diff --git a/Assets/_Content/Scenes/Unabomber.unity b/Assets/_Content/Scenes/Unabomber.unity
index 0d660fe7..34f4ee58 100644
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diff --git a/Assets/_Content/Scripts/PortalServerGrid.cs b/Assets/_Content/Scripts/PortalServerGrid.cs
index a978aa19..04066d34 100644
--- a/Assets/_Content/Scripts/PortalServerGrid.cs
+++ b/Assets/_Content/Scripts/PortalServerGrid.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ public sealed class PortalServerGrid : MonoBehaviour
     [SerializeField] private Vector3 rotation = new Vector3(0, 180, 0);
     [Tooltip("Multiplier applied to the prefab's original scale.")]
     [SerializeField, Min(0.001f)] private float scaleMultiplier = 1;
+    [Tooltip("Optional entrance (e.g. the portal): no server is placed in a circle just past it, along its forward axis.")]
+    [SerializeField] private Transform keepClear;
+    [SerializeField, Min(0)] private float keepClearRadius = 5;
 
     private PortalMeadow meadow;
     private GameObject generated;
@@ -137,6 +140,9 @@ public sealed class PortalServerGrid : MonoBehaviour
             lastSize.y * 0.5f - edgeMargin.y) - footprint * 0.5f - Mathf.Abs(offsetZ);
         float startRadius = Mathf.Max(firstRingRadius, footprint * 0.5f + Mathf.Abs(offsetZ));
         var poses = new List<Pose>();
+        // The circle touches the entrance and extends in front of it, so the player never lands in a server.
+        Vector3 clearCentre = keepClear
+            ? transform.InverseTransformPoint(keepClear.position + keepClear.forward * keepClearRadius * 0.5f) : Vector3.zero;
         int ring = 0;
         for (float radius = startRadius; radius <= maxRadius; radius += ringStep, ring++)
         {
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             {
                 float angle = angleOffset * Mathf.Deg2Rad + (i + (ring % 2) * 0.5f) * Mathf.PI * 2 / around;
                 Vector3 radial = new Vector3(Mathf.Sin(angle), 0, Mathf.Cos(angle));
+                Vector3 ringPoint = lastCenter + radial * radius;
+                if (keepClear && new Vector2(ringPoint.x - clearCentre.x, ringPoint.z - clearCentre.z).magnitude
+                    < keepClearRadius + footprint * 0.5f) continue;
                 Quaternion facing = Quaternion.LookRotation(-radial, Vector3.up);
                 Vector3 position = lastCenter + radial * radius + facing * Vector3.forward * offsetZ;
                 // Bounds already include the prefab rotation, scale and user rotation correction.