diff --git a/internal/plugin/adventure.go b/internal/plugin/adventure.go
index d4edadf..73804f5 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/adventure.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/adventure.go
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) Init() error {
 	// have a player_meta row. Idempotent. Required for DBs that didn't go
 	// through the L4-L5h dual-write soak (fresh deploys, restored backups).
 	bootstrapPlayerMetaFromLegacy()
+	bootstrapRestoreExpeditionStreakDecay()
 
 	// Rehydrate DM room mappings for existing characters
 	chars, err := loadAllAdvCharacters()
diff --git a/internal/plugin/adventure_scheduler.go b/internal/plugin/adventure_scheduler.go
index 1fd9f9e..2454880 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/adventure_scheduler.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/adventure_scheduler.go
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) sendMorningDMs() {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		// Active expedition: the expedition cycle delivers its own morning
+		// briefing at 06:00 UTC (deliverBriefing). The legacy overworld
+		// morning DM is irrelevant — and confusing — while underground.
+		if char.Alive {
+			if exp, err := getActiveExpedition(char.UserID); err != nil {
+				slog.Warn("adventure: failed to check active expedition for morning DM", "user", char.UserID, "err", err)
+			} else if exp != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
 		// If still dead, send death status
 		if !char.Alive {
 			text := renderAdvDeathStatusDM(char.UserID)
@@ -375,6 +386,27 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) midnightReset() error {
 				continue
 			}
 
+			// Active expedition counts as activity. The expedition system tracks
+			// its own action flow (zone/harvest/combat/transit/extract) and never
+			// touches the legacy CombatActionsUsed/HarvestActionsUsed counters, so
+			// HasActedToday() reports false for expeditioners. Treat them like the
+			// acted-today branch below: advance the streak and bail out.
+			if exp, err := getActiveExpedition(char.UserID); err != nil {
+				slog.Warn("adventure: failed to check active expedition for idle reaper", "user", char.UserID, "err", err)
+			} else if exp != nil {
+				if char.LastActionDate == yesterday || char.LastActionDate == today {
+					char.CurrentStreak++
+				} else {
+					char.CurrentStreak = 1
+				}
+				if char.CurrentStreak > char.BestStreak {
+					char.BestStreak = char.CurrentStreak
+				}
+				char.LastActionDate = today
+				_ = saveAdvCharacter(&char)
+				continue
+			}
+
 			// Jitter between DMs to avoid Matrix rate limits
 			if dmsSent > 0 {
 				time.Sleep(time.Duration(1000+rand.IntN(2000)) * time.Millisecond)
diff --git a/internal/plugin/bootstrap_streak_restore.go b/internal/plugin/bootstrap_streak_restore.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3e0a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/plugin/bootstrap_streak_restore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package plugin
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+
+	"gogobee/internal/db"
+)
+
+// bootstrapRestoreExpeditionStreakDecay reverses the one-time streak halving
+// applied by midnightReset to players who were on an active expedition. The
+// idle reaper used to ignore expedition activity (it only inspected the
+// legacy CombatActionsUsed/HarvestActionsUsed counters), so expeditioners
+// were shamed and had their streak divided by 2.
+//
+// Restoration: CurrentStreak doubles (recovering the integer-divide), capped
+// at BestStreak. The odd-half is recovered by adding 1 when BestStreak
+// allows — pre-decay value was either CurrentStreak*2 or CurrentStreak*2+1,
+// and BestStreak is a monotonic ceiling that bounds the original.
+//
+// Idempotent: gated on a fixed job key so it runs at most once per DB.
+func bootstrapRestoreExpeditionStreakDecay() {
+	const jobName = "idle_reaper_expedition_streak_restore_v1"
+	if db.JobCompleted(jobName, "once") {
+		return
+	}
+
+	chars, err := loadAllAdvCharacters()
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("bootstrap: streak restore — failed to load characters", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	restored := 0
+	for _, char := range chars {
+		if !char.StreakDecayed || char.CurrentStreak == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		exp, err := getActiveExpedition(char.UserID)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("bootstrap: streak restore — expedition lookup failed", "user", char.UserID, "err", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if exp == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		old := char.CurrentStreak
+		candidate := old*2 + 1
+		if char.BestStreak > 0 && candidate > char.BestStreak {
+			candidate = char.BestStreak
+		}
+		if candidate < old*2 {
+			candidate = old * 2
+		}
+		char.CurrentStreak = candidate
+		char.StreakDecayed = false
+		if err := saveAdvCharacter(&char); err != nil {
+			slog.Error("bootstrap: streak restore — save failed", "user", char.UserID, "err", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		slog.Info("bootstrap: streak restored", "user", char.UserID, "old", old, "new", candidate, "best", char.BestStreak)
+		restored++
+	}
+
+	db.MarkJobCompleted(jobName, "once")
+	if restored > 0 {
+		slog.Warn("bootstrap: expedition streak decay restored", "count", restored)
+	}
+}