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diff --git a/art/tiles/FG_Abandoned_Mines.png.import b/art/tiles/FG_Abandoned_Mines.png.import
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/art/tiles/FG_Abandoned_Mines.png.import
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
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+path="res://.godot/imported/FG_Abandoned_Mines.png-59627b415a268a4512cae2e47f098866.ctex"
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+"vram_texture": false
+}
+
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+
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+dest_files=["res://.godot/imported/FG_Abandoned_Mines.png-59627b415a268a4512cae2e47f098866.ctex"]
+
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+
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+compress/lossy_quality=0.7
+compress/uastc_level=0
+compress/rdo_quality_loss=0.0
+compress/hdr_compression=1
+compress/normal_map=0
+compress/channel_pack=0
+mipmaps/generate=false
+mipmaps/limit=-1
+roughness/mode=0
+roughness/src_normal=""
+process/channel_remap/red=0
+process/channel_remap/green=1
+process/channel_remap/blue=2
+process/channel_remap/alpha=3
+process/fix_alpha_border=true
+process/premult_alpha=false
+process/normal_map_invert_y=false
+process/hdr_as_srgb=false
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diff --git a/scenes/entities/item.gd b/scenes/entities/item.gd
index f9443cf..e54cdce 100644
--- a/scenes/entities/item.gd
+++ b/scenes/entities/item.gd
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 ## Dropped item entity — a single stack of one item type lying on the world floor.
 ##
-## Visuals are drawn procedurally via _draw() (Phase 4 placeholder). Real
-## ElvGames item icons land in Phase 5+.
+## Render model:
+##   For types in _ITEM_SPRITES (stone, wood, plank, iron_ore, gold, …) a Sprite2D
+##   child draws the ElvGames icon. For all other types _draw() falls back to a
+##   hue-hashed coloured square — the original Phase 4 placeholder kept around
+##   for the long tail of items (cloth, meals, corpses, ash, etc.).
+##   Quality border + stack-count badge are always drawn procedurally on top of
+##   whichever base layer renders, so the sprite swap is purely additive.
 ##
 ## Item type constants mirror the 16 filter chips in docs/design.md. They are
 ## used by StockpileZone filter bitmasks and pawn-carry typing.
@@ -14,6 +19,19 @@ class_name Item extends Node2D
 
 const TILE_SIZE_PX: int = 16
 
+## ElvGames FG_Abandoned_Mines icons used for the most-spawned item types.
+## Picked in the 2026-05-12 visual pass — see /tmp/item_finals.png for the
+## side-by-side that produced these atlas coords. Other types still fall back
+## to the procedural hue-hashed square in _draw().
+const _MINES_TEX: Texture2D = preload("res://art/tiles/FG_Abandoned_Mines.png")
+const _ITEM_SPRITES: Dictionary = {
+	&"stone":    {"tex": _MINES_TEX, "coord": Vector2i(5, 33)},
+	&"iron_ore": {"tex": _MINES_TEX, "coord": Vector2i(9, 33)},
+	&"gold":     {"tex": _MINES_TEX, "coord": Vector2i(13, 33)},
+	&"wood":     {"tex": _MINES_TEX, "coord": Vector2i(20, 13)},
+	&"plank":    {"tex": _MINES_TEX, "coord": Vector2i(28, 18)},
+}
+
 # ── canonical type registry — matches docs/design.md "16 filter chips" ───────
 
 const TYPE_WOOD: StringName       = &"wood"         # Wd
@@ -94,6 +112,7 @@ func setup(p_type: StringName, p_stack: int, p_tile: Vector2i) -> void:
 	tile = p_tile
 	position = _tile_to_world(tile)
 	visible = not being_carried
+	_build_sprite()
 	queue_redraw()
 	World.register_item(self)
 	Audit.log("item", "spawned %s×%d at %s" % [item_type, stack_size, tile])
@@ -105,6 +124,30 @@ func set_being_carried(value: bool) -> void:
 	visible = not being_carried
 
 
+## Build the Sprite2D child for item_type, if a tileset icon is registered.
+## Idempotent: re-running drops the previous sprite first. Types without an
+## entry in _ITEM_SPRITES render via the procedural fallback in _draw().
+func _build_sprite() -> void:
+	var prev := get_node_or_null("Sprite")
+	if prev != null:
+		prev.queue_free()
+	var data = _ITEM_SPRITES.get(item_type)
+	if data == null:
+		return
+	var sprite := Sprite2D.new()
+	sprite.name = "Sprite"
+	sprite.texture = data["tex"]
+	sprite.region_enabled = true
+	var coord: Vector2i = data["coord"]
+	sprite.region_rect = Rect2(coord.x * TILE_SIZE_PX, coord.y * TILE_SIZE_PX, TILE_SIZE_PX, TILE_SIZE_PX)
+	sprite.centered = true
+	# Item position is the tile centre — Sprite2D centred at (0, 0) fills the
+	# 16×16 cell exactly. No bottom-anchoring offset (items are flat on the floor).
+	sprite.offset = Vector2.ZERO
+	sprite.z_index = 0
+	add_child(sprite)
+
+
 # ── save / load ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 func to_dict() -> Dictionary:
@@ -134,17 +177,22 @@ static func from_dict(d: Dictionary) -> Dictionary:
 # ── render ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 func _draw() -> void:
-	# 12×12 coloured square centered on the tile; colour hashed from item_type.
-	var hue := float(item_type.hash() % 360) / 360.0
-	var fill := Color.from_hsv(hue, 0.6, 0.85)
-	var half: int = 6
+	# Two render paths: types in _ITEM_SPRITES are painted by the Sprite2D child
+	# (built in setup()) — _draw() then only adds the quality border + stack
+	# count badge on top. Other types still use the procedural hue square so
+	# stockpile filtering remains visually unique while we expand the sprite set.
+	var has_sprite: bool = _ITEM_SPRITES.has(item_type)
+	var half: int = 6 if not has_sprite else 8  # border hugs the 16×16 sprite
 	var square := Rect2(Vector2(-half, -half), Vector2(half * 2, half * 2))
 
-	draw_rect(square, fill)
-	draw_rect(square, Color(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.75), false, 1.0)
+	if not has_sprite:
+		var hue := float(item_type.hash() % 360) / 360.0
+		var fill := Color.from_hsv(hue, 0.6, 0.85)
+		draw_rect(square, fill)
+		draw_rect(square, Color(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.75), false, 1.0)
 
-	# Quality border — drawn over the dark outline, colour per quality tier.
-	# NORMAL has no extra border (base outline is sufficient).
+	# Quality border — drawn over the dark outline (or sprite), colour per quality tier.
+	# NORMAL has no extra border.
 	match quality:
 		Quality.SHODDY:
 			draw_rect(square, Color(0.40, 0.40, 0.40), false, 1.0)