diff --git a/pack/overrides/kubejs/client_scripts/jei_hides.js b/pack/overrides/kubejs/client_scripts/jei_hides.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37ead8a
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+++ b/pack/overrides/kubejs/client_scripts/jei_hides.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Brass & Sigil — JEI hides
+//
+// Hides all Waystones items + all Numismatics coin items from the JEI
+// item list. Combined with the server-side recipe removal in
+// economy_policy.js, players don't see crafting recipes OR the item
+// icons in the JEI ingredient list -- they only ever encounter these
+// items through the welcome grant or the bank exchange.
+
+const COLORS = [
+    'white', 'orange', 'magenta', 'light_blue', 'yellow', 'lime',
+    'pink', 'gray', 'light_gray', 'cyan', 'purple', 'blue',
+    'brown', 'green', 'red', 'black',
+];
+
+const WAYSTONE_ITEMS = [
+    // regular waystone variants
+    'waystones:waystone',
+    'waystones:mossy_waystone',
+    'waystones:sandy_waystone',
+    'waystones:blackstone_waystone',
+    'waystones:deepslate_waystone',
+    'waystones:end_stone_waystone',
+    // handheld + plate
+    'waystones:warp_stone',
+    'waystones:warp_scroll',
+    'waystones:bound_scroll',
+    'waystones:return_scroll',
+    'waystones:warp_plate',
+    // sharestones (16 colors) + shards
+    'waystones:sharestone',  // base id if registered
+];
+COLORS.forEach(c => {
+    WAYSTONE_ITEMS.push(`waystones:${c}_sharestone`);
+    WAYSTONE_ITEMS.push(`waystones:${c}_portstone`);
+});
+
+const COIN_ITEMS = [
+    'numismatics:spur',
+    'numismatics:bevel',
+    'numismatics:sundial',
+    'numismatics:sun',
+];
+
+JEIEvents.hideItems(event => {
+    [...WAYSTONE_ITEMS, ...COIN_ITEMS].forEach(id => {
+        try { event.hide(id); } catch (e) {
+            // Some IDs may not exist (e.g. base 'waystones:sharestone' isn't
+            // registered if only colored variants are). Swallow per-item
+            // failures so one bad id doesn't break the whole pass.
+        }
+    });
+});
diff --git a/pack/overrides/kubejs/server_scripts/economy_policy.js b/pack/overrides/kubejs/server_scripts/economy_policy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb099e4
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+++ b/pack/overrides/kubejs/server_scripts/economy_policy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Brass & Sigil — economy policy (recipe removal)
+//
+// Players can't craft Waystones items (they're distributed by the welcome
+// grant -- see welcome.js -- and any replacements come from the bank
+// vendor in the future). Players also can't manufacture currency: coins
+// only enter circulation through the bank exchange (item-in / coin-out).
+//
+// Other Numismatics blocks (piggy banks, bank tellers, vendor blocks) stay
+// craftable -- those are infrastructure, not currency.
+
+ServerEvents.recipes(event => {
+    // Block ALL crafting of Waystones items. The welcome-grant script
+    // gives each new player exactly one regular waystone; any further
+    // recovery happens via OP /give or future bank vendor.
+    event.remove({ mod: 'waystones' });
+
+    // Block coin manufacturing only -- 4 denominations.
+    [
+        'numismatics:spur',
+        'numismatics:bevel',
+        'numismatics:sundial',
+        'numismatics:sun',
+    ].forEach(coin => event.remove({ output: coin }));
+});
diff --git a/pack/overrides/kubejs/server_scripts/welcome.js b/pack/overrides/kubejs/server_scripts/welcome.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d70f357
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+++ b/pack/overrides/kubejs/server_scripts/welcome.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Brass & Sigil — first-join welcome grant
+//
+// Gives each new player exactly 1 Waystone + 1 server manual book on
+// first login. Gated by a per-player persistent flag so it fires once
+// even if the player relogs.
+//
+// Future: replace the vanilla written book with a Patchouli book in a
+// custom tweak jar once we have enough content to warrant the rich
+// formatting. Patchouli is already in the pack so swapping later is
+// purely a content+recipe change, no mod-add needed.
+
+const WELCOME_FLAG = 'bnsWelcomeGranted';
+
+const MANUAL_PAGES = [
+    'Welcome to Brass & Sigil.\n\nThis manual covers the basics. Read it once, then keep it or toss it.',
+    'WAYSTONES\n\nYou have one Waystone item. Place it at your base -- it is the only one you get.\n\nNeed to travel further? Build trains, roads, or Create Aeronautics planes.',
+    'MONEY\n\nCoins cannot be crafted.\n\nTake valuables (diamonds etc.) to the bank at spawn. The exchange will trade them for coins.\n\nDynamic rates are planned.',
+    'SPAWN PLOTS\n\nComing soon: buy a small commercial plot at spawn to set up your shop. One plot per player.\n\nYour home base goes OUT in the world -- claim it with FTB Chunks (free, anywhere).',
+    'RULES\n\n- Be excellent to each other.\n- No griefing.\n- Lost your Waystone? Ask an OP or buy one from the bank (soon).\n- Report bugs to staff.\n\nHave fun.',
+];
+
+function giveManual(player) {
+    // 1.21 components-based written book: pages are filterable text
+    // components, title supports the same. Plain strings are accepted.
+    const book = Item.of('minecraft:written_book');
+    book.set('minecraft:written_book_content', {
+        title: { raw: 'Brass & Sigil Manual' },
+        author: 'Server Staff',
+        pages: MANUAL_PAGES.map(text => ({ raw: text })),
+        resolved: true,
+    });
+    player.give(book);
+}
+
+function giveStarterWaystone(player) {
+    player.give(Item.of('waystones:waystone'));
+}
+
+PlayerEvents.loggedIn(event => {
+    const player = event.player;
+    const data = player.persistentData;
+    if (data.getBoolean(WELCOME_FLAG)) return;
+
+    try {
+        giveStarterWaystone(player);
+        giveManual(player);
+        data.putBoolean(WELCOME_FLAG, true);
+        player.tell(Text.gold('Welcome to Brass & Sigil. Check your inventory for a Waystone and the server manual.'));
+    } catch (e) {
+        // If something goes wrong, don't set the flag -- player gets another chance.
+        console.error(`[bns/welcome] failed for ${player.username}: ${e}`);
+    }
+});
diff --git a/pack/pack.lock.json b/pack/pack.lock.json
index db37f49..b034c1b 100644
--- a/pack/pack.lock.json
+++ b/pack/pack.lock.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "Brass-and-Sigil pack.lock.json - generated, do not edit by hand unless you know what you are doing",
   "name": "Brass and Sigil",
-  "version": "0.17.0",
+  "version": "0.18.0",
   "minecraft": "1.21.1",
   "loader": {
     "type": "neoforge",
@@ -481,6 +481,28 @@
       "sha1": "488bc70db3730f209e65cbda04c36dbc3918c448",
       "size": 878265,
       "side": "both"
+    },
+    {
+      "source": "modrinth",
+      "slug": "numismatics",
+      "versionId": "guON3qvQ",
+      "version": "1.0.20+neoforge-mc1.21.1",
+      "path": "mods/CreateNumismatics-1.0.20+neoforge-mc1.21.1.jar",
+      "url": "https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/Jdbbtt0i/versions/guON3qvQ/CreateNumismatics-1.0.20%2Bneoforge-mc1.21.1.jar",
+      "sha1": "9883bfd6fef5bd5068f9174ddccba5047849c922",
+      "size": 693446,
+      "side": "both"
+    },
+    {
+      "source": "modrinth",
+      "slug": "patchouli",
+      "versionId": "BIogJv2D",
+      "version": "1.21.1-93-neoforge",
+      "path": "mods/Patchouli-1.21.1-93-NEOFORGE.jar",
+      "url": "https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/nU0bVIaL/versions/BIogJv2D/Patchouli-1.21.1-93-NEOFORGE.jar",
+      "sha1": "5413bb9b8fc35ebe46b06b48bf9afafbd8471140",
+      "size": 646777,
+      "side": "both"
     }
   ],
   "defaultServer": {