diff --git a/src/game.lua b/src/game.lua
index 17a9b57..dafae90 100644
--- a/src/game.lua
+++ b/src/game.lua
@@ -1325,6 +1325,179 @@ function Game:pickupHere()
   end
 end
 
+-- Unmasks a disguised floorItem the moment the player reaches for it:
+-- drops the real hostile monster in its place (already hunting, never
+-- dormant - see stealth.lua's header for why a builder-placed wild
+-- monster differs) and lands one free ambush swing through combat.lua,
+-- so the surprise still respects the player's defense and resistances
+-- instead of being a flat, unavoidable trap tick.
+function Game:triggerMimic(ground)
+  local mimic = Mimics.reveal(self:nextMonsterId(), ground.x, ground.y, self.depth)
+  mimic.awareness = Stealth.HUNTING
+  self.level.entities[#self.level.entities + 1] = mimic
+  self.log:add(ground.item.name .. " was a mimic!")
+  local outcome = Combat.attack(mimic, self.player, self:monsterDamageMultiplier())
+  Momentum.onDamaged(self.player)
+  self.log:add(string.format("it lashes out at you for %d damage", outcome.damage))
+  local broke = Durability.wearArmor(self.player)
+  if broke then self.log:add(broke) end
+end
+
+-- Wakes the vengeful shade sleeping under a disturbed grave marker (see
+-- graves.lua): unlike a mimic's disguise, the marker never hid what it
+-- was, but stepping onto it is still a mistake the same instant Game:
+-- pickupHere makes it - one free ambush swing through combat.lua before
+-- the shade settles into an ordinary chase on its own turns from then on.
+function Game:triggerGrave(ground)
+  local shade = Graves.reveal(self:nextMonsterId(), ground.x, ground.y, ground)
+  shade.awareness = Stealth.HUNTING
+  self.level.entities[#self.level.entities + 1] = shade
+  self.log:add("the grave stirs - a vengeful shade rises!")
+  local outcome = Combat.attack(shade, self.player, self:monsterDamageMultiplier())
+  Momentum.onDamaged(self.player)
+  self.log:add(string.format("it lashes out at you for %d damage", outcome.damage))
+  local broke = Durability.wearArmor(self.player)
+  if broke then self.log:add(broke) end
+end
+
+-- Discards an inventory item onto the floor at the player's feet: the
+-- opposite of pickupHere, needed once a hoard grows heavier than is
+-- comfortable to carry (see encumbrance.lua). Equipped gear never reaches
+-- this path - it always trades in place through items.equipWeapon and
+-- friends - so this only ever touches the loose inventory array.
+function Game:dropItem(index)
+  local item = self.player.inventory[index]
+  if not item then return nil end
+  table.remove(self.player.inventory, index)
+  self.level.floorItems[#self.level.floorItems + 1] = { x = self.player.x, y = self.player.y, item = item }
+  self.log:add("you drop " .. Identify.label(self.identify, item))
+  return item
+end
+
+-- The cheapest inventory item that is safe to shed first when overloaded:
+-- never the amulet (the entire point of a run) or a key (worthless to a
+-- shop and needed right where it was found). Returns nil if nothing but
+-- those two remains.
+function Game:cheapestDroppableItem()
+  local bestIndex, bestPrice
+  for i, item in ipairs(self.player.inventory) do
+    if item.kind ~= Items.AMULET and item.kind ~= Items.KEY then
+      local price = Shop.priceOf(item)
+      if not bestPrice or price < bestPrice then
+        bestIndex, bestPrice = i, price
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  return bestIndex
+end
+
+-- Sells an inventory item back to the economy at half its catalog price.
+function Game:sellItem(index)
+  local item = self.player.inventory[index]
+  local value = Shop.sell(self, index)
+  if value then
+    self.log:add(string.format("you sell %s for %d gold", Identify.label(self.identify, item), value))
+  end
+  return value
+end
+
+-- Spends gold to restore whichever of the player's weapon, armor or bow sits
+-- in `slotName` back to full durability (see durability.lua), folding its
+-- power back into attack/defense if wear had already broken it.
+function Game:repairEquipped(slotName)
+  local item = self.player[slotName]
+  local success, result = Durability.repair(self.player, slotName)
+  if success then
+    self.log:add(string.format("you repair your %s for %d gold", item.name, result))
+  else
+    self.log:add("cannot repair: " .. result)
+  end
+  return success
+end
+
+-- The first of weapon/armor/bow, in that priority order, that has been worn
+-- clean through to uselessness - never a merely dinged one still pulling its
+-- weight, so the autopilot only ever reaches for its purse over gear that
+-- has actually stopped working.
+function Game:brokenEquippedSlot()
+  for _, slot in ipairs({ "weapon", "armor", "bow" }) do
+    local item = self.player[slot]
+    if item and Durability.isBroken(item) then return slot end
+  end
+  return nil
+end
+
+-- Taking a warded item without paying: the item is stolen outright and its
+-- shopkeeper turns permanently hostile, chasing the player like any monster.
+function Game:stealFromShop(index)
+  local ground = self.level.floorItems[index]
+  if not ground or not self:wardedByLiveKeeper(ground) then return false end
+  self.player.inventory[#self.player.inventory + 1] = ground.item
+  local keeper = self.level:entityById(ground.shopId)
+  keeper.hostile = true
+  Factions.adjust(self.player, Factions.MERCHANT, -20)
+  self.log:add("you steal " .. Identify.label(self.identify, ground.item) ..
+    "! the shopkeeper turns on you")
+  table.remove(self.level.floorItems, index)
+  return true
+end
+
+-- Resolves a crafting target: "weapon"/"armor" reach the currently equipped
+-- piece (which has left the inventory array entirely - see items.equipWeapon/
+-- equipArmor), anything else is an inventory index.
+function Game:resolveGear(target)
+  if target == "weapon" then return self.player.weapon end
+  if target == "armor" then return self.player.armor end
+  return self.player.inventory[target]
+end
+
+function Game:forgeGem(element)
+  local ok, result = Crafting.forge(self.player, element)
+  if not ok then
+    self.log:add("cannot forge: " .. result)
+    return false
+  end
+  self.player.inventory[#self.player.inventory + 1] = result
+  self.log:add("you forge a " .. result.name)
+  return true
+end
+
+function Game:mergeGemsAt(indexA, indexB)
+  local gemA, gemB = self.player.inventory[indexA], self.player.inventory[indexB]
+  if not gemA or not gemB or gemA.kind ~= Items.GEM or gemB.kind ~= Items.GEM or indexA == indexB then
+    return false
+  end
+  local success, reason, merged = Crafting.mergeGems(gemA, gemB)
+  if not success then
+    self.log:add("cannot merge gems: " .. reason)
+    return false
+  end
+  local hi, lo = math.max(indexA, indexB), math.min(indexA, indexB)
+  table.remove(self.player.inventory, hi)
+  table.remove(self.player.inventory, lo)
+  self.player.inventory[#self.player.inventory + 1] = merged
+  self.log:add("you merge two gems into a " .. merged.name)
+  return true
+end
+
+function Game:socketItem(target, gemIndex)
+  local item = self:resolveGear(target)
+  local gem = self.player.inventory[gemIndex]
+  if not item or not gem or gem.kind ~= Items.GEM then return false end
+  local success, reason = Crafting.socket(self.player, item, gem)
+  if not success then
+    self.log:add("cannot socket: " .. reason)
+    return false
+  end
+  table.remove(self.player.inventory, gemIndex)
+  self.log:add("you socket a " .. gem.name .. " into your " .. item.name)
+  return true
+end
+
+-- Socketing a rune never removes it from the game the way a failed gem
+-- socket attempt would leave the gem untouched in inventory - the rune is
+-- always spent once it joins the chain, whether or not that completes a
+-- runeword, since there is no "wrong" rune to protect the player from (see
 function Game:movePlayer(dx, dy)
   local nx, ny = self.player.x + dx, self.player.y + dy
   local map = self.level.map