diff --git a/ba_auto/detector.py b/ba_auto/detector.py
index e38db88..17874d8 100644
--- a/ba_auto/detector.py
+++ b/ba_auto/detector.py
@@ -11,7 +11,37 @@ OCR_SHOT_PATH = os.path.join(config.SCRATCHPAD_DIR, "ocr_live.png")
 OCR_UPSCALE = 3
 
 SPARKLE_SHOT_PATH = os.path.join(config.SCRATCHPAD_DIR, "cafe_live.png")
-SPARKLE_CLICK_OFFSET = (75, 47)
+# Ported byte-for-byte from the original scripts/detect_and_click.py without
+# recalibration (see plan.md's Phase 6 writeup) -- (75, 47) was never
+# actually re-verified against this project's own real gameplay.
+#
+# Real-usage bug (2026-07-16, reported live with a screenshot): when two
+# students stand close together, (75, 47) overshoots past the intended
+# target's own head and lands on a DIFFERENT, closer student's body instead
+# -- the click doesn't register as a pat there, so find_cafe_sparkle() just
+# matches the same still-showing sparkle again next iteration, repeatedly
+# clicking nearly the same point for the rest of the room's budget (confirmed
+# live: 13 of 16 "pats" in one run clustered within a ~10px box, all
+# ineffective).
+#
+# First recalibration attempt, (0, 0) (raw template-match center, no
+# offset), was also wrong -- reported live ("it is clicking the actual
+# sparkle instead of the student head"): a coincidental ambient thought-
+# bubble animation at the raw-center test position was misread as a hover
+# confirmation, when the raw sparkle position is not actually within the
+# character's clickable area.
+#
+# Properly recalibrated live the same day via numbered candidate-point
+# overlays (screenshots with several labeled offset options drawn on a real
+# live sparkle, user picked the one actually landing on the head each time)
+# against two independent real students in different poses (a sitting
+# arcade-cabinet pose and a lying-down couch pose) -- both converged on
+# roughly the same small offset, confirmed by the user directly on-screen
+# rather than inferred from a single ambiguous signal like the (0,0) attempt
+# was. (75, 47) was oversized (the close-together overshoot bug) and (0, 0)
+# was undersized (clicks the sparkle glyph itself, not the character) --
+# (50, 15) is the empirically-confirmed middle ground.
+SPARKLE_CLICK_OFFSET = (51, 15)
 SPARKLE_THRESHOLD = 0.97
 
 # The cafe camera's zoom level isn't reset before farming, and the sparkle