diff --git a/src/main/java/net/tfminecraft/magic/listener/ArtifactListener.java b/src/main/java/net/tfminecraft/magic/listener/ArtifactListener.java
index 198ac32..7961e59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/tfminecraft/magic/listener/ArtifactListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/tfminecraft/magic/listener/ArtifactListener.java
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package net.tfminecraft.magic.listener;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
@@ -184,12 +188,28 @@ public void onChunkLoad(ChunkLoadEvent event) {
         ArtifactDisplayIndex.ensureChunk(event.getChunk());
     }
 
+    /** Players with a lore refresh already queued for the next tick. */
+    private final Set<UUID> pendingLore = new HashSet<>();
+
+    /**
+     * Refreshes the inventory's aura and charge lore on the next tick, once per player however
+     * many items they picked up this tick. One refresh is the same as several: ArtifactLore.apply
+     * and ChargeLore.apply strip their own lore block and rebuild it from the item's data, so a
+     * second run in the same tick gives the same item. The queued mark is cleared by its own task
+     * even when SessionGuard skips the refresh (player gone or character switched), so the next
+     * pickup always queues again.
+     */
     @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR, ignoreCancelled = true)
     public void onPickup(EntityPickupItemEvent event) {
-        if (!(event.getEntity() instanceof Player player)) {
+        if (!(event.getEntity() instanceof Player player) || Magic.plugin == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        UUID id = player.getUniqueId();
+        if (!pendingLore.add(id)) {
             return;
         }
         SessionGuard.runLater(player, () -> VesselLore.updateInventory(player));
+        Magic.plugin.getServer().getScheduler().runTask(Magic.plugin, () -> pendingLore.remove(id));
     }
 
     @EventHandler
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/tfminecraft/magic/ArtifactListenerTest.java b/src/test/java/net/tfminecraft/magic/ArtifactListenerTest.java
index 541f632..902fdc1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/tfminecraft/magic/ArtifactListenerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/tfminecraft/magic/ArtifactListenerTest.java
@@ -348,6 +348,58 @@ void pickupLoreUpdateRunsForAPlayerWithoutACharacter() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void manyPickupsInOneTickRefreshTheLoreOnceAndALaterPickupRefreshesAgain() {
+    var listener = new ArtifactListener();
+    var player = server.addPlayer();
+    var other = server.addPlayer();
+    try (var lore = mockStatic(VesselLore.class)) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+        listener.onPickup(new EntityPickupItemEvent(player, mock(Item.class), 0));
+      }
+      listener.onPickup(new EntityPickupItemEvent(other, mock(Item.class), 0));
+      lore.verifyNoInteractions();
+      server.getScheduler().performOneTick();
+      lore.verify(() -> VesselLore.updateInventory(player));
+      lore.verify(() -> VesselLore.updateInventory(other));
+      listener.onPickup(new EntityPickupItemEvent(player, mock(Item.class), 0));
+      server.getScheduler().performOneTick();
+      lore.verify(() -> VesselLore.updateInventory(player), times(2));
+      lore.verify(() -> VesselLore.updateInventory(other));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void aSkippedRefreshStillLetsTheNextPickupQueueOne() {
+    var listener = new ArtifactListener();
+    var player = server.addPlayer();
+    var provider = new CharacterTestSupport();
+    provider.start(player, "Alice");
+    try (var lore = mockStatic(VesselLore.class)) {
+      listener.onPickup(new EntityPickupItemEvent(player, mock(Item.class), 0));
+      provider.start(player, "Bob");
+      server.getScheduler().performOneTick();
+      lore.verifyNoInteractions();
+      listener.onPickup(new EntityPickupItemEvent(player, mock(Item.class), 0));
+      server.getScheduler().performOneTick();
+      lore.verify(() -> VesselLore.updateInventory(player));
+    } finally {
+      provider.unregister();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void pickupsQueueNothingWhileThePluginIsNotRunning() {
+    var listener = new ArtifactListener();
+    var player = server.addPlayer();
+    try (var lore = mockStatic(VesselLore.class)) {
+      Magic.plugin = null;
+      listener.onPickup(new EntityPickupItemEvent(player, mock(Item.class), 0));
+      server.getScheduler().performOneTick();
+      lore.verifyNoInteractions();
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   void deferredShrineWorkKeepsTheWorldItemButDropsAnOfflineOrStaleActor() {
     var listener = new ArtifactListener();