diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 462f2d9..369aa85 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "measure:performance": "node scripts/measure-performance.mjs",
     "verify:battle-data": "node scripts/verify-battle-scenario-data.mjs",
     "verify:campaign-data": "node scripts/verify-campaign-flow-data.mjs",
+    "verify:campaign-save": "node scripts/verify-campaign-save-normalization.mjs",
     "verify:camp-rewards": "node scripts/verify-camp-reward-data.mjs",
     "verify:campaign-recruits": "node scripts/verify-campaign-recruit-data.mjs",
     "verify:equipment-catalog": "node scripts/verify-equipment-catalog-data.mjs",
diff --git a/scripts/verify-campaign-save-normalization.mjs b/scripts/verify-campaign-save-normalization.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14107f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/verify-campaign-save-normalization.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { createServer } from 'vite';
+
+const storage = new Map();
+globalThis.window = {
+  localStorage: {
+    getItem(key) {
+      return storage.has(key) ? storage.get(key) : null;
+    },
+    setItem(key, value) {
+      storage.set(key, String(value));
+    },
+    removeItem(key) {
+      storage.delete(key);
+    },
+    clear() {
+      storage.clear();
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+const server = await createServer({
+  logLevel: 'error',
+  server: { middlewareMode: true },
+  appType: 'custom'
+});
+
+try {
+  const { campaignStorageKey, loadCampaignState } = await server.ssrLoadModule('/src/game/state/campaignState.ts');
+
+  storage.clear();
+  const empty = loadCampaignState();
+  assert(empty.version === 1 && empty.step === 'new', `Expected empty storage to create initial campaign state: ${JSON.stringify(empty)}`);
+
+  storage.clear();
+  storage.set(
+    campaignStorageKey,
+    JSON.stringify({
+      updatedAt: '2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+      step: 'first-camp',
+      activeSaveSlot: 1,
+      gold: 180,
+      inventory: { bean: 2 },
+      completedCampDialogues: ['bond-a', 'bond-a'],
+      completedCampVisits: ['visit-a', 'visit-a']
+    })
+  );
+  const legacy = loadCampaignState();
+  assert(legacy.version === 1, `Expected legacy save without version to normalize to v1: ${JSON.stringify(legacy)}`);
+  assert(legacy.step === 'first-camp' && legacy.gold === 180, `Expected legacy save progress to survive: ${JSON.stringify(legacy)}`);
+  assert(Array.isArray(legacy.roster) && Array.isArray(legacy.bonds), `Expected legacy save arrays to be restored: ${JSON.stringify(legacy)}`);
+  assert(
+    legacy.completedCampDialogues.length === 1 && legacy.completedCampVisits.length === 1,
+    `Expected legacy save duplicate completion flags to be deduped: ${JSON.stringify(legacy)}`
+  );
+  assert(
+    Array.isArray(legacy.selectedSortieUnitIds) &&
+      typeof legacy.sortieFormationAssignments === 'object' &&
+      typeof legacy.sortieItemAssignments === 'object',
+    `Expected modern sortie fields to be restored: ${JSON.stringify(legacy)}`
+  );
+
+  storage.clear();
+  storage.set(campaignStorageKey, JSON.stringify({ version: 99, step: 'sixty-sixth-camp' }));
+  const unsupported = loadCampaignState();
+  assert(unsupported.step === 'new', `Expected unsupported future save version to be ignored: ${JSON.stringify(unsupported)}`);
+
+  storage.clear();
+  storage.set(campaignStorageKey, JSON.stringify({ version: 99, step: 'sixty-sixth-camp' }));
+  storage.set(
+    `${campaignStorageKey}:slot-2`,
+    JSON.stringify({
+      version: 1,
+      updatedAt: '2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z',
+      step: 'second-camp',
+      activeSaveSlot: 2,
+      gold: 260
+    })
+  );
+  const fallback = loadCampaignState();
+  assert(fallback.step === 'second-camp' && fallback.activeSaveSlot === 2, `Expected valid slotted save fallback: ${JSON.stringify(fallback)}`);
+
+  console.log('Verified campaign save normalization, legacy recovery, unsupported-version rejection, and slotted fallback.');
+} finally {
+  await server.close();
+}
+
+function assert(condition, message) {
+  if (!condition) {
+    throw new Error(message);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/verify-save-retry-flow.mjs b/scripts/verify-save-retry-flow.mjs
index 1713d3f..e27bb69 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-save-retry-flow.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify-save-retry-flow.mjs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ try {
   await waitForTitle(page);
   await page.screenshot({ path: 'dist/verification-save-title-empty.png', fullPage: true });
 
-  await page.mouse.click(962, 240);
+  await startTitleDefaultAction(page);
   await advanceUntilBattle(page, 'first-battle-zhuo-commandery');
   await page.screenshot({ path: 'dist/verification-save-new-battle.png', fullPage: true });
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ try {
   await waitForTitle(page);
   await page.screenshot({ path: 'dist/verification-save-title-continue.png', fullPage: true });
 
-  await page.mouse.click(962, 310);
+  await startTitleDefaultAction(page);
   await waitForBattleReady(page, 'first-battle-zhuo-commandery');
   const continuedBattle = await page.evaluate(() => window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.battle());
   if (continuedBattle?.battleOutcome !== null || continuedBattle?.resultVisible !== false || continuedBattle?.turnNumber !== 1) {
@@ -72,10 +72,7 @@ try {
   await page.screenshot({ path: 'dist/verification-save-victory-result.png', fullPage: true });
 
   await page.mouse.click(738, 642);
-  await page.waitForFunction(() => {
-    const activeScenes = window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.activeScenes() ?? [];
-    return activeScenes.includes('CampScene');
-  }, undefined, { timeout: 90000 });
+  await advanceUntilCamp(page);
   await page.screenshot({ path: 'dist/verification-save-victory-camp.png', fullPage: true });
 
   const campState = await page.evaluate(() => window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.camp());
@@ -108,8 +105,14 @@ async function waitForTitle(page) {
   }, undefined, { timeout: 90000 });
 }
 
+async function startTitleDefaultAction(page) {
+  await waitForTitle(page);
+  await page.keyboard.press('Enter');
+  await page.waitForTimeout(300);
+}
+
 async function advanceUntilBattle(page, battleId) {
-  for (let i = 0; i < 32; i += 1) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < 180; i += 1) {
     const battleReady = await page.evaluate((expectedBattleId) => {
       let state;
       try {
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ async function advanceUntilBattle(page, battleId) {
         state?.scene === 'BattleScene' &&
         state?.battleId === expectedBattleId &&
         state?.battleOutcome === null &&
-        state?.phase === 'idle' &&
+        ['deployment', 'idle'].includes(state?.phase) &&
         state?.mapBackgroundReady === true &&
         state?.resultVisible === false
       );
@@ -131,11 +134,17 @@ async function advanceUntilBattle(page, battleId) {
       return;
     }
 
-    await page.keyboard.press('Space');
-    await page.waitForTimeout(220);
+    const activeScenes = await page.evaluate(() => window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.activeScenes() ?? []);
+    await page.keyboard.press(activeScenes.includes('TitleScene') ? 'Enter' : 'Space');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(240);
   }
 
-  await waitForBattleReady(page, battleId);
+  const state = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+    activeScenes: window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.activeScenes() ?? [],
+    battle: window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.battle(),
+    camp: window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.camp()
+  }));
+  throw new Error(`Expected to advance into ${battleId}: ${JSON.stringify(state)}`);
 }
 
 async function waitForBattleReady(page, battleId) {
@@ -150,7 +159,7 @@ async function waitForBattleReady(page, battleId) {
       state?.scene === 'BattleScene' &&
       state?.battleId === expectedBattleId &&
       state?.battleOutcome === null &&
-      state?.phase === 'idle' &&
+      ['deployment', 'idle'].includes(state?.phase) &&
       state?.mapBackgroundReady === true &&
       state?.resultVisible === false
     );
@@ -169,6 +178,34 @@ async function waitForBattleOutcome(page, outcome) {
   }, outcome, { timeout: 90000 });
 }
 
+async function advanceUntilCamp(page) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < 240; i += 1) {
+    const state = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+      activeScenes: window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.activeScenes() ?? [],
+      battle: window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.battle(),
+      camp: window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.camp()
+    }));
+
+    if (state.activeScenes.includes('CampScene')) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (state.activeScenes.includes('BattleScene') && state.battle?.battleOutcome === 'victory' && state.battle?.resultVisible) {
+      await page.mouse.click(738, 642);
+    } else {
+      await page.keyboard.press('Space');
+    }
+    await page.waitForTimeout(250);
+  }
+
+  const state = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+    activeScenes: window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.activeScenes() ?? [],
+    battle: window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.battle(),
+    camp: window.__HEROS_DEBUG__?.camp()
+  }));
+  throw new Error(`Expected victory flow to reach CampScene: ${JSON.stringify(state)}`);
+}
+
 async function readCampaignSave(page) {
   return page.evaluate(() => {
     const read = (key) => {
diff --git a/scripts/verify-static-data.mjs b/scripts/verify-static-data.mjs
index 65e88ae..54ccfce 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-static-data.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify-static-data.mjs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
 
 const checks = [
   'scripts/verify-campaign-flow-data.mjs',
+  'scripts/verify-campaign-save-normalization.mjs',
   'scripts/verify-battle-scenario-data.mjs',
   'scripts/verify-camp-reward-data.mjs',
   'scripts/verify-campaign-recruit-data.mjs',
diff --git a/src/game/state/campaignState.ts b/src/game/state/campaignState.ts
index 26fa53b..6db06d8 100644
--- a/src/game/state/campaignState.ts
+++ b/src/game/state/campaignState.ts
@@ -780,8 +780,11 @@ function ensureCampaignState() {
   return campaignState;
 }
 
-function normalizeCampaignState(state: CampaignState): CampaignState {
-  const normalized = cloneCampaignState(state);
+function normalizeCampaignState(state: Partial<CampaignState>): CampaignState {
+  const normalized = {
+    ...createInitialCampaignState(),
+    ...cloneCampaignState(state as CampaignState)
+  };
   normalized.version = 1;
   normalized.updatedAt = normalized.updatedAt || new Date().toISOString();
   normalized.activeSaveSlot = normalizeSlot(normalized.activeSaveSlot);
@@ -837,8 +840,11 @@ function readStoredCampaignState(slot?: number) {
   }
 
   try {
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as CampaignState;
-    if (!parsed || parsed.version !== 1) {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as Partial<CampaignState> | null;
+    if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== 'object' || Array.isArray(parsed)) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    if (parsed.version !== undefined && parsed.version !== 1) {
       return undefined;
     }
     return normalizeCampaignState(parsed);