diff --git a/Core/Scripts/ConfigManager.cs b/Core/Scripts/ConfigManager.cs
index a9de115..36800e9 100644
--- a/Core/Scripts/ConfigManager.cs
+++ b/Core/Scripts/ConfigManager.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ namespace IslaApocalypse.Core // Change this if your namespace is different
 		public static float DensityMultiplier = 1.0f; // <-- Replaces TownCount
 		public static int ChunkRadius = 24; // Default chunk size, can be overridden by config
 
+		// Iteration toggle: skip the ~25-min A* road pass entirely. The blueprint is
+		// still exported (road sections present but empty) — an iteration artifact,
+		// not a shippable world. Default false.
+		public static bool SkipRoads = false;
+
 		public static void LoadConfig()
 		{
 			string path = "res://ServerConfig.json";
@@ -61,7 +66,13 @@ namespace IslaApocalypse.Core // Change this if your namespace is different
 			// Extract the ChunkRadius
 			if (data.ContainsKey("ChunkRadius"))            {
 				ChunkRadius = (int)data["ChunkRadius"];
-			}  
+			}
+
+			// Extract the SkipRoads iteration toggle
+			if (data.ContainsKey("SkipRoads"))
+			{
+				SkipRoads = (bool)data["SkipRoads"];
+			}
 
 			switch (profile)
 			{
diff --git a/Tools/Scripts/MapGenerator.cs b/Tools/Scripts/MapGenerator.cs
index cd75452..d0cceca 100644
--- a/Tools/Scripts/MapGenerator.cs
+++ b/Tools/Scripts/MapGenerator.cs
@@ -92,13 +92,28 @@ public partial class MapGenerator : TextureRect
 		GD.Print($"{T()} Towns placed: {_towns.Count}.");
 		await CaptureStage("2_towns");
 
-		// NEW: We await the roads so the engine doesn't freeze!
-		await GenerateRoadsAsync();
+		if (ConfigManager.SkipRoads)
+		{
+			// Iteration toggle (terrain-water task 03): the road pass is ~25 min of a
+			// ~26-min generation. Skipping it leaves all four road lists empty, so the
+			// export writes present-but-empty road sections.
+			GD.Print("==========================================================");
+			GD.Print($"{T()} ⚠⚠ SKIPROADS IS ON — ROAD GENERATION SKIPPED ENTIRELY.");
+			GD.Print($"{T()} ⚠⚠ This blueprint has NO ROADS. It is an ITERATION");
+			GD.Print($"{T()} ⚠⚠ ARTIFACT, not a world. Do not judge or ship it.");
+			GD.Print("==========================================================");
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// NEW: We await the roads so the engine doesn't freeze!
+			await GenerateRoadsAsync();
+		}
 
 		ExportMapData();
 		GD.Print($"{T()} Blueprint exported.");
 
-		await CaptureStage("3_roads");
+		if (!ConfigManager.SkipRoads)
+			await CaptureStage("3_roads");
 		GD.Print($"{T()} GENERATION COMPLETE.");
 	}