diff --git a/src/game/engine/src/modules/management/item_system.gd b/src/game/engine/src/modules/management/item_system.gd
index 319214ff..467ff410 100644
--- a/src/game/engine/src/modules/management/item_system.gd
+++ b/src/game/engine/src/modules/management/item_system.gd
@@ -141,25 +141,30 @@ static func roll_fauna_drops(
 	if killer_player == null:
 		return
 	var fauna: Dictionary = _lookup_fauna(victim_species_id)
-	print("  [ItemSystem] roll_fauna_drops species=%s fauna_empty=%s" % [victim_species_id, fauna.is_empty()])
 	if fauna.is_empty():
 		return
 	var loot_table: Array = fauna.get("loot_table", [])
 	var seed: int = _mix(turn_seed, killer_id, victim_id)
 	var all_drops: Array = []
-	print("  [ItemSystem] loot_table size=%d seed=%d" % [loot_table.size(), seed])
 	if loot_table.size() > 0:
 		var roller: RefCounted = ClassDB.instantiate("GdLootRoller") as RefCounted
 		if roller != null:
-			var table_json: String = JSON.stringify(loot_table)
-			print("  [ItemSystem] table_json=%s" % table_json)
+			# Coerce `amount` to int — JSON.stringify turns Variant ints
+			# from Dictionary into floats ("2.0"), which Rust's serde u32
+			# parser rejects.
+			var sanitized: Array = []
+			for entry: Dictionary in loot_table:
+				sanitized.append({
+					"resource": str(entry.get("resource", "")),
+					"amount": int(entry.get("amount", 1)),
+					"chance": float(entry.get("chance", 0.0)),
+				})
+			var table_json: String = JSON.stringify(sanitized)
 			var drops: Array = roller.call("roll_loot_table", table_json, seed)
-			print("  [ItemSystem] rolled drops count=%d" % drops.size())
 			for drop: Dictionary in drops:
 				_apply_stockpile_drop(killer_player, drop)
 				all_drops.append(drop)
 		else:
-			print("  [ItemSystem] GdLootRoller unavailable, using fallback")
 			all_drops.append_array(_fallback_roll(loot_table, seed))
 			for drop: Dictionary in all_drops:
 				_apply_stockpile_drop(killer_player, drop)
@@ -172,7 +177,6 @@ static func roll_fauna_drops(
 			for item_id: String in relics:
 				_apply_apex_relic(killer_player, item_id)
 				all_drops.append({"item": item_id, "amount": 1})
-	print("  [ItemSystem] total all_drops=%d" % all_drops.size())
 	if all_drops.size() > 0:
 		EventBus.loot_dropped.emit(killer_player, victim_species_id, all_drops)