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+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+
+/**
+ * Schema for the Abandoned Watchpost (Playable Slice 0.10 §9, §5).
+ *
+ * Two unrelated-looking things in one migration because they arrive with one
+ * slice: the world gate that hides the Ash Pit route until it is found, and
+ * the two combat event types the Raider Veteran's new mechanics emit.
+ *
+ * `character_location_discoveries` is player state and nothing else -- which
+ * location is gated at all is content, and lives on the connection
+ * (AGENTS.md §7). A connection carrying its own gate means a place can be
+ * reachable by one road and hidden behind another.
+ */
+export class CreateAbandonedWatchpost1798000000000
+  implements MigrationInterface
+{
+  name = 'CreateAbandonedWatchpost1798000000000';
+
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(`
+      CREATE TABLE "character_location_discoveries" (
+        "id" uuid NOT NULL DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4(),
+        "character_id" uuid NOT NULL,
+        "location_id" uuid NOT NULL,
+        "discovered_at" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+        CONSTRAINT "PK_character_location_discoveries" PRIMARY KEY ("id"),
+        CONSTRAINT "FK_character_location_discoveries_character"
+          FOREIGN KEY ("character_id") REFERENCES "characters"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE,
+        CONSTRAINT "FK_character_location_discoveries_location"
+          FOREIGN KEY ("location_id") REFERENCES "location_definitions"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE
+      )
+    `);
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "IDX_character_location_discoveries_pair" ON "character_location_discoveries" ("character_id", "location_id")`,
+    );
+
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE "location_connections" ADD COLUMN "requires_discovery" boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT false`,
+    );
+
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TYPE "combat_event_type_enum" ADD VALUE 'GUARD_RAISED'`,
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TYPE "combat_event_type_enum" ADD VALUE 'GUARD_ENDED'`,
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TYPE "combat_event_type_enum" ADD VALUE 'ENRAGED'`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `DROP INDEX "IDX_character_location_discoveries_pair"`,
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP TABLE "character_location_discoveries"`);
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE "location_connections" DROP COLUMN "requires_discovery"`,
+    );
+
+    // Postgres cannot drop an enum value, so the type is rebuilt -- the same
+    // tradeoff migration 1790 already makes. Fails if any row uses one of the
+    // new values, which is the expected shape of a dev rollback.
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE "combat_events" ALTER COLUMN "type" TYPE varchar USING "type"::text`,
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP TYPE "combat_event_type_enum"`);
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `CREATE TYPE "combat_event_type_enum" AS ENUM ('DAMAGE', 'HEAL', 'DEFEND', 'TELEGRAPH', 'INTERRUPT', 'STATUS_APPLIED', 'STATUS_DAMAGE', 'STATUS_EXPIRED', 'COMBAT_WON', 'COMBAT_LOST')`,
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE "combat_events" ALTER COLUMN "type" TYPE "combat_event_type_enum" USING "type"::"combat_event_type_enum"`,
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/database/migrations/create-abandoned-watchpost.migration.spec.ts b/apps/api/src/database/migrations/create-abandoned-watchpost.migration.spec.ts
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+import 'reflect-metadata';
+import { QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+import { CreateAbandonedWatchpost1798000000000 } from './1798000000000-CreateAbandonedWatchpost';
+
+/**
+ * The migration writes multi-line SQL, so every assertion below reads it with
+ * runs of whitespace collapsed -- the same harness the other migration specs
+ * use, so reindenting a statement never breaks a test that still describes
+ * the right schema.
+ */
+function collapse(statements: string[]): string {
+  return statements.map((sql) => sql.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()).join('\n');
+}
+
+async function runUp(): Promise<string> {
+  const query = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+  const queryRunner = { query } as unknown as QueryRunner;
+  await new CreateAbandonedWatchpost1798000000000().up(queryRunner);
+  return collapse(query.mock.calls.map(([sql]) => sql as string));
+}
+
+async function runDown(): Promise<string> {
+  const query = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+  const queryRunner = { query } as unknown as QueryRunner;
+  const migration = new CreateAbandonedWatchpost1798000000000();
+  await migration.up(queryRunner);
+  const upCount = query.mock.calls.length;
+  await migration.down(queryRunner);
+  return collapse(query.mock.calls.slice(upCount).map(([sql]) => sql as string));
+}
+
+describe('CreateAbandonedWatchpost1798000000000', () => {
+  it('creates the discovery table', async () => {
+    const joined = await runUp();
+
+    expect(joined).toContain('CREATE TABLE "character_location_discoveries"');
+  });
+
+  it('lets a character discover a location only once', async () => {
+    const joined = await runUp();
+
+    // The unique index, not a disabled button, is what makes a repeated
+    // investigation harmless (AGENTS.md §30).
+    expect(joined).toContain(
+      'CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "IDX_character_location_discoveries_pair" ON "character_location_discoveries" ("character_id", "location_id")',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('cascades discoveries away with their character and location', async () => {
+    const joined = await runUp();
+
+    expect(joined).toContain(
+      'FOREIGN KEY ("character_id") REFERENCES "characters"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE',
+    );
+    expect(joined).toContain(
+      'FOREIGN KEY ("location_id") REFERENCES "location_definitions"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('adds an ungated-by-default discovery flag to connections', async () => {
+    const joined = await runUp();
+
+    // Default false: every route that exists today stays walkable.
+    expect(joined).toContain(
+      'ALTER TABLE "location_connections" ADD COLUMN "requires_discovery" boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT false',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('extends the combat event enum with the two new mechanics', async () => {
+    const joined = await runUp();
+
+    expect(joined).toContain(
+      `ALTER TYPE "combat_event_type_enum" ADD VALUE 'GUARD_RAISED'`,
+    );
+    expect(joined).toContain(
+      `ALTER TYPE "combat_event_type_enum" ADD VALUE 'GUARD_ENDED'`,
+    );
+    expect(joined).toContain(
+      `ALTER TYPE "combat_event_type_enum" ADD VALUE 'ENRAGED'`,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('reverses the table and the column', async () => {
+    const joined = await runDown();
+
+    expect(joined).toContain('DROP TABLE "character_location_discoveries"');
+    expect(joined).toContain(
+      'ALTER TABLE "location_connections" DROP COLUMN "requires_discovery"',
+    );
+  });
+});