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+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "Damage.h"
+#include "Enchant.h"
+#include "Item.h"
+
+namespace vf {
+
+// A loot roll reads the kill exactly as combat reported it, so the two modules
+// share one description of "what hit this".
+
+// One candidate drop. `conditions` gate whether the entry is eligible at all,
+// `functions` shape the count and the item once it has been picked.
+struct LootEntry {
+    static constexpr uint32_t PlayerKill = 1u << 0;
+    static constexpr uint32_t Fiery = 1u << 1;
+    static constexpr uint32_t NotFiery = 1u << 2;
+    static constexpr uint32_t SilkTouched = 1u << 3;
+    static constexpr uint32_t NotSilkTouched = 1u << 4;
+    static constexpr uint32_t NeedsLooting = 1u << 5;
+    static constexpr uint32_t NeedsFortune = 1u << 6;
+    static constexpr uint32_t Explosive = 1u << 7;
+    static constexpr uint32_t Ranged = 1u << 8;
+
+    static constexpr uint32_t CountRange = 1u << 0;
+    static constexpr uint32_t OreFortune = 1u << 1;
+    static constexpr uint32_t LootingBonus = 1u << 2;
+    static constexpr uint32_t ChanceLooting = 1u << 3;
+    static constexpr uint32_t ChanceFortune = 1u << 4;
+    static constexpr uint32_t SmeltIfFiery = 1u << 5;
+
+    ItemId item = ItemId::None;
+    // Relative pull inside its pool. A pool picks exactly one eligible entry per
+    // roll, weighted by this.
+    int weight = 1;
+    int minCount = 1;
+    int maxCount = 1;
+    // A chance of one never touches the rng, which keeps single-entry pools from
+    // shifting the stream for everything behind them.
+    float chance = 1.0f;
+    float chancePerLevel = 0.0f;
+    uint32_t conditions = 0;
+    uint32_t functions = 0;
+};
+
+// One pool fires `minRolls`..`maxRolls` times and each fire picks one entry.
+struct LootPool {
+    std::vector<LootEntry> entries;
+    int minRolls = 1;
+    int maxRolls = 1;
+    int bonusRollsPerLooting = 0;
+};
+
+struct LootTable {
+    enum class MobKind : uint8_t { Zombie, Skeleton, Creeper, Sheep, Cow, Pig, Count };
+    enum class ChestKind : uint8_t { Dungeon, Village, Temple, Count };
+
+    std::vector<LootPool> pools;
+
+    bool empty() const { return pools.empty(); }
+};
+
+// Everything a roll needs to know about the circumstances of the drop. The
+// enchantment queries read the tool that broke the block or landed the kill.
+struct LootContext {
+    uint32_t seed = 0;
+    DamageType killedBy = DamageType::Melee;
+    bool fiery = false;
+    bool playerKill = false;
+    ItemId tool = ItemId::None;
+    EnchantSet toolEnchants;
+
+    bool silkTouch() const { return toolEnchants.levelOf(EnchantKind::SilkTouch) > 0; }
+    int looting() const { return toolEnchants.levelOf(EnchantKind::Looting); }
+    int fortune() const { return toolEnchants.levelOf(EnchantKind::Fortune); }
+};
+
+struct LootRoll {
+    std::vector<ItemSlot> items;
+
+    int countOf(ItemId item) const;
+    int totalCount() const;
+    bool empty() const { return items.empty(); }
+};
+
+// Falls back to a fixed non-zero seed, because the xorshift stream is dead at
+// zero and a caller that forgot to seed would otherwise silently get nothing.
+LootContext lootContextFor(const HurtSource& source, ItemId tool, const EnchantSet& toolEnchants,
+                           uint32_t seed);
+
+// The cooked or smelted counterpart of a raw drop, or the input unchanged when
+// it has none.
+ItemId smeltedForm(ItemId raw);
+
+// Whether the held tool is good enough to make the block drop anything. Only
+// pickaxe blocks are gated; everything else drops for bare hands.
+bool toolQualifiesFor(Block block, ItemId tool);
+
+const LootTable& blockLootTable(Block block);
+const LootTable& mobLootTable(LootTable::MobKind kind);
+const LootTable& chestLootTable(LootTable::ChestKind kind);
+
+// Deterministic in context.seed: the same context against the same table always
+// produces the same roll.
+LootRoll rollLootTable(const LootTable& table, const LootContext& context);
+
+LootRoll rollBlockDrops(Block block, const LootContext& context);
+LootRoll rollMobDrops(LootTable::MobKind kind, const LootContext& context);
+LootRoll rollChestContents(LootTable::ChestKind kind, const LootContext& context);
+
+} // namespace vf