diff --git a/src/ui/pages/settings_page.cpp b/src/ui/pages/settings_page.cpp
index 1e89001..c9cd3c5 100644
--- a/src/ui/pages/settings_page.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/pages/settings_page.cpp
@@ -2066,6 +2066,25 @@ void RenderSettingsPage(App* app) {
                         else                 ImGui::TextDisabled("%s", wv);
                     }
 
+                    // Large-wallet nudge: the BDB wallet.dat bloats with shielded-note witness data and
+                    // never shrinks in place. Past a threshold, hint the user toward consolidating notes
+                    // (Merge to Address) to curb further growth. Full-node only (lite has no wallet.dat here).
+                    static constexpr uint64_t kWalletBloatWarnBytes = 500ull * 1024 * 1024;   // 500 MB
+                    if (app->supportsFullNodeLifecycleActions() && wallet_size > kWalletBloatWarnBytes) {
+                        ImGui::Dummy(ImVec2(0, Layout::spacingSm()));
+                        ImGui::PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol_Text, Warning());
+                        ImGui::PushTextWrapPos(leftX + contentW);
+                        ImGui::TextWrapped("%s", TR("wallet_size_warn"));
+                        ImGui::PopTextWrapPos();
+                        ImGui::PopStyleColor();
+                        if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) material::Tooltip("%s", TR("tt_wallet_size_warn"));
+                        ImGui::Dummy(ImVec2(0, Layout::spacingXs()));
+                        if (material::ActionButton("##walletconsolidate", TR("wallet_size_consolidate"),
+                                                   ICON_MD_CALL_MERGE, material::ActionTier::Secondary))
+                            ShieldDialog::show(ShieldDialog::Mode::MergeToAddress);
+                        if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) material::Tooltip("%s", TR("tt_merge"));
+                    }
+
                     // Row 3: folder buttons (their own row so the path gets the full width).
                     ImGui::Dummy(ImVec2(0, Layout::spacingXs()));
                     material::ButtonFlow ff(contentW);
diff --git a/src/util/i18n.cpp b/src/util/i18n.cpp
index 9a7d9ff..0c684fa 100644
--- a/src/util/i18n.cpp
+++ b/src/util/i18n.cpp
@@ -667,6 +667,9 @@ void I18n::loadBuiltinEnglish()
         strings_["wiz_pin_mismatch"] = "PINs do not match";
         strings_["settings_data_dir"] = "Data Dir";
         strings_["settings_wallet_size_label"] = "Wallet Size";
+        strings_["wallet_size_warn"] = "This wallet file is large. Consolidating your notes can curb further growth.";
+        strings_["tt_wallet_size_warn"] = "Shielded wallets grow with each note's witness data — merging many notes into one address reduces it. Back up first.";
+        strings_["wallet_size_consolidate"] = "Consolidate notes\xE2\x80\xA6";
         strings_["settings_debug_changed"] = "Debug categories changed \xe2\x80\x94 restart daemon to apply";
         strings_["settings_auto_detected"] = "Auto-detected from DRAGONX.conf";
         strings_["settings_visual_effects"] = "Visual Effects";