diff --git a/apps/stage/src/games/pokemon-red.ts b/apps/stage/src/games/pokemon-red.ts
index d2968c9..e8ae7a8 100644
--- a/apps/stage/src/games/pokemon-red.ts
+++ b/apps/stage/src/games/pokemon-red.ts
@@ -79,8 +79,11 @@ export const pokemonRed: GameConfig = {
   },
 
   // Ticker rows are noun phrases, so a row reads as a log line rather than as narration.
+  // `explore` carries four adapter rules since pokered-unique8-v7 -- new ground, an exit, a
+  // conversation indoors, an item picked up (docs/rewards-learning.md) -- so its copy names
+  // what all four are rather than the first of them.
   rewardCopy: {
-    explore: { label: 'new place', tier: 'quiet', dedupeMs: 20_000, collapsedNoun: 'new places' },
+    explore: { label: 'new find', tier: 'quiet', dedupeMs: 20_000, collapsedNoun: 'new finds' },
     area: { label: 'new area', tier: 'notable', dedupeMs: 20_000, collapsedNoun: 'new areas' },
     wildwin: { label: 'wild win', tier: 'quiet', dedupeMs: 20_000, collapsedNoun: 'wild wins' },
     trainer: { label: 'trainer beaten', tier: 'notable', dedupeMs: 0 },
diff --git a/apps/stage/tests/unit/ticker.test.ts b/apps/stage/tests/unit/ticker.test.ts
index b139a3a..a2ab050 100644
--- a/apps/stage/tests/unit/ticker.test.ts
+++ b/apps/stage/tests/unit/ticker.test.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ test('exploration ticks collapse into one counted row inside the dedupe window',
   assert.equal(queue.items().length, 1, 'three ticks, one row');
   const row = queue.items()[0];
   assert.equal(row?.count, 3);
-  assert.equal(row?.label, '3 new places');
+  assert.equal(row?.label, '3 new finds');
   assert.ok(Math.abs((row?.amount ?? 0) - 0.14) < 1e-9, 'values sum');
 });