diff --git a/S1API.Tests/Entities/NPCPanicApiCompatibilityTests.cs b/S1API.Tests/Entities/NPCPanicApiCompatibilityTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec0592a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/S1API.Tests/Entities/NPCPanicApiCompatibilityTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#if IL2CPPMELON
+using NativeNpc = Il2CppScheduleOne.NPCs.NPC;
+#elif MONOMELON
+using NativeNpc = ScheduleOne.NPCs.NPC;
+#endif
+
+using System.Reflection;
+using S1API.Entities;
+
+namespace S1API.Tests.Entities;
+
+public sealed class NPCPanicApiCompatibilityTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void PanicRetainsItsParameterlessManagedSurface()
+    {
+        MethodInfo? method = typeof(NPC).GetMethod(
+            nameof(NPC.Panic),
+            BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance,
+            binder: null,
+            types: Type.EmptyTypes,
+            modifiers: null);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(method);
+        Assert.Equal(typeof(void), method!.ReturnType);
+        Assert.Empty(method.GetParameters());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void NativePanicRpcRemainsParameterless()
+    {
+        MethodInfo? method = typeof(NativeNpc).GetMethod(
+            "SetPanicked_Server",
+            BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance,
+            binder: null,
+            types: Type.EmptyTypes,
+            modifiers: null);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(method);
+        Assert.Equal(typeof(void), method!.ReturnType);
+        Assert.Empty(method.GetParameters());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/S1API/Entities/NPC.cs b/S1API/Entities/NPC.cs
index 256bfbfb..20e4eb52 100644
--- a/S1API/Entities/NPC.cs
+++ b/S1API/Entities/NPC.cs
@@ -2624,19 +2624,6 @@ private void EnsureMessageConversationInstance(ConversationCategoryList categori
             }
         }
 
-        private static bool SafeIsServer()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                var nm = InstanceFinder.NetworkManager;
-                return nm != null && nm.IsServer;
-            }
-            catch
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-
         private static object? GetGameMember(object? target, string memberName)
         {
             return target == null
@@ -2907,19 +2894,10 @@ public void LerpScale(float scale, float lerpTime) =>
             S1NPC.SetScale(scale, lerpTime);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Causes the NPC to become panicked.
-        /// Currently host/server-only: non-host clients hit the SafeIsServer guard below and this becomes a silent no-op,
-        /// which is inconsistent with other server-RPC-style wrappers in the API and with the runtime docs.
+        /// Requests that the NPC become panicked.
         /// </summary>
-        public void Panic()
-        {
-            // TODO: Revisit this guard. Unlike wrappers such as Cartel.SetStatus and CombatBehaviour.SetAndAttackTarget,
-            // Panic() can no longer be invoked meaningfully from multiplayer clients because non-host callers return here.
-            if (!SafeIsServer())
-                return;
-
+        public void Panic() =>
             S1NPC.SetPanicked_Server();
-        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Causes the NPC to stop panicking, if they are currently.