diff --git a/microservices/LocationsApi/Controllers/LocationsController.cs b/microservices/LocationsApi/Controllers/LocationsController.cs
index 6c9886f..aa33f88 100644
--- a/microservices/LocationsApi/Controllers/LocationsController.cs
+++ b/microservices/LocationsApi/Controllers/LocationsController.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ using LocationsApi.Services;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using MongoDB.Driver;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using System.Security.Claims;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
 
 namespace LocationsApi.Controllers;
 
@@ -11,10 +15,14 @@ namespace LocationsApi.Controllers;
 public class LocationsController : ControllerBase
 {
     private readonly LocationStore _locations;
+    private readonly IHttpClientFactory _httpClientFactory;
+    private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
 
-    public LocationsController(LocationStore locations)
+    public LocationsController(LocationStore locations, IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory, IConfiguration configuration)
     {
         _locations = locations;
+        _httpClientFactory = httpClientFactory;
+        _configuration = configuration;
     }
 
     [HttpPost]
@@ -85,4 +93,67 @@ public class LocationsController : ControllerBase
 
         return Ok("Updated");
     }
+
+    [HttpPost("{id}/gather")]
+    [Authorize(Roles = "USER,SUPER")]
+    public async Task<IActionResult> Gather(string id, [FromBody] GatherResourceRequest req)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(req.CharacterId))
+            return BadRequest("characterId required");
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(req.ResourceKey))
+            return BadRequest("resourceKey required");
+
+        var userId = User.FindFirstValue(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier);
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(userId))
+            return Unauthorized();
+
+        var allowAnyOwner = User.IsInRole("SUPER");
+        var gather = await _locations.GatherResourceAsync(id, req.CharacterId, req.ResourceKey, userId, allowAnyOwner);
+        if (gather.Status == GatherStatus.LocationNotFound)
+            return NotFound("Location not found");
+        if (gather.Status == GatherStatus.CharacterNotFound)
+            return NotFound("Character not found");
+        if (gather.Status == GatherStatus.Forbidden)
+            return Forbid();
+        if (gather.Status == GatherStatus.Invalid)
+            return BadRequest("Character is not at the target location");
+        if (gather.Status == GatherStatus.ResourceNotFound)
+            return NotFound("Resource not found at location");
+        if (gather.Status == GatherStatus.ResourceDepleted)
+            return Conflict("Resource is depleted");
+
+        var inventoryBaseUrl = (_configuration["Services:InventoryApiBaseUrl"] ?? "http://localhost:5003").TrimEnd('/');
+        var token = Request.Headers.Authorization.ToString();
+        var grantBody = JsonSerializer.Serialize(new
+        {
+            itemKey = gather.ResourceKey,
+            quantity = gather.QuantityGranted
+        });
+
+        var client = _httpClientFactory.CreateClient();
+        using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(
+            HttpMethod.Post,
+            $"{inventoryBaseUrl}/api/inventory/by-owner/character/{req.CharacterId}/grant");
+        request.Content = new StringContent(grantBody, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(token))
+            request.Headers.Authorization = AuthenticationHeaderValue.Parse(token);
+
+        using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
+        var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+        if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+        {
+            await _locations.RestoreGatheredResourceAsync(id, gather.ResourceKey, gather.QuantityGranted);
+            return StatusCode((int)response.StatusCode, responseBody);
+        }
+
+        return Ok(new GatherResourceResponse
+        {
+            LocationId = id,
+            CharacterId = req.CharacterId,
+            ResourceKey = gather.ResourceKey,
+            QuantityGranted = gather.QuantityGranted,
+            RemainingQuantity = gather.RemainingQuantity,
+            InventoryResponseJson = responseBody
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/microservices/LocationsApi/DOCUMENTS.md b/microservices/LocationsApi/DOCUMENTS.md
index 0df5336..9b85cb9 100644
--- a/microservices/LocationsApi/DOCUMENTS.md
+++ b/microservices/LocationsApi/DOCUMENTS.md
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ Inbound JSON documents
   }
   ```
   `coord` cannot be updated.
+- GatherResourceRequest (`POST /api/locations/{id}/gather`)
+  ```json
+  {
+    "characterId": "string (Character ObjectId)",
+    "resourceKey": "wood"
+  }
+  ```
 
 Stored documents (MongoDB)
 - Location
@@ -32,6 +39,26 @@ Stored documents (MongoDB)
       "x": 0,
       "y": 0
     },
+    "resources": [
+      {
+        "itemKey": "wood",
+        "remainingQuantity": 100,
+        "gatherQuantity": 3
+      }
+    ],
     "createdUtc": "string (ISO-8601 datetime)"
   }
   ```
+
+Outbound JSON documents
+- GatherResourceResponse (`POST /api/locations/{id}/gather`)
+  ```json
+  {
+    "locationId": "string (ObjectId)",
+    "characterId": "string (ObjectId)",
+    "resourceKey": "wood",
+    "quantityGranted": 3,
+    "remainingQuantity": 97,
+    "inventoryResponseJson": "string (raw InventoryApi response JSON)"
+  }
+  ```
diff --git a/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/GatherResourceRequest.cs b/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/GatherResourceRequest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec7a07f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/GatherResourceRequest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace LocationsApi.Models;
+
+public class GatherResourceRequest
+{
+    public string CharacterId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    public string ResourceKey { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+}
diff --git a/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/GatherResourceResponse.cs b/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/GatherResourceResponse.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..092d5c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/GatherResourceResponse.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+namespace LocationsApi.Models;
+
+public class GatherResourceResponse
+{
+    public string LocationId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    public string CharacterId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    public string ResourceKey { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    public int QuantityGranted { get; set; }
+
+    public int RemainingQuantity { get; set; }
+
+    public string InventoryResponseJson { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+}
diff --git a/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/Location.cs b/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/Location.cs
index 462e763..f477932 100644
--- a/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/Location.cs
+++ b/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/Location.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ public class Location
     [BsonElement("coord")]
     public required Coord Coord { get; set; }
 
+    [BsonElement("resources")]
+    public List<LocationResource> Resources { get; set; } = [];
+
     [BsonElement("createdUtc")]
     public DateTime CreatedUtc { get; set; } = DateTime.UtcNow;
 }
diff --git a/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/LocationResource.cs b/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/LocationResource.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d955ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/microservices/LocationsApi/Models/LocationResource.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.Attributes;
+
+namespace LocationsApi.Models;
+
+public class LocationResource
+{
+    [BsonElement("itemKey")]
+    public string ItemKey { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    [BsonElement("remainingQuantity")]
+    public int RemainingQuantity { get; set; }
+
+    [BsonElement("gatherQuantity")]
+    public int GatherQuantity { get; set; } = 1;
+}
diff --git a/microservices/LocationsApi/Program.cs b/microservices/LocationsApi/Program.cs
index c4da181..fdfbe7c 100644
--- a/microservices/LocationsApi/Program.cs
+++ b/microservices/LocationsApi/Program.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Text;
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 builder.Services.AddControllers();
+builder.Services.AddHttpClient();
 
 // DI
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<LocationStore>();
diff --git a/microservices/LocationsApi/Services/LocationStore.cs b/microservices/LocationsApi/Services/LocationStore.cs
index 1d589a1..570dbda 100644
--- a/microservices/LocationsApi/Services/LocationStore.cs
+++ b/microservices/LocationsApi/Services/LocationStore.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ public class LocationStore
 {
     private readonly IMongoCollection<Location> _col;
     private readonly IMongoCollection<BsonDocument> _rawCol;
+    private readonly IMongoCollection<CharacterDocument> _characters;
     private const string CoordIndexName = "coord_x_1_coord_y_1";
 
     public LocationStore(IConfiguration cfg)
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ public class LocationStore
         EnsureLocationSchema(db, collectionName);
         _col = db.GetCollection<Location>(collectionName);
         _rawCol = db.GetCollection<BsonDocument>(collectionName);
+        _characters = db.GetCollection<CharacterDocument>("Characters");
 
         EnsureCoordIndexes();
 
@@ -34,11 +36,11 @@ public class LocationStore
                 "$jsonSchema", new BsonDocument
                 {
                     { "bsonType", "object" },
-                    { "required", new BsonArray { "name", "coord", "createdUtc" } },
-                    {
-                        "properties", new BsonDocument
-                        {
-                            { "name", new BsonDocument { { "bsonType", "string" } } },
+                    { "required", new BsonArray { "name", "coord", "createdUtc" } },
+                    {
+                        "properties", new BsonDocument
+                        {
+                            { "name", new BsonDocument { { "bsonType", "string" } } },
                             {
                                 "coord", new BsonDocument
                                 {
@@ -52,10 +54,31 @@ public class LocationStore
                                         }
                                     }
                                 }
-                            },
-                            { "createdUtc", new BsonDocument { { "bsonType", "date" } } }
-                        }
-                    }
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "resources", new BsonDocument
+                                {
+                                    { "bsonType", new BsonArray { "array", "null" } },
+                                    {
+                                        "items", new BsonDocument
+                                        {
+                                            { "bsonType", "object" },
+                                            { "required", new BsonArray { "itemKey", "remainingQuantity", "gatherQuantity" } },
+                                            {
+                                                "properties", new BsonDocument
+                                                {
+                                                    { "itemKey", new BsonDocument { { "bsonType", "string" } } },
+                                                    { "remainingQuantity", new BsonDocument { { "bsonType", "int" }, { "minimum", 0 } } },
+                                                    { "gatherQuantity", new BsonDocument { { "bsonType", "int" }, { "minimum", 1 } } }
+                                                }
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            },
+                            { "createdUtc", new BsonDocument { { "bsonType", "date" } } }
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
         };
@@ -102,6 +125,57 @@ public class LocationStore
         return result.ModifiedCount > 0;
     }
 
+    public sealed record GatherResult(GatherStatus Status, string ResourceKey = "", int QuantityGranted = 0, int RemainingQuantity = 0);
+
+    public async Task<GatherResult> GatherResourceAsync(string locationId, string characterId, string resourceKey, string userId, bool allowAnyOwner)
+    {
+        var normalizedKey = resourceKey.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
+        var location = await _col.Find(l => l.Id == locationId).FirstOrDefaultAsync();
+        if (location is null)
+            return new GatherResult(GatherStatus.LocationNotFound);
+
+        var character = await _characters.Find(c => c.Id == characterId).FirstOrDefaultAsync();
+        if (character is null)
+            return new GatherResult(GatherStatus.CharacterNotFound);
+        if (!allowAnyOwner && character.OwnerUserId != userId)
+            return new GatherResult(GatherStatus.Forbidden);
+        if (character.Coord.X != location.Coord.X || character.Coord.Y != location.Coord.Y)
+            return new GatherResult(GatherStatus.Invalid);
+
+        var resource = location.Resources.FirstOrDefault(r => NormalizeItemKey(r.ItemKey) == normalizedKey);
+        if (resource is null)
+            return new GatherResult(GatherStatus.ResourceNotFound);
+        if (resource.RemainingQuantity <= 0)
+            return new GatherResult(GatherStatus.ResourceDepleted);
+
+        var quantityGranted = Math.Min(resource.GatherQuantity, resource.RemainingQuantity);
+        var filter = Builders<Location>.Filter.And(
+            Builders<Location>.Filter.Eq(l => l.Id, locationId),
+            Builders<Location>.Filter.ElemMatch(l => l.Resources, r => r.ItemKey == resource.ItemKey && r.RemainingQuantity >= quantityGranted)
+        );
+        var update = Builders<Location>.Update.Inc("resources.$.remainingQuantity", -quantityGranted);
+        var result = await _col.UpdateOneAsync(filter, update);
+        if (result.ModifiedCount == 0)
+            return new GatherResult(GatherStatus.ResourceDepleted);
+
+        return new GatherResult(
+            GatherStatus.Ok,
+            resource.ItemKey,
+            quantityGranted,
+            resource.RemainingQuantity - quantityGranted);
+    }
+
+    public async Task RestoreGatheredResourceAsync(string locationId, string resourceKey, int quantity)
+    {
+        var normalizedKey = NormalizeItemKey(resourceKey);
+        var filter = Builders<Location>.Filter.And(
+            Builders<Location>.Filter.Eq(l => l.Id, locationId),
+            Builders<Location>.Filter.ElemMatch(l => l.Resources, r => r.ItemKey == normalizedKey)
+        );
+        var update = Builders<Location>.Update.Inc("resources.$.remainingQuantity", quantity);
+        await _col.UpdateOneAsync(filter, update);
+    }
+
     private void EnsureCoordIndexes()
     {
         var indexes = _rawCol.Indexes.List().ToList();
@@ -149,12 +223,17 @@ public class LocationStore
         if (existing is not null)
             return;
 
-        var origin = new Location
-        {
-            Name = "Origin",
-            Coord = new Coord { X = 0, Y = 0 },
-            CreatedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow
-        };
+        var origin = new Location
+        {
+            Name = "Origin",
+            Coord = new Coord { X = 0, Y = 0 },
+            Resources =
+            [
+                new LocationResource { ItemKey = "wood", RemainingQuantity = 100, GatherQuantity = 3 },
+                new LocationResource { ItemKey = "grass", RemainingQuantity = 500, GatherQuantity = 10 }
+            ],
+            CreatedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow
+        };
 
         try
         {
@@ -164,5 +243,30 @@ public class LocationStore
         {
             // Another instance seeded it first.
         }
-    }
-}
+    }
+
+    private static string NormalizeItemKey(string itemKey) => itemKey.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
+
+    [MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.Attributes.BsonIgnoreExtraElements]
+    private class CharacterDocument
+    {
+        [MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.Attributes.BsonId]
+        [MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.Attributes.BsonRepresentation(MongoDB.Bson.BsonType.ObjectId)]
+        public string? Id { get; set; }
+
+        public string OwnerUserId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        public Coord Coord { get; set; } = new();
+    }
+}
+
+public enum GatherStatus
+{
+    Ok,
+    LocationNotFound,
+    CharacterNotFound,
+    Forbidden,
+    Invalid,
+    ResourceNotFound,
+    ResourceDepleted
+}
diff --git a/microservices/LocationsApi/appsettings.Development.json b/microservices/LocationsApi/appsettings.Development.json
index 07f3f94..c478bd3 100644
--- a/microservices/LocationsApi/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/microservices/LocationsApi/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 {
-  "Kestrel": { "Endpoints": { "Http": { "Url": "http://0.0.0.0:5002" } } },
-  "MongoDB": { "ConnectionString": "mongodb://192.168.86.50:27017", "DatabaseName": "promiscuity" },
-  "Jwt": { "Key": "SuperUltraSecureJwtKeyWithAtLeast32Chars!!", "Issuer": "promiscuity", "Audience": "promiscuity-auth-api" },
-  "Logging": { "LogLevel": { "Default": "Information" } }
+  "Services": {
+    "InventoryApiBaseUrl": "http://localhost:5003"
+  },
+  "Logging": {
+    "LogLevel": {
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/microservices/LocationsApi/appsettings.json b/microservices/LocationsApi/appsettings.json
index d67c59f..45d1ba6 100644
--- a/microservices/LocationsApi/appsettings.json
+++ b/microservices/LocationsApi/appsettings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "Kestrel": { "Endpoints": { "Http": { "Url": "http://0.0.0.0:5002" } } },
   "MongoDB": { "ConnectionString": "mongodb://192.168.86.50:27017", "DatabaseName": "promiscuity" },
+  "Services": { "InventoryApiBaseUrl": "https://pinv.ranaze.com" },
   "Jwt": { "Key": "SuperUltraSecureJwtKeyWithAtLeast32Chars!!", "Issuer": "promiscuity", "Audience": "promiscuity-auth-api" },
   "Logging": { "LogLevel": { "Default": "Information" } },
   "AllowedHosts": "*"