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Recovery parcel

Retired Item · facts checked 2 November 2026

The recovery parcel was a piece of field gear that let the Ranger carry recovery into a room. It was removed on 1 November 2026.

Why it was removed#

The user ruled: "calming signals can't be bottled or packaged". A bottled buff would teach the wrong model and break the rule that nothing is sold as treatment. The user asked for recovery to be rethought with the science. One idea was drawing on an astrocyte that is already anchored in the room.

What replaced it#

Claude B compared three options: carry a parcel (wrong: nothing bottled), summon an astrocyte (wrong: astrocytes are anchored) and Supported ground (right: territory-local support). The user approved supported ground with their own look.

Development#

Services version 2 removed the parcel. restoreServices refunds 4 Supply for each parcel a version-1 save still carries (RETIRED_SUPPLIES). The alpha carries this migration.

See also#

Supported ground · Calming visit · Ward stake · Services v3

Sources#

  1. 215bfbf88:docs/game-balance/31-turn-based-encounters.md
  2. b89f778c2:src/main-game/alpha/public/encounter/src/services/catalog.js
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