Heroes receive notifications for quest approvals, rejections, blood moons, level ups, and power events.

• Avatar Circle: When the hero has unread notifications, a danger badge appears on the top right of the hero's avatar circle in the HUD (XpFabUserHud).
• RPG Menu Item: The Notifications item within the hero's action menu reflects the identical unread badge count.
• Count Formatting: Unread counts above 99 display as 99+. If there are no unread notifications, no badge is displayed.

• Tapping the Notifications item opens the XpNotifications modal styled with the Phone App Kit (xp-app--retro / xp-app--modern).
• Header: Displays the notification title, bell icon, unread status summary ("X unread" or "All caught up"), dismiss button, and shortcut to Notification Settings.
• Feed Organization: Notifications are grouped into clean sections ("New" vs "Earlier" or "Recent") with xp-app-row items.
• Row Elements: Each item features a color-coded duotone icon tile, title, message body, unread indicator dot, category chip (e.g., Quest Due, Approved, Level Up), relative timestamp chip, and quick trailing actions (Mark Read checkmark, Delete trash).
• Footer Controls: The bottom xp-app-bar offers quick filter pills ("All" vs "Unread") and bulk actions ("Mark Read" and "Clear").

• Notification Channels (Android):
  • battle-alerts: High importance (sound and heads-up) for ambush alerts and beast encounters while away.
  • chore-reminders: Default importance for upcoming chore deadlines and due notices.
• Background & Away Encounters:
  • On leaving the application, the encounter clock calculates the exact timestamp for the next random encounter and pre-schedules an OS alert via Capacitor Local Notifications.
  • On return, pending alerts are cleared from the tray and the ambush triggers immediately. Overdue chore ambushes name both the beast and the chore.