diff --git a/Autoloads/ProgressionRoot.cs b/Autoloads/ProgressionRoot.cs
index 1aa9ccc..af83ad3 100644
--- a/Autoloads/ProgressionRoot.cs
+++ b/Autoloads/ProgressionRoot.cs
@@ -174,6 +174,37 @@ public partial class ProgressionRoot : Node
         return outcome;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Free unlock, as a pickup gives. Returns false if it was already owned.</summary>
+    public bool GrantSkill(SkillId skill)
+    {
+        if (_service == null) return false;
+
+        var granted = _service.GrantSkill(skill);
+        Publish();
+        return granted;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Takes a Skill away — for Skills that consume themselves.</summary>
+    public bool RevokeSkill(SkillId skill)
+    {
+        if (_service == null) return false;
+
+        var revoked = _service.RevokeSkill(skill);
+        Publish();
+        return revoked;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Discards the current Attempt without charging a life — leaving a Level, not dying.</summary>
+    public void AbandonAttempt() => Run(() => _service.AbandonAttempt());
+
+    /// <summary>Console only — see <see cref="ProgressionService.ApplyCheat"/>.</summary>
+    public void ApplyCheat(Func<PlaythroughSnapshot, PlaythroughSnapshot> change) =>
+        Run(() => _service.ApplyCheat(change));
+
+    /// <summary>Whether there is a resumable Playthrough, for enabling the Continue button.</summary>
+    public bool HasSavedPlaythrough =>
+        PeekPlaythrough(SoleSlot) == LoadOutcome.Loaded;
+
     private void Run(System.Action operation)
     {
         if (_service == null) return;
diff --git a/progression.tests/ProgressionServiceTests.cs b/progression.tests/ProgressionServiceTests.cs
index 9cfacd6..63f89a2 100644
--- a/progression.tests/ProgressionServiceTests.cs
+++ b/progression.tests/ProgressionServiceTests.cs
@@ -230,6 +230,71 @@ public class ProgressionServiceTests
         Assert.False(service.CanEnter(Second));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void A_collected_skill_is_granted_free_and_only_once()
+    {
+        // Skill pickups are not purchases — no coins change hands. Collecting one you already own is
+        // a no-op rather than a free upgrade.
+        var service = ServiceWithSkills();
+        service.RecordCoinsFound(Coins.Of(10));
+
+        Assert.True(service.GrantSkill(BrickThrow));
+        Assert.Equal(SkillLevel.First, service.LevelOf(BrickThrow));
+        Assert.Equal(Coins.Of(10), service.TotalCoins);
+
+        Assert.False(service.GrantSkill(BrickThrow));
+        Assert.Equal(SkillLevel.First, service.LevelOf(BrickThrow));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void A_revoked_skill_is_gone_from_both_the_attempt_and_the_playthrough()
+    {
+        // BrickShieldSkillComponent consumes itself when broken, so this is gameplay rather than a cheat.
+        var campaign = TwoLevels();
+        var store = new InMemoryPlaythroughStore();
+        var service = new ProgressionService(
+            Profile.Empty(), store, new InMemoryProfileStore(), campaign, Skills(), Lives.Of(3));
+        service.StartPlaythrough(Id);
+        service.EnterLevel(First);
+        service.GrantSkill(BrickThrow);
+        service.FinishLevel(LevelTime.Of(10.0));   // commits it to the Playthrough
+        service.EnterLevel(Second);
+
+        service.RevokeSkill(BrickThrow);
+
+        Assert.False(service.IsOwned(BrickThrow));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Abandoning_an_attempt_discards_it_without_costing_a_life()
+    {
+        var service = ServiceWithSkills();
+        service.RecordCoinsFound(Coins.Of(30));
+
+        service.AbandonAttempt();
+
+        Assert.Equal(3, service.Lives.Value);
+        Assert.Equal(Coins.Zero, service.TotalCoins);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void A_cheat_rewrites_the_save_shaped_state_and_is_still_validated()
+    {
+        // Cheats go through the snapshot rather than bare mutators, so ADR-0005 holds: there is still
+        // no SetLives or AddCoins for gameplay code to reach for.
+        var service = ServiceWithSkills();
+
+        service.ApplyCheat(snapshot => snapshot with { Bank = 500, Lives = 9 });
+
+        Assert.Equal(Coins.Of(500), service.TotalCoins);
+        Assert.Equal(9, service.Lives.Value);
+
+        // Still validated on the way back in: a negative bank is refused, state left alone.
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(
+            () => service.ApplyCheat(snapshot => snapshot with { Bank = -1 }));
+        Assert.Equal(Coins.Of(500), service.TotalCoins);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void Picking_up_a_coin_announces_the_new_total_so_the_hud_never_polls()
     {
diff --git a/progression/Playthrough.cs b/progression/Playthrough.cs
index 45653e6..77d6490 100644
--- a/progression/Playthrough.cs
+++ b/progression/Playthrough.cs
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ public sealed class Playthrough
     /// Takes the events raised since the last drain, clearing them. The composition root drains
     /// once after each use case and republishes.
     /// </summary>
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Forgets an owned Skill. Exists for Skills that consume themselves — the brick shield is spent
+    /// when it breaks — so this is gameplay, not a cheat.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool RevokeSkill(SkillId skill) => _ownedSkills.Remove(skill);
+
     public IReadOnlyList<ProgressionEvent> DrainEvents() => _events.Drain();
 
     public PlaythroughSnapshot Export() => new(
diff --git a/progression/ProgressionService.cs b/progression/ProgressionService.cs
index 1e76a86..59bc293 100644
--- a/progression/ProgressionService.cs
+++ b/progression/ProgressionService.cs
@@ -176,6 +176,65 @@ public sealed class ProgressionService
         return PurchaseOutcome.Purchased;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Grants a Skill for free, as a pickup does. No coins change hands, and collecting one already
+    /// owned is a no-op rather than a free upgrade.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool GrantSkill(SkillId skill)
+    {
+        if (_playthrough is null || _attempt is null) return false;
+        if (IsOwned(skill)) return false;
+
+        if (!_attempt.TryRecordPurchase(skill, SkillLevel.First, Coins.Zero)) return false;
+
+        AnnounceChanges();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Takes a Skill away, from this Attempt's purchases and from the Playthrough alike. For Skills
+    /// that consume themselves rather than as a cheat.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool RevokeSkill(SkillId skill)
+    {
+        if (_playthrough is null) return false;
+
+        var revoked = _playthrough.RevokeSkill(skill);
+        AnnounceChanges();
+        return revoked;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Throws the current Attempt away without charging a life — leaving a Level rather than dying in
+    /// it. The ledger is discarded, so coins found and Skills bought during it are lost.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void AbandonAttempt()
+    {
+        _attempt = null;
+        AnnounceChanges();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Console only. Rewrites the Playthrough by transforming its snapshot.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Deliberately shaped this way rather than as <c>SetLives</c> / <c>AddCoins</c> mutators, which
+    /// ADR-0005 rules out — a bare mutator is an invitation, and the code being replaced had two paths
+    /// to exactly that. Going through the snapshot means every value is re-validated on the way back
+    /// in, and a rejected cheat leaves the Playthrough untouched.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public void ApplyCheat(Func<PlaythroughSnapshot, PlaythroughSnapshot> change)
+    {
+        if (_playthrough is null) return;
+
+        var rewritten = Playthrough.Restore(change(_playthrough.Export()));
+
+        _playthrough = rewritten;
+        _attempt = null;
+        _playthroughs.Save(_playthrough);
+        AnnounceChanges();
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Charges the active Attempt's death to the Playthrough and persists it. Repeated calls for one
     /// Attempt cost one life — the Playthrough defers to the Attempt's terminal outcome (ADR-0005),