diff --git a/lib/routes/makerworld/contest.ts b/lib/routes/makerworld/contest.ts
index 5633f9cee8..5a465cfe14 100644
--- a/lib/routes/makerworld/contest.ts
+++ b/lib/routes/makerworld/contest.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import { config } from '@/config';
 import type { Route } from '@/types';
-import ofetch from '@/utils/ofetch';
 import { parseDate } from '@/utils/parse-date';
 
-import { baseUrl, getNextBuildId } from './utils';
+import { baseUrl, fetchJson, getNextBuildId } from './utils';
 
 export const route: Route = {
     path: '/contests',
@@ -21,11 +19,7 @@ export const route: Route = {
 
 async function handler() {
     const nextBuildId = await getNextBuildId();
-    const response = await ofetch(`${baseUrl}/_next/data/${nextBuildId}/en/contests.json`, {
-        headers: {
-            'User-Agent': config.trueUA,
-        },
-    });
+    const response = await fetchJson(`${baseUrl}/_next/data/${nextBuildId}/en/contests.json`);
     const { listConst, previewList } = response.pageProps;
 
     const items = [
diff --git a/lib/routes/makerworld/trending.ts b/lib/routes/makerworld/trending.ts
index 8ce6364c55..6c3c2555a8 100644
--- a/lib/routes/makerworld/trending.ts
+++ b/lib/routes/makerworld/trending.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import { config } from '@/config';
 import type { Route } from '@/types';
-import ofetch from '@/utils/ofetch';
 import { parseDate } from '@/utils/parse-date';
 
-import { baseUrl, getNextBuildId } from './utils';
+import { baseUrl, fetchJson, getNextBuildId } from './utils';
 
 export const route: Route = {
     path: '/trending',
@@ -21,20 +19,17 @@ export const route: Route = {
 
 async function handler() {
     const nextBuildId = await getNextBuildId();
-    const response = await ofetch(`${baseUrl}/_next/data/${nextBuildId}/en.json`, {
-        headers: {
-            'User-Agent': config.trueUA,
-        },
-    });
+    const response = await fetchJson(`${baseUrl}/_next/data/${nextBuildId}/en.json`);
 
-    const items = response.pageProps.popularDesignsData.map((d) => ({
-        title: d.title,
-        link: `${baseUrl}/en/models/${d.id}-${d.slug}`,
-        author: d.designCreator.name,
-        category: d.tags,
-        pubDate: parseDate(d.startTime),
-        description: d.designExtension.design_pictures.map((i) => `<figure><img src="${i.url}" alt="${d.name}"><figcaption>${i.name}</figcaption></figure>`).join(''),
-    }));
+    const items = response.pageProps.v2Props.foryouData.hits
+        .filter((hit) => hit.design?.title)
+        .map(({ design: d }) => ({
+            title: d.title,
+            link: `${baseUrl}/en/models/${d.id}-${d.slug}`,
+            author: d.designCreator.name,
+            pubDate: parseDate(d.createTime),
+            description: d.designExtension.design_pictures.map((i) => `<figure><img src="${i.url}" alt="${d.title}"><figcaption>${i.name}</figcaption></figure>`).join(''),
+        }));
 
     return {
         title: 'Trending Models - MakerWorld',
diff --git a/lib/routes/makerworld/user-upload.ts b/lib/routes/makerworld/user-upload.ts
index 2bb0f09a91..65bab95cb9 100644
--- a/lib/routes/makerworld/user-upload.ts
+++ b/lib/routes/makerworld/user-upload.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import { config } from '@/config';
 import type { Route } from '@/types';
-import ofetch from '@/utils/ofetch';
 import { parseDate } from '@/utils/parse-date';
 
-import { baseUrl, getNextBuildId } from './utils';
+import { baseUrl, fetchJson, getNextBuildId } from './utils';
 
 export const route: Route = {
     path: '/user/:handle/upload',
@@ -26,14 +24,7 @@ async function handler(ctx) {
     const { handle } = ctx.req.param();
 
     const nextBuildId = await getNextBuildId();
-    const response = await ofetch(`${baseUrl}/_next/data/${nextBuildId}/en/${handle}/upload.json`, {
-        headers: {
-            'User-Agent': config.trueUA,
-        },
-        query: {
-            handle,
-        },
-    });
+    const response = await fetchJson(`${baseUrl}/_next/data/${nextBuildId}/en/${handle}/upload.json`, { handle });
     const { userInfo, designs } = response.pageProps;
 
     const items = designs.map((d) => ({
diff --git a/lib/routes/makerworld/utils.ts b/lib/routes/makerworld/utils.ts
index 4930e63812..f6b0afb778 100644
--- a/lib/routes/makerworld/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/routes/makerworld/utils.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,38 @@
 import { load } from 'cheerio';
 
-import { config } from '@/config';
 import cache from '@/utils/cache';
-import ofetch from '@/utils/ofetch';
+import { getPlaywrightPage } from '@/utils/playwright';
 
 export const baseUrl = 'https://makerworld.com';
 
+// makerworld.com sits behind a Cloudflare bot-management challenge that fingerprints the
+// TLS/HTTP client itself rather than just headers, so a plain fetch always gets a 403 no
+// matter what headers are sent. A real (stealth-patched) browser is required to pass it.
+const fetchViaBrowser = async (url: string, type: 'html' | 'json' = 'html') => {
+    const { page, destroy } = await getPlaywrightPage(url, {
+        onBeforeLoad: async (page) => {
+            const expectResourceTypes = new Set(['document', 'script', 'xhr', 'fetch']);
+            await page.route('**/*', (route) => {
+                const request = route.request();
+                expectResourceTypes.has(request.resourceType()) ? route.continue() : route.abort();
+            });
+        },
+    });
+    try {
+        return (await page.evaluate(type === 'html' ? () => document.documentElement.innerHTML : () => document.documentElement.textContent)) ?? '';
+    } finally {
+        await destroy();
+    }
+};
+
+export const fetchJson = async (url: string, query?: Record<string, string>) => {
+    const finalUrl = query ? `${url}?${new URLSearchParams(query).toString()}` : url;
+    return JSON.parse(await fetchViaBrowser(finalUrl, 'json'));
+};
+
 export const getNextBuildId = () =>
     cache.tryGet('makerworld:nextBuildId', async () => {
-        const response = await ofetch(`${baseUrl}/en`, {
-            headers: {
-                'User-Agent': config.trueUA,
-            },
-        });
+        const response = await fetchViaBrowser(`${baseUrl}/en`);
         const $ = load(response);
         const nextData = JSON.parse($('script#__NEXT_DATA__').text());
         return nextData.buildId;