diff --git a/sidecar/src/main.rs b/sidecar/src/main.rs
index c6ce727..2bf1be5 100644
--- a/sidecar/src/main.rs
+++ b/sidecar/src/main.rs
@@ -194,6 +194,21 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                             }
                         }
                     }
+                    // Shard ruleset (Protocol 3.0): a singleton projection. The shard re-emits
+                    // world.ruleset on every connect, so this row is simply overwritten; `rev`
+                    // lets a reader tell a re-send from an actual config change.
+                    "world.ruleset" => {
+                        if let Err(e) = event_store
+                            .upsert_ruleset(
+                                ev.value.get("rev").and_then(|r| r.as_str()),
+                                &text,
+                                t,
+                            )
+                            .await
+                        {
+                            tracing::warn!(error = %e, "failed to upsert ruleset");
+                        }
+                    }
                     _ => {}
                 }
             }
diff --git a/sidecar/src/store.rs b/sidecar/src/store.rs
index 58f42cb..dcdb9d9 100644
--- a/sidecar/src/store.rs
+++ b/sidecar/src/store.rs
@@ -293,6 +293,35 @@ impl Store {
         Ok(parse_json_column(rows))
     }
 
+    // ---- shard ruleset (Protocol 3.0) ----
+
+    /// Stores the shard's published ruleset. A singleton (`id = 1`): the shard emits one
+    /// `world.ruleset` frame per connect describing how it is configured, and only the latest one
+    /// matters. `rev` is the shard's FNV-1a of the body, kept so a reader can tell "same ruleset,
+    /// re-sent on reconnect" from "the operator changed something" without diffing the JSON.
+    pub async fn upsert_ruleset(&self, rev: Option<&str>, json: &str, t: i64) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        sqlx::query(
+            "INSERT INTO ruleset (id, rev, json, updated_t) VALUES (1, ?, ?, ?)
+             ON CONFLICT(id) DO UPDATE SET rev = excluded.rev, json = excluded.json, updated_t = excluded.updated_t",
+        )
+        .bind(rev)
+        .bind(json)
+        .bind(t)
+        .execute(&self.pool)
+        .await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// The stored ruleset, or `None` if the shard has never published one. Returning `None` rather
+    /// than an empty object is deliberate: "not published yet" and "published, everything off" are
+    /// different answers and the website renders them differently.
+    pub async fn ruleset(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Value>> {
+        let row = sqlx::query("SELECT json FROM ruleset WHERE id = 1")
+            .fetch_optional(&self.pool)
+            .await?;
+        Ok(row.and_then(|r| serde_json::from_str(&r.get::<String, _>("json")).ok()))
+    }
+
     // ---- Town Cryer news (Protocol 2.1) ----
 
     /// Stores/replaces one external news article (the `news.add` command json), keyed by id. The
@@ -392,4 +421,13 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS news (
     json      TEXT NOT NULL,
     updated_t INTEGER NOT NULL
 );
+
+-- The shard's published ruleset (Protocol 3.0). Singleton: the CHECK is what makes it one,
+-- so an upsert can target id = 1 unconditionally and no second row can ever appear.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ruleset (
+    id        INTEGER PRIMARY KEY CHECK (id = 1),
+    rev       TEXT,
+    json      TEXT NOT NULL,
+    updated_t INTEGER NOT NULL
+);
 "#;
diff --git a/sidecar/src/web.rs b/sidecar/src/web.rs
index b37b262..5f96b96 100644
--- a/sidecar/src/web.rs
+++ b/sidecar/src/web.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ pub async fn serve(addr: &str, state: AppState) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .route("/governors", get(governors))
         .route("/online", get(online))
         .route("/houses", get(houses))
+        // The shard ruleset (Protocol 3.0), likewise store-backed: the shard publishes it once per
+        // connect, so serving it from the store is what lets the site's rules page render while the
+        // shard is down.
+        .route("/ruleset", get(ruleset))
         .route_layer(middleware::from_fn_with_state(state.clone(), gate));
 
     let app = Router::new()
@@ -790,6 +794,23 @@ async fn houses(State(st): State<AppState>) -> impl IntoResponse {
     }
 }
 
+/// The shard's published ruleset: expansion, which optional systems are on, skill/stat caps,
+/// account and house limits, champion scroll rules, the save/restart schedule. Served from the
+/// store, so it answers during a shard outage with the last-known ruleset — which is the whole
+/// point, since a rules page that goes blank when the shard restarts is worse than a stale one.
+///
+/// `{"ruleset": null}` means the shard has never published one (an old plugin, or
+/// `Bridge.RulesetEnabled=false`), which the website renders differently from a published ruleset.
+async fn ruleset(State(st): State<AppState>) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    match st.store.ruleset().await {
+        Ok(r) => (StatusCode::OK, Json(json!({ "ruleset": r }))),
+        Err(e) => (
+            StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            Json(json!({"error": e.to_string()})),
+        ),
+    }
+}
+
 /// The current online population: total plus per-facet and per-region counts. This is the most
 /// recent `presence.online` snapshot from the event store (so it survives a sidecar restart); the
 /// live `presence.online` stream keeps it current, and `GET /history?kind=presence.online` gives the