diff --git a/core/src/LootTables.cpp b/core/src/LootTables.cpp
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+#include "vf/LootTables.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+namespace vf {
+
+namespace {
+
+constexpr uint32_t defaultLootSeed = 0x9e3779b9u;
+
+uint32_t xorshift(uint32_t& state) {
+    state ^= state << 13;
+    state ^= state >> 17;
+    state ^= state << 5;
+    return state;
+}
+
+int rollBelow(uint32_t& rng, int bound) {
+    if (bound <= 1) return 0;
+    return static_cast<int>(xorshift(rng) % static_cast<uint32_t>(bound));
+}
+
+int rollBetween(uint32_t& rng, int low, int high) {
+    if (high <= low) return low;
+    return low + rollBelow(rng, high - low + 1);
+}
+
+void appendPool(LootTable& table, const LootEntry& entry) {
+    LootPool pool;
+    pool.entries.push_back(entry);
+    table.pools.push_back(pool);
+}
+
+BlockDropRule plainRule(Block block, ItemId drop, ToolType tool) {
+    BlockDropRule rule;
+    rule.block = block;
+    rule.drop = drop;
+    rule.harvestTool = tool;
+    return rule;
+}
+
+BlockDropRule selfRule(Block block, ToolType tool) {
+    return plainRule(block, itemForBlock(block), tool);
+}
+
+BlockDropRule gatedRule(Block block, ItemId drop, ToolType tool, ToolTier tier) {
+    BlockDropRule rule = plainRule(block, drop, tool);
+    rule.minimumTier = tier;
+    rule.toolRequiredForDrop = true;
+    return rule;
+}
+
+BlockDropRule selfGatedRule(Block block, ToolType tool, ToolTier tier) {
+    return gatedRule(block, itemForBlock(block), tool, tier);
+}
+
+BlockDropRule oreRule(Block block, ItemId raw, int minCount, int maxCount, ToolTier tier) {
+    BlockDropRule rule = gatedRule(block, raw, ToolType::Pickaxe, tier);
+    rule.minCount = minCount;
+    rule.maxCount = maxCount;
+    rule.silkDrop = itemForBlock(block);
+    rule.fortuneMultiplies = true;
+    return rule;
+}
+
+// Blocks the palette has no item for still carry a rule: it names the tool class
+// and harvest level, and records that the block yields nothing rather than
+// inventing an item that Item.h does not have.
+BlockDropRule barrenRule(Block block, ToolType tool) { return plainRule(block, ItemId::None, tool); }
+
+BlockDropRule barrenGatedRule(Block block, ToolType tool, ToolTier tier) {
+    return gatedRule(block, ItemId::None, tool, tier);
+}
+
+// Wooden crafted blocks salvage back to the planks they were built from.
+BlockDropRule plankSalvage(Block block, int count = 1) {
+    BlockDropRule rule = plainRule(block, ItemId::Planks, ToolType::Axe);
+    rule.minCount = count;
+    rule.maxCount = count;
+    return rule;
+}
+
+// The palette carries exactly one broken stone item, so the overworld stone
+// family salvages to cobblestone.
+BlockDropRule stoneSalvage(Block block) {
+    return gatedRule(block, ItemId::Cobblestone, ToolType::Pickaxe, ToolTier::Wood);
+}
+
+std::vector<BlockDropRule> buildBlockRules() {
+    std::vector<BlockDropRule> rules;
+    rules.reserve(static_cast<std::size_t>(Block::Count));
+    auto add = [&rules](const BlockDropRule& rule) { rules.push_back(rule); };
+
+    add(barrenRule(Block::Air, ToolType::None));
+
+    BlockDropRule grass = plainRule(Block::Grass, ItemId::Dirt, ToolType::Shovel);
+    grass.silkDrop = ItemId::Grass;
+    add(grass);
+
+    add(selfRule(Block::Dirt, ToolType::Shovel));
+
+    BlockDropRule stone = gatedRule(Block::Stone, ItemId::Cobblestone, ToolType::Pickaxe,
+                                    ToolTier::Wood);
+    stone.silkDrop = ItemId::Stone;
+    stone.firedDrop = ItemId::Stone;
+    add(stone);
+
+    add(selfRule(Block::Sand, ToolType::Shovel));
+    add(selfRule(Block::Wood, ToolType::Axe));
+
+    // No sapling in the palette, so a wood cutting stands in as the replantable
+    // drop, the way the salvaged leaf table already does.
+    BlockDropRule leaves = plainRule(Block::Leaves, ItemId::Wood, shearToolType);
+    leaves.dropChance = 0.05f;
+    leaves.chancePerFortune = 0.04f;
+    leaves.silkDrop = ItemId::Leaves;
+    leaves.shearHarvest = true;
+    leaves.bonusDrop = ItemId::Stick;
+    leaves.bonusChance = 0.02f;
+    leaves.bonusMax = 2;
+    add(leaves);
+
+    add(barrenRule(Block::Water, ToolType::None));
+    add(selfRule(Block::Snow, ToolType::Shovel));
+    add(oreRule(Block::CoalOre, ItemId::CoalLump, 1, 1, ToolTier::Wood));
+
+    BlockDropRule ironOre = oreRule(Block::IronOre, ItemId::IronOre, 1, 1, ToolTier::Stone);
+    ironOre.firedDrop = ItemId::IronIngot;
+    add(ironOre);
+
+    BlockDropRule goldOre = oreRule(Block::GoldOre, ItemId::GoldOre, 1, 1, ToolTier::Iron);
+    goldOre.firedDrop = ItemId::GoldIngot;
+    add(goldOre);
+
+    add(selfRule(Block::Gravel, ToolType::Shovel));
+
+    BlockDropRule glowstone = oreRule(Block::Glowstone, ItemId::Glowstone, 2, 4, ToolTier::None);
+    glowstone.toolRequiredForDrop = false;
+    add(glowstone);
+
+    BlockDropRule cobblestone = selfGatedRule(Block::Cobblestone, ToolType::Pickaxe, ToolTier::Wood);
+    cobblestone.firedDrop = ItemId::Stone;
+    add(cobblestone);
+
+    add(selfRule(Block::Planks, ToolType::Axe));
+    add(selfGatedRule(Block::Sandstone, ToolType::Pickaxe, ToolTier::Wood));
+
+    // Ice melts away unless it is taken whole.
+    BlockDropRule ice = barrenRule(Block::Ice, ToolType::Pickaxe);
+    ice.silkDrop = ItemId::Ice;
+    add(ice);
+