diff --git a/src/features/editScene/CMakeLists.txt b/src/features/editScene/CMakeLists.txt
index 4a64861..2272870 100644
--- a/src/features/editScene/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/features/editScene/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ set(EDITSCENE_SOURCES
 	ui/TriangleBufferEditor.cpp
 	ui/CharacterSlotsEditor.cpp
 	ui/AnimationTreeEditor.cpp
+	ui/AnimationTreeTemplateEditor.cpp
 	ui/CharacterEditor.cpp
 	ui/CellGridEditor.cpp
 	ui/LotEditor.cpp
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ set(EDITSCENE_SOURCES
 	components/TriangleBufferModule.cpp
 	components/CharacterSlotsModule.cpp
 	components/AnimationTreeModule.cpp
+	components/AnimationTreeTemplateModule.cpp
 	components/AnimationTree.cpp
 	components/CharacterModule.cpp
 	components/CellGridModule.cpp
@@ -152,6 +154,7 @@ set(EDITSCENE_HEADERS
 	ui/TriangleBufferEditor.hpp
 	ui/CharacterSlotsEditor.hpp
 	ui/AnimationTreeEditor.hpp
+	ui/AnimationTreeTemplateEditor.hpp
 	ui/CharacterEditor.hpp
 	ui/CellGridEditor.hpp
 	ui/LotEditor.hpp
diff --git a/src/features/editScene/EditorApp.cpp b/src/features/editScene/EditorApp.cpp
index 5bcecff..041aa00 100644
--- a/src/features/editScene/EditorApp.cpp
+++ b/src/features/editScene/EditorApp.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "components/TriangleBuffer.hpp"
 #include "components/CharacterSlots.hpp"
 #include "components/AnimationTree.hpp"
+#include "components/AnimationTreeTemplate.hpp"
 #include "components/Character.hpp"
 #include "components/StartupMenu.hpp"
 #include "components/PlayerController.hpp"
@@ -488,6 +489,9 @@ void EditorApp::setupECS()
 	// Register AnimationTree component
 	m_world.component<AnimationTreeComponent>();
 
+	// Register AnimationTreeTemplate component
+	m_world.component<AnimationTreeTemplate>();
+
 	// Register Character component
 	m_world.component<CharacterComponent>();
 
diff --git a/src/features/editScene/components/AnimationTree.hpp b/src/features/editScene/components/AnimationTree.hpp
index 099ded2..d3b4f2d 100644
--- a/src/features/editScene/components/AnimationTree.hpp
+++ b/src/features/editScene/components/AnimationTree.hpp
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ struct AnimationTreeComponent {
 	bool useRootMotion = false;
 	bool dirty = true;
 
+	/* If set, the tree root is copied from the named template */
+	Ogre::String templateName;
+
+	/* Runtime: last copied template version (not serialized) */
+	uint64_t templateVersion = 0;
+
 	/* Runtime: current state of each state machine (not serialized) */
 	std::unordered_map<Ogre::String, Ogre::String> currentStates;
 
diff --git a/src/features/editScene/components/AnimationTreeTemplate.hpp b/src/features/editScene/components/AnimationTreeTemplate.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..964d3a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/editScene/components/AnimationTreeTemplate.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ifndef EDITSCENE_ANIMATIONTREETEMPLATE_HPP
+#define EDITSCENE_ANIMATIONTREETEMPLATE_HPP
+#pragma once
+
+#include <Ogre.h>
+
+/**
+ * Template marker for reusable animation trees.
+ *
+ * Entities with this component serve as shared animation tree templates.
+ * They should also have an AnimationTreeComponent for editing the tree.
+ * Other entities reference the template by name via
+ * AnimationTreeComponent::templateName.
+ */
+struct AnimationTreeTemplate {
+	Ogre::String name;
+	uint64_t version = 1;
+};
+
+#endif // EDITSCENE_ANIMATIONTREETEMPLATE_HPP
diff --git a/src/features/editScene/components/AnimationTreeTemplateModule.cpp b/src/features/editScene/components/AnimationTreeTemplateModule.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8a8a5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/editScene/components/AnimationTreeTemplateModule.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include "AnimationTreeTemplate.hpp"
+#include "../ui/ComponentRegistration.hpp"
+#include "../ui/AnimationTreeTemplateEditor.hpp"
+
+REGISTER_COMPONENT_GROUP("Animation Tree Template", "Animation",
+				 AnimationTreeTemplate, AnimationTreeTemplateEditor)
+{
+	registry.registerComponent<AnimationTreeTemplate>(
+		AnimationTreeTemplate_name, AnimationTreeTemplate_group,
+		std::make_unique<AnimationTreeTemplateEditor>(),
+		// Adder
+		[](flecs::entity e) {
+			if (!e.has<AnimationTreeTemplate>()) {
+				e.set<AnimationTreeTemplate>({});
+			}
+		},
+		// Remover
+		[](flecs::entity e) {
+			if (e.has<AnimationTreeTemplate>()) {
+				e.remove<AnimationTreeTemplate>();
+			}
+		});
+}
diff --git a/src/features/editScene/systems/AnimationTreeSystem.cpp b/src/features/editScene/systems/AnimationTreeSystem.cpp
index 5e988f9..fe510d5 100644
--- a/src/features/editScene/systems/AnimationTreeSystem.cpp
+++ b/src/features/editScene/systems/AnimationTreeSystem.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,39 @@ void AnimationTreeSystem::initializeTreeStates(
 		initializeTreeStates(child, at);
 }
 
+void AnimationTreeSystem::resolveTemplate(AnimationTreeComponent &at)
+{
+	if (at.templateName.empty())
+		return;
+
+	AnimationTreeTemplate *templ = nullptr;
+	AnimationTreeComponent *templAt = nullptr;
+
+	m_world.query<AnimationTreeTemplate, AnimationTreeComponent>()
+		.each([&](flecs::entity, AnimationTreeTemplate &t,
+			  AnimationTreeComponent &ta) {
+			if (t.name == at.templateName) {
+				templ = &t;
+				templAt = &ta;
+			}
+		});
+
+	if (!templ) {
+		m_world.query<AnimationTreeTemplate>()
+			.each([&](flecs::entity, AnimationTreeTemplate &t) {
+				if (t.name == at.templateName)
+					templ = &t;
+			});
+	}
+
+	if (templ && at.templateVersion != templ->version) {
+		if (templAt)
+			at.root = templAt->root;
+		at.templateVersion = templ->version;
+		at.dirty = true;
+	}
+}
+
 void AnimationTreeSystem::update(float deltaTime)
 {
 	if (!m_initialized)
@@ -236,6 +269,8 @@ void AnimationTreeSystem::update(float deltaTime)
 	m_world.query<AnimationTreeComponent>().each(
 		[this, deltaTime](flecs::entity e,
 				  AnimationTreeComponent &at) {
+			resolveTemplate(at);
+
 			if (at.dirty) {
 				if (setupEntity(e, at))
 						at.dirty = false;
diff --git a/src/features/editScene/systems/AnimationTreeSystem.hpp b/src/features/editScene/systems/AnimationTreeSystem.hpp
index 8464d2d..00024b1 100644
--- a/src/features/editScene/systems/AnimationTreeSystem.hpp
+++ b/src/features/editScene/systems/AnimationTreeSystem.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <set>
 
 #include "../components/AnimationTree.hpp"
+#include "../components/AnimationTreeTemplate.hpp"
 
 /**
  * System that evaluates an AnimationTreeComponent each frame.
@@ -100,6 +101,9 @@ private:
 			      const Ogre::String &stateMachineName,
 			      const Ogre::String &stateName, bool reset);
 
+	/* Resolve template reference and copy tree if template changed */
+	void resolveTemplate(AnimationTreeComponent &at);
+
 	const AnimationTreeNode *findStateMachineNode(
 		const AnimationTreeNode &root,
 		const Ogre::String &name) const;
diff --git a/src/features/editScene/systems/EditorUISystem.cpp b/src/features/editScene/systems/EditorUISystem.cpp
index 52339ff..c1180af 100644
--- a/src/features/editScene/systems/EditorUISystem.cpp
+++ b/src/features/editScene/systems/EditorUISystem.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "../components/CharacterSlots.hpp"
 #include "../components/Character.hpp"
 #include "../components/AnimationTree.hpp"
+#include "../components/AnimationTreeTemplate.hpp"
 #include "../components/StartupMenu.hpp"
 #include "../components/PlayerController.hpp"
 #include "../components/CellGrid.hpp"
@@ -701,6 +702,13 @@ void EditorUISystem::renderComponentList(flecs::entity entity)
 		componentCount++;
 	}
 
+	// Render AnimationTreeTemplate if present
+	if (entity.has<AnimationTreeTemplate>()) {
+		auto &templ = entity.get_mut<AnimationTreeTemplate>();
+		m_componentRegistry.render<AnimationTreeTemplate>(entity, templ);
+		componentCount++;
+	}
+
 	// Render StartupMenu if present
 	if (entity.has<StartupMenuComponent>()) {
 		auto &sm = entity.get_mut<StartupMenuComponent>();
diff --git a/src/features/editScene/systems/SceneSerializer.cpp b/src/features/editScene/systems/SceneSerializer.cpp
index 31506ff..cf11996 100644
--- a/src/features/editScene/systems/SceneSerializer.cpp
+++ b/src/features/editScene/systems/SceneSerializer.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "../components/Character.hpp"
 #include "../components/CharacterSlots.hpp"
 #include "../components/AnimationTree.hpp"
+#include "../components/AnimationTreeTemplate.hpp"
 #include "../components/StartupMenu.hpp"
 #include "../components/PlayerController.hpp"
 #include "../components/CellGrid.hpp"
@@ -211,6 +212,10 @@ nlohmann::json SceneSerializer::serializeEntity(flecs::entity entity)
 		json["animationTree"] = serializeAnimationTree(entity);
 	}
 
+	if (entity.has<AnimationTreeTemplate>()) {
+		json["animationTreeTemplate"] = serializeAnimationTreeTemplate(entity);
+	}
+
 	if (entity.has<StartupMenuComponent>()) {
 		json["startupMenu"] = serializeStartupMenu(entity);
 	}
@@ -364,6 +369,10 @@ void SceneSerializer::deserializeEntity(const nlohmann::json &json,
 		deserializeAnimationTree(entity, json["animationTree"]);
 	}
 
+	if (json.contains("animationTreeTemplate")) {
+		deserializeAnimationTreeTemplate(entity, json["animationTreeTemplate"]);
+	}
+
 	if (json.contains("startupMenu")) {
 		deserializeStartupMenu(entity, json["startupMenu"]);
 	}
@@ -1549,6 +1558,8 @@ nlohmann::json SceneSerializer::serializeAnimationTree(flecs::entity entity)
 	nlohmann::json json;
 	json["enabled"] = at.enabled;
 	json["useRootMotion"] = at.useRootMotion;
+	if (!at.templateName.empty())
+		json["templateName"] = at.templateName;
 	json["root"] = serializeAnimationTreeNode(at.root);
 	return json;
 }
@@ -1559,12 +1570,31 @@ void SceneSerializer::deserializeAnimationTree(flecs::entity entity,
 	AnimationTreeComponent at;
 	at.enabled = json.value("enabled", true);
 	at.useRootMotion = json.value("useRootMotion", false);
+	at.templateName = json.value("templateName", "");
 	if (json.contains("root"))
 		deserializeAnimationTreeNode(at.root, json["root"]);
 	at.dirty = true;
 	entity.set<AnimationTreeComponent>(at);
 }
 
+nlohmann::json SceneSerializer::serializeAnimationTreeTemplate(flecs::entity entity)
+{
+	auto &templ = entity.get<AnimationTreeTemplate>();
+	nlohmann::json json;
+	json["name"] = templ.name;
+	json["version"] = templ.version;
+	return json;
+}
+
+void SceneSerializer::deserializeAnimationTreeTemplate(flecs::entity entity,
+						       const nlohmann::json &json)
+{
+	AnimationTreeTemplate templ;
+	templ.name = json.value("name", "");
+	templ.version = json.value("version", 1);
+	entity.set<AnimationTreeTemplate>(templ);
+}
+
 // ============================================================================
 // CellGrid/Town Component Serialization
 // ============================================================================
diff --git a/src/features/editScene/systems/SceneSerializer.hpp b/src/features/editScene/systems/SceneSerializer.hpp
index 68d2812..0090ba2 100644
--- a/src/features/editScene/systems/SceneSerializer.hpp
+++ b/src/features/editScene/systems/SceneSerializer.hpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ private:
 	nlohmann::json serializeCharacter(flecs::entity entity);
 	nlohmann::json serializeCharacterSlots(flecs::entity entity);
 	nlohmann::json serializeAnimationTree(flecs::entity entity);
+	nlohmann::json serializeAnimationTreeTemplate(flecs::entity entity);
 	nlohmann::json serializeStartupMenu(flecs::entity entity);
 	nlohmann::json serializePlayerController(flecs::entity entity);
 
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ private:
 				       const nlohmann::json &json);
 	void deserializeAnimationTree(flecs::entity entity,
 				      const nlohmann::json &json);
+	void deserializeAnimationTreeTemplate(flecs::entity entity,
+				      const nlohmann::json &json);
 	void deserializeStartupMenu(flecs::entity entity,
 				    const nlohmann::json &json);
 	void deserializePlayerController(flecs::entity entity,
diff --git a/src/features/editScene/ui/AnimationTreeEditor.cpp b/src/features/editScene/ui/AnimationTreeEditor.cpp
index 926f326..c1da9a2 100644
--- a/src/features/editScene/ui/AnimationTreeEditor.cpp
+++ b/src/features/editScene/ui/AnimationTreeEditor.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "AnimationTreeEditor.hpp"
 #include "../systems/AnimationTreeSystem.hpp"
+#include "../components/AnimationTreeTemplate.hpp"
 #include <imgui.h>
 
 AnimationTreeEditor::AnimationTreeEditor(Ogre::SceneManager *sceneMgr)
@@ -211,7 +212,8 @@ void AnimationTreeEditor::renderTree(AnimationTreeNode &node,
 	if (ImGui::BeginPopupContextItem()) {
 		if (canHaveChildren(node.type)) {
 			if (node.type == "output" ||
-			    node.type == "stateMachine") {
+			    node.type == "stateMachine" ||
+			    node.type == "state") {
 				if (ImGui::MenuItem("Add State Machine"))
 					queueAddChild(&node, "stateMachine");
 			}
@@ -259,7 +261,8 @@ void AnimationTreeEditor::renderTree(AnimationTreeNode &node,
 		}
 		if (ImGui::BeginPopup("AddChild")) {
 			if (node.type == "output" ||
-			    node.type == "stateMachine") {
+			    node.type == "stateMachine" ||
+			    node.type == "state") {
 				if (ImGui::MenuItem("State Machine"))
 					queueAddChild(&node, "stateMachine");
 			}
@@ -473,12 +476,44 @@ void AnimationTreeEditor::renderStatePreview(
 bool AnimationTreeEditor::renderComponent(
 	flecs::entity entity, AnimationTreeComponent &at)
 {
+	ImGui::PushID("AnimTree");
 	bool modified = false;
 
 	if (ImGui::CollapsingHeader("Animation Tree",
 				    ImGuiTreeNodeFlags_DefaultOpen)) {
 		ImGui::Indent();
 
+		/* Template reference */
+		char templBuf[256];
+		snprintf(templBuf, sizeof(templBuf), "%s",
+			 at.templateName.c_str());
+		if (ImGui::InputText("Template Name", templBuf,
+				     sizeof(templBuf))) {
+			at.templateName = templBuf;
+			modified = true;
+		}
+		if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) {
+			ImGui::SetTooltip(
+				"Leave empty for local tree. Set to template name to copy from a template entity.");
+		}
+
+		bool isTemplateEntity = entity.has<AnimationTreeTemplate>();
+		if (isTemplateEntity) {
+			auto &templ = entity.get_mut<AnimationTreeTemplate>();
+			char nameBuf[256];
+			snprintf(nameBuf, sizeof(nameBuf), "%s",
+				 templ.name.c_str());
+			if (ImGui::InputText("Template Publish Name", nameBuf,
+					     sizeof(nameBuf))) {
+				templ.name = nameBuf;
+				modified = true;
+			}
+			ImGui::TextDisabled("Template version: %llu",
+					    (unsigned long long)templ.version);
+		}
+
+		ImGui::Separator();
+
 		/* Global toggles */
 		if (ImGui::Checkbox("Enabled", &at.enabled))
 			modified = true;
@@ -515,5 +550,12 @@ bool AnimationTreeEditor::renderComponent(
 		ImGui::Unindent();
 	}
 
+	/* Auto-publish template changes */
+	if (modified && entity.has<AnimationTreeTemplate>()) {
+		auto &templ = entity.get_mut<AnimationTreeTemplate>();
+		templ.version++;
+	}
+
+	ImGui::PopID();
 	return modified;
 }
diff --git a/src/features/editScene/ui/AnimationTreeTemplateEditor.cpp b/src/features/editScene/ui/AnimationTreeTemplateEditor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbad9fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/editScene/ui/AnimationTreeTemplateEditor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include "AnimationTreeTemplateEditor.hpp"
+#include <imgui.h>
+
+bool AnimationTreeTemplateEditor::renderComponent(
+	flecs::entity entity, AnimationTreeTemplate &templ)
+{
+	ImGui::PushID("AnimTreeTempl");
+	(void)entity;
+	bool modified = false;
+
+	if (ImGui::CollapsingHeader("Animation Tree Template",
+				    ImGuiTreeNodeFlags_DefaultOpen)) {
+		ImGui::Indent();
+
+		char nameBuf[256];
+		snprintf(nameBuf, sizeof(nameBuf), "%s", templ.name.c_str());
+		if (ImGui::InputText("Template Name", nameBuf,
+				     sizeof(nameBuf))) {
+			templ.name = nameBuf;
+			modified = true;
+		}
+		if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) {
+			ImGui::SetTooltip(
+				"Other entities reference this template by name in their Animation Tree component.");
+		}
+
+		ImGui::TextDisabled("Version: %llu",
+				    (unsigned long long)templ.version);
+		ImGui::TextDisabled(
+			"Edit the Animation Tree component on this entity to modify the template.");
+
+		ImGui::Unindent();
+	}
+
+	ImGui::PopID();
+	return modified;
+}
diff --git a/src/features/editScene/ui/AnimationTreeTemplateEditor.hpp b/src/features/editScene/ui/AnimationTreeTemplateEditor.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eae8d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/editScene/ui/AnimationTreeTemplateEditor.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef EDITSCENE_ANIMATIONTREETEMPLATEEDITOR_HPP
+#define EDITSCENE_ANIMATIONTREETEMPLATEEDITOR_HPP
+#pragma once
+
+#include "ComponentEditor.hpp"
+#include "../components/AnimationTreeTemplate.hpp"
+
+/**
+ * Editor for AnimationTreeTemplate component.
+ * The actual tree editing is done via the co-located AnimationTreeComponent.
+ * This editor only exposes the template name and version.
+ */
+class AnimationTreeTemplateEditor
+	: public ComponentEditor<AnimationTreeTemplate> {
+public:
+	bool renderComponent(flecs::entity entity,
+			     AnimationTreeTemplate &templ) override;
+	const char *getName() const override
+	{
+		return "Animation Tree Template";
+	}
+};
+
+#endif // EDITSCENE_ANIMATIONTREETEMPLATEEDITOR_HPP