
+        assert_eq!(fired.len(), 1, "wildfire should fire (base_frequency 1.0)");
+        assert_eq!(fired[0].category, "wildfire");
+        assert!(fired[0].affected >= 1, "should burn forest");
+        let grassland = grid.tiles.iter().filter(|t| t.biome_label_id == "grassland").count();
+        assert!(grassland >= 1, "forest transformed to grassland");
+
+        // Deterministic for the same (turn, seed).
+        let mut grid2 = make();
+        let fired2 = process_events(&mut grid2, &configs, 5, 7, 10);
+        assert_eq!(fired, fired2, "dispatch must be deterministic");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn load_event_configs_parses_real_categories() {
         let dir = std::path::Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))