diff --git a/locales/en.yml b/locales/en.yml
index dcd9b5b7..e058f6f3 100644
--- a/locales/en.yml
+++ b/locales/en.yml
@@ -644,22 +644,22 @@ goblin:
     delete_final: "Delete permanently"
   privacy:
     title: "Network privacy"
-    intro: "Goblin sends only a few things over the network. Here's what leaves your device, and how it stays private."
+    intro: "Goblin sends only a few things over the network, each sealed with end-to-end encryption so relays can't read them or link them to you."
     payments: "Payments"
     payments_blurb: "Every nostr message carrying a slatepack."
-    usernames: "usernames"
-    usernames_blurb: "NIP-05 name lookups to and from goblin.st."
+    usernames: "Usernames"
+    usernames_blurb: "NIP-05 name lookups to and from name authorities."
     price_avatars: "Price"
     price_avatars_blurb: "The live fiat rate shown next to amounts."
     grin_node: "Grin node"
-    grin_node_blurb: "Block sync and broadcasting your transaction to the network. This is public chain data, the same for everyone, and isn't linked to your identity."
+    grin_node_blurb: "Syncs blocks and broadcasts your transactions. Public chain data, the same for everyone, never linked to your identity."
     how_privacy: "How your privacy works"
     how_privacy_blurb: "Payments and messages are sealed with authenticated encryption and delivered as private messages, so a relay can't read them or link a payment back to you."
     always_direct: "Always direct"
     tor_off: "Tor off"
     tor_on: "Tor on"
     tor_switch: "Route through Tor"
-    tor_switch_sub: "Send your private traffic through the Tor network to hide your IP from relays."
+    tor_switch_sub: "Hide your IP from relays."
     vpn_note: "With Tor off, relays can see your IP address. We recommend using at least a VPN."
   pairing:
     title: "Pairing"
diff --git a/src/gui/theme.rs b/src/gui/theme.rs
index 09ed0741..288efac5 100644
--- a/src/gui/theme.rs
+++ b/src/gui/theme.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ const AVATAR_PAIRS: [(Color32, Color32); 8] = [
 	), // lime / dark moss
 ];
 
+/// The Goblin brand yellow (#FFD60A). Unlike [`ThemeTokens::accent`] (which
+/// inverts to dark on the yellow theme so it reads on a bright bg), this is the
+/// same brand yellow in every theme — used for status dots that must always
+/// carry the brand color, e.g. the always-direct Grin-node dot.
+pub const GOBLIN_YELLOW: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0xFF, 0xD6, 0x0A);
+
 pub const LIGHT: ThemeTokens = ThemeTokens {
 	bg: Color32::from_rgb(0xFA, 0xFA, 0xF7),
 	surface: Color32::from_rgb(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF),
diff --git a/src/gui/views/goblin/onboarding.rs b/src/gui/views/goblin/onboarding.rs
index f090471a..9e6a748c 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/goblin/onboarding.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/goblin/onboarding.rs
@@ -235,13 +235,15 @@ impl OnboardingContent {
 				self.error = None;
 				self.step = back;
 			}
-			ui.with_layout(Layout::right_to_left(Align::Center), |ui| {
-				ui.label(
-					RichText::new(kicker)
-						.font(fonts::kicker())
-						.color(t.text_mute),
-				);
-			});
+			if !kicker.is_empty() {
+				ui.with_layout(Layout::right_to_left(Align::Center), |ui| {
+					ui.label(
+						RichText::new(kicker)
+							.font(fonts::kicker())
+							.color(t.text_mute),
+					);
+				});
+			}
 		});
 		ui.add_space(18.0);
 		ui.label(
@@ -873,12 +875,10 @@ impl OnboardingContent {
 		} else {
 			Step::ConfirmWords
 		};
-		self.step_header(
-			ui,
-			&t!("goblin.onboarding.privacy.kicker"),
-			&t!("goblin.privacy.title"),
-			back,
-		);
+		// No top-right kicker here — the Network-privacy screen shows just the
+		// back chip + title, matching the settings sub-pages (Advanced Privacy,
+		// Node) so the two entry points read identically.
+		self.step_header(ui, "", &t!("goblin.privacy.title"), back);
 		if let Some(new_val) = super::network_privacy_panels(ui, self.tor_choice) {
 			self.tor_choice = new_val;
 		}
diff --git a/src/gui/views/goblin/privacy.rs b/src/gui/views/goblin/privacy.rs
index d481943f..17210be3 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/goblin/privacy.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/goblin/privacy.rs
@@ -70,32 +70,22 @@ pub(super) fn settings_group_colored(
 /// onboarding stashes it and writes it before the service starts).
 pub(super) fn network_privacy_panels(ui: &mut egui::Ui, tor_on: bool) -> Option<bool> {
 	let t = theme::tokens();
+	// One short intro block: what Goblin sends + how it stays private
+	// (deliberately no crypto version numbers).
 	ui.label(
 		RichText::new(t!("goblin.privacy.intro"))
 			.font(FontId::new(14.0, fonts::regular()))
 			.color(t.text_dim),
 	);
-	ui.add_space(14.0);
-	ui.label(
-		RichText::new(t!("goblin.privacy.how_privacy"))
-			.font(FontId::new(14.0, fonts::semibold()))
-			.color(t.text),
-	);
-	ui.add_space(4.0);
-	ui.label(
-		RichText::new(t!("goblin.privacy.how_privacy_blurb"))
-			.font(FontId::new(13.0, fonts::regular()))
-			.color(t.text_dim),
-	);
 	ui.add_space(16.0);
 
-	// Grin node — ALWAYS DIRECT, grey dot, full width. Public chain data, the
-	// same for everyone, never routed over Tor.
+	// Grin node — ALWAYS DIRECT, brand-yellow dot, full width. Public chain
+	// data, the same for everyone, never routed over Tor.
 	settings_group(ui, &t!("goblin.privacy.always_direct"), |ui| {
 		ui.set_min_width(ui.available_width());
 		privacy_line(
 			ui,
-			t.surface_text_mute,
+			theme::GOBLIN_YELLOW,
 			&t!("goblin.privacy.grin_node"),
 			&t!("goblin.privacy.grin_node_blurb"),
 		);
@@ -132,30 +122,30 @@ pub(super) fn network_privacy_panels(ui: &mut egui::Ui, tor_on: bool) -> Option<
 	});
 	ui.add_space(18.0);
 
-	// Large Tor switch — dormant gray when off, blueviolet when on (never
-	// yellow). The color state lives on the dots above; this reads on/off.
+	// Large Tor switch — the whole card is stacked and centered so it reads as
+	// "flip between Tor and direct": title on top, the big switch on its own
+	// row, then a full-width caption below that can never clip. The switch is
+	// dormant gray when off, blueviolet when on (never yellow) — the color state
+	// lives on the dots above; this reads on/off.
 	let mut toggled = None;
 	w::card(ui, |ui| {
 		ui.set_min_width(ui.available_width());
-		ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-			ui.vertical(|ui| {
-				ui.label(
-					RichText::new(t!("goblin.privacy.tor_switch"))
-						.font(FontId::new(15.0, fonts::semibold()))
-						.color(t.surface_text),
-				);
-				ui.add_space(2.0);
-				ui.label(
-					RichText::new(t!("goblin.privacy.tor_switch_sub"))
-						.font(FontId::new(12.5, fonts::regular()))
-						.color(t.surface_text_dim),
-				);
-			});
-			ui.with_layout(Layout::right_to_left(Align::Center), |ui| {
-				if w::toggle_large(ui, tor_on).clicked() {
-					toggled = Some(!tor_on);
-				}
-			});
+		ui.vertical_centered(|ui| {
+			ui.label(
+				RichText::new(t!("goblin.privacy.tor_switch"))
+					.font(FontId::new(15.0, fonts::semibold()))
+					.color(t.surface_text),
+			);
+			ui.add_space(12.0);
+			if w::toggle_large(ui, tor_on).clicked() {
+				toggled = Some(!tor_on);
+			}
+			ui.add_space(12.0);
+			ui.label(
+				RichText::new(t!("goblin.privacy.tor_switch_sub"))
+					.font(FontId::new(12.5, fonts::regular()))
+					.color(t.surface_text_dim),
+			);
 		});
 	});
 	ui.add_space(12.0);
diff --git a/src/gui/views/goblin/widgets.rs b/src/gui/views/goblin/widgets.rs
index f5544de2..d6d89bdb 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/goblin/widgets.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/goblin/widgets.rs
@@ -244,15 +244,15 @@ pub fn toggle(ui: &mut Ui, on: bool) -> Response {
 /// the app accent. Returns the response; the caller flips the bound state.
 pub fn toggle_large(ui: &mut Ui, on: bool) -> Response {
 	let t = theme::tokens();
-	let (rect, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(Vec2::new(64.0, 36.0), Sense::click());
+	let (rect, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(Vec2::new(96.0, 54.0), Sense::click());
 	let track = if on { t.tor_purple } else { t.surface2 };
 	ui.painter()
-		.rect_filled(rect, CornerRadius::same(18), track);
-	let knob_r = 15.0;
+		.rect_filled(rect, CornerRadius::same(27), track);
+	let knob_r = 22.0;
 	let knob_x = if on {
-		rect.right() - knob_r - 3.0
+		rect.right() - knob_r - 5.0
 	} else {
-		rect.left() + knob_r + 3.0
+		rect.left() + knob_r + 5.0
 	};
 	let knob = if on {
 		Color32::WHITE