diff --git a/src/game.lua b/src/game.lua
index 39c371c..79cff2f 100644
--- a/src/game.lua
+++ b/src/game.lua
@@ -695,8 +695,53 @@ function Game:takeMonsterTurn(monster)
     self:onActorDeath(monster)
     return
   end
-  if not Status.skipsTurn(monster) then
-    Ai.act(self, monster)
+  Conductivity.tick(self.level, monster)
+  local hazardLine = Hazards.afflict(self.level, monster)
+  if hazardLine then self.log:add(hazardLine) end
+  if not monster:isAlive() then
+    self:onActorDeath(monster)
+    return
+  end
+  -- Mirrors Game:hungerTorchTick's own Disease.tick(self.player) call - a
+  -- disease is plain generic entity state (see disease.lua), and since
+  -- Infighting.strike can now infect a rival monster or the player's own
+  -- companion/hireling/thrall (not just the player), every non-player actor
+  -- needs its own infection to actually progress on its turn too, or an
+  -- infected ally would sit permanently incubating with no way to ever
+  -- erupt, escalate, or be noticed.
+  local diseaseLine = Disease.tick(monster)
+  if diseaseLine then self.log:add(diseaseLine) end
+  if not monster:isAlive() then
+    self:onActorDeath(monster)
+    return
+  end
+  local regenLine = Abilities.regenTick(monster)
+  if regenLine then self.log:add(regenLine) end
+  local enrageLine = Bosses.tryEnrage(monster)
+  if enrageLine then self.log:add(enrageLine) end
+  local phaseLine, phaseConsumedTurn = Phases.tick(self, monster)
+  if phaseLine then self.log:add(phaseLine) end
+  if not phaseConsumedTurn and not Status.skipsTurn(monster) then
+    if monster.kind == "companion" then
+      Companions.act(self, monster)
+    elseif monster.kind == "hireling" then
+      Mercenaries.act(self, monster)
+    elseif monster.kind == "thrall" then
+      Reanimation.act(self, monster)
+    elseif Infighting.tryAct(self, monster) then
+      -- A rivalry or a discorded mind has nothing to do with how this
+      -- monster currently feels about the player: it fights regardless of
+      -- wariness or - unlike Stealth.tick's own gating - whether it has
+      -- otherwise noticed the player at all this turn.
+    elseif Factions.isWary(self.player, monster) then
+      -- A wary tribe member holds its ground: neither provoked nor hated
+      -- into open hostility yet, it leaves the player be this turn.
+    elseif Stealth.tick(self, monster) then
+      Abilities.tickCooldown(monster)
+      if not Abilities.tryAct(self, monster) then
+        Ai.act(self, monster)
+      end
+    end
   end
   Scheduler.spend(monster)
   self:cleanupDead()
@@ -713,15 +758,128 @@ end
 
 -- Player actions.
 
-function Game:playerAttack(target)
-  local outcome = Combat.attack(self.player, target)
-  self.log:add(string.format("you hit %s for %d", target.name, outcome.damage))
-  local weapon = self.player.weapon
-  if weapon and weapon.affix and weapon.affix.onHit and target:isAlive() then
-    local rider = weapon.affix.onHit
+-- Common tail of any player-caused kill: log it, grant the xp it was worth,
+-- and sweep it off the level. Shared by melee and offensive spells so xp
+-- always tracks a felled monster regardless of what felled it.
+function Game:awardKill(target)
+  self.log:add(target.name .. " dies")
+  local burst = Abilities.onDeath(self, target)
+  if burst then self.log:add(burst) end
+  local eliteBurst = Elites.onDeath(self, target)
+  if eliteBurst then self.log:add(eliteBurst) end
+  self.stats.kills = self.stats.kills + 1
+  if target.isBoss then self.stats.bossKills = self.stats.bossKills + 1 end
+  Factions.registerKill(self.player, target)
+  local xp = target.isBoss and Bosses.xpFor(target) or target.mimic and Mimics.xpFor()
+    or target.grave and Graves.xpFor() or Monsters.xpFor(target)
+  xp = xp + Elites.xpBonus(target, xp)
+  if target.nemesis then xp = xp + Nemesis.xpBonus(target.nemesisGrudge or 1) end
+  self.log:addAll(Progression.grantXp(self.player, xp))
+  self.player.essence = self.player.essence + math.floor(Crafting.essenceFor(xp) * self:essenceMultiplier())
+  Quests.registerKill(self.player, target.species)
+  Compendium.noteKill(self.compendium, target.species)
+  Corpses.spawn(self.level, target)
+  self:resolveQuest()
+  if target.isBoss then
+    local loot = Bosses.lootFor(target)
+    if loot then
+      self.level.floorItems[#self.level.floorItems + 1] = { x = target.x, y = target.y, item = loot }
+      self.log:add(string.format("%s drops %s", target.name, loot.name))
+    end
+  end
+  if target.grave then
+    local gold, essence = Graves.lootFor(target)
+    if gold > 0 then
+      self.player.gold = self.player.gold + gold
+      self.log:add(string.format("the shade scatters %d gold as it fades", gold))
+    end
+    if essence > 0 then
+      self.player.essence = self.player.essence + essence
+    end
+  end
+  if target.nemesis then
+    local bounty = Nemesis.bountyGold(target.nemesisGrudge or 1)
+    self.player.gold = self.player.gold + bounty
+    self.log:add(string.format("the hunt is over - you claim %d gold from %s", bounty, target.name))
+    self.nemesis = nil
+  end
+  self:cleanupDead()
+end
+
+-- Applies a weapon's on-hit rider - rolled affix or socketed gem, or both -
+-- to a still-living target, logging each status it lands.
+function Game:applyWeaponRiders(weapon, target)
+  if not (weapon and target:isAlive()) then return end
+  local riders = {}
+  if weapon.affix and weapon.affix.onHit then riders[#riders + 1] = weapon.affix.onHit end
+  if weapon.socket and weapon.socket.onHit then riders[#riders + 1] = weapon.socket.onHit end
+  for _, rider in ipairs(riders) do
     Status.apply(target, rider.status, rider.duration, rider.potency)
     self.log:add(string.format("%s is %s", target.name, rider.status))
   end
+end
+
+-- Marks a monster as no longer wary (see factions.lua): once the player has
+-- aimed any offensive action at it, a tribal target that used to hold back
+-- fights (or flees) like any other monster from then on, hit or miss. Any
+-- offensive action also wakes a dormant target outright (see stealth.lua) -
+-- an arrow or a spell that misses still gives away exactly where you are.
+function Game:provoke(target)
+  if target and target.kind == "monster" then
+    target.provoked = true
+    Stealth.alert(target, self.player.x, self.player.y)
+  end
+end
+
+-- Floods a burst of noise.lua sound out from (x, y) and gives every other
+-- still-dormant monster the flood actually reaches a chance to stir - a
+-- clash of steel three rooms over does not single out whichever target
+-- Game:provoke already woke outright, it startles whatever else is close
+-- enough to hear it too. A monster startled this way only ever starts
+-- searching the noise's origin (see Stealth.hear), never snaps straight to
+-- hunting the way a direct hit does.
+function Game:emitNoise(x, y, loudness)
+  local field = Noise.propagate(self.level.map, x, y, loudness)
+  for _, entity in ipairs(self.level.entities) do
+    if entity.kind == "monster" and Stealth.isUnaware(entity) then
+      local intensity = Noise.intensityAt(field, self.level.map, entity.x, entity.y)
+      if intensity > 0 and self.rng:chance(intensity, loudness) then
+        Stealth.hear(entity, x, y)
+        self.log:add(string.format("%s stirs at the noise", entity.name))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+function Game:playerAttack(target)
+  -- Read before provoke() wakes the target below, so the bonus reflects
+  -- whatever it actually was the instant the blow landed.
+  local sneak = Stealth.sneakMultiplier(target)
+  self:provoke(target)
+  self:emitNoise(self.player.x, self.player.y, Noise.MELEE)
+  local multiplier = Skills.meleeDamageMultiplier(self.player, target) * sneak
+  local outcome = Combat.attack(self.player, target, multiplier)
+  Momentum.onMeleeHit(self.player)
+  if sneak > 1 then
+    self.log:add(string.format("you catch %s completely unaware", target.name))
+  end
+  self.log:add(string.format("you hit %s for %d", target.name, outcome.damage))
+  local broke = Durability.wearWeapon(self.player)
+  if broke then self.log:add(broke) end
+  local lifesteal = Artifacts.lifestealAmount(self.player, outcome.damage)
+  if lifesteal > 0 then
+    self.player.hp = math.min(self.player.maxHp, self.player.hp + lifesteal)
+    self.log:add(string.format("your %s drinks %d hp from %s", self.player.weapon.name, lifesteal, target.name))
+  end
+  self:applyWeaponRiders(self.player.weapon, target)
+  if Skills.consumePoisonBlade(self.player) and target:isAlive() then
+    Status.apply(target, Status.POISON, 5, 2)
+    self.log:add(string.format("%s is envenomed", target.name))
+  end
+  local masteredKey, masteredBonus = Proficiency.onMeleeHit(self.player)
+  if masteredKey then
+    self.log:add(string.format("you grow more skilled with your %s (+%d attack)", masteredKey, masteredBonus))
+  end
   if outcome.killed then
     self.log:add(target.name .. " dies")
     self:cleanupDead()