diff --git a/.agents/skills/homelab-ssh/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/homelab-ssh/SKILL.md
index 8a0f2a7..3c638df 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/homelab-ssh/SKILL.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/homelab-ssh/SKILL.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The first `Bash` of a session is gated by a GateGuard hook — state the user re
 |---|---|
 | `proxy` | `caddy` |
 | `media` | `deluge`, `nzbget`, `sonarr`, `radarr`, `bazarr`, `prowlarr`, `overseerr`, `tautulli`, `qbittorrent`, `whisparr`, `stash` |
-| `foundry` | `foundry`, `foundry2`, `5etools` |
+| `foundry` | `foundry`, `foundry2` |
 | `owncloud` | `owncloud_server`, `owncloud_mariadb`, `owncloud_redis` |
 | `resume` | `resume`, `postgres_resume`, `minio_resume`, `chrome` |
 | `famapp` | `famapp`, `postgres_famapp`, `minio_famapp` |
diff --git a/.claude/skills/homelab-ssh/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/homelab-ssh/SKILL.md
index 8a0f2a7..3c638df 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/homelab-ssh/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/homelab-ssh/SKILL.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The first `Bash` of a session is gated by a GateGuard hook — state the user re
 |---|---|
 | `proxy` | `caddy` |
 | `media` | `deluge`, `nzbget`, `sonarr`, `radarr`, `bazarr`, `prowlarr`, `overseerr`, `tautulli`, `qbittorrent`, `whisparr`, `stash` |
-| `foundry` | `foundry`, `foundry2`, `5etools` |
+| `foundry` | `foundry`, `foundry2` |
 | `owncloud` | `owncloud_server`, `owncloud_mariadb`, `owncloud_redis` |
 | `resume` | `resume`, `postgres_resume`, `minio_resume`, `chrome` |
 | `famapp` | `famapp`, `postgres_famapp`, `minio_famapp` |
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 411955a..f3082c8 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Deployment configuration for a **live, single-host Docker homelab** running on a
 ├── stacks/                # one directory per Portainer-managed application stack
 │   ├── proxy/             # caddy
 │   ├── media/             # *arr stack, deluge, qbittorrent, stash, ...
-│   ├── foundry/           # foundry, foundry2, 5etools
+│   ├── foundry/           # foundry, foundry2 (5etools is Caddy static files)
 │   ├── owncloud/          # owncloud + its mariadb + redis
 │   ├── resume/            # reactive-resume + its postgres + minio + chrome
 │   ├── famapp/            # famapp + its postgres + minio
diff --git a/Caddyfile b/Caddyfile
index 781e87e..d146a29 100644
--- a/Caddyfile
+++ b/Caddyfile
@@ -85,13 +85,6 @@ foundry2.ginnoir.com {
 	reverse_proxy foundry2:30000
 }
 
-# =============================================================
-# TABLETOP TOOLS — public
-# =============================================================
-5etools.ginnoir.com {
-	reverse_proxy 5etools:80
-}
-
 # =============================================================
 # FILE STORAGE — internal only (Nextcloud)
 # =============================================================
@@ -121,6 +114,12 @@ files.ginnoir.com {
 # =============================================================
 # STATIC SITES — public
 # =============================================================
+5etools.ginnoir.com {
+	root * /srv/5etools
+	file_server
+	encode gzip zstd
+}
+
 wa4.ginnoir.com {
 	root * /srv/wa4
 	file_server
diff --git a/bookmarks-ports.html b/bookmarks-ports.html
index 318ec1e..fc44798 100644
--- a/bookmarks-ports.html
+++ b/bookmarks-ports.html
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
         <DL><p>
             <DT><A HREF="http://valhalla:30000">foundry</A>
             <DT><A HREF="http://valhalla:30001">foundry2 :30001</A>
-            <DT><A HREF="http://valhalla:9009">5etools :9009</A>
         </DL><p>
 
         <DT><H3>Media</H3>
diff --git a/scripts/portainer-stack-env-exemptions.json b/scripts/portainer-stack-env-exemptions.json
index b48a599..e4967e8 100644
--- a/scripts/portainer-stack-env-exemptions.json
+++ b/scripts/portainer-stack-env-exemptions.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "authentik": ["authentik-redis"],
   "dev": ["dbx", "redis_plane"],
-  "foundry": ["5etools"],
   "monitoring": ["uptime-kuma"],
   "owncloud": ["redis"]
 }
diff --git a/stacks/foundry/docker-compose.yml b/stacks/foundry/docker-compose.yml
index 8687605..b273a3e 100644
--- a/stacks/foundry/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/stacks/foundry/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# foundry stack — Foundry VTT instances + 5etools mirror.
+# foundry stack — Foundry VTT instances.
 # Tabletop services; bind-mounted to /storage1/foundry*. They don't talk to each
 # other, so they only need `edge` for Caddy to proxy them.
+# 5etools is static files at /storage1/labdata/5etools, served by Caddy.
 
 services:
   foundry:
@@ -51,14 +52,6 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "30001:30000"
 
-  5etools:
-    container_name: 5etools
-    image: ghcr.io/5etools-mirror-3/5etools-src:latest
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    networks: [edge]
-    ports:
-      - "9009:80"
-
 networks:
   edge:
     name: edge
diff --git a/stacks/proxy/docker-compose.yml b/stacks/proxy/docker-compose.yml
index 8dfbf52..672afd3 100644
--- a/stacks/proxy/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/stacks/proxy/docker-compose.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ services:
       # ROM files are exposed only through romhacks-files.ginnoir.com/_roms/*
       # and that site imports internal_only in the Caddyfile.
       - /storage1/Emulation/roms:/srv/roms:ro
+      # 5etools mirror — static files on ZFS. Serving via Caddy file_server
+      # instead of ghcr.io/5etools-mirror-3/5etools-src (~14G image on root).
+      - /storage1/labdata/5etools:/srv/5etools:ro
 
 networks:
   edge: