diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 57cf261d3..895f3c9bb 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Renzora Engine `r1-alpha8`
 
+## 2026-10-07 21:03
+- fix(hierarchy): Duplicate in the hierarchy right-click menu copies every component, like Ctrl+D, instead of making an empty entity at the origin
+
 ## 2026-09-18 16:27
 - fix(game-ui): an `expand` canvas previewed over the viewport lays out like the shipped game, so edge-anchored UI reaches the edge
 - fix(game-ui): a canvas root no longer keeps a preview scale that was saved into a scene, which shrank the UI in an exported game
diff --git a/crates/renzora_hierarchy/src/native/context_menu.rs b/crates/renzora_hierarchy/src/native/context_menu.rs
index 40ee283c3..57b1be68c 100644
--- a/crates/renzora_hierarchy/src/native/context_menu.rs
+++ b/crates/renzora_hierarchy/src/native/context_menu.rs
@@ -316,16 +316,21 @@ fn add_child(world: &mut World, target: Entity) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Deep-clones `target` through Bevy's `clone_and_spawn`, the same path the
+/// Ctrl+D shortcut uses (`renzora_gizmo::shortcuts::duplicate_entities`), so
+/// the menu and keyboard produce the same object. This used to spawn only a
+/// `Name` and a default `Transform`: the "copy" had no mesh, collider or
+/// gameplay components and sat at the origin.
 fn duplicate(world: &mut World, target: Entity) {
-    let parent = world.get::<ChildOf>(target).map(|c| c.parent());
+    let Ok(mut src) = world.get_entity_mut(target) else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let new_entity = src.clone_and_spawn();
     let name = world
-        .get::<Name>(target)
+        .get::<Name>(new_entity)
         .map(|n| format!("{} (Copy)", n.as_str()))
         .unwrap_or_else(|| "Entity (Copy)".to_string());
-    let new_entity = world.spawn((Name::new(name), Transform::default())).id();
-    if let Some(p) = parent {
-        world.entity_mut(new_entity).set_parent_in_place(p);
-    }
+    world.entity_mut(new_entity).insert(Name::new(name));
     if let Some(sel) = world.get_resource::<EditorSelection>() {
         sel.set(Some(new_entity));
     }