Inventory: per-player items backbone (DR-026 Phase 0)

Data-driven ItemDatabase catalog + per-player replicated InventorySlot ([GhostField] OwnerSendType.All, a StatModifier twin). Harvest reroutes to the firing player's personal inventory (optional ComponentLookup<GhostOwner> in ResourceHarvestSystem; remainder/un-owned -> ledger); the G-key InventoryDepositRequest RPC moves the bag into the shared ledger the build economy spends. Catalog asset (Aether/Ore/Biomass + Stone Pickaxe) wired into the Gameplay subscene; read-only HUD inventory panel. ushort ItemId subsumes ResourceId; byte Category/Tier baked for gear-tier progression. Session-only (no SaveData bump).

Play-validated host+client: catalog baked into both worlds, the re-baked player ghost carries InventorySlot with a clean handshake, a server write replicates to the client owner, the deposit RPC round-trips, and the HUD renders catalog names. See DR-026.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Authoring/Items/ItemDatabaseAuthoring.cs

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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using ProjectM.Simulation;
+using Unity.Collections;
+using Unity.Entities;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+namespace ProjectM.Authoring
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Bakes the designer-authored item definitions into a single ItemDatabase blob singleton (immutable,
+    /// shared, Burst-fast), mirroring AbilityDatabaseAuthoring. Place ONE in the gameplay subscene; it streams
+    /// identically into the client and server worlds (config, not replicated). DependsOn each definition so a
+    /// value change re-bakes the blob. Runtime lookup is ID-keyed (ItemDatabaseBlob.TryGetItem), so the list
+    /// order here does not matter and inserting an item never renumbers existing ids.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class ItemDatabaseAuthoring : MonoBehaviour
+    {
+        [Tooltip("All item definitions in the game (resources + tools/gear). Looked up at runtime by ItemId.")]
+        public List<ItemDefinition> Items = new List<ItemDefinition>();
+
+        private class DatabaseBaker : Baker<ItemDatabaseAuthoring>
+        {
+            public override void Bake(ItemDatabaseAuthoring authoring)
+            {
+                var entity = GetEntity(TransformUsageFlags.None);
+
+                int count = authoring.Items != null ? authoring.Items.Count : 0;
+
+                var builder = new BlobBuilder(Allocator.Temp);
+                ref var root = ref builder.ConstructRoot<ItemDatabaseBlob>();
+                var arr = builder.Allocate(ref root.Items, count);
+                for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+                {
+                    var def = authoring.Items[i];
+                    if (def == null) { arr[i] = default; continue; }
+                    DependsOn(def);
+                    arr[i] = new ItemDefBlob
+                    {
+                        ItemId = (ushort)def.ItemId,
+                        Category = def.Category,
+                        Tier = def.Tier,
+                        StackMax = def.StackMax,
+                        Name = def.DisplayName,
+                    };
+                }
+
+                var blob = builder.CreateBlobAssetReference<ItemDatabaseBlob>(Allocator.Persistent);
+                builder.Dispose();
+                AddBlobAsset(ref blob, out _);
+                AddComponent(entity, new ItemDatabase { Value = blob });
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Authoring/Items/ItemDefinition.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+using ProjectM.Simulation;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+namespace ProjectM.Authoring
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Designer-facing definition of one item (resource, tool, weapon, gear, consumable). Numeric/byte fields
+    /// are baked into the ItemDatabase blob (immutable, Burst-fast runtime config). Category and Tier are
+    /// BYTES, not enums, to dodge BOTH the MCP enum-drop hazard (manage_* silently drop enum fields when set
+    /// via tooling) AND the cross-assembly enum-in-Burst hazard. UI icon/description are deferred to a later
+    /// managed lookup keyed by id, exactly like AbilityDefinition.
+    /// </summary>
+    [CreateAssetMenu(menuName = "Project M/Item Definition", fileName = "Item_")]
+    public class ItemDefinition : ScriptableObject
+    {
+        [Tooltip("Stable item id (ushort range). Keep 1=Aether, 2=Ore, 3=Biomass; reserve >3 for new items; 0 = none.")]
+        public int ItemId = 4;
+
+        public string DisplayName = "Item";
+
+        [Tooltip("ItemCategory byte: 0=Resource, 1=Tool, 2=Weapon, 3=Gear, 4=Consumable.")]
+        public byte Category = ItemCategory.Resource;
+
+        [Tooltip("Progression tier (0 = base). Higher-tier tools harvest higher-tier nodes / hit harder.")]
+        public byte Tier = 0;
+
+        [Min(1)]
+        [Tooltip("Max units that stack in one inventory slot (1 for non-stacking equipment).")]
+        public int StackMax = 999;
+    }
+}

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Authoring/Player/PlayerAuthoring.cs

@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ namespace ProjectM.Authoring
 
                 // Empty replicated modifier stack (grown by upgrades/pickups/debug hook, server-authoritative).
                 AddBuffer<StatModifier>(entity);
+                // Empty replicated personal inventory (server-authoritative; harvest yield + deposit RPC land here).
+                AddBuffer<InventorySlot>(entity);
                 // Server-only expiry tracker for timed buffs (paired with a StatModifier by SourceId; not replicated).
                 AddBuffer<TimedModifier>(entity);
 

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Client/Economy/InventoryDepositSendSystem.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+using ProjectM.Simulation;
+using Unity.Entities;
+using Unity.NetCode;
+
+namespace ProjectM.Client
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Client-only sender for <see cref="InventoryDepositRequest"/> RPCs (move the local player's PERSONAL
+    /// inventory into the shared base stockpile / global ledger). A one-off action (not per-tick predicted
+    /// input), so it is an RPC: on the deposit key edge (G = deposit ALL) it creates the request entity
+    /// targeted at the server connection, and the server applies it authoritatively in
+    /// <see cref="ProjectM.Server.InventoryDepositSystem"/>. Managed SystemBase because it reads the managed
+    /// Input System; Input System types are fully qualified and <c>using UnityEngine.InputSystem;</c> is
+    /// intentionally omitted (that namespace defines a PlayerInput type that collides with
+    /// <see cref="ProjectM.Simulation.PlayerInput"/>). An editor-only static hook (<see cref="Deposit"/>)
+    /// drives the same path from execute_code for headless validation without a focused Game view. The wire
+    /// type is unconditional; only this send SYSTEM is build-time managed.
+    /// </summary>
+    [WorldSystemFilter(WorldSystemFilterFlags.ClientSimulation)]
+    public partial class InventoryDepositSendSystem : SystemBase
+    {
+#if UNITY_EDITOR
+        struct PendingDeposit { public ushort ItemId; public int Count; }
+
+        static readonly System.Collections.Generic.Queue<PendingDeposit> s_Pending =
+            new System.Collections.Generic.Queue<PendingDeposit>();
+
+        /// <summary>EDITOR / execute_code hook: queue a deposit (ItemId 0 = deposit all; Count &lt;= 0 = all of that item).</summary>
+        public static void Deposit(ushort itemId = 0, int count = 0) =>
+            s_Pending.Enqueue(new PendingDeposit { ItemId = itemId, Count = count });
+#endif
+
+        protected override void OnCreate()
+        {
+            RequireForUpdate<NetworkId>();
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnUpdate()
+        {
+            // Need the server connection to target the RPC; bail (keeping any queued ops) until connected.
+            if (!SystemAPI.TryGetSingletonEntity<NetworkId>(out var connection))
+                return;
+
+            var keyboard = UnityEngine.InputSystem.Keyboard.current;
+            if (keyboard != null && keyboard.gKey.wasPressedThisFrame)
+                Send(connection, 0, 0); // G -> deposit everything to the base stockpile
+
+#if UNITY_EDITOR
+            while (s_Pending.Count > 0)
+            {
+                var d = s_Pending.Dequeue();
+                Send(connection, d.ItemId, d.Count);
+            }
+#endif
+        }
+
+        void Send(Entity connection, ushort itemId, int count)
+        {
+            var request = EntityManager.CreateEntity();
+            EntityManager.AddComponentData(request, new InventoryDepositRequest { ItemId = itemId, Count = count });
+            EntityManager.AddComponentData(request, new SendRpcCommandRequest { TargetConnection = connection });
+        }
+    }
+}

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Client/Presentation/HudSystem.cs

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ namespace ProjectM.Client
         VisualElement _vignette, _downed;
         float _prevHp, _flash;
         bool _haveHp;
+        // personal inventory panel (read-only; toggled with I)
+        VisualElement _invPanel, _invList;
+        bool _invOpen;
 
         EntityQuery _huskQuery;
 
@@ -290,6 +293,35 @@ namespace ProjectM.Client
                 _vignette.style.display = DisplayStyle.None;
                 _downed.style.display = DisplayStyle.None;
             }
+            // ---- Personal inventory (read-only; toggle with I, deposit-all with G via InventoryDepositSendSystem) ----
+            var invKb = UnityEngine.InputSystem.Keyboard.current;
+            if (invKb != null && invKb.iKey.wasPressedThisFrame) _invOpen = !_invOpen;
+            if (_invOpen && found)
+            {
+                EntityManager.CompleteDependencyBeforeRO<InventorySlot>();
+                bool haveItemDb = SystemAPI.TryGetSingleton<ItemDatabase>(out var itemDb);
+                _invPanel.style.display = DisplayStyle.Flex;
+                _invList.Clear();
+                int shown = 0;
+                foreach (var bag in SystemAPI.Query<DynamicBuffer<InventorySlot>>()
+                             .WithAll<GhostOwnerIsLocal, PlayerTag>())
+                {
+                    for (int i = 0; i < bag.Length; i++)
+                    {
+                        var slot = bag[i];
+                        if (slot.ItemId == 0 || slot.Count <= 0) continue;
+                        AddInvRow(ItemName(haveItemDb, itemDb, slot.ItemId), ItemTint(slot.ItemId), slot.Count);
+                        shown++;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+                if (shown == 0)
+                    _invList.Add(HudUi.Text("(empty)", 13, MenuUi.SubCol, TextAnchor.MiddleLeft));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _invPanel.style.display = DisplayStyle.None;
+            }
         }
 
         // ---- per-frame helpers ----
@@ -467,6 +499,7 @@ namespace ProjectM.Client
             BuildPaletteRow(root);
             BuildHintBar(root);
             BuildDowned(root);
+            BuildInventory(root);
         }
 
         void BuildVignette(VisualElement root)
@@ -724,6 +757,67 @@ namespace ProjectM.Client
             root.Add(_downed);
         }
 
+        void BuildInventory(VisualElement root)
+        {
+            _invPanel = HudUi.Panel(PanelDark);
+            _invPanel.style.position = Position.Absolute;
+            _invPanel.style.right = 40; _invPanel.style.bottom = 40;
+            _invPanel.style.minWidth = 224;
+            _invPanel.style.paddingLeft = 14; _invPanel.style.paddingRight = 14;
+            _invPanel.style.paddingTop = 10; _invPanel.style.paddingBottom = 10;
+            _invPanel.style.alignItems = Align.FlexStart;
+            _invPanel.pickingMode = PickingMode.Ignore;
+
+            var header = HudUi.Display("INVENTORY", 16, AetherCyan, TextAnchor.MiddleLeft);
+            header.style.marginBottom = 6;
+            _invPanel.Add(header);
+
+            _invList = new VisualElement();
+            _invList.pickingMode = PickingMode.Ignore;
+            _invPanel.Add(_invList);
+
+            var hint = HudUi.Text("I close   -   G deposit all at base", 11, MenuUi.SubCol, TextAnchor.MiddleLeft);
+            hint.style.marginTop = 8;
+            _invPanel.Add(hint);
+
+            _invPanel.style.display = DisplayStyle.None;
+            root.Add(_invPanel);
+        }
+
+        void AddInvRow(string name, Color tint, int count)
+        {
+            var row = new VisualElement();
+            row.style.flexDirection = FlexDirection.Row;
+            row.style.justifyContent = Justify.SpaceBetween;
+            row.style.minWidth = 196;
+            row.style.marginTop = 2;
+            row.pickingMode = PickingMode.Ignore;
+            row.Add(HudUi.Text(name, 13, tint, TextAnchor.MiddleLeft));
+            row.Add(HudUi.Display("x" + count, 13, Color.white, TextAnchor.MiddleRight));
+            _invList.Add(row);
+        }
+
+        static string ItemName(bool haveDb, ItemDatabase db, ushort id)
+        {
+            if (haveDb && db.Value.IsCreated)
+            {
+                ref var blob = ref db.Value.Value;
+                if (blob.TryGetItem(id, out var def)) return def.Name.ToString();
+            }
+            if (id == ResourceId.Aether) return "Aether";
+            if (id == ResourceId.Ore) return "Ore";
+            if (id == ResourceId.Biomass) return "Biomass";
+            return "Item " + id;
+        }
+
+        static Color ItemTint(ushort id)
+        {
+            if (id == ResourceId.Aether) return AetherCyan;
+            if (id == ResourceId.Ore) return OreAmber;
+            if (id == ResourceId.Biomass) return BioGreen;
+            return new Color(0.85f, 0.85f, 0.9f);
+        }
+
         static Color ResourceTint(byte resId)
             => resId == ResourceId.Aether ? AetherCyan : resId == ResourceId.Biomass ? BioGreen : OreAmber;
 

Assets/_Project/Scripts/Server/Economy/InventoryDepositSystem.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+using ProjectM.Simulation;
+using Unity.Burst;
+using Unity.Collections;
+using Unity.Entities;
+using Unity.NetCode;
+
+namespace ProjectM.Server
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Server-authoritative handler for <see cref="InventoryDepositRequest"/> RPCs: moves items from the
+    /// sender's PERSONAL <see cref="InventorySlot"/> inventory into the shared base stockpile (the global
+    /// <see cref="ResourceLedger"/> the build/upgrade/automation economy spends from). Resolves the sender's
+    /// player (SourceConnection -&gt; NetworkId -&gt; GhostOwner) via the AbilityUpgradeSystem owner-map idiom,
+    /// then withdraws from the player's inventory and deposits into the ledger IN-PLACE (buffer mutation is not
+    /// a structural change). <c>ItemId == 0</c> ("deposit all") is handled BEFORE any per-item withdraw and
+    /// never writes a 0-id row. Resolves the ledger via <c>GetSingletonEntity&lt;ResourceLedger&gt;()</c> then
+    /// <c>GetBuffer&lt;StorageEntry&gt;()</c> — NEVER <c>GetSingleton&lt;StorageEntry&gt;</c> (the base
+    /// container owns a second StorageEntry buffer). Plain server SimulationSystemGroup (not predicted, so the
+    /// effect applies exactly once — no rollback double-apply).
+    /// </summary>
+    [BurstCompile]
+    [WorldSystemFilter(WorldSystemFilterFlags.ServerSimulation)]
+    public partial struct InventoryDepositSystem : ISystem
+    {
+        [BurstCompile]
+        public void OnCreate(ref SystemState state)
+        {
+            state.RequireForUpdate<ResourceLedger>();
+            var builder = new EntityQueryBuilder(Allocator.Temp)
+                .WithAll<InventoryDepositRequest, ReceiveRpcCommandRequest>();
+            state.RequireForUpdate(state.GetEntityQuery(builder));
+        }
+
+        [BurstCompile]
+        public void OnUpdate(ref SystemState state)
+        {
+            var ledger = SystemAPI.GetBuffer<StorageEntry>(SystemAPI.GetSingletonEntity<ResourceLedger>());
+
+            var playerByConn = new NativeHashMap<int, Entity>(8, Allocator.Temp);
+            foreach (var (owner, entity) in
+                     SystemAPI.Query<RefRO<GhostOwner>>().WithAll<PlayerTag, InventorySlot>().WithEntityAccess())
+                playerByConn[owner.ValueRO.NetworkId] = entity;
+
+            var ecb = new EntityCommandBuffer(Allocator.Temp);
+
+            foreach (var (request, receive, requestEntity) in
+                     SystemAPI.Query<RefRO<InventoryDepositRequest>, RefRO<ReceiveRpcCommandRequest>>().WithEntityAccess())
+            {
+                var conn = receive.ValueRO.SourceConnection;
+                if (SystemAPI.HasComponent<NetworkId>(conn)
+                    && playerByConn.TryGetValue(SystemAPI.GetComponent<NetworkId>(conn).Value, out var player))
+                {
+                    var inv = SystemAPI.GetBuffer<InventorySlot>(player);
+                    var req = request.ValueRO;
+
+                    if (req.ItemId == 0)
+                    {
+                        // Deposit EVERYTHING: drain each non-empty stack into the ledger, then clear the bag.
+                        for (int i = 0; i < inv.Length; i++)
+                        {
+                            var slot = inv[i];
+                            if (slot.ItemId != 0 && slot.Count > 0)
+                                StorageMath.Deposit(ledger, slot.ItemId, slot.Count);
+                        }
+                        inv.Clear();
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // Count <= 0 means "all of that item"; Withdraw clamps to what is available.
+                        int want = req.Count <= 0 ? int.MaxValue : req.Count;
+                        int moved = InventoryMath.Withdraw(inv, req.ItemId, want);
+                        if (moved > 0)
+                            StorageMath.Deposit(ledger, req.ItemId, moved);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                ecb.DestroyEntity(requestEntity);
+            }
+
+            ecb.Playback(state.EntityManager);
+            playerByConn.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+}

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Server/Economy/ResourceHarvestSystem.cs

@@ -33,11 +33,16 @@ namespace ProjectM.Server
     {
         const float k_ProjectileRadius = Tuning.HarvestProjectileRadius;
 
+        ComponentLookup<GhostOwner> m_GhostOwnerLookup;
+        BufferLookup<InventorySlot> m_InvLookup;
+
         [BurstCompile]
         public void OnCreate(ref SystemState state)
         {
             state.RequireForUpdate<Projectile>();
             state.RequireForUpdate<ResourceLedger>();
+            m_GhostOwnerLookup = state.GetComponentLookup<GhostOwner>(true);
+            m_InvLookup = state.GetBufferLookup<InventorySlot>(false);
         }
 
         [BurstCompile]
@@ -46,6 +51,18 @@ namespace ProjectM.Server
             var ledgerEntity = SystemAPI.GetSingletonEntity<ResourceLedger>();
             var ledger = SystemAPI.GetBuffer<StorageEntry>(ledgerEntity);
 
+            // Resolve the harvesting player from the projectile's GhostOwner so yield lands in their PERSONAL
+            // inventory. Owner read via a cached lookup (optional); the owner->player map + item catalog are
+            // hoisted out of the per-hit sweep (invariant for the tick).
+            m_GhostOwnerLookup.Update(ref state);
+            m_InvLookup.Update(ref state);
+            bool haveDb = SystemAPI.TryGetSingleton<ItemDatabase>(out var itemDb);
+
+            var playerByConn = new NativeHashMap<int, Entity>(8, Allocator.Temp);
+            foreach (var (owner, playerEntity) in
+                     SystemAPI.Query<RefRO<GhostOwner>>().WithAll<PlayerTag, InventorySlot>().WithEntityAccess())
+                playerByConn[owner.ValueRO.NetworkId] = playerEntity;
+
             // Snapshot all harvest/clear targets (nodes + clutter) once this tick into a UNIFIED set.
             var tgtEntity = new NativeList<Entity>(Allocator.Temp);
             var tgtPos = new NativeList<float2>(Allocator.Temp);
@@ -121,7 +138,30 @@ namespace ProjectM.Server
                 // A positive baked yield must always make progress: a raw (int) truncation of a sub-1.0 per-hit
                 // value would deposit 0 AND never decrement Remaining -> an immortal target that silently eats shots.
                 int amount = math.max(1, (int)tgtYieldPerHit[bestIdx]);
-                StorageMath.Deposit(ledger, tgtYieldId[bestIdx], amount);
+                byte yieldId = tgtYieldId[bestIdx];
+
+                // Route the yield into the HARVESTING player's PERSONAL inventory. The projectile carries the
+                // firing player's GhostOwner (AbilityFireSystem); the owner is read OPTIONALLY (cached lookup) so
+                // an un-owned projectile (or a test projectile with no GhostOwner) falls through to the ledger.
+                int remainder = amount;
+                if (m_GhostOwnerLookup.HasComponent(projEntity)
+                    && playerByConn.TryGetValue(m_GhostOwnerLookup[projEntity].NetworkId, out var player)
+                    && m_InvLookup.HasBuffer(player))
+                {
+                    int stackMax = Tuning.DefaultStackMax;
+                    if (haveDb && itemDb.Value.IsCreated)
+                    {
+                        ref var itemBlob = ref itemDb.Value.Value;
+                        if (itemBlob.TryGetItem(yieldId, out var def) && def.StackMax > 0)
+                            stackMax = def.StackMax;
+                    }
+                    var inv = m_InvLookup[player];
+                    remainder = InventoryMath.Deposit(inv, yieldId, amount, stackMax, Tuning.InventoryMaxSlots);
+                }
+
+                // Unresolvable owner or a full bag: the remainder credits the shared ledger (no-loss valve).
+                if (remainder > 0)
+                    StorageMath.Deposit(ledger, yieldId, remainder);
                 int rem = tgtRemaining[bestIdx] - amount;
                 tgtRemaining[bestIdx] = rem;
                 ecb.DestroyEntity(projEntity);
@@ -158,6 +198,7 @@ namespace ProjectM.Server
 
             ecb.Playback(state.EntityManager);
             ecb.Dispose();
+            playerByConn.Dispose();
             destroyed.Dispose();
             tgtEntity.Dispose();
             tgtPos.Dispose();

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/Items/InventoryDepositRequest.cs

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+using Unity.NetCode;
+
+namespace ProjectM.Simulation
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Client -&gt; server request to move items from the sender's PERSONAL inventory into the shared base
+    /// stockpile (the global <see cref="ResourceLedger"/> the build/upgrade/automation economy spends from).
+    /// A one-off action, so it is an RPC (not a per-tick predicted input), and the server applies it exactly
+    /// once in the plain SimulationSystemGroup (no rollback double-apply). Payload is plain blittable scalars
+    /// (no entity refs, no enum): the server resolves the sender's player from the RPC's SourceConnection. The
+    /// wire type is UNCONDITIONAL (never #if-gated) so the RpcCollection hash matches across release/dev peers;
+    /// only the send/receive SYSTEMS may be #if-gated.
+    /// </summary>
+    public struct InventoryDepositRequest : IRpcCommand
+    {
+        /// <summary>Item to deposit, or 0 to deposit EVERYTHING the player is carrying. The server branches on
+        /// 0 BEFORE any per-item withdraw and never writes a 0-id row.</summary>
+        public ushort ItemId;
+
+        /// <summary>Quantity to deposit; &lt;= 0 means "all of that item" (ignored when ItemId is 0).</summary>
+        public int Count;
+    }
+}

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/Items/InventoryMath.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+using Unity.Entities;
+
+namespace ProjectM.Simulation
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Pure, deterministic stacking logic for a player's <see cref="InventorySlot"/> buffer (no RNG /
+    /// wall-clock / singleton access, so server and any future prediction agree). Parallels
+    /// <see cref="StorageMath"/> in spirit but does NOT collapse into it: StorageMath is an unbounded
+    /// single-row merge, whereas this enforces a per-item stack cap and a max slot count and supports multiple
+    /// stacks of the same item once a stack fills. DynamicBuffer is a handle, so mutations apply to the
+    /// underlying entity buffer; growing it (buffer.Add) is a resize, NOT a structural change, so it is safe to
+    /// call while iterating a different query. Unit-tested in EditMode via a plain Entities world.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class InventoryMath
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add <paramref name="count"/> of <paramref name="itemId"/>: first tops up existing non-full stacks
+        /// of that item, then appends new stacks (each capped at <paramref name="stackMax"/>) while a free slot
+        /// remains (buffer length &lt; <paramref name="maxSlots"/>). Returns the REMAINDER that did not fit
+        /// (0 if everything was deposited). No-op (returns 0) for count &lt;= 0; a positive count of itemId 0
+        /// returns the full count (nothing deposited — never writes a 0-id row). stackMax &lt; 1 = unbounded.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static int Deposit(DynamicBuffer<InventorySlot> buffer, ushort itemId, int count, int stackMax, int maxSlots)
+        {
+            if (count <= 0) return 0;
+            if (itemId == 0) return count;
+            if (stackMax < 1) stackMax = int.MaxValue;
+
+            // Top up existing stacks of this item.
+            for (int i = 0; i < buffer.Length && count > 0; i++)
+            {
+                if (buffer[i].ItemId != itemId) continue;
+                var e = buffer[i];
+                int space = stackMax - e.Count;
+                if (space <= 0) continue;
+                int add = space < count ? space : count;
+                e.Count += add;
+                buffer[i] = e;
+                count -= add;
+            }
+
+            // Append new stacks while a slot is free.
+            while (count > 0 && buffer.Length < maxSlots)
+            {
+                int add = stackMax < count ? stackMax : count;
+                buffer.Add(new InventorySlot { ItemId = itemId, Count = add });
+                count -= add;
+            }
+
+            return count;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Remove up to <paramref name="count"/> of <paramref name="itemId"/> across all its stacks, clamped to
+        /// what is available; drops a stack that reaches zero. Returns the amount actually withdrawn (0 if none).
+        /// Iterates back-to-front so RemoveAt does not skip a stack. No-op for count &lt;= 0 or itemId 0.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static int Withdraw(DynamicBuffer<InventorySlot> buffer, ushort itemId, int count)
+        {
+            if (count <= 0 || itemId == 0) return 0;
+
+            int taken = 0;
+            for (int i = buffer.Length - 1; i >= 0 && count > 0; i--)
+            {
+                if (buffer[i].ItemId != itemId) continue;
+                var e = buffer[i];
+                int t = e.Count < count ? e.Count : count;
+                e.Count -= t;
+                taken += t;
+                count -= t;
+                if (e.Count <= 0)
+                    buffer.RemoveAt(i);
+                else
+                    buffer[i] = e;
+            }
+            return taken;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Total quantity of <paramref name="itemId"/> across all stacks (0 if absent).</summary>
+        public static int CountOf(DynamicBuffer<InventorySlot> buffer, ushort itemId)
+        {
+            int total = 0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < buffer.Length; i++)
+                if (buffer[i].ItemId == itemId)
+                    total += buffer[i].Count;
+            return total;
+        }
+    }
+}

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/Items/InventorySlot.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+using Unity.Entities;
+using Unity.NetCode;
+
+namespace ProjectM.Simulation
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// One (item, count) row in a player's PERSONAL inventory. The per-player DynamicBuffer of these is the
+    /// server-authoritative source of what that player is carrying. A structural twin of
+    /// <see cref="StatModifier"/>: a [GhostField] buffer with <see cref="SendToOwnerType.All"/> so the owning
+    /// (predicting) client receives its own inventory — without it the owner, being the owner, would not get
+    /// the owner-typed buffer at all and the HUD would read empty. BOTH fields carry [GhostField]; the
+    /// [GhostComponent] attribute alone does NOT auto-replicate fields (an un-annotated field ships as a
+    /// silent zero), so the annotations mirror <see cref="StorageEntry"/> field-for-field.
+    ///
+    /// REPLICATION DISCIPLINE — the ONLY writers are server-only: <see cref="ProjectM.Server.ResourceHarvestSystem"/>
+    /// (harvest yield) and the deposit-to-base RPC handler, both in the plain server SimulationSystemGroup. So
+    /// there is no predicted-loop double-apply and the owner never mispredicts its inventory — it is a pure
+    /// server-authored snapshot. NEVER mutate this from a client predicted system (that would reintroduce a
+    /// double-apply / mispredict path). ItemId is the same opaque ushort id space as <see cref="StorageEntry"/>
+    /// and the <see cref="ItemDatabase"/> catalog.
+    ///
+    /// NOTE: adding this [GhostField] buffer CHANGES the player ghost serialization hash — the player prefab /
+    /// subscene MUST be re-baked (consistently in both worlds) or the connect handshake desyncs.
+    /// </summary>
+    [GhostComponent(OwnerSendType = SendToOwnerType.All)]
+    [InternalBufferCapacity(24)]
+    public struct InventorySlot : IBufferElementData
+    {
+        /// <summary>Item carried in this slot (0 = empty/unused; aligns with InventoryMath's 0-id no-op).</summary>
+        [GhostField] public ushort ItemId;
+
+        /// <summary>Quantity in this slot (bounded by the item's StackMax when deposited via InventoryMath).</summary>
+        [GhostField] public int Count;
+    }
+}

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/Items/ItemCategory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+namespace ProjectM.Simulation
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Broad item-category ids (a byte, not an enum, per the cross-assembly enum-in-Burst hazard that
+    /// already de-Bursted ProjectileClassificationSystem). The category lets systems and UI treat an item
+    /// generically (a resource stacks and is spendable at the base; a tool/weapon is equippable; a
+    /// consumable is used) without a per-id switch. Stored in the ItemDatabase blob's <see cref="ItemDefBlob"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class ItemCategory
+    {
+        /// <summary>Stackable raw material (Aether/Ore/Biomass). Spendable at the base / for crafting.</summary>
+        public const byte Resource = 0;
+
+        /// <summary>Gathering tool (axe/pickaxe). Equippable; gates + scales harvesting (Phase 2).</summary>
+        public const byte Tool = 1;
+
+        /// <summary>Weapon. Equipping it grants its ability + stat modifiers (Phase 1).</summary>
+        public const byte Weapon = 2;
+
+        /// <summary>Wearable gear (armour/trinket). Equipping it grants stat modifiers (Phase 1).</summary>
+        public const byte Gear = 3;
+
+        /// <summary>One-shot consumable (potion/charge). Used from the inventory (later phase).</summary>
+        public const byte Consumable = 4;
+    }
+}

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/Items/ItemDatabase.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+using Unity.Entities;
+
+namespace ProjectM.Simulation
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Singleton handle to the baked item-definition database (config, not replicated — baked identically
+    /// into both worlds from the gameplay subscene, exactly like <see cref="AbilityDatabase"/>). A distinct
+    /// component type, so <c>GetSingleton&lt;ItemDatabase&gt;()</c> resolves independently of the ability
+    /// database (singleton-ness is per type). Optional at runtime: consumers that read it use
+    /// <c>TryGetSingleton</c> and fall back to defaults (e.g. <c>Tuning.DefaultStackMax</c>) so the sim still
+    /// runs before the catalog is authored.
+    /// </summary>
+    public struct ItemDatabase : IComponentData
+    {
+        public BlobAssetReference<ItemDatabaseBlob> Value;
+    }
+}

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/Items/ItemDatabaseBlob.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+using Unity.Collections;
+using Unity.Entities;
+
+namespace ProjectM.Simulation
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// One authored item definition, baked immutable into the <see cref="ItemDatabase"/> blob. This is the
+    /// single source of truth for everything an item IS — resources, tools, weapons, gear, consumables — so
+    /// adding game content is an authoring row + re-bake, with no code change. Id space is the SAME
+    /// <c>ushort</c> space as <see cref="StorageEntry.ItemId"/> / <see cref="InventorySlot.ItemId"/>, and it
+    /// SUBSUMES the low <see cref="ResourceId"/> byte ids (Aether=1/Ore=2/Biomass=3) — a resource is just a
+    /// low-id item of <see cref="ItemCategory.Resource"/>. KEEP ids 1-3 stable for the existing resources and
+    /// reserve new item ids &gt; 3; 0 = none. Entity/prefab refs do NOT live here (blobs don't remap entity
+    /// refs) — a future companion buffer carries those, exactly like AbilityPrefabElement.
+    ///
+    /// The blob is config (baked identically into both worlds, NOT replicated, NOT in SaveData), so growing
+    /// this struct later (a granted-ability id, a StatModifier-spec array, a slot id for Phase 1/2/3) is a
+    /// pure re-bake with zero migration: no SaveData version bump, no ghost-hash change, no desync. <see cref="Tier"/>
+    /// is baked NOW because the project's progression axis is gear tiers, so Phase 2/3 tier gating is a
+    /// content-only edit.
+    /// </summary>
+    public struct ItemDefBlob
+    {
+        /// <summary>Stable item id (ushort; 1-3 reserved for the existing resources, keep stable for saves).</summary>
+        public ushort ItemId;
+
+        /// <summary>Broad category (see <see cref="ItemCategory"/>), stored as a byte.</summary>
+        public byte Category;
+
+        /// <summary>Progression tier (0 = base). Higher-tier tools harvest higher-tier nodes / hit harder (Phase 2/3).</summary>
+        public byte Tier;
+
+        /// <summary>Max units that stack in a single inventory slot (1 for non-stacking equipment).</summary>
+        public int StackMax;
+
+        /// <summary>Designer-facing display name (shown in the HUD inventory panel).</summary>
+        public FixedString64Bytes Name;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Immutable designer-authored item database, baked from ScriptableObjects to a blob asset and shared by
+    /// every entity (Burst-fast, zero per-instance cost). Looked up by stable <see cref="ItemDefBlob.ItemId"/>
+    /// — ID-KEYED, never by array index, so inserting a new item never renumbers existing ids.
+    ///
+    /// NOTE: the lookup is intentionally NOT a 'readonly' method. A readonly struct method forces a defensive
+    /// copy of a field when calling a non-readonly member on it; copying a BlobArray breaks its relative-offset
+    /// pointer, so the array would read as empty. A plain (non-readonly) method accesses the BlobArray in place.
+    /// Always reach this through 'ref blob.Value' (mirrors <see cref="AbilityDatabaseBlob"/>).
+    /// </summary>
+    public struct ItemDatabaseBlob
+    {
+        public BlobArray<ItemDefBlob> Items;
+
+        /// <summary>Linear lookup by item id (the array is tiny). Returns false if not present.</summary>
+        public bool TryGetItem(ushort id, out ItemDefBlob def)
+        {
+            for (int i = 0; i < Items.Length; i++)
+            {
+                if (Items[i].ItemId == id)
+                {
+                    def = Items[i];
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            def = default;
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}

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Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/Tuning.cs

@@ -56,5 +56,13 @@ namespace ProjectM.Simulation
         /// <summary>Max production cycles a single machine awards in one process (bounds within-session
         /// catch-up after any skipped ticks; restore re-seats the baseline so this never reflects wall-clock).</summary>
         public const int MaxProductionCatchup = 600;
+
+        // ---- Inventory (per-player bag; InventoryMath / ResourceHarvestSystem / InventoryDepositSystem) ----
+
+        /// <summary>Max stacks a player can carry; InventoryMath rejects deposits past this and the harvest remainder spills to the global ledger.</summary>
+        public const int InventoryMaxSlots = 24;
+
+        /// <summary>Default per-slot stack cap when an item has no ItemDatabase entry (the catalog is optional at runtime).</summary>
+        public const int DefaultStackMax = 999;
     }
 }

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