diff --git a/src/main/java/games/dmg/fantasystick/session/EquipmentSessions.java b/src/main/java/games/dmg/fantasystick/session/EquipmentSessions.java
index 85076e8..0636c37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/games/dmg/fantasystick/session/EquipmentSessions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/games/dmg/fantasystick/session/EquipmentSessions.java
@@ -624,19 +624,22 @@ public final class EquipmentSessions implements AutoCloseable {
         if (hasRemnants(attempt.player) || !gameModes.available(attempt.player)
                 || vitals != null && !vitals.available(attempt.player)) return false;
         var marker = EquipmentSessionMarker.read(attempt.player).orElse(null);
-        if (EquipmentSessionMarker.present(attempt.player)) {
-            // A terminal marker is resolved only by its matching completed file acknowledgment.
-            // Keep it until the next successful entry; worker acknowledgments never touch PDC.
-            var exit = state == null ? null : state.lastExit();
-            if (marker == null || marker.phase() != EquipmentSessionMarker.Phase.RESTORED
-                    || state == null || state.pending() != null || exit == null
-                    || !marker.matches(exit.sessionId(), exit.characterId())) return false;
-        }
+        if (EquipmentSessionMarker.present(attempt.player) && !completedRestoredMarker(marker, state)) return false;
         attempt.entryMarker = marker;
         attempt.markerValidated = true;
         return true;
     }
 
+    private static boolean completedRestoredMarker(EquipmentSessionMarker.Token marker,
+                                                     EquipmentSessionStore.State state) {
+        // A terminal marker is resolved only by its matching completed file acknowledgment.
+        // Keep it until the next successful entry; worker acknowledgments never touch PDC.
+        var exit = state == null ? null : state.lastExit();
+        return marker != null && marker.phase() == EquipmentSessionMarker.Phase.RESTORED
+            && state != null && state.pending() == null && exit != null
+            && marker.matches(exit.sessionId(), exit.characterId());
+    }
+
     private static boolean hasRemnants(Player player) {
         return Arrays.stream(player.getInventory().getContents()).anyMatch(EquipmentSessions::remnant)
             || remnant(player.getItemOnCursor());
@@ -1940,7 +1943,9 @@ public final class EquipmentSessions implements AutoCloseable {
                 var arrivingOwner = attempt.owner;
                 var episode=downedDirectory==null?null:downedDirectory.all().stream().filter(value->value.player().equals(arrivingOwner)&&value.phase()==DownedEpisode.Phase.PENDING).findFirst().orElse(null);
                 if (sheets.identify(attempt.player.getInventory().getItemInOffHand()).isPresent()) enter(attempt.player,episode);
-                else if (EquipmentSessionMarker.present(attempt.player) || hasRemnants(attempt.player)) {
+                else if (hasRemnants(attempt.player)
+                        || (EquipmentSessionMarker.present(attempt.player)
+                            && !completedRestoredMarker(EquipmentSessionMarker.read(attempt.player).orElse(null), state.orElse(null)))) {
                     notice(attempt.owner, "NATIVE_RECOVERY_REQUIRED", "Native equipment remnants have no pending receipt; items were retained for inspection.");
                 }
                 return; // Ordinary no-sheet/no-receipt arrivals are not rejected entry attempts.
diff --git a/src/nativeTest/java/games/dmg/fantasystick/EquipmentSessionEventsNativeTest.java b/src/nativeTest/java/games/dmg/fantasystick/EquipmentSessionEventsNativeTest.java
index 196f055..61adf6d 100644
--- a/src/nativeTest/java/games/dmg/fantasystick/EquipmentSessionEventsNativeTest.java
+++ b/src/nativeTest/java/games/dmg/fantasystick/EquipmentSessionEventsNativeTest.java
@@ -1128,6 +1128,62 @@ class EquipmentSessionEventsNativeTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test void joinAfterCleanExitIsQuietAndPreservesPlayerAndReceiptState() throws Exception {
+        try (var f = new Fixture()) {
+            var a = f.actor; f.core.activate(a);
+            assertEquals(games.dmg.fantasystick.items.EquipmentStorage.RestoreResult.RESTORED,
+                f.core.sessions.exit(a.player));
+            var completed = f.core.state(a);
+            assertNull(completed.pending()); assertNotNull(completed.lastExit());
+            a.inventory.setItemInOffHand(new ItemStack(Material.EMERALD));
+            var before = a.snapshot(); var cursor = a.cursor.clone(); var marker = a.marker();
+            var record = f.core.characters.find(a.record.id()).join().orElseThrow();
+            int notices = f.core.notices.size();
+
+            f.dispatcher.accept(new org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent(a.player,
+                (net.kyori.adventure.text.Component) null));
+            f.core.tick();
+
+            assertEquals(notices, f.core.notices.size(),
+                "A matching completed RESTORED marker is clean arrival proof, not a recovery warning");
+            assertArrayEquals(before, a.snapshot()); assertEquals(cursor, a.cursor);
+            assertEquals(marker, a.marker()); assertEquals(completed, f.core.state(a));
+            assertEquals(record, f.core.characters.find(a.record.id()).join().orElseThrow());
+            assertTrue(f.core.sessions.active(a.id).isEmpty()); assertTrue(f.ticks.isEmpty());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test void joinWarnsWithoutMutationForUnsafeMarkersAndGenuineRemnants() throws Exception {
+        for (int scenario = 0; scenario < 4; scenario++) try (var f = new Fixture()) {
+            var a = f.actor; f.core.activate(a);
+            var genuineBox = a.inventory.getItem(9).clone();
+            assertEquals(games.dmg.fantasystick.items.EquipmentStorage.RestoreResult.RESTORED,
+                f.core.sessions.exit(a.player));
+            var completed = f.core.state(a);
+            assertNull(completed.pending()); assertNotNull(completed.lastExit());
+            a.inventory.setItemInOffHand(new ItemStack(Material.EMERALD));
+            if (scenario == 0) a.pdc.set(new org.bukkit.NamespacedKey("fantasystick", "equipment_session"),
+                org.bukkit.persistence.PersistentDataType.STRING, "malformed");
+            if (scenario == 1) a.marker(java.util.UUID.randomUUID(), "RESTORED");
+            if (scenario == 2) a.marker(completed.lastExit().sessionId(), "PACKED");
+            if (scenario == 3) a.inventory.setItem(12, genuineBox);
+            var before = a.snapshot(); var cursor = a.cursor.clone(); var marker = a.marker();
+            var record = f.core.characters.find(a.record.id()).join().orElseThrow();
+            int notices = f.core.notices.size();
+
+            f.dispatcher.accept(new org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent(a.player,
+                (net.kyori.adventure.text.Component) null));
+            f.core.tick();
+
+            assertEquals(notices + 1, f.core.notices.size());
+            assertEquals("NATIVE_RECOVERY_REQUIRED", f.core.notices.getLast().code());
+            assertArrayEquals(before, a.snapshot()); assertEquals(cursor, a.cursor);
+            assertEquals(marker, a.marker()); assertEquals(completed, f.core.state(a));
+            assertEquals(record, f.core.characters.find(a.record.id()).join().orElseThrow());
+            assertTrue(f.core.sessions.active(a.id).isEmpty()); assertTrue(f.ticks.isEmpty());
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test void reservedWorldAndInventorySwapsRestoreBeforeExchangingOrdinaryGear() throws Exception {
         for (int route = 0; route < 3; route++) {
             try (var f = new Fixture()) {