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id: 27bbd057-e352-4788-b055-bf55eccf8262
type: solution
title: "Foundry Actor compendium _key prefix"
tags: [vagabond-rpg, foundryvtt, compendium, fix]
importance: 0.7
confidence: 0.8
created: "2025-12-18T19:15:46.657518+00:00"
updated: "2025-12-18T19:15:46.657518+00:00"
---

Actor compendiums in Foundry VTT require _key field to use \!actors\! prefix, not \!items\!. The bestiary compendium appeared empty because all 92 JSON files had _key: '\!items\!{id}' instead of _key: '\!actors\!{id}'. Fixed with sed -i 's/\!items\!/\!actors\!/g' on all bestiary source files.