diff --git a/src/CapySR.Data/Excel/ChallengeRows.cs b/src/CapySR.Data/Excel/ChallengeRows.cs
index 5777c47..1d8046a 100644
--- a/src/CapySR.Data/Excel/ChallengeRows.cs
+++ b/src/CapySR.Data/Excel/ChallengeRows.cs
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ public sealed class TutorialGuideGroupExcel
     public uint GroupID { get; set; }
 }
 
+public sealed class GachaCeilingExcel
+{
+    public string GachaType { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    public List<uint> CeilingItemList { get; set; } = [];
+}
+
 // maps an item id to its main/sub type. the client NPEs on an item it cannot type.
 public sealed class ItemConfigExcel
 {
diff --git a/src/CapySR.Data/GameData.Merge.cs b/src/CapySR.Data/GameData.Merge.cs
index 54f436a..d3e4aa9 100644
--- a/src/CapySR.Data/GameData.Merge.cs
+++ b/src/CapySR.Data/GameData.Merge.cs
@@ -114,4 +114,9 @@ public sealed partial class GameData
         row.TryGetPropertyValue(name, out var node) && node is not null && node.GetValueKind() is JsonValueKind.Number
             ? node.GetValue<uint>()
             : null;
+
+    private static string? Str(JsonObject row, string name) =>
+        row.TryGetPropertyValue(name, out var node) && node is not null && node.GetValueKind() is JsonValueKind.String
+            ? node.GetValue<string>()
+            : null;
 }
diff --git a/src/CapySR.Data/GameData.cs b/src/CapySR.Data/GameData.cs
index f0d80fd..d2210d3 100644
--- a/src/CapySR.Data/GameData.cs
+++ b/src/CapySR.Data/GameData.cs
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ public sealed partial class GameData
 
     public IReadOnlyList<uint> TutorialGuideIds { get; private set; } = [];
 
+    // the standard banner's guaranteed 5* pool
+    public IReadOnlyList<uint> GachaCeilingAvatars { get; private set; } = [];
+
     // every relic / lightcone id the client can resolve a type for
     public IReadOnlySet<uint> KnownRelicIds { get; private set; } = new HashSet<uint>();
 
@@ -207,6 +210,9 @@ public sealed partial class GameData
         data.MainMissions = data.Merge<MainMissionExcel>("MainMission.json", r => UInt(r, "MainMissionID"), required: false);
         data.TutorialIds = [.. data.Merge<TutorialExcel>("TutorialData.json", r => UInt(r, "TutorialID"), required: false).Keys];
         data.TutorialGuideIds = [.. data.Merge<TutorialGuideGroupExcel>("TutorialGuideGroup.json", r => UInt(r, "GroupID"), required: false).Keys];
+        data.GachaCeilingAvatars = [.. data
+            .Merge<GachaCeilingExcel>("GachaCeiling.json", r => Str(r, "GachaType") == "Normal" ? 0u : null, required: false)
+            .Values.SelectMany(r => r.CeilingItemList)];
         data.KnownRelicIds = data.Merge<ItemConfigExcel>("ItemConfigRelic.json", r => UInt(r, "ID"), required: false).Keys.ToHashSet();
         data.KnownLightconeIds = data.Merge<ItemConfigExcel>("ItemConfigEquipment.json", r => UInt(r, "ID"), required: false).Keys.ToHashSet();
 
diff --git a/src/CapySR.GameServer/Handlers/MiscHandlers.cs b/src/CapySR.GameServer/Handlers/MiscHandlers.cs
index b665473..1e0e72e 100644
--- a/src/CapySR.GameServer/Handlers/MiscHandlers.cs
+++ b/src/CapySR.GameServer/Handlers/MiscHandlers.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ namespace CapySR.GameServer.Handlers;
 [Handlers]
 public static class MiscHandlers
 {
+    private const uint StandardBannerId = 1001;
+
     // client settings the game stores server side (auto battle, speed, ...)
     public static Task OnGetAllServerPrefsData(PlayerSession session, GetAllServerPrefsDataCsReq request)
     {
@@ -63,8 +65,29 @@ public static class MiscHandlers
     public static Task OnGetVideoVersionKey(PlayerSession session, GetVideoVersionKeyCsReq request) =>
         session.SendAsync(new GetVideoVersionKeyScRsp { Retcode = 0 });
 
-    public static Task OnGetGachaInfo(PlayerSession session, GetGachaInfoCsReq request) =>
-        session.SendAsync(new GetGachaInfoScRsp { Retcode = 0 });
+    // an empty list leaves the gacha red-dot filter indexing nil every UI tick, which throws
+    // out of UIManager.Tick every frame. hand it the standard banner and nothing else.
+    public static Task OnGetGachaInfo(PlayerSession session, GetGachaInfoCsReq request)
+    {
+        var ceiling = new GachaCeiling { CeilingNum = 300, IsClaimed = false };
+
+        foreach (var avatarId in session.World.Data.GachaCeilingAvatars)
+        {
+            ceiling.AvatarList.Add(new GachaCeilingAvatar { AvatarId = avatarId, RepeatedCnt = 300 });
+        }
+
+        var response = new GetGachaInfoScRsp { Retcode = 0, GachaRandom = 0 };
+
+        response.GachaInfoList.Add(new GachaInfo
+        {
+            GachaId = StandardBannerId,
+            GachaCeiling = ceiling,
+            BeginTime = 0,
+            EndTime = 2524608000,
+        });
+
+        return session.SendAsync(response);
+    }
 
     public static Task OnGetDailyActiveInfo(PlayerSession session, GetDailyActiveInfoCsReq request) =>
         session.SendAsync(new GetDailyActiveInfoScRsp { Retcode = 0 });
diff --git a/tests/CapySR.Tests/GameDataTests.cs b/tests/CapySR.Tests/GameDataTests.cs
index 9c62a3a..8278695 100644
--- a/tests/CapySR.Tests/GameDataTests.cs
+++ b/tests/CapySR.Tests/GameDataTests.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ public class GameDataTests(ITestOutputHelper output)
         Assert.NotEmpty(data.Equipment);
     }
 
+    // an empty banner leaves the client's gacha red dot throwing once a frame
+    [Fact]
+    public void ReadsStandardBannerCeiling()
+    {
+        var data = TryLoad(output);
+        if (data is null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Assert.NotEmpty(data.GachaCeilingAvatars);
+        Assert.Contains(1003u, data.GachaCeilingAvatars);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void ParsesMarch7th()
     {