diff --git a/apps/api/src/database/seeds/vertical-slice.seed.spec.ts b/apps/api/src/database/seeds/vertical-slice.seed.spec.ts
index a373796..781a4e4 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/database/seeds/vertical-slice.seed.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/database/seeds/vertical-slice.seed.spec.ts
@@ -589,20 +589,28 @@ describe('seedVisibleVerticalSlice', () => {
     expect(lootTableRepository.rows).toHaveLength(4);
     expect(lootEntryRepository.rows).toHaveLength(12);
 
-    // Every Burned Road enemy guarantees exactly one trade good (spec §5).
-    const guaranteedTradeGoods: Array<[string, string]> = [
-      [ASH_RAT_LOOT_TABLE_ID, ITEM_IDS['ash-pelt']],
-      [WILD_ROAD_DOG_LOOT_TABLE_ID, ITEM_IDS['tough-hide']],
-      [ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID, ITEM_IDS['bandit-insignia']],
-      [CHARRED_LOOTER_LOOT_TABLE_ID, ITEM_IDS['charred-raider-insignia']],
+    // Every Burned Road enemy carries exactly one trade good as its first
+    // entry (spec §5). The three common ones were retuned from a guaranteed
+    // drop to 60%; the rare Charred Raider Insignia stayed certain, because a
+    // 2%-weight encounter that then withholds its reward is just a lost trip.
+    const tradeGoodDropChances: Array<[string, string, string]> = [
+      [ASH_RAT_LOOT_TABLE_ID, ITEM_IDS['ash-pelt'], '0.6000'],
+      [WILD_ROAD_DOG_LOOT_TABLE_ID, ITEM_IDS['tough-hide'], '0.6000'],
+      [ROAD_BANDIT_LOOT_TABLE_ID, ITEM_IDS['bandit-insignia'], '0.6000'],
+      [
+        CHARRED_LOOTER_LOOT_TABLE_ID,
+        ITEM_IDS['charred-raider-insignia'],
+        '1.0000',
+      ],
     ];
-    for (const [lootTableId, itemDefinitionId] of guaranteedTradeGoods) {
+    for (const [lootTableId, itemDefinitionId, dropChance] of
+      tradeGoodDropChances) {
       expect(lootEntryRepository.rows).toEqual(
         expect.arrayContaining([
           expect.objectContaining({
             lootTableId,
             itemDefinitionId,
-            dropChance: '1.0000',
+            dropChance,
             minQuantity: 1,
             maxQuantity: 1,
             enabled: true,