diff --git a/MobileGL/Config.h b/MobileGL/Config.h
index 5784571f..ff5c7ce1 100644
--- a/MobileGL/Config.h
+++ b/MobileGL/Config.h
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Config {
         ForceOff,
     };
 
+    // Preferred DirectVulkan dispatch tier for the glMultiDraw* families. A preference,
+    // never a demand: the renderer clamps it to what the device supports at device
+    // creation, falling down the chain ext -> indirect -> unroll with one log line.
+    enum class MultiDrawMode : Uint8 {
+        Auto = 0, // unset: best supported tier
+        Ext,      // VK_EXT_multi_draw: one vkCmdDrawMultiEXT / vkCmdDrawMultiIndexedEXT
+        Indirect, // multiDrawIndirect feature: one vkCmdDraw*Indirect over a transient command array
+        Unroll,   // one vkCmdDraw* per sub-draw
+    };
+
     // Feature toggles parsed once from environment variables in MG_ConfigLoader::Init()
     // (ConfigLoader.cpp), before the accepted-env map is destroyed. All Bool fields share
     // one truthy rule: the variable is set, non-empty, not "0", and not "false"
@@ -91,6 +101,10 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Config {
         // feature off. It is enabled by default to match GL's defined out-of-range fetch
         // behavior; this escape hatch exists to measure or dodge its GPU cost on a device.
         Bool DisableRobustBufferAccess = false;
+        // MOBILEGL_MAGMA_MULTIDRAW_MODE: preferred DirectVulkan multi-draw dispatch tier
+        // ("ext" | "indirect" | "unroll", see MultiDrawMode). Clamped to device support;
+        // unset picks the best supported tier.
+        MultiDrawMode MagmaMultiDrawMode = MultiDrawMode::Auto;
     };
     extern FeaturesTable Features;
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Config
diff --git a/MobileGL/ConfigLoader.cpp b/MobileGL/ConfigLoader.cpp
index 5b98d637..6cce0eb7 100644
--- a/MobileGL/ConfigLoader.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/ConfigLoader.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,25 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_ConfigLoader {
                                          : MG_Config::QuirkOverride::ForceOff;
     }
 
+    // Multi-draw mode is a named-value preference: unset keeps Auto (best supported tier),
+    // a recognized name selects that tier as the ceiling, anything else warns and keeps Auto.
+    inline MG_Config::MultiDrawMode QueryEnvMultiDrawMode(const String& key) {
+        auto it = acceptedEnvVariablesMap->find(key);
+        if (it == acceptedEnvVariablesMap->end()) {
+            return MG_Config::MultiDrawMode::Auto;
+        }
+        String lowered = it->second;
+        std::transform(lowered.begin(), lowered.end(), lowered.begin(),
+                       [](unsigned char c) { return static_cast<char>(std::tolower(c)); });
+        if (lowered == "ext") return MG_Config::MultiDrawMode::Ext;
+        if (lowered == "indirect") return MG_Config::MultiDrawMode::Indirect;
+        if (lowered == "unroll") return MG_Config::MultiDrawMode::Unroll;
+        if (lowered.empty() || lowered == "auto") return MG_Config::MultiDrawMode::Auto;
+        MGLOG_W("Config: Ignoring invalid env variable %s='%s'; expected ext|indirect|unroll|auto, using auto",
+                key.c_str(), it->second.c_str());
+        return MG_Config::MultiDrawMode::Auto;
+    }
+
     inline Uint32 QueryEnvUint32(const String& key, Uint32 defaultValue, Uint32 minValue, Uint32 maxValue) {
         auto it = acceptedEnvVariablesMap->find(key);
         if (it == acceptedEnvVariablesMap->end()) {
@@ -138,6 +157,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_ConfigLoader {
         features.MagmaDisableBlendedDepthWriteQuirk =
             QueryEnvQuirkOverride("MOBILEGL_MAGMA_DISABLE_BLENDED_DEPTH_WRITE");
         features.DisableRobustBufferAccess = QueryEnvFlag("MOBILEGL_DISABLE_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS");
+        features.MagmaMultiDrawMode = QueryEnvMultiDrawMode("MOBILEGL_MAGMA_MULTIDRAW_MODE");
     }
 
     inline void InitBackendType() {
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Util/SelfTest/DriverPost.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Util/SelfTest/DriverPost.cpp
index a99ad1df..2b7bcc19 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Util/SelfTest/DriverPost.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Util/SelfTest/DriverPost.cpp
@@ -1426,8 +1426,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Util::SelfTest {
         if (features.multiDrawIndirect == VK_TRUE) {
             builder.Pass("multiDrawIndirect", "indirect multi-draw batches run as single native commands");
         } else {
-            builder.Warn("multiDrawIndirect",
-                         "unsupported; indirect multi-draw batches fall back to one draw per command");
+            builder.Info("multiDrawIndirect",
+                         "unsupported; multi-draw batches fall back to one draw per command (tier "
+                         "\"indirect\" of the multi-draw dispatch is unavailable)");
         }
         if (features.drawIndirectFirstInstance == VK_TRUE) {
             builder.Pass("drawIndirectFirstInstance", "indirect commands may carry a non-zero firstInstance");
@@ -1435,6 +1436,42 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Util::SelfTest {
             builder.Warn("drawIndirectFirstInstance",
                          "unsupported; indirect commands with a non-zero baseInstance cannot run natively");
         }
+        // Multi-draw dispatch tiers (ext -> indirect -> unroll). INFO on the missing
+        // pieces: every tier has a fallback, nothing is lost, only batched into more
+        // commands. The renderer resolves the same chain at device creation, clamped
+        // by MOBILEGL_MAGMA_MULTIDRAW_MODE.
+        {
+            Bool multiDrawExtUsable = false;
+            if (HasVkExtension(deviceExtensions, VK_EXT_MULTI_DRAW_EXTENSION_NAME) &&
+                vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2Fn != nullptr) {
+                VkPhysicalDeviceMultiDrawFeaturesEXT multiDrawFeatures{};
+                multiDrawFeatures.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_MULTI_DRAW_FEATURES_EXT;
+                VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 features2{};
+                features2.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_FEATURES_2;
+                features2.pNext = &multiDrawFeatures;
+                vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2Fn(physicalDevice, &features2);
+                multiDrawExtUsable = multiDrawFeatures.multiDraw == VK_TRUE;
+            }
+            if (multiDrawExtUsable) {
+                builder.Pass("VK_EXT_multi_draw",
+                             "supported; a glMultiDraw* batch runs as one vkCmdDrawMulti(Indexed)EXT");
+            } else {
+                builder.Info("VK_EXT_multi_draw",
+                             "unsupported; glMultiDraw* batches use the indirect or unrolled tier");
+            }
+            const char* resolvedTier = multiDrawExtUsable                    ? "ext"
+                                       : features.multiDrawIndirect == VK_TRUE ? "indirect"
+                                                                               : "unroll";
+            String tierDetail = format("default tier \"{}\" (chain: ext -> indirect -> unroll)", resolvedTier);
+            const MG_Config::MultiDrawMode multiDrawMode = MG_Config::Features.MagmaMultiDrawMode;
+            if (multiDrawMode != MG_Config::MultiDrawMode::Auto) {
+                tierDetail += format("; MOBILEGL_MAGMA_MULTIDRAW_MODE={} caps it (clamped to device support)",
+                                     multiDrawMode == MG_Config::MultiDrawMode::Ext        ? "ext"
+                                     : multiDrawMode == MG_Config::MultiDrawMode::Indirect ? "indirect"
+                                                                                           : "unroll");
+            }
+            builder.Info("Multi-draw dispatch tier", tierDetail);
+        }
         if (features.vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics == VK_TRUE) {
             builder.Pass("vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics",
                          "supported by driver (not currently enabled by the DirectVulkan backend)");