Merge branch 'worktree-slice-0.4-first-loot'

2026-08-20 10:33:39 +02:00
parent b92aecb71a 048cf80e78
commit 624c47e5a6
68 changed files with 6837 additions and 30 deletions
--- a/apps/api/src/characters/characters.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/characters/characters.service.spec.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ describe('CharactersService', () => {
        name: 'Aric Duskwalker',
        level: 1,
        experience: 0,
+        silver: 0,
        currentHp: 100,
        baseHp: 100,
        baseAttack: 6,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ describe('CharactersService', () => {
      name: 'Aric Duskwalker',
      level: 1,
      experience: 0,
+      silver: 0,
      currentHp: 100,
      maxHp: 100,
      attack: 6,
@@ -45,6 +47,31 @@ describe('CharactersService', () => {
    });
  });

+  it('exposes the persisted silver so the HUD never has to guess', async () => {
+    const repository = {
+      findOne: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        id: DEMO_CHARACTER_ID,
+        name: 'Aric Duskwalker',
+        level: 1,
+        experience: 24,
+        silver: 18,
+        currentHp: 100,
+        baseHp: 100,
+        baseAttack: 6,
+        currentLocation: {
+          id: SOUTH_GATE_ID,
+          key: 'south-gate',
+          name: 'Südtor von Graufurt',
+        },
+      }),
+    } as unknown as Repository<Character>;
+    const service = new CharactersService(repository);
+
+    await expect(service.getDemoCharacter()).resolves.toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({ experience: 24, silver: 18 }),
+    );
+  });
+
  it('reports a missing demo seed as not found', async () => {
    const repository = {
      findOne: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
--- a/apps/api/src/characters/characters.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/characters/characters.service.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export class CharactersService {
      name: character.name,
      level: character.level,
      experience: character.experience,
+      silver: character.silver,
      currentHp: character.currentHp,
      maxHp: character.baseHp,
      attack: character.baseAttack,
--- a/apps/api/src/characters/entities/character.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/characters/entities/character.entity.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ export class Character {
  @Column({ name: 'experience', type: 'integer' })
  experience!: number;

+  @Column({ name: 'silver', type: 'integer' })
+  silver!: number;
+
  @Column({ name: 'base_hp', type: 'integer' })
  baseHp!: number;

--- a/apps/api/src/combat/combat.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/combat/combat.controller.spec.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('CombatController', () => {
  });

  it('delegates GET /api/combats/:combatId to combatService.getCombat', async () => {
-    const combat = { id: 'combat-1', status: 'ACTIVE', round: 1, player: {}, monster: {}, events: [] };
+    const combat = { id: 'combat-1', status: 'ACTIVE', round: 1, player: {}, monster: {}, events: [], rewards: null };
    getCombat.mockResolvedValue(combat);

    const response = await request(app.getHttpServer()).get('/api/combats/combat-1').expect(200);
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe('CombatController', () => {
  });

  it('delegates GET /api/combats/active to combatService.getActiveCombat', async () => {
-    const combat = { id: 'combat-1', status: 'ACTIVE', round: 3, player: {}, monster: {}, events: [] };
+    const combat = { id: 'combat-1', status: 'ACTIVE', round: 3, player: {}, monster: {}, events: [], rewards: null };
    getActiveCombat.mockResolvedValue(combat);

    const response = await request(app.getHttpServer()).get('/api/combats/active').expect(200);
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('CombatController', () => {
  });

  it('delegates POST /api/combats/:combatId/actions with only the action field', async () => {
-    const combat = { id: 'combat-1', status: 'ACTIVE', round: 2, player: {}, monster: {}, events: [] };
+    const combat = { id: 'combat-1', status: 'ACTIVE', round: 2, player: {}, monster: {}, events: [], rewards: null };
    performAction.mockResolvedValue(combat);

    const response = await request(app.getHttpServer())
--- a/apps/api/src/combat/combat.module.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/combat/combat.module.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Character } from '../characters/entities/character.entity';
 import { Hunt } from '../hunting/entities/hunt.entity';
 import { HuntEncounter } from '../hunting/entities/hunt-encounter.entity';
 import { MonsterDefinition } from '../monsters/entities/monster-definition.entity';
+import { RewardsModule } from '../rewards/rewards.module';
 import { TravelModule } from '../travel/travel.module';
 import { CombatEngineService } from './combat-engine.service';
 import { CombatController } from './combat.controller';
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import { HuntEncounterAttackController } from './hunt-encounter-attack.controlle
    TypeOrmModule.forFeature([Character, Hunt, HuntEncounter, MonsterDefinition, Combat, CombatEvent]),
    TravelModule,
    CharactersModule,
+    RewardsModule,
  ],
  controllers: [CombatController, HuntEncounterAttackController],
  providers: [CombatService, CombatEngineService],
--- a/apps/api/src/combat/combat.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/combat/combat.service.spec.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Hunt } from '../hunting/entities/hunt.entity';
 import { HuntEncounter } from '../hunting/entities/hunt-encounter.entity';
 import { HuntStatus } from '../hunting/hunt-status.enum';
 import { MonsterDefinition } from '../monsters/entities/monster-definition.entity';
+import { CombatRewardService } from '../rewards/combat-reward.service';
 import { TravelService } from '../travel/travel.service';
 import { CombatAction } from './combat-action.enum';
 import { CombatEngineService } from './combat-engine.service';
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ function character(overrides: Partial<Character> = {}): Character {
    name: 'Aric Duskwalker',
    level: 1,
    experience: 0,
+    silver: 0,
    baseHp: 100,
    baseAttack: 6,
    currentHp: 100,
@@ -247,6 +249,20 @@ function fakeTravelService(
  } as unknown as TravelService;
 }

+function fakeRewardService(
+  overrides: Partial<{
+    grantVictoryRewards: jest.Mock;
+    loadRewards: jest.Mock;
+  }> = {},
+): CombatRewardService {
+  return {
+    grantVictoryRewards:
+      overrides.grantVictoryRewards ??
+      jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ experience: 8, silver: 6, items: [] }),
+    loadRewards: overrides.loadRewards ?? jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
+  } as unknown as CombatRewardService;
+}
+
 function createService(
  options: { state?: FakeState; travelService?: TravelService } = {},
 ) {
@@ -260,6 +276,7 @@ function createService(
    travelService,
    combatEngine,
    characterCombatStats,
+    fakeRewardService(),
  );
  return { dataSource, service, travelService };
 }
@@ -532,7 +549,10 @@ describe('CombatService', () => {
    });

    it('rejects actions from a character who does not own the combat', async () => {
-      const { service, combatId } = await startedCombat();
+      const state = createState({
+        characters: [character(), character({ id: OTHER_CHARACTER_ID })],
+      });
+      const { service, combatId } = await startedCombat(state);

      await expectCombatDomainError(
        service.performAction(
@@ -663,4 +683,215 @@ describe('CombatService', () => {
      expect(reloaded.player.currentHp).toBe(0);
    });
  });
+
+  describe('rewards', () => {
+    it('grants rewards inside the same transaction when the round ends in victory', async () => {
+      const dataSource = new FakeDataSource(
+        createState({
+          combats: [
+            {
+              id: 'combat-1',
+              characterId: CHARACTER_ID,
+              huntEncounterId: ENCOUNTER_ID,
+              monsterDefinitionId: MONSTER_ID,
+              status: CombatStatus.ACTIVE,
+              round: 3,
+              playerMaxHp: 100,
+              playerCurrentHp: 80,
+              monsterMaxHp: 45,
+              monsterCurrentHp: 1,
+              playerState: { attack: 6, weaponDamage: 8, armor: 6 },
+              monsterState: { attack: 5, armor: 0 },
+              completedAt: null,
+            } as Combat,
+          ],
+        }),
+      );
+      const rewards = fakeRewardService({
+        grantVictoryRewards: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+          experience: 8,
+          silver: 6,
+          items: [],
+        }),
+      });
+      const service = new CombatService(
+        dataSource as unknown as DataSource,
+        fakeTravelService(),
+        new CombatEngineService(),
+        new CharacterCombatStatsService(),
+        rewards,
+      );
+
+      const result = await service.performAction(CHARACTER_ID, 'combat-1', CombatAction.ATTACK);
+
+      expect(result.status).toBe(CombatStatus.WON);
+      expect(result.rewards).toEqual({ experience: 8, 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
+      // `this.dataSource`, so assert on the captured argument's identity.
+      const passedManager = (rewards.grantVictoryRewards as jest.Mock).mock
+        .calls[0][0];
+      expect(passedManager).not.toBe(dataSource);
+      expect(rewards.grantVictoryRewards).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        passedManager,
+        expect.objectContaining({ id: 'combat-1', status: CombatStatus.WON }),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('grants no rewards when the round ends in defeat', async () => {
+      const dataSource = new FakeDataSource(
+        createState({
+          combats: [
+            {
+              id: 'combat-1',
+              characterId: CHARACTER_ID,
+              huntEncounterId: ENCOUNTER_ID,
+              monsterDefinitionId: MONSTER_ID,
+              status: CombatStatus.ACTIVE,
+              round: 3,
+              playerMaxHp: 100,
+              playerCurrentHp: 1,
+              monsterMaxHp: 45,
+              monsterCurrentHp: 45,
+              playerState: { attack: 1, weaponDamage: 1, armor: 0 },
+              monsterState: { attack: 99, armor: 99 },
+              completedAt: null,
+            } as Combat,
+          ],
+        }),
+      );
+      const rewards = fakeRewardService();
+      const service = new CombatService(
+        dataSource as unknown as DataSource,
+        fakeTravelService(),
+        new CombatEngineService(),
+        new CharacterCombatStatsService(),
+        rewards,
+      );
+
+      const result = await service.performAction(CHARACTER_ID, 'combat-1', CombatAction.ATTACK);
+
+      expect(result.status).toBe(CombatStatus.LOST);
+      expect(result.rewards).toBeNull();
+      expect(rewards.grantVictoryRewards).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('replays the persisted reward when a finished combat is read again', async () => {
+      const persisted = {
+        experience: 16,
+        silver: 12,
+        items: [
+          {
+            characterItemId: 'character-item-1',
+            item: {
+              key: 'bandit-blade',
+              name: 'Räuberklinge',
+              rarity: 'COMMON',
+              iconPath: '/images/items/bandit-blade.png',
+            },
+            quantity: 1,
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+      const dataSource = new FakeDataSource(
+        createState({
+          combats: [
+            {
+              id: 'combat-1',
+              characterId: CHARACTER_ID,
+              huntEncounterId: ENCOUNTER_ID,
+              monsterDefinitionId: MONSTER_ID,
+              status: CombatStatus.WON,
+              round: 5,
+              playerMaxHp: 100,
+              playerCurrentHp: 62,
+              monsterMaxHp: 45,
+              monsterCurrentHp: 0,
+              playerState: { attack: 6, weaponDamage: 8, armor: 6 },
+              monsterState: { attack: 5, armor: 0 },
+              completedAt: new Date('2026-08-19T09:00:00.000Z'),
+            } as Combat,
+          ],
+        }),
+      );
+      const rewards = fakeRewardService({
+        loadRewards: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(persisted),
+        grantVictoryRewards: jest.fn(),
+      });
+      const service = new CombatService(
+        dataSource as unknown as DataSource,
+        fakeTravelService(),
+        new CombatEngineService(),
+        new CharacterCombatStatsService(),
+        rewards,
+      );
+
+      const result = await service.getCombat(CHARACTER_ID, 'combat-1');
+
+      expect(result.rewards).toEqual(persisted);
+      // Reading must never grant: only the ACTIVE -> WON transition does.
+      expect(rewards.grantVictoryRewards).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('persists nothing at all when reward resolution fails mid-transaction', async () => {
+      const dataSource = new FakeDataSource(
+        createState({
+          combats: [
+            {
+              id: 'combat-1',
+              characterId: CHARACTER_ID,
+              huntEncounterId: ENCOUNTER_ID,
+              monsterDefinitionId: MONSTER_ID,
+              status: CombatStatus.ACTIVE,
+              round: 3,
+              playerMaxHp: 100,
+              playerCurrentHp: 80,
+              monsterMaxHp: 45,
+              monsterCurrentHp: 1,
+              playerState: { attack: 6, weaponDamage: 8, armor: 6 },
+              monsterState: { attack: 5, armor: 0 },
+              completedAt: null,
+            } as Combat,
+          ],
+        }),
+      );
+      const service = new CombatService(
+        dataSource as unknown as DataSource,
+        fakeTravelService(),
+        new CombatEngineService(),
+        new CharacterCombatStatsService(),
+        fakeRewardService({
+          // Genuinely write XP/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.
+          grantVictoryRewards: jest.fn().mockImplementation(async (manager: EntityManager) => {
+            const characters = manager.getRepository(Character);
+            const combatCharacter = await characters.findOneBy({
+              id: CHARACTER_ID,
+            });
+            if (combatCharacter) {
+              combatCharacter.experience += 8;
+              combatCharacter.silver += 6;
+              await characters.save(combatCharacter);
+            }
+            throw new Error('reward persistence failed');
+          }),
+        }),
+      );
+
+      await expect(
+        service.performAction(CHARACTER_ID, 'combat-1', CombatAction.ATTACK),
+      ).rejects.toThrow('reward persistence failed');
+
+      // The whole round rolled back: the combat is still ACTIVE and unmodified,
+      // so no half-granted state can survive.
+      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].silver).toBe(0);
+    });
+  });
 });
--- a/apps/api/src/combat/combat.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/combat/combat.service.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { Hunt } from '../hunting/entities/hunt.entity';
 import { HuntEncounter } from '../hunting/entities/hunt-encounter.entity';
 import { HuntStatus } from '../hunting/hunt-status.enum';
 import { MonsterDefinition } from '../monsters/entities/monster-definition.entity';
+import { CombatRewardService } from '../rewards/combat-reward.service';
+import type { CombatRewardDto } from '../rewards/combat-reward.service';
 import { TravelService } from '../travel/travel.service';
 import { TravelStatus } from '../travel/travel-status.enum';
 import { CombatAction } from './combat-action.enum';
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ export interface CombatDto {
  player: CombatPlayerDto;
  monster: CombatMonsterDto;
  events: CombatEventDto[];
+  rewards: CombatRewardDto | null;
 }

@Injectable()
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ export class CombatService {
    private readonly travelService: TravelService,
    private readonly combatEngine: CombatEngineService,
    private readonly characterCombatStats: CharacterCombatStatsService,
+    private readonly combatRewards: CombatRewardService,
  ) {}

  async startCombat(
@@ -146,7 +150,7 @@ export class CombatService {
      encounter.consumedAt = new Date();
      await encounters.save(encounter);

-      return this.toCombatDto(combat, character.name, monster, []);
+      return this.toCombatDto(combat, character.name, monster, [], null);
    });
  }

@@ -159,13 +163,14 @@ export class CombatService {
      throw combatNotFound();
    }

-    const [character, monster, events] = await Promise.all([
+    const [character, monster, events, rewards] = await Promise.all([
      this.loadCharacter(combat.characterId),
      this.loadMonster(combat.monsterDefinitionId),
      this.loadEvents(combat.id),
+      this.combatRewards.loadRewards(combat.id),
    ]);

-    return this.toCombatDto(combat, character.name, monster, events);
+    return this.toCombatDto(combat, character.name, monster, events, rewards);
  }

  async getActiveCombat(characterId: string): Promise<CombatDto | null> {
@@ -183,7 +188,7 @@ export class CombatService {
      this.loadEvents(combat.id),
    ]);

-    return this.toCombatDto(combat, character.name, monster, events);
+    return this.toCombatDto(combat, character.name, monster, events, null);
  }

  async performAction(
@@ -192,9 +197,18 @@ export class CombatService {
    action: CombatAction,
  ): Promise<CombatDto> {
    return this.dataSource.transaction(async (manager) => {
+      const characters = manager.getRepository(Character);
      const combats = manager.getRepository(Combat);
      const combatEvents = manager.getRepository(CombatEvent);

+      // Lock the character before the combat row here, matching the order
+      // startCombat already uses (character, then combat). grantVictoryRewards
+      // locks the character again later in this same transaction, which is a
+      // no-op re-lock — but locking it first here keeps both code paths
+      // consistent and avoids a lock-order inversion that could deadlock two
+      // concurrent requests against the same character. Do not reorder this.
+      await this.lockCharacter(characters, characterId);
+
      const combat = await combats.findOne({
        where: { id: combatId, characterId },
        lock: { mode: 'pessimistic_write' },
@@ -236,6 +250,14 @@ export class CombatService {
        await combatEvents.save(entity);
      }

+      // The engine decided the outcome; rewards are resolved here, outside it
+      // (spec §30). Running inside this transaction means a reward failure
+      // rolls the whole round back rather than leaving a half-granted victory.
+      const rewards =
+        combat.status === CombatStatus.WON
+          ? await this.combatRewards.grantVictoryRewards(manager, combat)
+          : null;
+
      const [character, monster, events] = await Promise.all([
        this.loadCharacter(
          combat.characterId,
@@ -248,7 +270,7 @@ export class CombatService {
        this.loadEvents(combat.id, combatEvents),
      ]);

-      return this.toCombatDto(combat, character.name, monster, events);
+      return this.toCombatDto(combat, character.name, monster, events, rewards);
    });
  }

@@ -326,6 +348,7 @@ export class CombatService {
    playerName: string,
    monster: MonsterDefinition,
    events: CombatEvent[],
+    rewards: CombatRewardDto | null,
  ): CombatDto {
    return {
      id: combat.id,
@@ -352,6 +375,7 @@ export class CombatService {
        target: event.target,
        amount: event.amount ?? undefined,
      })),
+      rewards,
    };
  }
 }
--- a/apps/api/src/combat/hunt-encounter-attack.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/combat/hunt-encounter-attack.controller.spec.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('HuntEncounterAttackController', () => {
  });

  it('delegates to combatService.startCombat with the demo character id and the encounter id', async () => {
-    const combat = { id: 'combat-1', status: 'ACTIVE', round: 1, player: {}, monster: {}, events: [] };
+    const combat = { id: 'combat-1', status: 'ACTIVE', round: 1, player: {}, monster: {}, events: [], rewards: null };
    startCombat.mockResolvedValue(combat);

    const response = await request(app.getHttpServer())
--- a/apps/api/src/database/migrations/1788600000000-CreateLootAndRewards.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/database/migrations/1788600000000-CreateLootAndRewards.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+
+export class CreateLootAndRewards1788600000000 implements MigrationInterface {
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    // Existing characters keep their progression; silver simply starts at 0.
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'ALTER TABLE "characters" ADD COLUMN "silver" integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 0',
+    );
+
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      "CREATE TYPE \"item_type_enum\" AS ENUM ('WEAPON', 'ARMOR', 'MATERIAL', 'CONSUMABLE')",
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      "CREATE TYPE \"equipment_slot_enum\" AS ENUM ('WEAPON', 'HEAD', 'CHEST', 'HANDS', 'LEGS', 'FEET', 'AMULET')",
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      "CREATE TYPE \"item_rarity_enum\" AS ENUM ('COMMON', 'RARE', 'EPIC')",
+    );
+
+    await queryRunner.query(`CREATE TABLE "item_definitions" (
+      "id" uuid NOT NULL DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+      "key" character varying(100) NOT NULL,
+      "name" character varying(150) NOT NULL,
+      "description" text NOT NULL,
+      "type" "item_type_enum" NOT NULL,
+      "equipment_slot" "equipment_slot_enum",
+      "rarity" "item_rarity_enum" NOT NULL,
+      "tier" integer NOT NULL,
+      "required_level" integer NOT NULL,
+      "weapon_damage" integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+      "bonus_hp" integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+      "bonus_attack" integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+      "bonus_armor" integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+      "sell_price" integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+      "icon_path" character varying(255) NOT NULL,
+      "created_at" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+      "updated_at" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+      CONSTRAINT "PK_item_definitions" PRIMARY KEY ("id")
+    )`);
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "IDX_item_definitions_key" ON "item_definitions" ("key")',
+    );
+
+    await queryRunner.query(`CREATE TABLE "loot_tables" (
+      "id" uuid NOT NULL DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+      "key" character varying(100) NOT NULL,
+      "name" character varying(150) NOT NULL,
+      "created_at" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+      "updated_at" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+      CONSTRAINT "PK_loot_tables" PRIMARY KEY ("id")
+    )`);
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "IDX_loot_tables_key" ON "loot_tables" ("key")',
+    );
+
+    await queryRunner.query(`CREATE TABLE "loot_table_entries" (
+      "id" uuid NOT NULL DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+      "loot_table_id" uuid NOT NULL,
+      "item_definition_id" uuid NOT NULL,
+      "position" integer NOT NULL,
+      "drop_chance" numeric(5,4) NOT NULL,
+      "min_quantity" integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
+      "max_quantity" integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
+      "enabled" boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT true,
+      "created_at" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+      "updated_at" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+      CONSTRAINT "PK_loot_table_entries" PRIMARY KEY ("id"),
+      CONSTRAINT "CHK_loot_table_entries_drop_chance" CHECK ("drop_chance" >= 0 AND "drop_chance" <= 1),
+      CONSTRAINT "CHK_loot_table_entries_quantity" CHECK ("min_quantity" >= 1 AND "max_quantity" >= "min_quantity"),
+      CONSTRAINT "FK_loot_table_entries_loot_table" FOREIGN KEY ("loot_table_id") REFERENCES "loot_tables"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE NO ACTION,
+      CONSTRAINT "FK_loot_table_entries_item_definition" FOREIGN KEY ("item_definition_id") REFERENCES "item_definitions"("id") ON DELETE RESTRICT ON UPDATE NO ACTION
+    )`);
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "IDX_loot_table_entries_table_position" ON "loot_table_entries" ("loot_table_id", "position")',
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "IDX_loot_table_entries_table_item" ON "loot_table_entries" ("loot_table_id", "item_definition_id")',
+    );
+
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'ALTER TABLE "monster_definitions" ADD COLUMN "loot_table_id" uuid',
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'ALTER TABLE "monster_definitions" ADD CONSTRAINT "FK_monster_definitions_loot_table" FOREIGN KEY ("loot_table_id") REFERENCES "loot_tables"("id") ON DELETE RESTRICT ON UPDATE NO ACTION',
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'CREATE INDEX "IDX_monster_definitions_loot_table" ON "monster_definitions" ("loot_table_id")',
+    );
+
+    await queryRunner.query(`CREATE TABLE "character_items" (
+      "id" uuid NOT NULL DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+      "character_id" uuid NOT NULL,
+      "item_definition_id" uuid NOT NULL,
+      "quantity" integer NOT NULL,
+      "created_at" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+      "updated_at" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+      CONSTRAINT "PK_character_items" PRIMARY KEY ("id"),
+      CONSTRAINT "CHK_character_items_quantity" CHECK ("quantity" >= 1),
+      CONSTRAINT "FK_character_items_character" FOREIGN KEY ("character_id") REFERENCES "characters"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE NO ACTION,
+      CONSTRAINT "FK_character_items_item_definition" FOREIGN KEY ("item_definition_id") REFERENCES "item_definitions"("id") ON DELETE RESTRICT ON UPDATE NO ACTION
+    )`);
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "IDX_character_items_character_item" ON "character_items" ("character_id", "item_definition_id")',
+    );
+
+    await queryRunner.query(`CREATE TABLE "combat_rewards" (
+      "id" uuid NOT NULL DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+      "combat_id" uuid NOT NULL,
+      "character_id" uuid NOT NULL,
+      "experience_granted" integer NOT NULL,
+      "silver_granted" integer NOT NULL,
+      "created_at" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+      CONSTRAINT "PK_combat_rewards" PRIMARY KEY ("id"),
+      CONSTRAINT "FK_combat_rewards_combat" FOREIGN KEY ("combat_id") REFERENCES "combats"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE NO ACTION,
+      CONSTRAINT "FK_combat_rewards_character" FOREIGN KEY ("character_id") REFERENCES "characters"("id") ON DELETE RESTRICT ON UPDATE NO ACTION
+    )`);
+    // The database half of the "one reward per combat" invariant (spec §7).
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "IDX_combat_rewards_combat" ON "combat_rewards" ("combat_id")',
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'CREATE INDEX "IDX_combat_rewards_character" ON "combat_rewards" ("character_id")',
+    );
+
+    await queryRunner.query(`CREATE TABLE "combat_reward_items" (
+      "id" uuid NOT NULL DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+      "combat_reward_id" uuid NOT NULL,
+      "character_item_id" uuid NOT NULL,
+      "item_definition_id" uuid NOT NULL,
+      "quantity" integer NOT NULL,
+      "created_at" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+      CONSTRAINT "PK_combat_reward_items" PRIMARY KEY ("id"),
+      CONSTRAINT "CHK_combat_reward_items_quantity" CHECK ("quantity" >= 1),
+      CONSTRAINT "FK_combat_reward_items_reward" FOREIGN KEY ("combat_reward_id") REFERENCES "combat_rewards"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE NO ACTION,
+      CONSTRAINT "FK_combat_reward_items_character_item" FOREIGN KEY ("character_item_id") REFERENCES "character_items"("id") ON DELETE RESTRICT ON UPDATE NO ACTION,
+      CONSTRAINT "FK_combat_reward_items_item_definition" FOREIGN KEY ("item_definition_id") REFERENCES "item_definitions"("id") ON DELETE RESTRICT ON UPDATE NO ACTION
+    )`);
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'CREATE INDEX "IDX_combat_reward_items_reward" ON "combat_reward_items" ("combat_reward_id")',
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "IDX_combat_reward_items_reward_item" ON "combat_reward_items" ("combat_reward_id", "item_definition_id")',
+    );
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP INDEX "IDX_combat_reward_items_reward_item"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP INDEX "IDX_combat_reward_items_reward"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP TABLE "combat_reward_items"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP INDEX "IDX_combat_rewards_character"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP INDEX "IDX_combat_rewards_combat"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP TABLE "combat_rewards"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP INDEX "IDX_character_items_character_item"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP TABLE "character_items"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP INDEX "IDX_monster_definitions_loot_table"');
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'ALTER TABLE "monster_definitions" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_monster_definitions_loot_table"',
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      'ALTER TABLE "monster_definitions" DROP COLUMN "loot_table_id"',
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP INDEX "IDX_loot_table_entries_table_item"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP INDEX "IDX_loot_table_entries_table_position"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP TABLE "loot_table_entries"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP INDEX "IDX_loot_tables_key"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP TABLE "loot_tables"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP INDEX "IDX_item_definitions_key"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP TABLE "item_definitions"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP TYPE "item_rarity_enum"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP TYPE "equipment_slot_enum"');
+    await queryRunner.query('DROP TYPE "item_type_enum"');
+    await queryRunner.query('ALTER TABLE "characters" DROP COLUMN "silver"');
+  }
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/database/migrations/loot-and-rewards.migration.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/database/migrations/loot-and-rewards.migration.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import 'reflect-metadata';
+import { getMetadataArgsStorage, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+import { CreateLootAndRewards1788600000000 } from './1788600000000-CreateLootAndRewards';
+import { Character } from '../../characters/entities/character.entity';
+import { CharacterItem } from '../../items/entities/character-item.entity';
+import { ItemDefinition } from '../../items/entities/item-definition.entity';
+import { LootTable } from '../../loot/entities/loot-table.entity';
+import { LootTableEntry } from '../../loot/entities/loot-table-entry.entity';
+import { MonsterDefinition } from '../../monsters/entities/monster-definition.entity';
+import { CombatReward } from '../../rewards/entities/combat-reward.entity';
+import { CombatRewardItem } from '../../rewards/entities/combat-reward-item.entity';
+
+function uniqueIndexFor(target: unknown, columns: string[]) {
+  const index = getMetadataArgsStorage().indices.find(
+    (candidate) =>
+      candidate.target === target &&
+      columns.every((column) => candidate.columns?.includes(column)),
+  );
+  const indexMetadata = index as typeof index & {
+    options?: { unique?: boolean };
+    unique?: boolean;
+  };
+  return indexMetadata?.options?.unique ?? indexMetadata?.unique;
+}
+
+describe('loot and rewards schema', () => {
+  it('gives every combat at most one reward record', () => {
+    expect(uniqueIndexFor(CombatReward, ['combatId'])).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps one stack per character per item definition', () => {
+    expect(uniqueIndexFor(CharacterItem, ['characterId', 'itemDefinitionId'])).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps loot-table content keys and entry positions unique', () => {
+    expect(uniqueIndexFor(ItemDefinition, ['key'])).toBe(true);
+    expect(uniqueIndexFor(LootTable, ['key'])).toBe(true);
+    expect(uniqueIndexFor(LootTableEntry, ['lootTableId', 'position'])).toBe(true);
+    expect(uniqueIndexFor(LootTableEntry, ['lootTableId', 'itemDefinitionId'])).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('maps reward and loot relations with the documented onDelete behavior', () => {
+    const relations = getMetadataArgsStorage().relations.filter((relation) =>
+      [CombatReward, CombatRewardItem, CharacterItem, LootTableEntry, MonsterDefinition].includes(
+        relation.target as never,
+      ),
+    );
+
+    expect(
+      relations.map((relation) => ({
+        onDelete: relation.options.onDelete,
+        propertyName: relation.propertyName,
+        target: relation.target,
+      })),
+    ).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({ onDelete: 'CASCADE', propertyName: 'combat', target: CombatReward }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ onDelete: 'RESTRICT', propertyName: 'character', target: CombatReward }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ onDelete: 'CASCADE', propertyName: 'combatReward', target: CombatRewardItem }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ onDelete: 'RESTRICT', propertyName: 'characterItem', target: CombatRewardItem }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ onDelete: 'RESTRICT', propertyName: 'itemDefinition', target: CombatRewardItem }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ onDelete: 'CASCADE', propertyName: 'character', target: CharacterItem }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ onDelete: 'RESTRICT', propertyName: 'itemDefinition', target: CharacterItem }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ onDelete: 'CASCADE', propertyName: 'lootTable', target: LootTableEntry }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ onDelete: 'RESTRICT', propertyName: 'itemDefinition', target: LootTableEntry }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ onDelete: 'RESTRICT', propertyName: 'lootTable', target: MonsterDefinition }),
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('adds the character silver column and the nullable monster loot table link', () => {
+    const columns = getMetadataArgsStorage().columns;
+
+    const silver = columns.find(
+      (candidate) => candidate.target === Character && candidate.propertyName === 'silver',
+    );
+    expect(silver).toBeDefined();
+    expect(silver?.options.type).toBe('integer');
+
+    const lootTableId = columns.find(
+      (candidate) =>
+        candidate.target === MonsterDefinition && candidate.propertyName === 'lootTableId',
+    );
+    expect(lootTableId).toBeDefined();
+    expect(lootTableId?.options.nullable).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('stores drop chance as a numeric column so probabilities stay data-driven', () => {
+    const dropChance = getMetadataArgsStorage().columns.find(
+      (candidate) =>
+        candidate.target === LootTableEntry && candidate.propertyName === 'dropChance',
+    );
+
+    expect(dropChance?.options.type).toBe('numeric');
+    expect(dropChance?.options.precision).toBe(5);
+    expect(dropChance?.options.scale).toBe(4);
+  });
+
+  it('emits the real SQL that enforces the schema invariants, not just entity decorators', async () => {
+    // synchronize: false means entity decorators never touch the real database -
+    // only the raw SQL emitted by the migration itself does. Assert on that SQL
+    // directly so deleting a constraint here would fail this test.
+    const query = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const queryRunner = { query } as unknown as QueryRunner;
+    const migration = new CreateLootAndRewards1788600000000();
+
+    await migration.up(queryRunner);
+
+    const upQueries = query.mock.calls.map(([sql]) => sql as string);
+
+    expect(upQueries).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        // The database half of the "one reward per combat" invariant (spec §7, §37).
+        expect.stringContaining('CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "IDX_combat_rewards_combat"'),
+        expect.stringContaining('CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "IDX_character_items_character_item"'),
+        expect.stringContaining('CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "IDX_combat_reward_items_reward_item"'),
+        expect.stringContaining('ALTER TABLE "characters" ADD COLUMN "silver"'),
+        expect.stringContaining('ALTER TABLE "monster_definitions" ADD COLUMN "loot_table_id"'),
+      ]),
+    );
+
+    const checkConstraints = upQueries.filter((sql) => sql.includes('CHECK ('));
+    expect(checkConstraints.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(
+      checkConstraints.some(
+        (sql) =>
+          sql.includes('CHK_loot_table_entries_drop_chance') ||
+          sql.includes('CHK_character_items_quantity'),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+
+    await migration.down(queryRunner);
+
+    const downQueries = query.mock.calls
+      .slice(upQueries.length)
+      .map(([sql]) => sql as string);
+
+    // Proves down() is real and reverses the up() migration, not a no-op.
+    expect(downQueries).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.stringContaining('DROP TABLE "combat_rewards"'),
+        expect.stringContaining('DROP TABLE "character_items"'),
+        'ALTER TABLE "characters" DROP COLUMN "silver"',
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
+});
--- a/apps/api/src/database/seeds/item-content.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/database/seeds/item-content.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+import { EquipmentSlot } from '../../items/equipment-slot.enum';
+import { ItemRarity } from '../../items/item-rarity.enum';
+import { ItemType } from '../../items/item-type.enum';
+import {
+  ASH_RAT_LOOT_TABLE_ID,
+  ITEM_IDS,
+  ItemKey,
+  ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID,
+} from './item.constants';
+
+export interface SeedItemDefinition {
+  id: string;
+  key: ItemKey;
+  name: string;
+  description: string;
+  type: ItemType;
+  equipmentSlot: EquipmentSlot | null;
+  rarity: ItemRarity;
+  tier: number;
+  requiredLevel: number;
+  weaponDamage: number;
+  bonusHp: number;
+  bonusAttack: number;
+  bonusArmor: number;
+  sellPrice: number;
+  iconPath: string;
+}
+
+function item(
+  key: ItemKey,
+  name: string,
+  description: string,
+  type: ItemType,
+  equipmentSlot: EquipmentSlot | null,
+  rarity: ItemRarity,
+  stats: Partial<Pick<SeedItemDefinition, 'weaponDamage' | 'bonusHp' | 'bonusAttack' | 'bonusArmor'>> = {},
+): SeedItemDefinition {
+  return {
+    id: ITEM_IDS[key],
+    key,
+    name,
+    description,
+    type,
+    equipmentSlot,
+    rarity,
+    tier: 1,
+    requiredLevel: 1,
+    weaponDamage: stats.weaponDamage ?? 0,
+    bonusHp: stats.bonusHp ?? 0,
+    bonusAttack: stats.bonusAttack ?? 0,
+    bonusArmor: stats.bonusArmor ?? 0,
+    // Always 0: no merchants exist in Slice 0.4, and the balancing doc's
+    // Grenzmarken table lists purchase prices, not sell prices.
+    sellPrice: 0,
+    iconPath: `/images/items/${key}.png`,
+  };
+}
+
+// Stats from docs/Ashen_Realms_Balancing_Items_Loot_Design_V1.md §19.
+export const ITEM_DEFINITIONS: SeedItemDefinition[] = [
+  item(
+    'worn-short-sword',
+    'Abgenutztes Kurzschwert',
+    'Die Klinge eines Rekruten, öfter geschliffen als geführt.',
+    ItemType.WEAPON,
+    EquipmentSlot.WEAPON,
+    ItemRarity.COMMON,
+    { weaponDamage: 8 },
+  ),
+  item(
+    'bandit-blade',
+    'Räuberklinge',
+    'Eine grob gezahnte Klinge, geschmiedet für schnelle Überfälle.',
+    ItemType.WEAPON,
+    EquipmentSlot.WEAPON,
+    ItemRarity.COMMON,
+    { weaponDamage: 11, bonusAttack: 1 },
+  ),
+  item(
+    'ash-blade',
+    'Aschenklinge',
+    'In der Glut der Aschenfelder gehärtet; die Schneide glimmt noch.',
+    ItemType.WEAPON,
+    EquipmentSlot.WEAPON,
+    ItemRarity.RARE,
+    { weaponDamage: 15, bonusAttack: 2 },
+  ),
+  item(
+    'bandit-hood',
+    'Räuberhaube',
+    'Vernarbtes Leder, das Gesicht und Absicht des Trägers verbirgt.',
+    ItemType.ARMOR,
+    EquipmentSlot.HEAD,
+    ItemRarity.COMMON,
+    { bonusArmor: 3, bonusHp: 5 },
+  ),
+  item(
+    'reinforced-leather-jacket',
+    'Verstärkte Lederjacke',
+    'Mit Eisenplatten benähtes Leder, schwer und verlässlich.',
+    ItemType.ARMOR,
+    EquipmentSlot.CHEST,
+    ItemRarity.RARE,
+    { bonusArmor: 7, bonusHp: 10 },
+  ),
+  item(
+    'raider-gloves',
+    'Plündererhandschuhe',
+    'Beschlagene Handschuhe, abgegriffen von fremdem Gut.',
+    ItemType.ARMOR,
+    EquipmentSlot.HANDS,
+    ItemRarity.COMMON,
+    { bonusArmor: 3, bonusAttack: 1 },
+  ),
+  item(
+    'guardsman-legs',
+    'Wachmannsbeinkleid',
+    'Beinzeug der Grenzwacht, an den Knien geflickt.',
+    ItemType.ARMOR,
+    EquipmentSlot.LEGS,
+    ItemRarity.RARE,
+    { bonusArmor: 5, bonusHp: 5 },
+  ),
+  item(
+    'ash-boots',
+    'Aschenstiefel',
+    'Stiefel, die durch glimmende Felder getragen wurden und blieben.',
+    ItemType.ARMOR,
+    EquipmentSlot.FEET,
+    ItemRarity.RARE,
+    { bonusArmor: 4, bonusHp: 5 },
+  ),
+  item(
+    'borderwatch-sigil',
+    'Zeichen der Grenzwacht',
+    'Das Wappen eines Turms, den es nicht mehr gibt.',
+    ItemType.ARMOR,
+    EquipmentSlot.AMULET,
+    ItemRarity.RARE,
+    { bonusAttack: 3, bonusHp: 10 },
+  ),
+  item(
+    'burned-captain-pendant',
+    'Anhänger des verbrannten Hauptmanns',
+    'Ein Schädel aus Schlacke, in dem die Glut nie erlosch.',
+    ItemType.ARMOR,
+    EquipmentSlot.AMULET,
+    ItemRarity.EPIC,
+    { bonusAttack: 3, bonusHp: 15, bonusArmor: 2 },
+  ),
+  // Seeded as content only. Slice 0.4 implements no consumable use, and the
+  // Straßenräuber loot entry for it is deliberately deferred (spec §16).
+  item(
+    'small-healing-potion',
+    'Kleiner Heiltrank',
+    'Ein bitterer Sud, der Wunden für einen Atemzug vergessen lässt.',
+    ItemType.CONSUMABLE,
+    null,
+    ItemRarity.COMMON,
+  ),
+  item(
+    'ash-pelt',
+    'Aschenfell',
+    'Versengtes Fell, zäh wie Leder und grau von Ascheflug.',
+    ItemType.MATERIAL,
+    null,
+    ItemRarity.COMMON,
+  ),
+];
+
+export const LOOT_TABLES = [
+  { id: ASH_RAT_LOOT_TABLE_ID, key: 'ash-rat-loot', name: 'Aschenratte Beute' },
+  { id: ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID, key: 'road-bandit-loot', name: 'Straßenräuber Beute' },
+];
+
+export interface SeedLootTableEntry {
+  lootTableId: string;
+  itemDefinitionId: string;
+  position: number;
+  dropChance: string;
+  minQuantity: number;
+  maxQuantity: number;
+  enabled: boolean;
+}
+
+function entry(
+  lootTableId: string,
+  key: ItemKey,
+  position: number,
+  dropChance: string,
+): SeedLootTableEntry {
+  return {
+    lootTableId,
+    itemDefinitionId: ITEM_IDS[key],
+    position,
+    dropChance,
+    minQuantity: 1,
+    maxQuantity: 1,
+    enabled: true,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Drop chances from docs/Ashen_Realms_Balancing_Items_Loot_Design_V1.md §27–28.
+ * Every entry is an independent roll (spec §17), rolled in `position` order.
+ *
+ * DEFERRED: the Straßenräuber table also lists 10 % Kleiner Heiltrank. It is
+ * omitted here because Slice 0.4 implements no consumables (spec §16).
+ */
+export const LOOT_TABLE_ENTRIES: SeedLootTableEntry[] = [
+  entry(ASH_RAT_LOOT_TABLE_ID, 'ash-pelt', 1, '0.6000'),
+  entry(ASH_RAT_LOOT_TABLE_ID, 'worn-short-sword', 2, '0.0800'),
+  entry(ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID, 'bandit-blade', 1, '0.1800'),
+  entry(ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID, 'bandit-hood', 2, '0.1200'),
+  entry(ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID, 'raider-gloves', 3, '0.0800'),
+];
--- a/apps/api/src/database/seeds/item.constants.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/database/seeds/item.constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Stable content ids, in art-sheet order. Aschenfell (no sheet entry) is last.
+export const ITEM_IDS = {
+  'worn-short-sword': '50000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001',
+  'bandit-blade': '50000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000002',
+  'ash-blade': '50000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000003',
+  'bandit-hood': '50000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000004',
+  'reinforced-leather-jacket': '50000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000005',
+  'raider-gloves': '50000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000006',
+  'guardsman-legs': '50000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000007',
+  'ash-boots': '50000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000008',
+  'borderwatch-sigil': '50000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000009',
+  'burned-captain-pendant': '50000000-0000-4000-8000-00000000000a',
+  'small-healing-potion': '50000000-0000-4000-8000-00000000000b',
+  'ash-pelt': '50000000-0000-4000-8000-00000000000c',
+} as const;
+
+export type ItemKey = keyof typeof ITEM_IDS;
+
+export const ASH_RAT_LOOT_TABLE_ID = '60000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001';
+export const ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID = '60000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000002';
--- a/apps/api/src/database/seeds/vertical-slice.seed.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/database/seeds/vertical-slice.seed.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
 import { Character } from '../../characters/entities/character.entity';
+import { ItemDefinition } from '../../items/entities/item-definition.entity';
+import { LootTableEntry } from '../../loot/entities/loot-table-entry.entity';
+import { LootTable } from '../../loot/entities/loot-table.entity';
 import { LocationMonster } from '../../monsters/entities/location-monster.entity';
 import { MonsterDefinition } from '../../monsters/entities/monster-definition.entity';
 import { LocationConnection } from '../../world/entities/location-connection.entity';
 import { LocationDefinition } from '../../world/entities/location-definition.entity';
+import { ASH_RAT_LOOT_TABLE_ID, ITEM_IDS, ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID } from './item.constants';
 import { seedVisibleVerticalSlice } from './vertical-slice.seed';

 type Row = Record<string, unknown>;
@@ -67,24 +71,20 @@ function createDataSource(
  characterRepository: InMemoryRepository,
  monsterRepository: InMemoryRepository,
  locationMonsterRepository: InMemoryRepository,
+  itemRepository: InMemoryRepository = new InMemoryRepository(),
+  lootTableRepository: InMemoryRepository = new InMemoryRepository(),
+  lootEntryRepository: InMemoryRepository = new InMemoryRepository(),
 ): DataSource {
  return {
    getRepository: jest.fn((entity: unknown) => {
-      if (entity === LocationDefinition) {
-        return locationRepository;
-      }
-      if (entity === LocationConnection) {
-        return connectionRepository;
-      }
-      if (entity === Character) {
-        return characterRepository;
-      }
-      if (entity === MonsterDefinition) {
-        return monsterRepository;
-      }
-      if (entity === LocationMonster) {
-        return locationMonsterRepository;
-      }
+      if (entity === LocationDefinition) return locationRepository;
+      if (entity === LocationConnection) return connectionRepository;
+      if (entity === Character) return characterRepository;
+      if (entity === MonsterDefinition) return monsterRepository;
+      if (entity === LocationMonster) return locationMonsterRepository;
+      if (entity === ItemDefinition) return itemRepository;
+      if (entity === LootTable) return lootTableRepository;
+      if (entity === LootTableEntry) return lootEntryRepository;

      throw new Error('Unexpected repository');
    }),
@@ -256,4 +256,84 @@ describe('seedVisibleVerticalSlice', () => {
      }),
    ]);
  });
+
+  it('seeds the tier-1 items and both loot tables idempotently and wires them to the monsters', async () => {
+    const locationRepository = new InMemoryRepository();
+    const connectionRepository = new InMemoryRepository();
+    const characterRepository = new InMemoryRepository();
+    const monsterRepository = new InMemoryRepository();
+    const locationMonsterRepository = new InMemoryRepository();
+    const itemRepository = new InMemoryRepository();
+    const lootTableRepository = new InMemoryRepository();
+    const lootEntryRepository = new InMemoryRepository();
+    const dataSource = createDataSource(
+      locationRepository,
+      connectionRepository,
+      characterRepository,
+      monsterRepository,
+      locationMonsterRepository,
+      itemRepository,
+      lootTableRepository,
+      lootEntryRepository,
+    );
+
+    await seedVisibleVerticalSlice(dataSource);
+    await seedVisibleVerticalSlice(dataSource);
+
+    expect(itemRepository.rows).toHaveLength(12);
+    expect(itemRepository.rows).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          key: 'bandit-blade',
+          name: 'Räuberklinge',
+          type: 'WEAPON',
+          equipmentSlot: 'WEAPON',
+          rarity: 'COMMON',
+          weaponDamage: 11,
+          bonusAttack: 1,
+          sellPrice: 0,
+          iconPath: '/images/items/bandit-blade.png',
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          key: 'ash-pelt',
+          name: 'Aschenfell',
+          type: 'MATERIAL',
+          equipmentSlot: null,
+        }),
+      ]),
+    );
+
+    expect(lootTableRepository.rows).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(lootEntryRepository.rows).toHaveLength(5);
+    expect(lootEntryRepository.rows).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          lootTableId: ASH_RAT_LOOT_TABLE_ID,
+          itemDefinitionId: ITEM_IDS['ash-pelt'],
+          position: 1,
+          dropChance: '0.6000',
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          lootTableId: ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID,
+          itemDefinitionId: ITEM_IDS['bandit-blade'],
+          position: 1,
+          dropChance: '0.1800',
+        }),
+      ]),
+    );
+
+    // The Kleiner Heiltrank entry is deliberately deferred (spec §16).
+    expect(
+      lootEntryRepository.rows.some(
+        (row) => row.itemDefinitionId === ITEM_IDS['small-healing-potion'],
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+
+    expect(monsterRepository.rows).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({ key: 'ash-rat', lootTableId: ASH_RAT_LOOT_TABLE_ID }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ key: 'road-bandit', lootTableId: ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID }),
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
 });
--- a/apps/api/src/database/seeds/vertical-slice.seed.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/database/seeds/vertical-slice.seed.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
 import { DEMO_CHARACTER_ID } from '../../demo/demo-character.constants';
 import { Character } from '../../characters/entities/character.entity';
+import { ItemDefinition } from '../../items/entities/item-definition.entity';
+import { LootTableEntry } from '../../loot/entities/loot-table-entry.entity';
+import { LootTable } from '../../loot/entities/loot-table.entity';
 import { EncounterType } from '../../monsters/entities/encounter-type.enum';
 import { LocationMonster } from '../../monsters/entities/location-monster.entity';
 import { MonsterDefinition } from '../../monsters/entities/monster-definition.entity';
 import { LocationConnection } from '../../world/entities/location-connection.entity';
 import { LocationDefinition } from '../../world/entities/location-definition.entity';
+import {
+  ASH_RAT_LOOT_TABLE_ID,
+  ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID,
+} from './item.constants';
+import { ITEM_DEFINITIONS, LOOT_TABLES, LOOT_TABLE_ENTRIES } from './item-content';
 import {
  ASH_RAT_MONSTER_ID,
  BURNED_ROAD_ID,
@@ -21,6 +29,9 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
  const characterRepository = dataSource.getRepository(Character);
  const monsterRepository = dataSource.getRepository(MonsterDefinition);
  const locationMonsterRepository = dataSource.getRepository(LocationMonster);
+  const itemRepository = dataSource.getRepository(ItemDefinition);
+  const lootTableRepository = dataSource.getRepository(LootTable);
+  const lootEntryRepository = dataSource.getRepository(LootTableEntry);

  const locations = [
    {
@@ -95,6 +106,15 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
    ['fromLocationId', 'toLocationId'],
  );

+  // Content is upserted by its stable key so re-running never duplicates rows
+  // and never touches player-owned character_items or combat_rewards.
+  await itemRepository.upsert(ITEM_DEFINITIONS, ['key']);
+  await lootTableRepository.upsert(LOOT_TABLES, ['key']);
+  await lootEntryRepository.upsert(LOOT_TABLE_ENTRIES, [
+    'lootTableId',
+    'itemDefinitionId',
+  ]);
+
  const monsters = [
    {
      id: ASH_RAT_MONSTER_ID,
@@ -108,6 +128,7 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
      silverMin: 4,
      silverMax: 7,
      artworkPath: '/images/monsters/ash-rat.png',
+      lootTableId: ASH_RAT_LOOT_TABLE_ID,
    },
    {
      id: ROAD_BANDIT_MONSTER_ID,
@@ -121,6 +142,7 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
      silverMin: 9,
      silverMax: 15,
      artworkPath: '/images/monsters/road-bandit.png',
+      lootTableId: ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID,
    },
  ];
  let ashRatId = ASH_RAT_MONSTER_ID;
@@ -176,6 +198,7 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
      name: 'Aric Duskwalker',
      level: 1,
      experience: 0,
+      silver: 0,
      baseHp: 100,
      baseAttack: 6,
      currentHp: 100,
--- a/apps/api/src/hunting/hunting.module.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/hunting/hunting.module.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Hunt } from './entities/hunt.entity';
 import { HuntEncounter } from './entities/hunt-encounter.entity';
 import { HuntingController } from './hunting.controller';
 import { HuntingService } from './hunting.service';
-import { RANDOM_SOURCE, systemRandomSource } from './random-source';
+import { RANDOM_SOURCE, systemRandomSource } from '../shared/random-source';

@Module({
  imports: [
--- a/apps/api/src/hunting/hunting.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/hunting/hunting.service.spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { HuntEncounter } from './entities/hunt-encounter.entity';
 import { HuntStatus } from './hunt-status.enum';
 import { HuntingDomainError } from './hunting.errors';
 import { HuntingService } from './hunting.service';
-import type { RandomSource } from './random-source';
+import type { RandomSource } from '../shared/random-source';

 const CHARACTER_ID = '10000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001';
 const HUNTING_LOCATION_ID = '20000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001';
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ function character(currentLocation: LocationDefinition): Character {
    name: 'Aric Duskwalker',
    level: 1,
    experience: 0,
+    silver: 0,
    baseHp: 100,
    baseAttack: 6,
    currentHp: 100,
--- a/apps/api/src/hunting/hunting.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/hunting/hunting.service.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import {
  huntingNotAvailable,
  noHuntEncountersAvailable,
 } from './hunting.errors';
-import { RANDOM_SOURCE } from './random-source';
-import type { RandomSource } from './random-source';
+import { RANDOM_SOURCE } from '../shared/random-source';
+import type { RandomSource } from '../shared/random-source';

 export interface MonsterSummary {
  key: string;
--- a/apps/api/src/items/entities/character-item.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/items/entities/character-item.entity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import {
+  Column,
+  CreateDateColumn,
+  Entity,
+  Index,
+  JoinColumn,
+  ManyToOne,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+  UpdateDateColumn,
+} from 'typeorm';
+import { Character } from '../../characters/entities/character.entity';
+import { ItemDefinition } from './item-definition.entity';
+
+/**
+ * One stack of one item definition owned by one character.
+ *
+ * Duplicate drops increment `quantity` (spec §28 allows duplicates and forbids
+ * duplicate protection). Slice 0.5 equips a `CharacterItem.id`, never an
+ * `ItemDefinition.id`.
+ */
+@Entity({ name: 'character_items' })
+@Index('IDX_character_items_character_item', ['characterId', 'itemDefinitionId'], {
+  unique: true,
+})
+export class CharacterItem {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid', { name: 'id' })
+  id!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'character_id', type: 'uuid' })
+  characterId!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'item_definition_id', type: 'uuid' })
+  itemDefinitionId!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'quantity', type: 'integer' })
+  quantity!: number;
+
+  @CreateDateColumn({ name: 'created_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
+  createdAt!: Date;
+
+  @UpdateDateColumn({ name: 'updated_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
+  updatedAt!: Date;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => Character, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'character_id' })
+  character!: Character;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => ItemDefinition, { onDelete: 'RESTRICT' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'item_definition_id' })
+  itemDefinition!: ItemDefinition;
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/items/entities/item-definition.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/items/entities/item-definition.entity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import {
+  Column,
+  CreateDateColumn,
+  Entity,
+  Index,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+  UpdateDateColumn,
+} from 'typeorm';
+import { EquipmentSlot } from '../equipment-slot.enum';
+import { ItemRarity } from '../item-rarity.enum';
+import { ItemType } from '../item-type.enum';
+
+@Entity({ name: 'item_definitions' })
+@Index('IDX_item_definitions_key', ['key'], { unique: true })
+export class ItemDefinition {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid', { name: 'id' })
+  id!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'key', type: 'varchar', length: 100 })
+  key!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'name', type: 'varchar', length: 150 })
+  name!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'description', type: 'text' })
+  description!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'type', type: 'enum', enum: ItemType, enumName: 'item_type_enum' })
+  type!: ItemType;
+
+  @Column({
+    name: 'equipment_slot',
+    type: 'enum',
+    enum: EquipmentSlot,
+    enumName: 'equipment_slot_enum',
+    nullable: true,
+  })
+  equipmentSlot!: EquipmentSlot | null;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'rarity', type: 'enum', enum: ItemRarity, enumName: 'item_rarity_enum' })
+  rarity!: ItemRarity;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'tier', type: 'integer' })
+  tier!: number;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'required_level', type: 'integer' })
+  requiredLevel!: number;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'weapon_damage', type: 'integer' })
+  weaponDamage!: number;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'bonus_hp', type: 'integer' })
+  bonusHp!: number;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'bonus_attack', type: 'integer' })
+  bonusAttack!: number;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'bonus_armor', type: 'integer' })
+  bonusArmor!: number;
+
+  // Always 0 in Slice 0.4: there are no merchants, and the balancing doc's
+  // Grenzmarken table lists purchase prices, not sell prices.
+  @Column({ name: 'sell_price', type: 'integer' })
+  sellPrice!: number;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'icon_path', type: 'varchar', length: 255 })
+  iconPath!: string;
+
+  @CreateDateColumn({ name: 'created_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
+  createdAt!: Date;
+
+  @UpdateDateColumn({ name: 'updated_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
+  updatedAt!: Date;
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/items/equipment-slot.enum.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/items/equipment-slot.enum.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Slice 0.4 only stores the slot as content data. Slice 0.5 makes it functional.
+export enum EquipmentSlot {
+  WEAPON = 'WEAPON',
+  HEAD = 'HEAD',
+  CHEST = 'CHEST',
+  HANDS = 'HANDS',
+  LEGS = 'LEGS',
+  FEET = 'FEET',
+  AMULET = 'AMULET',
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/items/item-rarity.enum.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/items/item-rarity.enum.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Mirrors docs/Ashen_Realms_Balancing_Items_Loot_Design_V1.md §19:
+// Gewöhnlich / Selten / Episch. German labels live in the frontend.
+export enum ItemRarity {
+  COMMON = 'COMMON',
+  RARE = 'RARE',
+  EPIC = 'EPIC',
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/items/item-type.enum.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/items/item-type.enum.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export enum ItemType {
+  WEAPON = 'WEAPON',
+  ARMOR = 'ARMOR',
+  MATERIAL = 'MATERIAL',
+  CONSUMABLE = 'CONSUMABLE',
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/loot/entities/loot-table-entry.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/loot/entities/loot-table-entry.entity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import {
+  Column,
+  CreateDateColumn,
+  Entity,
+  Index,
+  JoinColumn,
+  ManyToOne,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+  UpdateDateColumn,
+} from 'typeorm';
+import { ItemDefinition } from '../../items/entities/item-definition.entity';
+import { LootTable } from './loot-table.entity';
+
+/**
+ * One independently rolled drop (spec §17).
+ *
+ * `position` fixes the roll order so injected randoms are predictable in tests;
+ * it is content ordering, not priority. A guaranteed drop is simply
+ * `dropChance = 1.0000` — no extra mechanism needed (spec §14).
+ */
+@Entity({ name: 'loot_table_entries' })
+@Index('IDX_loot_table_entries_table_position', ['lootTableId', 'position'], { unique: true })
+@Index('IDX_loot_table_entries_table_item', ['lootTableId', 'itemDefinitionId'], { unique: true })
+export class LootTableEntry {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid', { name: 'id' })
+  id!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'loot_table_id', type: 'uuid' })
+  lootTableId!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'item_definition_id', type: 'uuid' })
+  itemDefinitionId!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'position', type: 'integer' })
+  position!: number;
+
+  // PostgreSQL numeric arrives as a string, like LocationConnection.ambushChance.
+  @Column({ name: 'drop_chance', type: 'numeric', precision: 5, scale: 4 })
+  dropChance!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'min_quantity', type: 'integer' })
+  minQuantity!: number;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'max_quantity', type: 'integer' })
+  maxQuantity!: number;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'enabled', type: 'boolean' })
+  enabled!: boolean;
+
+  @CreateDateColumn({ name: 'created_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
+  createdAt!: Date;
+
+  @UpdateDateColumn({ name: 'updated_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
+  updatedAt!: Date;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => LootTable, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'loot_table_id' })
+  lootTable!: LootTable;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => ItemDefinition, { onDelete: 'RESTRICT' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'item_definition_id' })
+  itemDefinition!: ItemDefinition;
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/loot/entities/loot-table.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/loot/entities/loot-table.entity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import {
+  Column,
+  CreateDateColumn,
+  Entity,
+  Index,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+  UpdateDateColumn,
+} from 'typeorm';
+
+@Entity({ name: 'loot_tables' })
+@Index('IDX_loot_tables_key', ['key'], { unique: true })
+export class LootTable {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid', { name: 'id' })
+  id!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'key', type: 'varchar', length: 100 })
+  key!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'name', type: 'varchar', length: 150 })
+  name!: string;
+
+  @CreateDateColumn({ name: 'created_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
+  createdAt!: Date;
+
+  @UpdateDateColumn({ name: 'updated_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
+  updatedAt!: Date;
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/loot/loot.module.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/loot/loot.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { RANDOM_SOURCE, systemRandomSource } from '../shared/random-source';
+import { LootTable } from './entities/loot-table.entity';
+import { LootTableEntry } from './entities/loot-table-entry.entity';
+import { LootService } from './loot.service';
+
+@Module({
+  imports: [TypeOrmModule.forFeature([LootTable, LootTableEntry])],
+  providers: [LootService, { provide: RANDOM_SOURCE, useValue: systemRandomSource }],
+  exports: [LootService],
+})
+export class LootModule {}
--- a/apps/api/src/loot/loot.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/loot/loot.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
+import type { RandomSource } from '../shared/random-source';
+import { LootTableEntry } from './entities/loot-table-entry.entity';
+import { LootService } from './loot.service';
+
+const ASH_RAT_TABLE = '60000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001';
+const ASH_PELT = '50000000-0000-4000-8000-00000000000c';
+const WORN_SHORT_SWORD = '50000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001';
+
+function entry(overrides: Partial<LootTableEntry>): LootTableEntry {
+  return {
+    id: 'entry-1',
+    lootTableId: ASH_RAT_TABLE,
+    itemDefinitionId: ASH_PELT,
+    position: 1,
+    dropChance: '0.6000',
+    minQuantity: 1,
+    maxQuantity: 1,
+    enabled: true,
+    createdAt: new Date('2026-08-19T09:00:00.000Z'),
+    updatedAt: new Date('2026-08-19T09:00:00.000Z'),
+    ...overrides,
+  } as LootTableEntry;
+}
+
+// Hands out the queued values in order, so a test states exactly which roll
+// each value answers.
+function queuedRandom(...values: number[]): RandomSource {
+  let index = 0;
+  return {
+    next: () => {
+      if (index >= values.length) {
+        throw new Error('LootService consumed more random values than the test queued');
+      }
+      return values[index++];
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function dataSourceWith(entries: LootTableEntry[]): DataSource {
+  return {
+    getRepository: jest.fn(() => ({
+      find: jest.fn(async (options: { where: { lootTableId: string; enabled: boolean } }) =>
+        entries
+          .filter(
+            (candidate) =>
+              candidate.lootTableId === options.where.lootTableId &&
+              candidate.enabled === options.where.enabled,
+          )
+          .sort((a, b) => a.position - b.position),
+      ),
+    })),
+  } as unknown as DataSource;
+}
+
+describe('LootService', () => {
+  const ashRatEntries = [
+    entry({ id: 'entry-pelt', itemDefinitionId: ASH_PELT, position: 1, dropChance: '0.6000' }),
+    entry({
+      id: 'entry-sword',
+      itemDefinitionId: WORN_SHORT_SWORD,
+      position: 2,
+      dropChance: '0.0800',
+    }),
+  ];
+
+  it('drops an entry when the roll falls under its chance', async () => {
+    const service = new LootService(dataSourceWith(ashRatEntries), queuedRandom(0.59, 0.07));
+
+    await expect(service.rollLoot(ASH_RAT_TABLE)).resolves.toEqual({
+      items: [
+        { itemDefinitionId: ASH_PELT, quantity: 1 },
+        { itemDefinitionId: WORN_SHORT_SWORD, quantity: 1 },
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('skips an entry when the roll lands on or above its chance', async () => {
+    const service = new LootService(dataSourceWith(ashRatEntries), queuedRandom(0.6, 0.08));
+
+    await expect(service.rollLoot(ASH_RAT_TABLE)).resolves.toEqual({ items: [] });
+  });
+
+  it('rolls each entry independently, so one combat can drop only the second item', async () => {
+    const service = new LootService(dataSourceWith(ashRatEntries), queuedRandom(0.9, 0.01));
+
+    await expect(service.rollLoot(ASH_RAT_TABLE)).resolves.toEqual({
+      items: [{ itemDefinitionId: WORN_SHORT_SWORD, quantity: 1 }],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('rolls entries in position order so injected values stay predictable', async () => {
+    const outOfOrder = [
+      entry({ id: 'entry-sword', itemDefinitionId: WORN_SHORT_SWORD, position: 2, dropChance: '1.0000' }),
+      entry({ id: 'entry-pelt', itemDefinitionId: ASH_PELT, position: 1, dropChance: '0.0000' }),
+    ];
+    const service = new LootService(dataSourceWith(outOfOrder), queuedRandom(0.5, 0.5));
+
+    await expect(service.rollLoot(ASH_RAT_TABLE)).resolves.toEqual({
+      items: [{ itemDefinitionId: WORN_SHORT_SWORD, quantity: 1 }],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('ignores disabled entries', async () => {
+    const service = new LootService(
+      dataSourceWith([entry({ dropChance: '1.0000', enabled: false })]),
+      queuedRandom(),
+    );
+
+    await expect(service.rollLoot(ASH_RAT_TABLE)).resolves.toEqual({ items: [] });
+  });
+
+  it('consumes no quantity roll when min and max match, and one when they differ', async () => {
+    const stackable = [entry({ dropChance: '1.0000', minQuantity: 2, maxQuantity: 4 })];
+    // First value drops the entry, second picks the quantity (0.5 -> 3).
+    const service = new LootService(dataSourceWith(stackable), queuedRandom(0.1, 0.5));
+
+    await expect(service.rollLoot(ASH_RAT_TABLE)).resolves.toEqual({
+      items: [{ itemDefinitionId: ASH_PELT, quantity: 3 }],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns nothing for a monster without a loot table', async () => {
+    const service = new LootService(dataSourceWith(ashRatEntries), queuedRandom());
+
+    await expect(service.rollLoot(null)).resolves.toEqual({ items: [] });
+  });
+});
--- a/apps/api/src/loot/loot.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/loot/loot.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { DataSource, EntityManager } from 'typeorm';
+import { RANDOM_SOURCE } from '../shared/random-source';
+import type { RandomSource } from '../shared/random-source';
+import { rollInclusive } from '../shared/roll-range';
+import { LootTableEntry } from './entities/loot-table-entry.entity';
+
+export interface LootRollItem {
+  itemDefinitionId: string;
+  quantity: number;
+}
+
+export interface LootRollResult {
+  items: LootRollItem[];
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class LootService {
+  constructor(
+    private readonly dataSource: DataSource,
+    @Inject(RANDOM_SOURCE) private readonly randomSource: RandomSource,
+  ) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Rolls a loot table without persisting anything (spec §20).
+   *
+   * Every enabled entry is one independent roll in `position` order, so a
+   * single combat may yield nothing, one item, or several (spec §17). The
+   * quantity roll is skipped entirely when `minQuantity === maxQuantity`,
+   * which keeps the random sequence stable for the seeded content.
+   */
+  async rollLoot(
+    lootTableId: string | null,
+    manager?: EntityManager,
+  ): Promise<LootRollResult> {
+    if (!lootTableId) {
+      return { items: [] };
+    }
+
+    const entries = await (
+      manager?.getRepository(LootTableEntry) ??
+      this.dataSource.getRepository(LootTableEntry)
+    ).find({
+      where: { lootTableId, enabled: true },
+      order: { position: 'ASC' },
+    });
+
+    const items: LootRollItem[] = [];
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      if (this.randomSource.next() >= Number(entry.dropChance)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      items.push({
+        itemDefinitionId: entry.itemDefinitionId,
+        quantity: rollInclusive(
+          this.randomSource,
+          entry.minQuantity,
+          entry.maxQuantity,
+        ),
+      });
+    }
+
+    return { items };
+  }
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/monsters/entities/monster-definition.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/monsters/entities/monster-definition.entity.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ import {
  CreateDateColumn,
  Entity,
  Index,
+  JoinColumn,
+  ManyToOne,
  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
  UpdateDateColumn,
 } from 'typeorm';
+import { LootTable } from '../../loot/entities/loot-table.entity';

@Entity({ name: 'monster_definitions' })
@Index('IDX_monster_definitions_key', ['key'], { unique: true })
@@ -43,9 +46,16 @@ export class MonsterDefinition {
  @Column({ name: 'artwork_path', type: 'varchar', length: 255 })
  artworkPath!: string;

+  @Column({ name: 'loot_table_id', type: 'uuid', nullable: true })
+  lootTableId!: string | null;
+
  @CreateDateColumn({ name: 'created_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
  createdAt!: Date;

  @UpdateDateColumn({ name: 'updated_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
  updatedAt!: Date;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => LootTable, { onDelete: 'RESTRICT', nullable: true })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'loot_table_id' })
+  lootTable!: LootTable | null;
 }
--- a/apps/api/src/rewards/combat-reward.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/rewards/combat-reward.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,445 @@
+import { EntityManager, EntityTarget } from 'typeorm';
+import { Character } from '../characters/entities/character.entity';
+import { CombatStatus } from '../combat/combat-status.enum';
+import { Combat } from '../combat/entities/combat.entity';
+import { CharacterItem } from '../items/entities/character-item.entity';
+import { ItemDefinition } from '../items/entities/item-definition.entity';
+import { ItemRarity } from '../items/item-rarity.enum';
+import { ItemType } from '../items/item-type.enum';
+import { LootService } from '../loot/loot.service';
+import { MonsterDefinition } from '../monsters/entities/monster-definition.entity';
+import type { RandomSource } from '../shared/random-source';
+import { CombatRewardService } from './combat-reward.service';
+import { CombatReward } from './entities/combat-reward.entity';
+import { CombatRewardItem } from './entities/combat-reward-item.entity';
+import { RewardDomainError } from './rewards.errors';
+
+const CHARACTER_ID = '10000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001';
+const COMBAT_ID = '20000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001';
+const ASH_RAT_ID = '30000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001';
+const ROAD_BANDIT_ID = '30000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000002';
+const ASH_RAT_TABLE = '60000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001';
+const ROAD_BANDIT_TABLE = '60000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000002';
+const BANDIT_BLADE = '50000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000002';
+const BANDIT_HOOD = '50000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001';
+
+interface State {
+  characters: Character[];
+  monsters: MonsterDefinition[];
+  itemDefinitions: ItemDefinition[];
+  characterItems: CharacterItem[];
+  combatRewards: CombatReward[];
+  combatRewardItems: CombatRewardItem[];
+}
+
+class FakeRepository<T extends { id: string }> {
+  constructor(
+    private readonly rows: T[],
+    private readonly prefix: string,
+  ) {}
+
+  findOne(options: { where: Partial<T> }): Promise<T | null> {
+    return Promise.resolve(this.rows.find((row) => this.matches(row, options.where)) ?? null);
+  }
+
+  findOneBy(where: Partial<T>): Promise<T | null> {
+    return Promise.resolve(this.rows.find((row) => this.matches(row, where)) ?? null);
+  }
+
+  find(options: {
+    where: Partial<T>;
+    order?: Partial<Record<keyof T, 'ASC' | 'DESC'>>;
+  }): Promise<T[]> {
+    const matched = this.rows.filter((row) => this.matches(row, options.where));
+    if (!options.order) {
+      return Promise.resolve(matched);
+    }
+
+    // Mirrors TypeORM's `order` clause so tests can prove ordering comes from
+    // the query, not from insertion order happening to line up.
+    const [key, direction] = Object.entries(options.order)[0] as [keyof T, 'ASC' | 'DESC'];
+    const sorted = [...matched].sort((a, b) => {
+      const left = a[key];
+      const right = b[key];
+      const comparison = left < right ? -1 : left > right ? 1 : 0;
+      return direction === 'DESC' ? -comparison : comparison;
+    });
+    return Promise.resolve(sorted);
+  }
+
+  create(values: Partial<T>): T {
+    return { ...values } as T;
+  }
+
+  save(entity: T): Promise<T> {
+    if (!entity.id) {
+      entity.id = `${this.prefix}-${this.rows.length + 1}`;
+    }
+    const index = this.rows.findIndex((row) => row.id === entity.id);
+    if (index === -1) {
+      this.rows.push(entity);
+    } else {
+      this.rows[index] = entity;
+    }
+    return Promise.resolve(entity);
+  }
+
+  private matches(row: T, where: Partial<T>): boolean {
+    return Object.entries(where).every(([key, value]) => row[key as keyof T] === value);
+  }
+}
+
+function fakeManager(state: State): EntityManager {
+  return {
+    getRepository: <T extends { id: string }>(target: EntityTarget<T>) => {
+      if (target === Character) return new FakeRepository(state.characters, 'character') as never;
+      if (target === MonsterDefinition) return new FakeRepository(state.monsters, 'monster') as never;
+      if (target === ItemDefinition)
+        return new FakeRepository(state.itemDefinitions, 'definition') as never;
+      if (target === CharacterItem)
+        return new FakeRepository(state.characterItems, 'character-item') as never;
+      if (target === CombatReward)
+        return new FakeRepository(state.combatRewards, 'reward') as never;
+      if (target === CombatRewardItem)
+        return new FakeRepository(state.combatRewardItems, 'reward-item') as never;
+      throw new Error('Unsupported repository');
+    },
+  } as unknown as EntityManager;
+}
+
+function combat(overrides: Partial<Combat> = {}): Combat {
+  return {
+    id: COMBAT_ID,
+    characterId: CHARACTER_ID,
+    monsterDefinitionId: ASH_RAT_ID,
+    status: CombatStatus.WON,
+    round: 4,
+    ...overrides,
+  } as Combat;
+}
+
+function createState(overrides: Partial<State> = {}): State {
+  return {
+    characters: [{ id: CHARACTER_ID, experience: 12, silver: 3 } as Character],
+    monsters: [
+      {
+        id: ASH_RAT_ID,
+        key: 'ash-rat',
+        experienceReward: 8,
+        silverMin: 4,
+        silverMax: 7,
+        lootTableId: ASH_RAT_TABLE,
+      } as MonsterDefinition,
+      {
+        id: ROAD_BANDIT_ID,
+        key: 'road-bandit',
+        experienceReward: 16,
+        silverMin: 9,
+        silverMax: 15,
+        lootTableId: ROAD_BANDIT_TABLE,
+      } as MonsterDefinition,
+    ],
+    itemDefinitions: [
+      {
+        id: BANDIT_BLADE,
+        key: 'bandit-blade',
+        name: 'Räuberklinge',
+        type: ItemType.WEAPON,
+        rarity: ItemRarity.COMMON,
+        iconPath: '/images/items/bandit-blade.png',
+      } as ItemDefinition,
+    ],
+    characterItems: [],
+    combatRewards: [],
+    combatRewardItems: [],
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+function fakeDataSource(state: State): EntityManager {
+  // `loadRewards`'s no-manager branch only calls `getRepository`, which
+  // `fakeManager` already implements identically for `DataSource`; reusing
+  // it (rather than duplicating the repository-resolution switch) keeps this
+  // fake backed by the exact same `state` rows as the transactional path.
+  return fakeManager(state);
+}
+
+function fakeLoot(...items: Array<{ itemDefinitionId: string; quantity: number }>): LootService {
+  return { rollLoot: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ items }) } as unknown as LootService;
+}
+
+function fixedRandom(value: number): RandomSource {
+  return { next: () => value };
+}
+
+function service(
+  state: State,
+  loot: LootService = fakeLoot(),
+  random: RandomSource = fixedRandom(0.5),
+): CombatRewardService {
+  return new CombatRewardService({} as never, loot, random);
+}
+
+describe('CombatRewardService', () => {
+  describe('eligibility', () => {
+    it('rejects an ACTIVE combat', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+
+      await expect(
+        service(state).grantVictoryRewards(fakeManager(state), combat({ status: CombatStatus.ACTIVE })),
+      ).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'COMBAT_NOT_WON' });
+      expect(state.combatRewards).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(state.characters[0].experience).toBe(12);
+      expect(state.characters[0].silver).toBe(3);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects a LOST combat', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+
+      await expect(
+        service(state).grantVictoryRewards(fakeManager(state), combat({ status: CombatStatus.LOST })),
+      ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(RewardDomainError);
+      expect(state.combatRewards).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+
+    it('grants rewards for a WON combat', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+
+      const reward = await service(state).grantVictoryRewards(fakeManager(state), combat());
+
+      expect(reward).toEqual({ experience: 8, silver: 6, items: [] });
+      expect(state.combatRewards).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Aschenratte', () => {
+    it('grants 8 XP and a silver roll inside 4-7, persisted on the character', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+
+      const reward = await service(state, fakeLoot(), fixedRandom(0)).grantVictoryRewards(
+        fakeManager(state),
+        combat(),
+      );
+
+      expect(reward.experience).toBe(8);
+      expect(reward.silver).toBe(4);
+      expect(state.characters[0].experience).toBe(20);
+      expect(state.characters[0].silver).toBe(7);
+    });
+
+    it('rolls the top of the silver range from the top of the random range', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+
+      const reward = await service(state, fakeLoot(), fixedRandom(0.99)).grantVictoryRewards(
+        fakeManager(state),
+        combat(),
+      );
+
+      expect(reward.silver).toBe(7);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Straßenräuber', () => {
+    const banditCombat = combat({ monsterDefinitionId: ROAD_BANDIT_ID });
+
+    it('grants 16 XP and a silver roll inside 9-15', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+
+      const reward = await service(state, fakeLoot(), fixedRandom(0)).grantVictoryRewards(
+        fakeManager(state),
+        banditCombat,
+      );
+
+      expect(reward.experience).toBe(16);
+      expect(reward.silver).toBe(9);
+    });
+
+    it('persists a dropped Räuberklinge as a CharacterItem and references it in the reward', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+
+      const reward = await service(
+        state,
+        fakeLoot({ itemDefinitionId: BANDIT_BLADE, quantity: 1 }),
+      ).grantVictoryRewards(fakeManager(state), banditCombat);
+
+      expect(state.characterItems).toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          characterId: CHARACTER_ID,
+          itemDefinitionId: BANDIT_BLADE,
+          quantity: 1,
+        }),
+      ]);
+      expect(reward.items).toEqual([
+        {
+          characterItemId: state.characterItems[0].id,
+          item: {
+            key: 'bandit-blade',
+            name: 'Räuberklinge',
+            rarity: ItemRarity.COMMON,
+            iconPath: '/images/items/bandit-blade.png',
+          },
+          quantity: 1,
+        },
+      ]);
+      expect(state.combatRewardItems).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+
+    it('reports no items when the Räuberklinge does not drop', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+
+      const reward = await service(state, fakeLoot()).grantVictoryRewards(
+        fakeManager(state),
+        banditCombat,
+      );
+
+      expect(reward.items).toEqual([]);
+      expect(state.characterItems).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(state.combatRewardItems).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+
+    it('stacks a duplicate drop onto the existing CharacterItem without duplicate protection', async () => {
+      const state = createState({
+        characterItems: [
+          {
+            id: 'character-item-existing',
+            characterId: CHARACTER_ID,
+            itemDefinitionId: BANDIT_BLADE,
+            quantity: 1,
+          } as CharacterItem,
+        ],
+      });
+
+      const reward = await service(
+        state,
+        fakeLoot({ itemDefinitionId: BANDIT_BLADE, quantity: 1 }),
+      ).grantVictoryRewards(fakeManager(state), banditCombat);
+
+      expect(state.characterItems).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(state.characterItems[0].quantity).toBe(2);
+      // The reward reports what THIS combat granted, not the stack total.
+      expect(reward.items[0].quantity).toBe(1);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('idempotency', () => {
+    it('grants once and returns the same persisted reward on a repeat call', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+      const loot = fakeLoot({ itemDefinitionId: BANDIT_BLADE, quantity: 1 });
+      const subject = service(state, loot, fixedRandom(0));
+      const manager = fakeManager(state);
+
+      const first = await subject.grantVictoryRewards(manager, combat());
+      const second = await subject.grantVictoryRewards(manager, combat());
+
+      expect(second).toEqual(first);
+      expect(state.combatRewards).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(state.combatRewardItems).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(state.characterItems).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(state.characterItems[0].quantity).toBe(1);
+      expect(state.characters[0].experience).toBe(20);
+      expect(state.characters[0].silver).toBe(7);
+      expect(loot.rollLoot).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('loadRewards', () => {
+    it('returns null for a combat that was never rewarded', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+
+      await expect(
+        service(state).loadRewards(COMBAT_ID, fakeManager(state)),
+      ).resolves.toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('replays the persisted reward without rerolling', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+      const loot = fakeLoot({ itemDefinitionId: BANDIT_BLADE, quantity: 1 });
+      const subject = service(state, loot, fixedRandom(0));
+      const manager = fakeManager(state);
+      const granted = await subject.grantVictoryRewards(manager, combat());
+
+      const replayed = await subject.loadRewards(COMBAT_ID, manager);
+
+      expect(replayed).toEqual(granted);
+      expect(loot.rollLoot).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('reads a persisted reward through the injected DataSource when no manager is passed', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+      const loot = fakeLoot({ itemDefinitionId: BANDIT_BLADE, quantity: 1 });
+      const dataSource = fakeDataSource(state);
+      const subject = new CombatRewardService(dataSource as never, loot, fixedRandom(0));
+      const manager = fakeManager(state);
+
+      const granted = await subject.grantVictoryRewards(manager, combat());
+
+      // No manager argument: this is the non-transactional read the next
+      // task uses to render a reward screen.
+      const replayed = await subject.loadRewards(COMBAT_ID);
+
+      expect(replayed).toEqual(granted);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('failure handling', () => {
+    it('throws instead of half-granting when a rolled item definition is missing', async () => {
+      const state = createState();
+
+      await expect(
+        service(state, fakeLoot({ itemDefinitionId: 'missing-item', quantity: 1 })).grantVictoryRewards(
+          fakeManager(state),
+          combat(),
+        ),
+      ).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'REWARD_STATE_INVALID' });
+      expect(state.combatRewardItems).toHaveLength(0);
+      // Every rolled item definition is resolved before any mutation, so a
+      // missing one must leave no reward row and no character grant behind.
+      expect(state.combatRewards).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(state.characters[0].experience).toBe(12);
+      expect(state.characters[0].silver).toBe(3);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('item order', () => {
+    it('orders items by itemDefinitionId in the immediate grant and the replayed reward, regardless of roll order', async () => {
+      const state = createState({
+        itemDefinitions: [
+          {
+            id: BANDIT_BLADE,
+            key: 'bandit-blade',
+            name: 'Räuberklinge',
+            type: ItemType.WEAPON,
+            rarity: ItemRarity.COMMON,
+            iconPath: '/images/items/bandit-blade.png',
+          } as ItemDefinition,
+          {
+            id: BANDIT_HOOD,
+            key: 'bandit-hood',
+            name: 'Räuberkapuze',
+            type: ItemType.ARMOR,
+            rarity: ItemRarity.COMMON,
+            iconPath: '/images/items/bandit-hood.png',
+          } as ItemDefinition,
+        ],
+      });
+      const banditCombat = combat({ monsterDefinitionId: ROAD_BANDIT_ID });
+      // Roll order is blade-then-hood, but BANDIT_HOOD's id sorts before
+      // BANDIT_BLADE's, so this only passes if both response paths sort by
+      // itemDefinitionId rather than returning rows in roll/insertion order.
+      const loot = fakeLoot(
+        { itemDefinitionId: BANDIT_BLADE, quantity: 1 },
+        { itemDefinitionId: BANDIT_HOOD, quantity: 1 },
+      );
+      const subject = service(state, loot, fixedRandom(0));
+      const manager = fakeManager(state);
+
+      const granted = await subject.grantVictoryRewards(manager, banditCombat);
+      const replayed = await subject.loadRewards(banditCombat.id, manager);
+
+      const expectedKeys = ['bandit-hood', 'bandit-blade'];
+      expect(granted.items.map((item) => item.item.key)).toEqual(expectedKeys);
+      expect(replayed?.items.map((item) => item.item.key)).toEqual(expectedKeys);
+      expect(replayed).toEqual(granted);
+    });
+  });
+});
--- a/apps/api/src/rewards/combat-reward.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/rewards/combat-reward.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { DataSource, EntityManager } from 'typeorm';
+import { Character } from '../characters/entities/character.entity';
+import { CombatStatus } from '../combat/combat-status.enum';
+import { Combat } from '../combat/entities/combat.entity';
+import { CharacterItem } from '../items/entities/character-item.entity';
+import { ItemDefinition } from '../items/entities/item-definition.entity';
+import { ItemRarity } from '../items/item-rarity.enum';
+import { LootService } from '../loot/loot.service';
+import { MonsterDefinition } from '../monsters/entities/monster-definition.entity';
+import { RANDOM_SOURCE } from '../shared/random-source';
+import type { RandomSource } from '../shared/random-source';
+import { rollInclusive } from '../shared/roll-range';
+import { CombatReward } from './entities/combat-reward.entity';
+import { CombatRewardItem } from './entities/combat-reward-item.entity';
+import { combatNotWon, rewardStateInvalid } from './rewards.errors';
+
+export interface CombatRewardItemDto {
+  characterItemId: string;
+  item: {
+    key: string;
+    name: string;
+    rarity: ItemRarity;
+    iconPath: string;
+  };
+  quantity: number;
+}
+
+export interface CombatRewardDto {
+  experience: number;
+  silver: number;
+  items: CombatRewardItemDto[];
+}
+
+// Both DataSource and EntityManager expose this; naming it keeps the read path
+// usable inside and outside a transaction without a union type.
+type RepositoryScope = Pick<DataSource, 'getRepository'>;
+
+@Injectable()
+export class CombatRewardService {
+  constructor(
+    private readonly dataSource: DataSource,
+    private readonly lootService: LootService,
+    @Inject(RANDOM_SOURCE) private readonly randomSource: RandomSource,
+  ) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Grants a won combat's rewards exactly once (spec §7, §21).
+   *
+   * Runs inside the caller's transaction — `CombatService.performAction`
+   * already holds a pessimistic write lock on the combat row — so either
+   * everything below commits or nothing does.
+   *
+   * Roll order is fixed: silver first, then the loot table in `position`
+   * order. Tests depend on it.
+   */
+  async grantVictoryRewards(
+    manager: EntityManager,
+    combat: Combat,
+  ): Promise<CombatRewardDto> {
+    if (combat.status !== CombatStatus.WON) {
+      throw combatNotWon();
+    }
+
+    const rewards = manager.getRepository(CombatReward);
+    const existing = await rewards.findOne({ where: { combatId: combat.id } });
+    if (existing) {
+      // Already rewarded: replay rather than roll again.
+      return this.toDto(manager, existing);
+    }
+
+    const monster = await manager
+      .getRepository(MonsterDefinition)
+      .findOneBy({ id: combat.monsterDefinitionId });
+    if (!monster) {
+      throw rewardStateInvalid();
+    }
+
+    const experience = monster.experienceReward;
+    const silver = rollInclusive(
+      this.randomSource,
+      monster.silverMin,
+      monster.silverMax,
+    );
+    const roll = await this.lootService.rollLoot(monster.lootTableId, manager);
+
+    // Resolve every rolled item definition up front, before any mutation, so
+    // a missing definition throws `rewardStateInvalid()` before the
+    // character's XP/silver are touched or a `CombatReward` row is created.
+    // This keeps a failed grant from leaving partial writes behind.
+    const definitions = manager.getRepository(ItemDefinition);
+    const resolvedDefinitions = new Map<string, ItemDefinition>();
+    for (const rolled of roll.items) {
+      if (resolvedDefinitions.has(rolled.itemDefinitionId)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const definition = await definitions.findOneBy({
+        id: rolled.itemDefinitionId,
+      });
+      if (!definition) {
+        throw rewardStateInvalid();
+      }
+      resolvedDefinitions.set(rolled.itemDefinitionId, definition);
+    }
+
+    const characters = manager.getRepository(Character);
+    const character = await characters.findOne({
+      where: { id: combat.characterId },
+      lock: { mode: 'pessimistic_write' },
+    });
+    if (!character) {
+      throw rewardStateInvalid();
+    }
+    character.experience += experience;
+    character.silver += silver;
+    await characters.save(character);
+
+    const reward = await rewards.save(
+      rewards.create({
+        combatId: combat.id,
+        characterId: combat.characterId,
+        experienceGranted: experience,
+        silverGranted: silver,
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const characterItems = manager.getRepository(CharacterItem);
+    const rewardItems = manager.getRepository(CombatRewardItem);
+    const granted: Array<{ itemDefinitionId: string; dto: CombatRewardItemDto }> = [];
+
+    for (const rolled of roll.items) {
+      const definition = resolvedDefinitions.get(rolled.itemDefinitionId)!;
+
+      const existingStack = await characterItems.findOne({
+        where: {
+          characterId: combat.characterId,
+          itemDefinitionId: rolled.itemDefinitionId,
+        },
+        lock: { mode: 'pessimistic_write' },
+      });
+      // Duplicates stack; Slice 0.4 adds no duplicate protection (spec §28).
+      const characterItem = existingStack
+        ? Object.assign(existingStack, {
+            quantity: existingStack.quantity + rolled.quantity,
+          })
+        : characterItems.create({
+            characterId: combat.characterId,
+            itemDefinitionId: rolled.itemDefinitionId,
+            quantity: rolled.quantity,
+          });
+      await characterItems.save(characterItem);
+
+      await rewardItems.save(
+        rewardItems.create({
+          combatRewardId: reward.id,
+          characterItemId: characterItem.id,
+          itemDefinitionId: definition.id,
+          quantity: rolled.quantity,
+        }),
+      );
+
+      granted.push({
+        itemDefinitionId: rolled.itemDefinitionId,
+        dto: this.toItemDto(characterItem.id, definition, rolled.quantity),
+      });
+    }
+
+    // The immediate response and a later `loadRewards` replay must agree on
+    // item order; both sort on the same stable key (itemDefinitionId, which
+    // `toDto`'s query also orders by) rather than roll order.
+    granted.sort((a, b) => a.itemDefinitionId.localeCompare(b.itemDefinitionId));
+    const items = granted.map((entry) => entry.dto);
+
+    return { experience, silver, items };
+  }
+
+  /** Reads a persisted reward so a refresh replays it (spec §25, §48). */
+  async loadRewards(
+    combatId: string,
+    manager?: EntityManager,
+  ): Promise<CombatRewardDto | null> {
+    const scope: RepositoryScope = manager ?? this.dataSource;
+    const reward = await scope
+      .getRepository(CombatReward)
+      .findOne({ where: { combatId } });
+
+    return reward ? this.toDto(scope, reward) : null;
+  }
+
+  private async toDto(
+    scope: RepositoryScope,
+    reward: CombatReward,
+  ): Promise<CombatRewardDto> {
+    // Ordered by itemDefinitionId to agree with the sort `grantVictoryRewards`
+    // applies to its own response — the immediate grant and a later replay
+    // must list items identically.
+    const rewardItems = await scope
+      .getRepository(CombatRewardItem)
+      .find({
+        where: { combatRewardId: reward.id },
+        order: { itemDefinitionId: 'ASC' },
+      });
+    const definitions = scope.getRepository(ItemDefinition);
+
+    const items: CombatRewardItemDto[] = [];
+    for (const rewardItem of rewardItems) {
+      const definition = await definitions.findOneBy({
+        id: rewardItem.itemDefinitionId,
+      });
+      if (!definition) {
+        // combat_reward_items.item_definition_id is a RESTRICT FK.
+        throw rewardStateInvalid();
+      }
+      items.push(
+        this.toItemDto(rewardItem.characterItemId, definition, rewardItem.quantity),
+      );
+    }
+
+    return {
+      experience: reward.experienceGranted,
+      silver: reward.silverGranted,
+      items,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private toItemDto(
+    characterItemId: string,
+    definition: ItemDefinition,
+    quantity: number,
+  ): CombatRewardItemDto {
+    // Drop chance, roll results, and loot-table ids never leave the server
+    // (spec §26).
+    return {
+      characterItemId,
+      item: {
+        key: definition.key,
+        name: definition.name,
+        rarity: definition.rarity,
+        iconPath: definition.iconPath,
+      },
+      quantity,
+    };
+  }
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/rewards/entities/combat-reward-item.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/rewards/entities/combat-reward-item.entity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import {
+  Column,
+  CreateDateColumn,
+  Entity,
+  Index,
+  JoinColumn,
+  ManyToOne,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+} from 'typeorm';
+import { CharacterItem } from '../../items/entities/character-item.entity';
+import { ItemDefinition } from '../../items/entities/item-definition.entity';
+import { CombatReward } from './combat-reward.entity';
+
+/**
+ * What this specific combat dropped.
+ *
+ * Needed because `CharacterItem.quantity` is a running stack total: after a
+ * duplicate drop it no longer says how much *this* victory granted, and a
+ * refreshed reward screen must replay the original result (spec §25, §48).
+ */
+@Entity({ name: 'combat_reward_items' })
+@Index('IDX_combat_reward_items_reward', ['combatRewardId'])
+@Index('IDX_combat_reward_items_reward_item', ['combatRewardId', 'itemDefinitionId'], {
+  unique: true,
+})
+export class CombatRewardItem {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid', { name: 'id' })
+  id!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'combat_reward_id', type: 'uuid' })
+  combatRewardId!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'character_item_id', type: 'uuid' })
+  characterItemId!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'item_definition_id', type: 'uuid' })
+  itemDefinitionId!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'quantity', type: 'integer' })
+  quantity!: number;
+
+  @CreateDateColumn({ name: 'created_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
+  createdAt!: Date;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => CombatReward, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'combat_reward_id' })
+  combatReward!: CombatReward;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => CharacterItem, { onDelete: 'RESTRICT' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'character_item_id' })
+  characterItem!: CharacterItem;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => ItemDefinition, { onDelete: 'RESTRICT' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'item_definition_id' })
+  itemDefinition!: ItemDefinition;
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/rewards/entities/combat-reward.entity.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/rewards/entities/combat-reward.entity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import {
+  Column,
+  CreateDateColumn,
+  Entity,
+  Index,
+  JoinColumn,
+  ManyToOne,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+} from 'typeorm';
+import { Character } from '../../characters/entities/character.entity';
+import { Combat } from '../../combat/entities/combat.entity';
+
+/**
+ * Proof that one combat has already been rewarded (spec §8).
+ *
+ * The unique index on `combatId` is the database half of the idempotency
+ * invariant; `CombatRewardService` is the service half.
+ */
+@Entity({ name: 'combat_rewards' })
+@Index('IDX_combat_rewards_combat', ['combatId'], { unique: true })
+@Index('IDX_combat_rewards_character', ['characterId'])
+export class CombatReward {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid', { name: 'id' })
+  id!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'combat_id', type: 'uuid' })
+  combatId!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'character_id', type: 'uuid' })
+  characterId!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'experience_granted', type: 'integer' })
+  experienceGranted!: number;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'silver_granted', type: 'integer' })
+  silverGranted!: number;
+
+  @CreateDateColumn({ name: 'created_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
+  createdAt!: Date;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => Combat, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'combat_id' })
+  combat!: Combat;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => Character, { onDelete: 'RESTRICT' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'character_id' })
+  character!: Character;
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/rewards/rewards.errors.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/rewards/rewards.errors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { HttpException, HttpStatus } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+export type RewardErrorCode = 'COMBAT_NOT_WON' | 'REWARD_STATE_INVALID';
+
+export class RewardDomainError extends HttpException {
+  constructor(
+    public readonly code: RewardErrorCode,
+    status: HttpStatus,
+    message: string,
+  ) {
+    super({ statusCode: status, code, message }, status);
+  }
+}
+
+export function combatNotWon(): RewardDomainError {
+  return new RewardDomainError(
+    'COMBAT_NOT_WON',
+    HttpStatus.CONFLICT,
+    'Only a won combat can grant victory rewards.',
+  );
+}
+
+export function rewardStateInvalid(): RewardDomainError {
+  return new RewardDomainError(
+    'REWARD_STATE_INVALID',
+    HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+    'The reward references unavailable data.',
+  );
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/rewards/rewards.module.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/rewards/rewards.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { Character } from '../characters/entities/character.entity';
+import { CharacterItem } from '../items/entities/character-item.entity';
+import { ItemDefinition } from '../items/entities/item-definition.entity';
+import { LootModule } from '../loot/loot.module';
+import { MonsterDefinition } from '../monsters/entities/monster-definition.entity';
+import { RANDOM_SOURCE, systemRandomSource } from '../shared/random-source';
+import { CombatRewardService } from './combat-reward.service';
+import { CombatReward } from './entities/combat-reward.entity';
+import { CombatRewardItem } from './entities/combat-reward-item.entity';
+
+@Module({
+  imports: [
+    TypeOrmModule.forFeature([
+      Character,
+      CharacterItem,
+      ItemDefinition,
+      MonsterDefinition,
+      CombatReward,
+      CombatRewardItem,
+    ]),
+    LootModule,
+  ],
+  providers: [
+    CombatRewardService,
+    { provide: RANDOM_SOURCE, useValue: systemRandomSource },
+  ],
+  exports: [CombatRewardService],
+})
+export class RewardsModule {}
--- a/apps/api/src/hunting/random-source.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/hunting/random-source.ts
--- a/apps/api/src/shared/roll-range.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/shared/roll-range.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import type { RandomSource } from './random-source';
+import { rollInclusive } from './roll-range';
+
+function fixed(...values: number[]): RandomSource {
+  let index = 0;
+  return { next: () => values[index++] };
+}
+
+describe('rollInclusive', () => {
+  it('maps the bottom of the random range to min and the top to max', () => {
+    expect(rollInclusive(fixed(0), 4, 7)).toBe(4);
+    expect(rollInclusive(fixed(0.999), 4, 7)).toBe(7);
+  });
+
+  it('spreads the random range evenly across every value in between', () => {
+    expect(rollInclusive(fixed(0.25), 4, 7)).toBe(5);
+    expect(rollInclusive(fixed(0.5), 4, 7)).toBe(6);
+    expect(rollInclusive(fixed(0.5), 9, 15)).toBe(12);
+  });
+
+  it('never exceeds max even if the source yields exactly 1', () => {
+    expect(rollInclusive(fixed(1), 9, 15)).toBe(15);
+  });
+
+  it('returns the single value when min equals max', () => {
+    expect(rollInclusive(fixed(0.7), 1, 1)).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
--- a/apps/api/src/shared/roll-range.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/shared/roll-range.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import type { RandomSource } from './random-source';
+
+/**
+ * Rolls an inclusive integer in [min, max] from one value of `random`.
+ *
+ * `RandomSource.next()` is documented as [0, 1), but the clamp keeps a
+ * misbehaving or hand-stubbed source from ever exceeding `max`.
+ */
+export function rollInclusive(
+  random: RandomSource,
+  min: number,
+  max: number,
+): number {
+  if (max <= min) {
+    return min;
+  }
+
+  return Math.min(max, min + Math.floor(random.next() * (max - min + 1)));
+}
--- a/apps/api/src/travel/travel.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/travel/travel.service.spec.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ function createState(): FakeState {
    name: 'Aric Duskwalker',
    level: 1,
    experience: 0,
+    silver: 0,
    baseHp: 100,
    baseAttack: 6,
    currentHp: 100,
--- a/apps/web/public/images/items/ash-blade.png
+++ b/apps/web/public/images/items/ash-blade.png
--- a/apps/web/public/images/items/ash-boots.png
+++ b/apps/web/public/images/items/ash-boots.png
--- a/apps/web/public/images/items/ash-pelt.png
+++ b/apps/web/public/images/items/ash-pelt.png
--- a/apps/web/public/images/items/bandit-blade.png
+++ b/apps/web/public/images/items/bandit-blade.png
--- a/apps/web/public/images/items/bandit-hood.png
+++ b/apps/web/public/images/items/bandit-hood.png
--- a/apps/web/public/images/items/borderwatch-sigil.png
+++ b/apps/web/public/images/items/borderwatch-sigil.png
--- a/apps/web/public/images/items/burned-captain-pendant.png
+++ b/apps/web/public/images/items/burned-captain-pendant.png
--- a/apps/web/public/images/items/guardsman-legs.png
+++ b/apps/web/public/images/items/guardsman-legs.png
--- a/apps/web/public/images/items/raider-gloves.png
+++ b/apps/web/public/images/items/raider-gloves.png
--- a/apps/web/public/images/items/reinforced-leather-jacket.png
+++ b/apps/web/public/images/items/reinforced-leather-jacket.png
--- a/apps/web/public/images/items/small-healing-potion.png
+++ b/apps/web/public/images/items/small-healing-potion.png
--- a/apps/web/public/images/items/worn-short-sword.png
+++ b/apps/web/public/images/items/worn-short-sword.png
--- a/apps/web/src/app/app.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/app.spec.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ describe('App', () => {
      name: 'Mara Ashfall',
      level: 7,
      experience: 320,
+      silver: 150,
      currentHp: 52,
      maxHp: 80,
      attack: 12,
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ describe('App', () => {
    );
    expect(fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('app-top-bar')?.textContent).toContain('Stufe 7');
    expect(fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('app-top-bar')?.textContent).toContain('52 / 80');
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('app-top-bar')?.textContent).toContain('150');
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('app-top-bar')?.textContent).toContain('320');
  });

  it('redirects root and unknown routes to the world shell', () => {
--- a/apps/web/src/app/core/api/game-api.models.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/core/api/game-api.models.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export interface CharacterResponse {
  name: string;
  level: number;
  experience: number;
+  silver: number;
  currentHp: number;
  maxHp: number;
  attack: number;
@@ -105,4 +106,26 @@ export interface Combat {
  player: CombatPlayer;
  monster: CombatMonster;
  events: CombatEvent[];
+  rewards: CombatReward | null;
+}
+
+export type ItemRarity = 'COMMON' | 'RARE' | 'EPIC';
+
+export interface RewardItemSummary {
+  key: string;
+  name: string;
+  rarity: ItemRarity;
+  iconPath: string;
+}
+
+export interface CombatRewardItem {
+  characterItemId: string;
+  item: RewardItemSummary;
+  quantity: number;
+}
+
+export interface CombatReward {
+  experience: number;
+  silver: number;
+  items: CombatRewardItem[];
 }
--- a/apps/web/src/app/features/combat/combat-page/combat-page.component.html
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/features/combat/combat-page/combat-page.component.html
@@ -86,7 +86,37 @@
        <div class="outcome outcome--won" data-combat-result="WON">
          <h2 class="outcome__title">Sieg</h2>
          <p>{{ combat.monster.name }} wurde besiegt.</p>
-          <p class="outcome__hint">Belohnungen werden im nächsten Schritt verarbeitet.</p>
+
+          @if (combat.rewards; as rewards) {
+            <section class="rewards" data-combat-rewards aria-label="Belohnungen">
+              <h3 class="rewards__title">Belohnungen</h3>
+
+              <dl class="rewards__currencies">
+                <div class="rewards__currency" data-reward-experience>
+                  <dt>Erfahrung</dt>
+                  <dd>+{{ rewards.experience }} XP</dd>
+                </div>
+                <div class="rewards__currency" data-reward-silver>
+                  <dt>Silber</dt>
+                  <dd>+{{ rewards.silver }}</dd>
+                </div>
+              </dl>
+
+              @if (rewards.items.length) {
+                <h3 class="rewards__title">Beute</h3>
+                <ul class="rewards__loot">
+                  @for (reward of rewards.items; track reward.characterItemId) {
+                    <li>
+                      <app-item-card [item]="reward.item" [quantity]="reward.quantity" />
+                    </li>
+                  }
+                </ul>
+              } @else {
+                <p class="outcome__hint" data-reward-empty>Keine besondere Beute gefunden.</p>
+              }
+            </section>
+          }
+
          <button type="button" class="outcome__button" data-combat-to-hunt (click)="goToHunt()">
            Zur Jagd
          </button>
--- a/apps/web/src/app/features/combat/combat-page/combat-page.component.scss
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/features/combat/combat-page/combat-page.component.scss
@@ -457,6 +457,10 @@
  text-transform: uppercase;
 }

+.outcome--won {
+  inline-size: min(32rem, 90%);
+}
+
 .outcome--won .outcome__title {
  color: var(--ar-gold);
 }
@@ -650,3 +654,61 @@
    max-inline-size: none;
  }
 }
+
+/* Reward summary: dark stone and bronze, large readable values, restrained
+   rarity emphasis. No confetti, no popups, no slot-machine reveal (spec §50). */
+.rewards {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: var(--ar-space-3);
+  justify-items: center;
+  inline-size: 100%;
+  margin-block-start: var(--ar-space-3);
+  padding-block-start: var(--ar-space-3);
+  border-block-start: 1px solid var(--ar-border);
+}
+
+.rewards__title {
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--ar-text-muted);
+  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
+  font-size: var(--ar-font-sm);
+  font-weight: 400;
+  letter-spacing: 0.16em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+.rewards__currencies {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: var(--ar-space-6);
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.rewards__currency {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: var(--ar-space-1);
+  justify-items: center;
+}
+
+.rewards__currency dt {
+  color: var(--ar-text-muted);
+  font-size: var(--ar-font-sm);
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+.rewards__currency dd {
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--ar-gold);
+  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
+  font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 2.5vw, 1.6rem);
+}
+
+.rewards__loot {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: var(--ar-space-4);
+  justify-content: center;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  list-style: none;
+}
--- a/apps/web/src/app/features/combat/combat-page/combat-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/features/combat/combat-page/combat-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { ActivatedRoute, convertToParamMap, Router, provideRouter } from '@angul
 import { vi } from 'vitest';
 import type { Combat } from '../../../core/api/game-api.models';
 import { CombatStore } from '../combat.store';
+import { WorldStore } from '../../world/world.store';
 import { CombatPageComponent } from './combat-page.component';

 const activeCombat: Combat = {
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ const activeCombat: Combat = {
    { round: 1, sequence: 1, type: 'DAMAGE', source: 'PLAYER', target: 'MONSTER', amount: 14 },
    { round: 1, sequence: 2, type: 'DAMAGE', source: 'MONSTER', target: 'PLAYER', amount: 5 },
  ],
+  rewards: null,
 };

 const monsterHitLine = 'Aschenratte trifft Aric Duskwalker für 5 Schaden.';
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ describe('CombatPageComponent', () => {
    loadCombat: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
    attack: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
  };
+  let worldStore: { refreshCharacter: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> };
  let router: Router;

  async function setup(combat: Combat | null) {
@@ -51,12 +54,14 @@ describe('CombatPageComponent', () => {
      loadCombat: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve()),
      attack: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve()),
    };
+    worldStore = { refreshCharacter: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve()) };

    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      imports: [CombatPageComponent],
      providers: [
        provideRouter([]),
        { provide: CombatStore, useValue: combatStore },
+        { provide: WorldStore, useValue: worldStore },
        {
          provide: ActivatedRoute,
          useValue: { snapshot: { paramMap: convertToParamMap({ combatId: 'combat-1' }) } },
@@ -209,6 +214,31 @@ describe('CombatPageComponent', () => {
    expect(monster?.classList.contains('sprite--lunge')).toBe(false);
  });

+  it('refreshes the character from the server once a combat is won', async () => {
+    const fixture = await setup(activeCombat);
+    combatStore.attack.mockImplementation(async () => {
+      combatStore.combat.set({
+        ...activeCombat,
+        status: 'WON',
+        monster: { ...activeCombat.monster, currentHp: 0 },
+        rewards: { experience: 8, silver: 6, items: [] },
+        events: [
+          ...activeCombat.events,
+          { round: 2, sequence: 3, type: 'DAMAGE', source: 'PLAYER', target: 'MONSTER', amount: 31 },
+          { round: 2, sequence: 4, type: 'COMBAT_WON', source: 'PLAYER', target: 'MONSTER' },
+        ],
+      });
+    });
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+
+    const element = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
+    element.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-combat-attack]')?.click();
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(540);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    expect(worldStore.refreshCharacter).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
  it('disables Angriff while an action is pending', async () => {
    const fixture = await setup(activeCombat);
    combatStore.actionPending.set(true);
@@ -258,4 +288,85 @@ describe('CombatPageComponent', () => {

    expect(combatStore.loadCombat).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
  });
+
+  const wonWithRewards: Combat = {
+    ...activeCombat,
+    status: 'WON',
+    monster: { ...activeCombat.monster, currentHp: 0 },
+    rewards: { experience: 8, silver: 6, items: [] },
+  };
+
+  it('shows the granted XP and silver on the victory screen', async () => {
+    const fixture = await setup(wonWithRewards);
+    const element = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
+
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-combat-rewards]')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-reward-experience]')?.textContent).toContain('8');
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-reward-silver]')?.textContent).toContain('6');
+  });
+
+  it('renders a dropped item with its icon, name, and rarity', async () => {
+    const fixture = await setup({
+      ...wonWithRewards,
+      monster: { ...activeCombat.monster, key: 'road-bandit', name: 'Straßenräuber', currentHp: 0 },
+      rewards: {
+        experience: 16,
+        silver: 12,
+        items: [
+          {
+            characterItemId: 'character-item-1',
+            item: {
+              key: 'bandit-blade',
+              name: 'Räuberklinge',
+              rarity: 'COMMON',
+              iconPath: '/images/items/bandit-blade.png',
+            },
+            quantity: 1,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+    const element = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
+
+    expect(element.querySelector<HTMLImageElement>('[data-item-icon]')?.getAttribute('src')).toBe(
+      '/images/items/bandit-blade.png',
+    );
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-item-name]')?.textContent).toContain('Räuberklinge');
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-item-rarity]')?.textContent).toContain('Gewöhnlich');
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-reward-empty]')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('treats a victory without loot as complete, not as a failure', async () => {
+    const fixture = await setup(wonWithRewards);
+    const element = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
+
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-reward-empty]')?.textContent).toContain(
+      'Keine besondere Beute gefunden.',
+    );
+    expect(element.querySelector('[role="alert"]')).toBeNull();
+    // XP and silver still carry the screen.
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-reward-experience]')).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('renders the persisted rewards of an already-won combat loaded from the server', async () => {
+    // Simulates a browser refresh: the page loads the combat by id and shows
+    // exactly what the server persisted, without rerolling anything.
+    const fixture = await setup({
+      ...wonWithRewards,
+      rewards: { experience: 16, silver: 12, items: [] },
+    });
+    const element = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
+
+    expect(combatStore.loadCombat).toHaveBeenCalledWith('combat-1');
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-reward-experience]')?.textContent).toContain('16');
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-reward-silver]')?.textContent).toContain('12');
+  });
+
+  it('still shows a plain victory when the server reports no reward record', async () => {
+    const fixture = await setup({ ...wonWithRewards, rewards: null });
+    const element = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
+
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-combat-result="WON"]')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-combat-rewards]')).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
--- a/apps/web/src/app/features/combat/combat-page/combat-page.component.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/features/combat/combat-page/combat-page.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import {
  monsterIconPath,
  runtimeMonsterArtworkPath,
 } from '../../../shared/monster-artwork';
+import { ItemCardComponent } from '../../../shared/item-card/item-card.component';
+import { WorldStore } from '../../world/world.store';
 import { CombatStore } from '../combat.store';

 interface CombatLogRound {
@@ -35,9 +37,11 @@ const STAGE_SHAKE_MS = 200;
  selector: 'app-combat-page',
  templateUrl: './combat-page.component.html',
  styleUrl: './combat-page.component.scss',
+  imports: [ItemCardComponent],
 })
 export class CombatPageComponent implements OnInit {
  protected readonly combatStore = inject(CombatStore);
+  private readonly worldStore = inject(WorldStore);
  private readonly route = inject(ActivatedRoute);
  private readonly router = inject(Router);
  private readonly destroyRef = inject(DestroyRef);
@@ -95,6 +99,12 @@ export class CombatPageComponent implements OnInit {
        return;
      }

+      if (after.status === 'WON') {
+        // The server already granted XP and silver; pull the authoritative
+        // character so the HUD matches (spec §35).
+        void this.worldStore.refreshCharacter();
+      }
+
      const riposte = after.events.find(
        (event) =>
          event.round === before.round && event.type === 'DAMAGE' && event.source === 'MONSTER',
--- a/apps/web/src/app/features/combat/combat.store.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/features/combat/combat.store.spec.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const startedCombat: Combat = {
    artworkPath: '/images/monsters/ash-rat.png',
  },
  events: [],
+  rewards: null,
 };

 const afterAttack: Combat = {
--- a/apps/web/src/app/features/hunting/hunt-page/hunt-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/features/hunting/hunt-page/hunt-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const startedCombat: Combat = {
    artworkPath: '/images/enemies/RoadBandit.png',
  },
  events: [],
+  rewards: null,
 };

 describe('HuntPageComponent', () => {
--- a/apps/web/src/app/features/world/world.store.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/features/world/world.store.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const character: CharacterResponse = {
  name: 'Aric Duskwalker',
  level: 1,
  experience: 0,
+  silver: 0,
  currentHp: 100,
  maxHp: 100,
  attack: 6,
@@ -331,4 +332,26 @@ describe('WorldStore', () => {
    expect(api.getCurrentTravel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
    expect(store.currentTravel()).toEqual(travelling);
  });
+
+  it('refreshCharacter replaces the character from authoritative server data', async () => {
+    await store.load();
+
+    api.getCharacter.mockReturnValue(of({ ...character, experience: 32, silver: 18 }));
+    await store.refreshCharacter();
+
+    expect(store.character()?.experience).toBe(32);
+    expect(store.character()?.silver).toBe(18);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the previous character when the refresh fails', async () => {
+    await store.load();
+
+    api.getCharacter.mockReturnValue(
+      throwError(() => new HttpErrorResponse({ status: 500 })),
+    );
+    await store.refreshCharacter();
+
+    expect(store.character()?.silver).toBe(0);
+    expect(store.error()).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
--- a/apps/web/src/app/features/world/world.store.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/features/world/world.store.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,27 @@ export class WorldStore implements OnDestroy {
    this.selectedConnectionState.set(connection);
  }

+  /**
+   * Re-reads the character from the server, e.g. after a combat granted XP and
+   * silver. Never mutates the values locally: the server owns them (spec §35).
+   * A failed refresh leaves the last known character in place rather than
+   * blanking the HUD.
+   */
+  async refreshCharacter(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.destroyed) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const character = await firstValueFrom(this.api.getCharacter());
+      if (!this.destroyed) {
+        this.characterState.set(character);
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Keep the previous character; the next load() will resync.
+    }
+  }
+
  async startTravel(): Promise<void> {
    if (this.destroyed) {
      return;
--- a/apps/web/src/app/layout/top-bar/top-bar.component.html
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/layout/top-bar/top-bar.component.html
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@
          ></span>
        </span>
      </div>
+      <dl class="top-bar__resources">
+        <div class="top-bar__resource" data-top-bar-silver>
+          <dt>Silber</dt>
+          <dd>{{ character.silver }}</dd>
+        </div>
+        <div class="top-bar__resource" data-top-bar-experience>
+          <dt>XP</dt>
+          <dd>{{ character.experience }}</dd>
+        </div>
+      </dl>
    } @else {
      <span class="top-bar__loading">Charakterdaten werden geladen</span>
    }
--- a/apps/web/src/app/layout/top-bar/top-bar.component.scss
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/layout/top-bar/top-bar.component.scss
@@ -110,3 +110,29 @@
    min-inline-size: 5rem;
  }
 }
+
+.top-bar__resources {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: var(--ar-space-4);
+  margin: 0;
+  padding-inline-start: var(--ar-space-4);
+  border-inline-start: 1px solid var(--ar-border);
+}
+
+.top-bar__resource {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: var(--ar-space-1);
+}
+
+.top-bar__resource dt {
+  color: var(--ar-text-muted);
+  font-size: var(--ar-font-sm);
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+.top-bar__resource dd {
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--ar-gold);
+  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
+}
--- a/apps/web/src/app/shared/item-card/item-card.component.html
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/shared/item-card/item-card.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<article class="item-card" [class]="rarityModifier()">
+  <div class="item-card__frame">
+    <img class="item-card__icon" data-item-icon [src]="item().iconPath" [alt]="item().name" />
+    @if (quantity() > 1) {
+      <span class="item-card__quantity" data-item-quantity>×{{ quantity() }}</span>
+    }
+  </div>
+  <p class="item-card__name" data-item-name>{{ item().name }}</p>
+  <p class="item-card__rarity" data-item-rarity>{{ rarityLabel() }}</p>
+</article>
--- a/apps/web/src/app/shared/item-card/item-card.component.scss
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/shared/item-card/item-card.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+.item-card {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: var(--ar-space-1);
+  justify-items: center;
+  inline-size: 8.5rem;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+.item-card__frame {
+  position: relative;
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+  inline-size: 6rem;
+  block-size: 6rem;
+  padding: var(--ar-space-1);
+  border: 1px solid var(--ar-border);
+  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #1b1f22, #0d1012);
+  box-shadow: var(--ar-shadow-raised);
+}
+
+.item-card__icon {
+  inline-size: 100%;
+  block-size: 100%;
+  object-fit: contain;
+}
+
+.item-card__quantity {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset-block-end: 0.1rem;
+  inset-inline-end: 0.25rem;
+  color: var(--ar-text);
+  font-size: var(--ar-font-sm);
+  text-shadow: 0 0 0.3rem #000;
+}
+
+.item-card__name {
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--ar-text);
+  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
+  line-height: 1.2;
+}
+
+.item-card__rarity {
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--ar-text-muted);
+  font-size: var(--ar-font-sm);
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+/* Restrained rarity emphasis: the frame edge carries it, nothing flashes. */
+.item-card--rare .item-card__frame {
+  border-color: var(--ar-blue);
+}
+
+.item-card--rare .item-card__rarity {
+  color: var(--ar-blue);
+}
+
+.item-card--epic .item-card__frame {
+  border-color: var(--ar-border-highlight);
+}
+
+.item-card--epic .item-card__rarity {
+  color: var(--ar-gold);
+}
--- a/apps/web/src/app/shared/item-card/item-card.component.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/shared/item-card/item-card.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import type { RewardItemSummary } from '../../core/api/game-api.models';
+import { ItemCardComponent } from './item-card.component';
+
+const banditBlade: RewardItemSummary = {
+  key: 'bandit-blade',
+  name: 'Räuberklinge',
+  rarity: 'COMMON',
+  iconPath: '/images/items/bandit-blade.png',
+};
+
+async function setup(item: RewardItemSummary, quantity = 1) {
+  TestBed.resetTestingModule();
+  await TestBed.configureTestingModule({ imports: [ItemCardComponent] }).compileComponents();
+
+  const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItemCardComponent);
+  fixture.componentRef.setInput('item', item);
+  fixture.componentRef.setInput('quantity', quantity);
+  fixture.detectChanges();
+  return fixture;
+}
+
+describe('ItemCardComponent', () => {
+  it('renders the icon, name, and German rarity label', async () => {
+    const fixture = await setup(banditBlade);
+    const element = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
+
+    const icon = element.querySelector<HTMLImageElement>('[data-item-icon]');
+    expect(icon?.getAttribute('src')).toBe('/images/items/bandit-blade.png');
+    expect(icon?.getAttribute('alt')).toBe('Räuberklinge');
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-item-name]')?.textContent).toContain('Räuberklinge');
+    expect(element.querySelector('[data-item-rarity]')?.textContent).toContain('Gewöhnlich');
+  });
+
+  it('labels the other rarities in German too', async () => {
+    const rare = await setup({ ...banditBlade, rarity: 'RARE' });
+    expect(
+      (rare.nativeElement as HTMLElement).querySelector('[data-item-rarity]')?.textContent,
+    ).toContain('Selten');
+
+    const epic = await setup({ ...banditBlade, rarity: 'EPIC' });
+    expect(
+      (epic.nativeElement as HTMLElement).querySelector('[data-item-rarity]')?.textContent,
+    ).toContain('Episch');
+  });
+
+  it('hides the quantity for a single item and shows it for a stack', async () => {
+    const single = await setup(banditBlade, 1);
+    expect((single.nativeElement as HTMLElement).querySelector('[data-item-quantity]')).toBeNull();
+
+    const stack = await setup(banditBlade, 3);
+    expect(
+      (stack.nativeElement as HTMLElement).querySelector('[data-item-quantity]')?.textContent,
+    ).toContain('3');
+  });
+
+  it('offers no equip or comparison affordance yet', async () => {
+    const fixture = await setup(banditBlade);
+    const element = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
+
+    expect(element.querySelector('button')).toBeNull();
+    expect(element.textContent).not.toContain('Anlegen');
+  });
+});
--- a/apps/web/src/app/shared/item-card/item-card.component.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/shared/item-card/item-card.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { Component, computed, input } from '@angular/core';
+import type { ItemRarity, RewardItemSummary } from '../../core/api/game-api.models';
+
+export const RARITY_LABELS: Readonly<Record<ItemRarity, string>> = {
+  COMMON: 'Gewöhnlich',
+  RARE: 'Selten',
+  EPIC: 'Episch',
+};
+
+/**
+ * Compact item presentation for loot (spec §33).
+ *
+ * Deliberately read-only: equipping, stat comparison, and slot replacement
+ * belong to Slice 0.5.
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-item-card',
+  templateUrl: './item-card.component.html',
+  styleUrl: './item-card.component.scss',
+})
+export class ItemCardComponent {
+  readonly item = input.required<RewardItemSummary>();
+  readonly quantity = input(1);
+
+  protected readonly rarityLabel = computed(() => RARITY_LABELS[this.item().rarity]);
+  protected readonly rarityModifier = computed(() => `item-card--${this.item().rarity.toLowerCase()}`);
+}
--- a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-19-playable-slice-0.4-first-loot.md
+++ b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-19-playable-slice-0.4-first-loot.md
--- a/tools/extract-item-icons.ps1
+++ b/tools/extract-item-icons.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# tools/extract-item-icons.ps1
+# Crops the Tier-1 item icons out of art/Items.png into apps/web/public/images/items.
+# Re-runnable: overwrites its own output and touches nothing else.
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing
+
+$root = Split-Path -Parent $PSScriptRoot
+$sheet = Join-Path $root 'art\Items.png'
+$ratPortrait = Join-Path $root 'art\enemies\AschenratteIcon.png'
+$outDir = Join-Path $root 'apps\web\public\images\items'
+New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $outDir | Out-Null
+
+function Export-Icon {
+  param(
+    [System.Drawing.Image] $Source,
+    [int] $X, [int] $Y, [int] $Size,
+    [string] $Key
+  )
+  $bitmap = New-Object System.Drawing.Bitmap 256, 256
+  $graphics = [System.Drawing.Graphics]::FromImage($bitmap)
+  $graphics.InterpolationMode = [System.Drawing.Drawing2D.InterpolationMode]::HighQualityBicubic
+  $graphics.DrawImage(
+    $Source,
+    (New-Object System.Drawing.Rectangle 0, 0, 256, 256),
+    (New-Object System.Drawing.Rectangle $X, $Y, $Size, $Size),
+    [System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Pixel)
+  $graphics.Dispose()
+  $bitmap.Save((Join-Path $outDir "$Key.png"), [System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat]::Png)
+  $bitmap.Dispose()
+  Write-Host "wrote $Key.png"
+}
+
+$items = [System.Drawing.Image]::FromFile($sheet)
+try {
+  # Rows 1-2: cells are 350 wide with a caption strip at the bottom, so the
+  # artwork is the 300x300 square inset by 25px horizontally.
+  $columns = 8, 366, 724, 1082
+  $rowOne = 'worn-short-sword', 'bandit-blade', 'ash-blade', 'bandit-hood'
+  $rowTwo = 'reinforced-leather-jacket', 'raider-gloves', 'guardsman-legs', 'ash-boots'
+
+  for ($i = 0; $i -lt 4; $i++) {
+    Export-Icon -Source $items -X ($columns[$i] + 25) -Y 8   -Size 300 -Key $rowOne[$i]
+    Export-Icon -Source $items -X ($columns[$i] + 25) -Y 364 -Size 300 -Key $rowTwo[$i]
+  }
+
+  # Row 3 is centred and shorter: three cells, 262x262 artwork inset by 44px.
+  $rowThreeColumns = 191, 549, 907
+  $rowThree = 'borderwatch-sigil', 'burned-captain-pendant', 'small-healing-potion'
+  for ($i = 0; $i -lt 3; $i++) {
+    Export-Icon -Source $items -X ($rowThreeColumns[$i] + 44) -Y 720 -Size 262 -Key $rowThree[$i]
+  }
+}
+finally {
+  $items.Dispose()
+}
+
+# STAND-IN ART: no Aschenfell artwork exists yet, so the pelt icon is a scorched
+# hide patch cropped from the Aschenratte portrait. Replace when real art lands.
+$rat = [System.Drawing.Image]::FromFile($ratPortrait)
+try {
+  Export-Icon -Source $rat -X 760 -Y 300 -Size 320 -Key 'ash-pelt'
+}
+finally {
+  $rat.Dispose()
+}