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@@ -96,6 +96,20 @@ POST /api/travel                 { "targetLocationId": "<uuid>" }
 pipe rejects any other property (e.g. a client-supplied `arrivesAt`) with
 `400 Bad Request`, since `arrivesAt` is always server-derived.
 
+## Assets
+
+`apps/web/public/images` holds only the derivative image files the Angular
+build actually serves (resized `runtime/*-128.png` HUD icons, `runtime/*-960.jpg`
+and `runtime/*-1440.jpg` background variants, and the small set of PNG
+fallbacks referenced directly by source/styles). Everything under `apps/web/public`
+is copied verbatim into the browser build, so keep that folder limited to
+files a component, template, or stylesheet actually references.
+
+Original/unresized source art (enemy, NPC, and combat-status artwork, HUD icon
+originals, difficulty badges, etc.) that isn't loaded by the app lives in
+`art/` at the repository root instead, mirroring the same subfolder layout
+(e.g. `art/enemies`, `art/npc`, `art/hud`). It is not part of any build output.
+
 ## Scripts
 
 Run these from the repository root unless noted otherwise.
diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/Items.png b/art/Items.png
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diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/Sprites.png b/art/Sprites.png
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diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/backgrounds/Aschengrube.png b/art/backgrounds/Aschengrube.png
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rename from apps/web/public/images/backgrounds/Aschengrube.png
rename to art/backgrounds/Aschengrube.png
diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/backgrounds/Graufurt.png b/art/backgrounds/Graufurt.png
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diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/backgrounds/Wachturm.png b/art/backgrounds/Wachturm.png
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diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/combat_status_icons/ChatGPT Image 18. Aug. 2026, 19_46_33 (1).png b/art/combat_status_icons/ChatGPT Image 18. Aug. 2026, 19_46_33 (1).png
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rename from apps/web/public/images/combat_status_icons/ChatGPT Image 18. Aug. 2026, 19_46_33 (1).png
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diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/combat_status_icons/ChatGPT Image 18. Aug. 2026, 19_46_34 (2).png b/art/combat_status_icons/ChatGPT Image 18. Aug. 2026, 19_46_34 (2).png
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diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/combat_status_icons/ChatGPT Image 18. Aug. 2026, 19_46_34 (3).png b/art/combat_status_icons/ChatGPT Image 18. Aug. 2026, 19_46_34 (3).png
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rename from apps/web/public/images/combat_status_icons/ChatGPT Image 18. Aug. 2026, 19_46_34 (3).png
rename to art/combat_status_icons/ChatGPT Image 18. Aug. 2026, 19_46_34 (3).png
diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/combat_status_icons/ChatGPT Image 18. Aug. 2026, 19_46_34 (4).png b/art/combat_status_icons/ChatGPT Image 18. Aug. 2026, 19_46_34 (4).png
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diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/enemies/AnführerDerBandeIcon.png b/art/enemies/AnführerDerBandeIcon.png
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diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/enemies/Aschenratte.png b/art/enemies/Aschenratte.png
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rename to art/enemies/Aschenratte.png
diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/enemies/AschenratteIcon.png b/art/enemies/AschenratteIcon.png
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diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/enemies/Hauptmann_der_Aschenbande.png b/art/enemies/Hauptmann_der_Aschenbande.png
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