fix: gold icon, story banner crop, crafted items persist, community blurb, validation error filtering

apps/api/src/routes/game.ts

@@ -622,11 +622,17 @@ const validateAndSanitize = (
         = Math.min(material.quantity, previousQuantity);
       return { ...material, quantity: cappedQuantity };
     });
-    const craftedRecipeIds = incoming.exploration.craftedRecipeIds.filter(
+
-      (recipeId) => {
+    /*
-        return previousExploration.craftedRecipeIds.includes(recipeId);
+     * Merge crafted recipe IDs from both states so the list can only ever grow.
-      },
+     * A stale auto-save arriving after a craft must not silently un-craft items.
-    );
+     */
+    const craftedRecipeIds = [
+      ...new Set([
+        ...previousExploration.craftedRecipeIds,
+        ...incoming.exploration.craftedRecipeIds,
+      ]),
+    ];
     explorationSpread = {
       exploration: {
         ...incoming.exploration,

apps/web/src/api/client.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,26 @@ import type {
 
 const baseUrl = "/api";
 
+/**
+ * Represents a 4xx API error so callers can distinguish expected server
+ * rejections from unexpected failures. ValidationErrors are downgraded to
+ * console.warn and are not forwarded to the error-email pipeline.
+ */
+class ValidationError extends Error {
+  public readonly statusCode: number;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new ValidationError.
+   * @param message - The error message from the server response.
+   * @param statusCode - The HTTP status code (4xx) returned by the server.
+   */
+  public constructor(message: string, statusCode: number) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "ValidationError";
+    this.statusCode = statusCode;
+  }
+}
+
 const getToken = (): string | null => {
   return globalThis.localStorage.getItem("elysium_token");
 };
@@ -72,6 +92,9 @@ const fetchJson = async <T>(
       = typeof errorBody.error === "string"
         ? errorBody.error
         : "Unknown error";
+    if (response.status >= 400 && response.status < 500) {
+      throw new ValidationError(message, response.status);
+    }
     throw new Error(message);
   }
 
@@ -326,6 +349,7 @@ const updateProfile = async(
 };
 
 export {
+  ValidationError,
   achieveApotheosis,
   buyEchoUpgrade,
   buyPrestigeUpgrade,

apps/web/src/components/game/aboutPanel.tsx

@@ -277,6 +277,15 @@ const howToPlay = [
       + " when you first enable them.",
     title: "🔔 Sounds & Notifications",
   },
+  {
+    body:
+      "Have a question, found a bug, or want to suggest a feature? Join the"
+      + " NHCarrigan community Discord at https://chat.nhcarrigan.com or open"
+      + " a support ticket at https://support.nhcarrigan.com. You can also"
+      + " report issues directly on the project repository. We'd love to hear"
+      + " from you!",
+    title: "💬 Community & Support",
+  },
 ];
 
 const formatDate = (dateString: string): string => {

apps/web/src/components/ui/resourceBar.tsx

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ const ResourceBar = ({
             title="Click to see all resources"
             type="button"
           >
-            <span className="resource-icon">{"🪙"}</span>
+            <span className="resource-icon">{"💰"}</span>
             <span className="resource-value">{formatNumber(gold)}</span>
             <span className="resource-label">{"Gold"}</span>
             {goldFull

apps/web/src/styles.css

@@ -4586,6 +4586,7 @@ body::before {
   height: 220px;
   margin-bottom: 1rem;
   object-fit: cover;
+  object-position: top;
   width: 100%;
 }
 

apps/web/src/utils/logError.ts

@@ -5,14 +5,22 @@
  * @author Naomi Carrigan
  */
 /* eslint-disable no-console -- Errors are forwarded to backend via the overridden console.error */
+import { ValidationError } from "../api/client.js";
 
 /**
  * Logs an error to the backend telemetry service.
- * Accepts the same arguments as console.error — conventionally a context string
+ * ValidationErrors (4xx API rejections) are downgraded to console.warn so they
- * followed by the error value.
+ * are not forwarded to the error-email pipeline — they are expected server responses.
- * @param logArguments - The values to log, forwarded directly to console.error.
+ * @param logArguments - The values to log, forwarded directly to console.error or console.warn.
  */
 const logError = (...logArguments: Array<unknown>): void => {
+  const isValidation = logArguments.some((argument) => {
+    return argument instanceof ValidationError;
+  });
+  if (isValidation) {
+    console.warn(...logArguments);
+    return;
+  }
   console.error(...logArguments);
 };