diff --git a/.voidbot/state/aetheria.cc b/.voidbot/state/aetheria.cc
index 7d4ade349..5b16574e8 100644
Binary files a/.voidbot/state/aetheria.cc and b/.voidbot/state/aetheria.cc differ
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/LegacyCatalogBoundary.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/LegacyCatalogBoundary.cs
index 00f320083..455cb0c9c 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/LegacyCatalogBoundary.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/LegacyCatalogBoundary.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ public static class LegacyCatalogBoundary
 
         _catalogCache = new LegacyCatalogCache();
         _catalogCache.AddBackingStore(new SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore(GetLegacyCatalogPath(gameDataDirectory)));
-        _catalogCache.AddBackingStore(new MultiFileMessagePackBackingStore(gameDataDirectory.FullName), typeof(NameFile));
         _catalogCache.PullAllBackingStores();
         DatabaseLinkBase.BindLegacyCatalog(_catalogCache);
         return _catalogCache;
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/CultCache/LegacyCatalogCache.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/CultCache/LegacyCatalogCache.cs
index c1de594cf..e5a0127a3 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/CultCache/LegacyCatalogCache.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/CultCache/LegacyCatalogCache.cs
@@ -20,21 +20,12 @@ public class LegacyCatalogCache : ILegacyCatalogReader
     private readonly object addLock = new object();
 
     private List<CacheBackingStore> _backingStores = new List<CacheBackingStore>();
-    
-    private readonly Dictionary<CacheBackingStore, Type[]> _storeTypes = new Dictionary<CacheBackingStore, Type[]>();
 
     private readonly Dictionary<Guid, DatabaseEntry> _entries = new Dictionary<Guid, DatabaseEntry>();
 
-    public void AddBackingStore(CacheBackingStore store, params Type[] domain)
+    public void AddBackingStore(CacheBackingStore store)
     {
-        if (domain.Length > 0)
-        {
-            _storeTypes[store] = domain;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            _backingStores.Add(store);
-        }
+        _backingStores.Add(store);
         store.EntryAdded.Subscribe(entry =>
         {
             AddInternal(entry, store);
@@ -44,7 +35,6 @@ public class LegacyCatalogCache : ILegacyCatalogReader
     public void PullAllBackingStores()
     {
         foreach(var store in _backingStores) store.PullAll();
-        foreach(var store in _storeTypes.Keys) store.PullAll();
     }
 
     private void AddInternal(DatabaseEntry entry, CacheBackingStore source = null)
@@ -85,55 +75,6 @@ public abstract class CacheBackingStore
     protected Dictionary<Guid, DatabaseEntry> Entries = new Dictionary<Guid, DatabaseEntry>();
 }
 
-public abstract class MultiFileBackingStore : CacheBackingStore
-{
-    public DirectoryInfo DirectoryInfo { get; }
-    protected Dictionary<Type, DirectoryInfo> _entryTypeDirectories = new Dictionary<Type, DirectoryInfo>();
-    
-    public abstract DatabaseEntry Deserialize(byte[] data);
-    public abstract string Extension { get; }
-
-    public MultiFileBackingStore(string path)
-    {
-        DirectoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(path);
-        foreach (var type in typeof(DatabaseEntry).GetAllChildClasses())
-        {
-            _entryTypeDirectories[type] = new DirectoryInfo(Path.Combine(DirectoryInfo.FullName, type.Name));
-        }
-    }
-    
-    public override void PullAll()
-    {
-        if (!DirectoryInfo.Exists) return;
-
-        foreach (var directory in _entryTypeDirectories.Values)
-        {
-            foreach (var file in directory.EnumerateFiles($"*.{Extension}"))
-            {
-                var entry = Deserialize(File.ReadAllBytes(file.FullName));
-                Entries[entry.ID] = entry;
-                EntryAdded.OnNext(entry);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-}
-
-public class MultiFileMessagePackBackingStore : MultiFileBackingStore
-{
-    public MultiFileMessagePackBackingStore(string path) : base(path)
-    {
-        RegisterResolver.Register();
-    }
-
-    public override DatabaseEntry Deserialize(byte[] data)
-    {
-        return MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<DatabaseEntry>(data);
-    }
-
-    public override string Extension => "msgpack";
-}
-
 public abstract class SingleFileBackingStore : CacheBackingStore
 {
     public FileInfo FileInfo { get; }
diff --git a/docs/aetheria-perfect-machine-map.md b/docs/aetheria-perfect-machine-map.md
index 5ead6b335..f3848c1aa 100644
--- a/docs/aetheria-perfect-machine-map.md
+++ b/docs/aetheria-perfect-machine-map.md
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ legacy catalog cache, and legacy UI paths should be migration-only or deleted.
   `MessagePackSerializer` calls are the two legacy catalog deserializers and
   their resolver setup.
 - Local legacy catalog data remains in `GameData/AetherDB.msgpack` and
-  `GameData/NameFile/*.msgpack` as migration/catalog inputs. The old
+  `GameData/NameFile/*.msgpack` as migration inputs. The Unity runtime legacy
+  catalog bridge opens only `GameData/AetherDB.msgpack`; `NameFile/*.msgpack`
+  is no longer a runtime backing store. The old
   `PlayerSettings.msgpack`, `.loadout`, `.zone`, and
   `GameData/KeyboardLayouts/*.msgpack` authority paths are disabled or deleted.
   The old `SavedGame`/`SavedZone` DTOs and `Galaxy` save-loader constructor are
@@ -76,8 +78,8 @@ legacy catalog cache, and legacy UI paths should be migration-only or deleted.
 - The private `ActionGameManager` catalog boot helper delegates to
   `LegacyCatalogBoundary`, which opens `LegacyCatalogCache` as the only
   concrete pull-only catalog cache. Runtime consumers receive
-  `ILegacyCatalogReader`, so old MessagePack backing stores may hydrate
-  in-memory domain objects for the current Unity runtime, but this path cannot
+  `ILegacyCatalogReader`, so the old `AetherDB.msgpack` backing store may hydrate
+  in-memory item domain objects for the current Unity runtime, but this path cannot
   push or delete legacy files. The legacy backing-store
   write/realtime APIs, public cache mutation methods, enumeration methods, and
   global-setting lookup methods have been deleted; only backing-store pull
@@ -107,7 +109,9 @@ legacy catalog cache, and legacy UI paths should be migration-only or deleted.
   Sector and tutorial generation receive the package-owned typed runtime
   catalog. `Galaxy` projects typed corporation v2 records into temporary legacy
   `Faction` DTOs, including allegiance edges, for the existing simulation shape
-  and resolves full name arrays from `aetheria.name_file.v2` records.
+  and resolves full name arrays from `aetheria.name_file.v2` records. The
+  legacy catalog runtime no longer opens the old `GameData/NameFile/*.msgpack`
+  directory.
   `ActionGameManager` still has a
   private legacy catalog boot helper that feeds `ItemManager` for item/entity
   systems; menu/generation paths no longer receive the legacy reader directly.
@@ -438,6 +442,9 @@ First Aetheria surfaces to publish:
    - Done: delete `ILegacyCatalogReader.GetAll<T>` and the type/global indexes
      inside `LegacyCatalogCache`; the legacy cache is now only a pull-fed GUID
      lookup bridge.
+   - Done: remove `GameData/NameFile/*.msgpack` from Unity runtime legacy
+     catalog boot; typed name files now own runtime names, and old name files
+     remain migration inputs only.
    - Replace `ActionGameManager` cache bootstrap with the new state runtime.
    - Convert domain references from GUID/base-class patterns to typed record
      refs.