diff --git a/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/bindings.gen.ts b/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/bindings.gen.ts
index 18b0d442..bef6499b 100644
--- a/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/bindings.gen.ts
+++ b/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/bindings.gen.ts
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ export type SettingProfileModel = { name: string; java_id: number | null; res: R
 
 export type Settings = { global_game_settings: SettingProfileModel; allow_parallel_running_clusters: boolean; enable_gamemode: boolean; discord_enabled: boolean; seen_onboarding: boolean; mod_list_use_grid: boolean; max_concurrent_requests: number; settings_version: number; native_window_frame: boolean; log_debug_info: boolean; show_tanstack_dev_tools: boolean }
 
-export type SettingsOsExtra = { enable_gamemode: boolean | null }
+export type SettingsOsExtra = Record<string, never>
 
 export type SkinVariant = "classic" | "slim"
 
@@ -317,12 +317,10 @@ export type VersionType =
  */
 "old_beta"
 
-const ARGS_MAP = { 'debug':'{"getFullDebugInfoParsedString":[],"getBuildTimestamp":[],"getPackageVersion":[],"openDevTools":[],"getFamily":[],"getArch":[],"isInDev":[],"getFullDebugInfo":[],"getType":[],"getLocale":[],"getPlatform":[],"getOsDistro":[],"getGitCommitHash":[],"getOsVersion":[],"getFullDebugInfoParsed":[]}', 'oneclient':'{"updateBundlePackages":["cluster_id"],"installUpdate":[],"checkForUpdate":[],"cacheArt":["path"],"extractBundleOverrides":["bundle_path","cluster_id"],"isBundleSyncing":[],"getBundlesFor":["cluster_id"],"downloadPackageFromBundle":["package","cluster_id","bundle_name","skip_compatibility"],"getVersions":[],"getClustersGroupedByMajor":[],"refreshArt":["path"]}', 'events':'{"ingress":["event"],"message":["event"],"process":["event"]}', 'folders':'{"fromCluster":["folder_name"],"openCluster":["folder_name"]}', 'core':'{"removeCape":["access_token"],"changeSkin":["access_token","skin_url","skin_variant"],"getLinkedPackages":["cluster_id"],"fetchMinecraftProfile":["uuid"],"downloadPackage":["provider","package_id","version_id","cluster_id","skip_compatibility"],"updateClusterById":["id","request"],"getLogs":["id"],"openMsaLogin":[],"getGameVersions":[],"setDefaultUser":["uuid"],"syncCluster":["cluster_id"],"refreshAccount":["uuid"],"removeCluster":["id"],"removePackage":["cluster_id","package_hash"],"convertUsernameUUID":["username_uuid"],"getClusterById":["id"],"fetchLoggedInProfile":["access_token"],"removeUser":["uuid"],"getLogByName":["id","name"],"launchCluster":["id","uuid","search_for_java"],"readSettings":[],"createCluster":["options"],"getGlobalProfile":[],"isClusterRunning":["cluster_id"],"searchPackages":["provider","query"],"getRunningProcessesByClusterId":["cluster_id"],"refreshAccounts":[],"getDefaultUser":["fallback"],"getUsers":[],"getPackage":["provider","slug"],"getPackageBody":["provider","body"],"getClusters":[],"getPackageVersions":["provider","slug","mc_version","loader","offset","limit"],"downloadExternalPackage":["package","cluster_id","force","skip_compatibility"],"setDiscordRPCMessage":["message"],"updateClusterProfile":["name","profile"],"setClusterStage":["id","stage"],"getUser":["uuid"],"killProcess":["pid"],"getWorlds":["id"],"installModpack":["modpack","cluster_id"],"open":["input"],"createSettingsProfile":["name"],"getProcessLogTail":["id","max_lines"],"getMultiplePackages":["provider","slugs"],"getRunningProcesses":[],"getLoadersForVersion":["mc_version"],"getProfileOrDefault":["name"],"writeSettings":["setting"],"getScreenshots":["id"],"getUsersFromAuthor":["provider","author"],"togglePackage":["cluster_id","package_hash"],"changeCape":["access_token","cape_uuid"],"uploadSkinBytes":["access_token","skin_data","image_format","skin_variant"]}' }
+const ARGS_MAP = { 'debug':'{"openDevTools":[],"getLocale":[],"getFullDebugInfoParsedString":[],"getArch":[],"getPlatform":[],"getOsVersion":[],"getOsDistro":[],"isInDev":[],"getFullDebugInfoParsed":[],"getFamily":[],"getGitCommitHash":[],"getType":[],"getPackageVersion":[],"getFullDebugInfo":[],"getBuildTimestamp":[]}', 'events':'{"message":["event"],"process":["event"],"ingress":["event"]}', 'folders':'{"fromCluster":["folder_name"],"openCluster":["folder_name"]}', 'core':'{"launchCluster":["id","uuid","search_for_java"],"getRunningProcessesByClusterId":["cluster_id"],"getDefaultUser":["fallback"],"refreshAccounts":[],"getPackage":["provider","slug"],"searchPackages":["provider","query"],"getProcessLogTail":["id","max_lines"],"getMultiplePackages":["provider","slugs"],"getUsersFromAuthor":["provider","author"],"togglePackage":["cluster_id","package_hash"],"fetchLoggedInProfile":["access_token"],"downloadExternalPackage":["package","cluster_id","force","skip_compatibility"],"changeCape":["access_token","cape_uuid"],"fetchMinecraftProfile":["uuid"],"setClusterStage":["id","stage"],"convertUsernameUUID":["username_uuid"],"getGlobalProfile":[],"writeSettings":["setting"],"getScreenshots":["id"],"removeUser":["uuid"],"setDiscordRPCMessage":["message"],"isClusterRunning":["cluster_id"],"updateClusterProfile":["name","profile"],"getGameVersions":[],"installModpack":["modpack","cluster_id"],"getRunningProcesses":[],"syncCluster":["cluster_id"],"changeSkin":["access_token","skin_url","skin_variant"],"removeCape":["access_token"],"getLoadersForVersion":["mc_version"],"open":["input"],"getLinkedPackages":["cluster_id"],"getWorlds":["id"],"getLogs":["id"],"createCluster":["options"],"getLogByName":["id","name"],"getClusters":[],"getProfileOrDefault":["name"],"getUser":["uuid"],"createSettingsProfile":["name"],"openMsaLogin":[],"readSettings":[],"getPackageBody":["provider","body"],"removeCluster":["id"],"downloadPackage":["provider","package_id","version_id","cluster_id","skip_compatibility"],"getClusterById":["id"],"updateClusterById":["id","request"],"killProcess":["pid"],"setDefaultUser":["uuid"],"removePackage":["cluster_id","package_hash"],"getUsers":[],"getPackageVersions":["provider","slug","mc_version","loader","offset","limit"],"uploadSkinBytes":["access_token","skin_data","image_format","skin_variant"],"refreshAccount":["uuid"]}', 'oneclient':'{"cacheArt":["path"],"getClustersGroupedByMajor":[],"refreshArt":["path"],"installUpdate":[],"extractBundleOverrides":["bundle_path","cluster_id"],"checkForUpdate":[],"updateBundlePackages":["cluster_id"],"getBundlesFor":["cluster_id"],"isBundleSyncing":[],"getVersions":[],"downloadPackageFromBundle":["package","cluster_id","bundle_name","skip_compatibility"]}' }
 export type Router = { 'events': { ingress: (event: IngressPayload) => Promise<void>, 
 message: (event: MessagePayload) => Promise<void>, 
 process: (event: ProcessPayload) => Promise<void> },
-'folders': { fromCluster: (folderName: string) => Promise<string>, 
-openCluster: (folderName: string) => Promise<null> },
 'debug': { openDevTools: () => Promise<void>, 
 isInDev: () => Promise<boolean>, 
 getArch: () => Promise<string>, 
@@ -338,6 +336,8 @@ getPackageVersion: () => Promise<string>,
 getFullDebugInfo: () => Promise<DebugInfoData>, 
 getFullDebugInfoParsed: () => Promise<DebugInfoParsedLine[]>, 
 getFullDebugInfoParsedString: () => Promise<string> },
+'folders': { fromCluster: (folderName: string) => Promise<string>, 
+openCluster: (folderName: string) => Promise<null> },
 'core': { getClusters: () => Promise<ClusterModel[]>, 
 getClusterById: (id: number) => Promise<ClusterModel | null>, 
 removeCluster: (id: number) => Promise<null>, 
diff --git a/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/hooks/useCachedImage.ts b/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/hooks/useCachedImage.ts
index 7593e64e..53cfcbd2 100644
--- a/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/hooks/useCachedImage.ts
+++ b/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/hooks/useCachedImage.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,52 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 // Track which paths have already been refreshed this session so we only
 // hit the network once per path, not on every component mount.
 const refreshedPaths: Set<string> = new Set();
+const prefetchedPaths: Set<string> = new Set();
+
+function normalizePaths(paths: Array<string | null | undefined>): Array<string> {
+	return Array.from(new Set(paths.filter((path): path is string => Boolean(path))));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Eagerly caches a list of art paths with bounded concurrency.
+ * This is intended for onboarding prefetch so version cards can render
+ * immediately from disk cache instead of waiting for per-card fetches.
+ */
+export async function prefetchCachedImages(
+	paths: Array<string | null | undefined>,
+	options?: { concurrency?: number },
+): Promise<void> {
+	const normalizedPaths = normalizePaths(paths).filter(path => !prefetchedPaths.has(path));
+	if (normalizedPaths.length === 0)
+		return;
+
+	const concurrency = Math.max(1, options?.concurrency ?? 4);
+	let nextIndex = 0;
+
+	const worker = async () => {
+		while (nextIndex < normalizedPaths.length) {
+			const index = nextIndex++;
+			const path = normalizedPaths[index];
+			if (!path)
+				continue;
+
+			prefetchedPaths.add(path);
+			try {
+				await bindings.oneclient.cacheArt(path);
+				if (!refreshedPaths.has(path)) {
+					refreshedPaths.add(path);
+					bindings.oneclient.refreshArt(path).catch(() => {});
+				}
+			}
+			catch {
+				// Keep failures non-fatal and allow retry in a future prefetch call.
+				prefetchedPaths.delete(path);
+			}
+		}
+	};
+
+	await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: Math.min(concurrency, normalizedPaths.length) }, worker));
+}
 
 /**
  * Returns the best URL for an art image at the given relative path (e.g. `/versions/art/Foo.png`).
diff --git a/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/routes/onboarding/preferences/version.tsx b/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/routes/onboarding/preferences/version.tsx
index 5dbe0a22..aeab6859 100644
--- a/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/routes/onboarding/preferences/version.tsx
+++ b/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/routes/onboarding/preferences/version.tsx
@@ -87,11 +87,17 @@ function VersionCard({ cluster, versionData: _versionData, version, fullVersionN
 	return (
 		<AriaButton className={twMerge('group overflow-hidden cursor-pointer w-full rounded-xl transition-[outline] outline-2 hover:outline-brand', isSelected ? 'outline-brand' : 'outline-ghost-overlay')} onPress={toggle}>
 			<div className="relative w-full">
-				<img
-					alt={`Minecraft ${fullVersionName} landscape`}
-					className={twMerge('w-full rounded-xl h-32 object-cover transition-[filter] group-hover:brightness-100 group-hover:grayscale-0', isSelected ? 'brightness-100 grayscale-0' : 'brightness-70 grayscale-25')}
-					src={artSrc}
-				/>
+				{artSrc
+					? (
+							<img
+								alt={`Minecraft ${fullVersionName} landscape`}
+								className={twMerge('w-full rounded-xl h-32 object-cover transition-[filter] group-hover:brightness-100 group-hover:grayscale-0', isSelected ? 'brightness-100 grayscale-0' : 'brightness-70 grayscale-25')}
+								src={artSrc}
+							/>
+						)
+					: (
+							<div className={twMerge('w-full rounded-xl h-32 bg-page-elevated transition-[filter] group-hover:brightness-100 group-hover:grayscale-0', isSelected ? 'brightness-100 grayscale-0' : 'brightness-70 grayscale-25')} />
+						)}
 
 				<div className="absolute top-3 left-3 flex flex-wrap gap-1">
 					{
diff --git a/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/routes/onboarding/preferences/versionCategory.tsx b/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/routes/onboarding/preferences/versionCategory.tsx
index 936d926e..4c7b4a73 100644
--- a/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/routes/onboarding/preferences/versionCategory.tsx
+++ b/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/routes/onboarding/preferences/versionCategory.tsx
@@ -220,11 +220,17 @@ function ModCategoryCard({ art, fullVersionName, bundle, mods, setMods, clusterI
 	return (
 		<AriaButton className={twMerge('group cursor-pointer w-full rounded-xl transition-[outline] outline-2 hover:outline-brand', isSelected ? 'outline-brand' : 'outline-ghost-overlay')} onPress={handleDownload}>
 			<div className="relative w-full">
-				<img
-					alt={`Minecraft ${fullVersionName} landscape`}
-					className={twMerge('w-full rounded-xl h-32 object-cover transition-[filter] group-hover:brightness-100 group-hover:grayscale-0', isSelected ? 'brightness-100 grayscale-0' : 'brightness-70 grayscale-25')}
-					src={artSrc}
-				/>
+				{artSrc
+					? (
+							<img
+								alt={`Minecraft ${fullVersionName} landscape`}
+								className={twMerge('w-full rounded-xl h-32 object-cover transition-[filter] group-hover:brightness-100 group-hover:grayscale-0', isSelected ? 'brightness-100 grayscale-0' : 'brightness-70 grayscale-25')}
+								src={artSrc}
+							/>
+						)
+					: (
+							<div className={twMerge('w-full rounded-xl h-32 bg-page-elevated transition-[filter] group-hover:brightness-100 group-hover:grayscale-0', isSelected ? 'brightness-100 grayscale-0' : 'brightness-70 grayscale-25')} />
+						)}
 
 				<div className={twMerge('absolute -top-2 right-3', isSelected ? 'block' : 'hidden group-hover:block')}>
 					<div className="bg-[#D0D7F3] rounded-xl text-brand text-sm px-2 py-1">
diff --git a/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/routes/onboarding/route.tsx b/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/routes/onboarding/route.tsx
index 25244aea..f9578a52 100644
--- a/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/routes/onboarding/route.tsx
+++ b/apps/oneclient/frontend/src/routes/onboarding/route.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { DownloadModsRef } from '@/components';
 import type { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
 import LauncherLogo from '@/assets/logos/oneclient.svg?react';
 import { GameBackground, LoaderSuspense, MadeBy, NavbarButton, Overlay, Stepper, SuperSecretDevOptions } from '@/components';
+import { prefetchCachedImages } from '@/hooks/useCachedImage';
 import { bindings } from '@/main';
 import { useCommandSuspense } from '@onelauncher/common';
 import { Button } from '@onelauncher/common/components';
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ function RouteComponent() {
 	// Prefetch data so that onboarding/preferences/versionCategory is fast
 	const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 	const { data: clusters } = useCommandSuspense(['getClusters'], () => bindings.core.getClusters());
+	const { data: versions } = useCommandSuspense(['getVersions'], () => bindings.oneclient.getVersions());
 	useEffect(() => {
 		clusters.forEach((cluster) => {
 			queryClient.prefetchQuery({
@@ -113,6 +115,16 @@ function RouteComponent() {
 			});
 		});
 	}, [clusters, queryClient]);
+	useEffect(() => {
+		const artPaths: Array<string | null | undefined> = ['/versions/art/Horse_Update.jpg'];
+		for (const cluster of versions.clusters) {
+			artPaths.push(cluster.art);
+			for (const entry of cluster.entries)
+				artPaths.push(entry.art);
+		}
+
+		void prefetchCachedImages(artPaths);
+	}, [versions.clusters]);
 
 	const { currentLinearStepIndex } = Route.useLoaderData();