diff --git a/src/games/dungeonboss/DungeonBossGame.js b/src/games/dungeonboss/DungeonBossGame.js
index 662ae5a..b07583e 100644
--- a/src/games/dungeonboss/DungeonBossGame.js
+++ b/src/games/dungeonboss/DungeonBossGame.js
@@ -3450,8 +3450,11 @@ export default class DungeonBossGame extends Phaser.Scene {
             onUpdate: () => heroRec.cont.hpText.setText(`${Math.round(hpObj.v)}`),
           });
         }
-        if (step.heroDies) this.time.delayedCall(480, () => this.removeHeroCard(uid, onDone));
-        else this.time.delayedCall(480, onDone);
+        if (step.heroDies) {
+          this.time.delayedCall(480, () => this.removeHeroCard(uid, () => {
+            this.showAdventureImpactText(`${this.advHeroName(uid)}'s Soul Captured`, '#39ff6a', onDone);
+          }));
+        } else this.time.delayedCall(480, onDone);
       });
     });
   }
@@ -3475,7 +3478,9 @@ export default class DungeonBossGame extends Phaser.Scene {
         ab.stage.add(flash);
         this.tweens.add({ targets: flash, alpha: 0, duration: 260, onComplete: () => flash.destroy() });
       }
-      this.time.delayedCall(300, () => this.removeHeroCard(uid, onDone));
+      this.time.delayedCall(300, () => this.removeHeroCard(uid, () => {
+        this.showAdventureImpactText(`${this.advHeroName(uid)}'s Soul Captured`, '#39ff6a', onDone);
+      }));
     });
   }
 
@@ -3501,8 +3506,39 @@ export default class DungeonBossGame extends Phaser.Scene {
             ab.heroCards.delete(uid);
             const idx = ab.heroOrder.indexOf(uid);
             if (idx >= 0) ab.heroOrder.splice(idx, 1);
-            if (step.eliminated) this.showAdventureEliminatedBanner(this.seatName(ab.seat), onDone);
-            else onDone();
+            this.showAdventureImpactText(`${this.seatName(ab.seat)} was wounded`, '#ff3b3b', () => {
+              if (step.eliminated) this.showAdventureEliminatedBanner(this.seatName(ab.seat), onDone);
+              else onDone();
+            });
+          },
+        });
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Big punchy center-screen text for a boss wound or a hero's death — pops
+  // in, shakes/pulses for about a second, then shrinks away to nothing.
+  // onDone only fires once the whole sequence completes, so callers can
+  // chain it as a blocking beat before the walk proceeds.
+  showAdventureImpactText(text, color, onDone) {
+    const ab = this._advBattle;
+    const cx = GAME_WIDTH / 2, cy = GAME_HEIGHT / 2;
+    const t = this.add.text(cx, cy, text, {
+      fontFamily: 'Righteous', fontSize: '60px', color, align: 'center',
+      stroke: '#120e16', strokeThickness: 8,
+    }).setOrigin(0.5).setScale(0);
+    ab.root.add(t);
+    this.tweens.add({
+      targets: t, scale: 1, duration: 220, ease: 'Back.easeOut',
+      onComplete: () => {
+        this.tweens.add({ targets: t, x: cx - 5, duration: 55, ease: 'Sine.easeInOut', yoyo: true, repeat: 9 });
+        this.tweens.add({
+          targets: t, scale: 1.08, duration: 150, ease: 'Sine.easeInOut', yoyo: true, repeat: 2,
+          onComplete: () => {
+            this.tweens.add({
+              targets: t, scale: 0, alpha: 0, duration: 260, ease: 'Cubic.easeIn',
+              onComplete: () => { t.destroy(); onDone(); },
+            });
           },
         });
       },