diff --git a/bruno/neon-sprawl-server/quest-progress/Get quest progress after gather intro complete.bru b/bruno/neon-sprawl-server/quest-progress/Get quest progress after gather intro complete.bru
index d7c5cf6..ac37ad7 100644
--- a/bruno/neon-sprawl-server/quest-progress/Get quest progress after gather intro complete.bru	
+++ b/bruno/neon-sprawl-server/quest-progress/Get quest progress after gather intro complete.bru	
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ meta {
 }
 
 docs {
-  NEO-129: accept gather intro, complete via three alpha gathers, GET quest-progress asserts completionRewardSummary; second GET unchanged.
+  NEO-129: accept gather intro, complete via alpha gathers, GET quest-progress asserts completionRewardSummary; second GET unchanged.
+  Tolerates craft spine (seq 5) partial progress and node_depleted on alpha when quest already completed.
 }
 
 script:pre-request {
@@ -13,54 +14,84 @@ script:pre-request {
   const baseUrl = bru.getEnvVar("baseUrl") || bru.getVar("baseUrl");
   const playerId = bru.getEnvVar("playerId") || bru.getVar("playerId");
   const headers = { "Content-Type": "application/json" };
+  const gatherQuestId = "prototype_quest_gather_intro";
+  const alphaNodeId = "prototype_resource_node_alpha";
 
-  await axios.post(
-    `${baseUrl}/game/players/${playerId}/quests/prototype_quest_gather_intro/accept`,
-    { schemaVersion: 1 },
-    { headers, validateStatus: () => true },
-  );
+  function gatherRow(body) {
+    return body.quests.find((x) => x.questId === gatherQuestId);
+  }
 
-  await axios.post(
-    `${baseUrl}/game/players/${playerId}/move`,
-    {
-      schemaVersion: 1,
-      target: { x: 10, y: 0.9, z: -6 },
-    },
-    { headers },
-  );
+  async function getQuestProgress() {
+    const response = await axios.get(
+      `${baseUrl}/game/players/${playerId}/quest-progress`,
+      { validateStatus: () => true },
+    );
+    if (response.status !== 200) {
+      throw new Error(`quest-progress GET failed: ${response.status}`);
+    }
+    return response.data;
+  }
 
-  for (let i = 0; i < 3; i += 1) {
+  async function tryGatherAlpha() {
     const interact = await axios.post(
       `${baseUrl}/game/players/${playerId}/interact`,
       {
         schemaVersion: 1,
-        interactableId: "prototype_resource_node_alpha",
+        interactableId: alphaNodeId,
       },
       { headers, validateStatus: () => true },
     );
-    if (interact.status !== 200 || !interact.data?.success) {
-      throw new Error(`expected gather interact to succeed, got ${JSON.stringify(interact.data)}`);
+    if (interact.status !== 200) {
+      throw new Error(`gather interact HTTP ${interact.status}: ${JSON.stringify(interact.data)}`);
     }
+    if (interact.data?.allowed === true) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (interact.data?.reasonCode === "node_depleted") {
+      return;
+    }
+    throw new Error(`gather interact denied: ${JSON.stringify(interact.data)}`);
   }
 
-  const firstGet = await axios.get(
-    `${baseUrl}/game/players/${playerId}/quest-progress`,
-    { validateStatus: () => true },
+  await axios.post(
+    `${baseUrl}/game/players/${playerId}/quests/${gatherQuestId}/accept`,
+    { schemaVersion: 1 },
+    { headers, validateStatus: () => true },
   );
-  if (firstGet.status !== 200) {
-    throw new Error(`expected first GET quest-progress to return 200, got ${firstGet.status}`);
-  }
-  const firstRow = firstGet.data.quests.find(
-    (x) => x.questId === "prototype_quest_gather_intro",
-  );
-  if (!firstRow || firstRow.status !== "completed" || !firstRow.completionRewardSummary) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `expected first GET gather intro completed with summary, got ${JSON.stringify(firstRow)}`,
+
+  let progress = await getQuestProgress();
+  let row = gatherRow(progress);
+  if (!row || row.status === "not_started") {
+    await axios.post(
+      `${baseUrl}/game/players/${playerId}/move`,
+      {
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        target: { x: 10, y: 0.9, z: -6 },
+      },
+      { headers },
     );
   }
+
+  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 8; attempt += 1) {
+    progress = await getQuestProgress();
+    row = gatherRow(progress);
+    if (row?.status === "completed" && row.completionRewardSummary) {
+      break;
+    }
+    await tryGatherAlpha();
+  }
+
+  progress = await getQuestProgress();
+  row = gatherRow(progress);
+  if (!row || row.status !== "completed" || !row.completionRewardSummary) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `expected gather intro completed with summary, got ${JSON.stringify(row)}`,
+    );
+  }
+
   bru.setVar(
     "firstGatherCompletionRewardSummary",
-    JSON.stringify(firstRow.completionRewardSummary),
+    JSON.stringify(row.completionRewardSummary),
   );
 }