diff --git a/tools/asset_extract/main.cpp b/tools/asset_extract/main.cpp
index 697d798e..3e36da97 100644
--- a/tools/asset_extract/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/asset_extract/main.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "extractor.hpp"
 #include "open_format_emitter.hpp"
+#include <chrono>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
@@ -120,11 +121,17 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         }
         std::cout << "Walking " << upgradeDir
                   << " for open-format upgrades...\n";
+        auto t0 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
         wowee::tools::OpenFormatStats stats;
+        // Pass 0 to auto-detect threads (or honor user --threads override).
+        unsigned int t = opts.threads > 0 ? static_cast<unsigned int>(opts.threads) : 0;
         wowee::tools::emitOpenFormats(upgradeDir,
                                        opts.emitPng, opts.emitJsonDbc,
                                        opts.emitWom, opts.emitWob,
-                                       opts.emitTerrain, stats);
+                                       opts.emitTerrain, stats, t);
+        auto secs = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(
+            std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - t0).count() / 1000.0;
+        std::cout << "  elapsed           : " << secs << " s\n";
         std::cout << "  PNG (BLP→PNG)     : " << stats.pngOk     << " ok"
                   << (stats.pngFail     ? ", " + std::to_string(stats.pngFail)     + " failed" : "") << "\n";
         std::cout << "  JSON (DBC→JSON)   : " << stats.jsonDbcOk << " ok"
diff --git a/tools/asset_extract/open_format_emitter.cpp b/tools/asset_extract/open_format_emitter.cpp
index 207c8b1a..c470bc29 100644
--- a/tools/asset_extract/open_format_emitter.cpp
+++ b/tools/asset_extract/open_format_emitter.cpp
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ void emitOpenFormats(const std::string& rootDir,
                      bool emitPng, bool emitJsonDbc,
                      bool emitWom, bool emitWob,
                      bool emitTerrain,
-                     OpenFormatStats& stats) {
+                     OpenFormatStats& stats,
+                     unsigned int threadCount) {
     if (!fs::exists(rootDir)) return;
     if (!emitPng && !emitJsonDbc && !emitWom && !emitWob && !emitTerrain) return;
 
@@ -368,7 +369,8 @@ void emitOpenFormats(const std::string& rootDir,
         }
     };
 
-    unsigned int threadCount = std::max(1u, std::thread::hardware_concurrency());
+    if (threadCount == 0) threadCount = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
+    if (threadCount == 0) threadCount = 1;
     std::vector<std::thread> pool;
     pool.reserve(threadCount);
     for (unsigned int t = 0; t < threadCount; t++) pool.emplace_back(worker);
diff --git a/tools/asset_extract/open_format_emitter.hpp b/tools/asset_extract/open_format_emitter.hpp
index 6c6c96b3..0a2b0b18 100644
--- a/tools/asset_extract/open_format_emitter.hpp
+++ b/tools/asset_extract/open_format_emitter.hpp
@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@ bool emitTerrainFromAdt(const std::string& adtPath, const std::string& outBase);
 
 // Walk an extracted-asset directory and emit open-format side-files for
 // every requested format. Counts accumulated into stats.
+// `threadCount` 0 = auto-detect from hardware_concurrency().
 void emitOpenFormats(const std::string& rootDir,
                      bool emitPng, bool emitJsonDbc,
                      bool emitWom, bool emitWob,
                      bool emitTerrain,
-                     OpenFormatStats& stats);
+                     OpenFormatStats& stats,
+                     unsigned int threadCount = 0);
 
 } // namespace tools
 } // namespace wowee