diff --git a/internal/plugin/adventure.go b/internal/plugin/adventure.go
index 6ed76c6..52ff1b0 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/adventure.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/adventure.go
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) resolvePendingInteraction(ctx MessageContext, interact
 	case "pet_type":
 		return p.resolvePetType(ctx)
 	case "pet_name":
-		return p.resolvePetName(ctx)
+		return p.resolvePetName(ctx, interaction)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/plugin/adventure_pets.go b/internal/plugin/adventure_pets.go
index efad499..e1bf26b 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/adventure_pets.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/adventure_pets.go
@@ -329,8 +329,11 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) resolvePetType(ctx MessageContext) error {
 		article, titleCase(petType)))
 }
 
-// resolvePetName handles naming the pet.
-func (p *AdventurePlugin) resolvePetName(ctx MessageContext) error {
+// resolvePetName handles naming the pet. The dispatcher (handlePendingReply)
+// has already deleted the pending interaction and passes it in, so this must
+// NOT re-load from p.pending — doing so previously made every adoption fail
+// silently (the carried PetType was lost and the save never ran).
+func (p *AdventurePlugin) resolvePetName(ctx MessageContext, interaction *advPendingInteraction) error {
 	userMu := p.advUserLock(ctx.Sender)
 	userMu.Lock()
 	defer userMu.Unlock()
@@ -340,20 +343,15 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) resolvePetName(ctx MessageContext) error {
 		return p.SendDM(ctx.Sender, "Failed to load your character.")
 	}
 
-	val, ok := p.pending.LoadAndDelete(string(ctx.Sender))
-	if !ok {
-		return nil
-	}
-	pi := val.(*advPendingInteraction)
-	data := pi.Data.(*advPendingPetName)
+	data := interaction.Data.(*advPendingPetName)
 
 	name := strings.TrimSpace(ctx.Body)
 	if len(name) == 0 || len(name) > 30 {
-		p.pending.Store(string(ctx.Sender), pi)
+		p.pending.Store(string(ctx.Sender), interaction)
 		return p.SendDM(ctx.Sender, "Name must be 1-30 characters. Try again.")
 	}
 	if !petNameValid.MatchString(name) {
-		p.pending.Store(string(ctx.Sender), pi)
+		p.pending.Store(string(ctx.Sender), interaction)
 		return p.SendDM(ctx.Sender, "Name can only contain letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and apostrophes. Try again.")
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/plugin/adventure_pets_dispatch_test.go b/internal/plugin/adventure_pets_dispatch_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e3b206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/plugin/adventure_pets_dispatch_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package plugin
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"maunium.net/go/mautrix/id"
+)
+
+// TestResolvePetName_ThroughDispatcher is a regression test for the bug where
+// resolvePendingInteraction deleted the pending entry before dispatch, while
+// resolvePetName then tried to LoadAndDelete it again — always missing, so the
+// adoption silently no-op'd and no pet was ever persisted. The fix passes the
+// already-loaded interaction into resolvePetName. This test drives the real
+// dispatcher path (resolvePendingInteraction) to lock that in.
+func TestResolvePetName_ThroughDispatcher(t *testing.T) {
+	setupAuditTestDB(t)
+	uid := id.UserID("@pet-name-dispatch:example")
+	if err := createAdvCharacter(uid, "petnamer"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	p := &AdventurePlugin{}
+	interaction := &advPendingInteraction{
+		Type:      "pet_name",
+		Data:      &advPendingPetName{PetType: "dog"},
+		ExpiresAt: time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
+	}
+	p.pending.Store(string(uid), interaction)
+
+	if err := p.resolvePendingInteraction(MessageContext{Sender: uid, Body: "Pepper"}, interaction); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	pet, err := loadPetState(uid)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !pet.HasPet() {
+		t.Fatalf("expected pet to be adopted; got %+v", pet)
+	}
+	if pet.Name != "Pepper" {
+		t.Errorf("pet name = %q, want Pepper", pet.Name)
+	}
+	if pet.Type != "dog" {
+		t.Errorf("pet type = %q, want dog", pet.Type)
+	}
+	if !pet.Arrived || pet.Level != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("pet arrived=%v level=%d, want true/1", pet.Arrived, pet.Level)
+	}
+}