diff --git a/apps/api/src/combat/combat.service.spec.ts b/apps/api/src/combat/combat.service.spec.ts
index 0750b88..ecd749c 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/combat/combat.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/combat/combat.service.spec.ts
@@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ function character(overrides: Partial<Character> = {}): Character {
   return {
     id: CHARACTER_ID,
     name: 'Aric Duskwalker',
-    level: 1,
-    experience: 0,
+    renown: 1,
     silver: 0,
     baseHp: 100,
     baseAttack: 6,
@@ -271,7 +270,7 @@ function fakeRewardService(
   return {
     grantVictoryRewards:
       overrides.grantVictoryRewards ??
-      jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ experience: 8, silver: 6, items: [] }),
+      jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ silver: 6, items: [] }),
     loadRewards: overrides.loadRewards ?? jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
   } as unknown as CombatRewardService;
 }
@@ -836,7 +835,6 @@ describe('CombatService', () => {
       );
       const rewards = fakeRewardService({
         grantVictoryRewards: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-          experience: 8,
           silver: 6,
           items: [],
         }),
@@ -856,7 +854,7 @@ describe('CombatService', () => {
       );
 
       expect(result.status).toBe(CombatStatus.WON);
-      expect(result.rewards).toEqual({ experience: 8, silver: 6, items: [] });
+      expect(result.rewards).toEqual({ silver: 6, items: [] });
       expect(rewards.grantVictoryRewards).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       // The reward service must receive the transaction manager, not the data
       // source: `expect.anything()` would pass even if the code handed over
@@ -914,7 +912,6 @@ describe('CombatService', () => {
 
     it('replays the persisted reward when a finished combat is read again', async () => {
       const persisted = {
-        experience: 16,
         silver: 12,
         items: [
           {
@@ -997,10 +994,12 @@ describe('CombatService', () => {
         new CombatEngineService(),
         fakeCharacterStats(),
         fakeRewardService({
-          // Genuinely write XP/silver through the transaction's manager
+          // Genuinely write renown/silver through the transaction's manager
           // before failing, so the assertions below prove the rollback
           // discards those writes rather than passing vacuously because
-          // nothing was ever written.
+          // nothing was ever written. Two independent fields, deliberately:
+          // one field alone could not distinguish "rolled back" from
+          // "never written".
           grantVictoryRewards: jest
             .fn()
             .mockImplementation(async (manager: EntityManager) => {
@@ -1009,7 +1008,7 @@ describe('CombatService', () => {
                 id: CHARACTER_ID,
               });
               if (combatCharacter) {
-                combatCharacter.experience += 8;
+                combatCharacter.renown += 1;
                 combatCharacter.silver += 6;
                 await characters.save(combatCharacter);
               }
@@ -1027,7 +1026,7 @@ describe('CombatService', () => {
       expect(dataSource.state.combats[0].status).toBe(CombatStatus.ACTIVE);
       expect(dataSource.state.combats[0].monsterCurrentHp).toBe(1);
       expect(dataSource.state.combatEvents).toHaveLength(0);
-      expect(dataSource.state.characters[0].experience).toBe(0);
+      expect(dataSource.state.characters[0].renown).toBe(1);
       expect(dataSource.state.characters[0].silver).toBe(0);
     });
   });