diff --git a/pkg/data/game/game.go b/pkg/data/game/game.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de34db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/data/game/game.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package game
+
+const (
+	CharClassic uint16 = 1
+	CharLoD     uint16 = 2
+	CharDLC     uint16 = 3
+)
diff --git a/pkg/data/item/name.go b/pkg/data/item/name.go
index 3c5fbfd..278a3e9 100644
--- a/pkg/data/item/name.go
+++ b/pkg/data/item/name.go
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 package item
 
-import "strings"
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/hectorgimenez/d2go/pkg/data/game"
+)
 
 const (
 	ExpCharItemIDThreshold = 508
 	ExpCharItemIDOffset    = 15
 )
 
-var ExpChar uint16
-
-func SetExpChar(expChar uint16) {
-	ExpChar = expChar
-}
-
 const (
 	ScrollOfTownPortal = "ScrollOfTownPortal"
 	ScrollOfIdentify   = "ScrollOfIdentify"
@@ -21,9 +19,9 @@ const (
 	Key                = "Key"
 )
 
-func GetNameByEnum(itemNumber uint) Name {
+func GetNameByEnumWithExpChar(expChar uint16, itemNumber uint) Name {
 	idx := int(itemNumber)
-	if ExpChar >= 3 && idx >= ExpCharItemIDThreshold {
+	if expChar >= game.CharDLC && idx >= ExpCharItemIDThreshold {
 		idx += ExpCharItemIDOffset
 	}
 	if idx < 0 || idx >= len(Names) {
@@ -32,17 +30,16 @@ func GetNameByEnum(itemNumber uint) Name {
 	return Name(Names[idx])
 }
 
-func GetIDByName(itemName string) int {
+// DescIDByName returns the internal description/index ID for an item name.
+// This ID matches the keys used by Desc and the indices in the Names slice.
+func DescIDByName(itemName string) (int, bool) {
 	for i, name := range Names {
 		if strings.EqualFold(name, itemName) {
-			if ExpChar >= 3 && i >= ExpCharItemIDThreshold+ExpCharItemIDOffset {
-				return i - ExpCharItemIDOffset
-			}
-			return i
+			return i, true
 		}
 	}
 
-	return -1
+	return -1, false
 }
 
 type Name string
diff --git a/pkg/data/items.go b/pkg/data/items.go
index 2b0816c..374f0ca 100644
--- a/pkg/data/items.go
+++ b/pkg/data/items.go
@@ -121,11 +121,17 @@ type Drop struct {
 }
 
 func (i Item) Desc() item.Description {
-	id := i.ID
-	if item.ExpChar >= 3 && id >= item.ExpCharItemIDThreshold {
-		id += item.ExpCharItemIDOffset
+	if descID, ok := item.DescIDByName(string(i.Name)); ok {
+		if desc, found := item.Desc[descID]; found {
+			return desc
+		}
 	}
-	return item.Desc[id]
+
+	if desc, found := item.Desc[i.ID]; found {
+		return desc
+	}
+
+	return item.Description{}
 }
 
 func (i Item) Type() item.Type {
diff --git a/pkg/memory/item.go b/pkg/memory/item.go
index 44f06bb..bc86c5b 100644
--- a/pkg/memory/item.go
+++ b/pkg/memory/item.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (gd *GameReader) Inventory(rawPlayerUnits RawPlayerUnits, hover data.HoverData) data.Inventory {
-	item.SetExpChar(gd.ExpChar)
 	mainPlayer := rawPlayerUnits.GetMainPlayer()
 	baseAddr := gd.Process.moduleBaseAddressPtr + gd.offset.UnitTable + (4 * 1024)
 	unitTableBuffer := gd.Process.ReadBytesFromMemory(baseAddr, 128*8)
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ func (gd *GameReader) Inventory(rawPlayerUnits RawPlayerUnits, hover data.HoverD
 			itm := &data.Item{
 				ID:      int(txtFileNo),
 				UnitID:  data.UnitID(unitID),
-				Name:    item.GetNameByEnum(txtFileNo),
+				Name:    item.GetNameByEnumWithExpChar(gd.ExpChar, txtFileNo),
 				Quality: item.Quality(itemQuality),
 				Position: data.Position{
 					X: int(itemX),
diff --git a/pkg/memory/player.go b/pkg/memory/player.go
index 929bcb7..c187b4d 100644
--- a/pkg/memory/player.go
+++ b/pkg/memory/player.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/hectorgimenez/d2go/pkg/data"
 	"github.com/hectorgimenez/d2go/pkg/data/area"
+	"github.com/hectorgimenez/d2go/pkg/data/game"
 	"github.com/hectorgimenez/d2go/pkg/data/skill"
 	"github.com/hectorgimenez/d2go/pkg/data/state"
 )
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func (gd *GameReader) GetRawPlayerUnits() RawPlayerUnits {
 			expChar := gd.Process.ReadUInt(expCharPtr+0x5C, Uint16)
 			gd.ExpChar = uint16(expChar)
 			isMainPlayer := gd.Process.ReadUInt(inventoryAddr+0x30, Uint16)
-			if expChar >= 2 {
+			if expChar >= uint(game.CharLoD) {
 				isMainPlayer = gd.Process.ReadUInt(inventoryAddr+0x70, Uint16)
 			}
 			isCorpse := gd.Process.ReadUInt(playerUnit+0x1AE, Uint8)
diff --git a/pkg/nip/rule.go b/pkg/nip/rule.go
index 0ec5de8..ff8a1e4 100644
--- a/pkg/nip/rule.go
+++ b/pkg/nip/rule.go
@@ -250,7 +250,11 @@ func (r Rule) Evaluate(it data.Item) (RuleResult, error) {
 		case "class":
 			stage1Props["class"] = int(it.Desc().Tier())
 		case "name":
-			stage1Props["name"] = it.ID
+			if descID, ok := item.DescIDByName(string(it.Name)); ok {
+				stage1Props["name"] = descID
+			} else {
+				stage1Props["name"] = it.ID
+			}
 		case "flag":
 			// 0x400000 (eth) | 0x4000000 (runeword) kolbot style
 			currentFlag := 0
@@ -487,7 +491,8 @@ func replaceStringPropertiesInStage1(stage1 string) (string, error) {
 		case "class":
 			replaceWith = strings.ReplaceAll(prop[0], prop[4], fmt.Sprintf("%d", classAliases[prop[4]]))
 		case "name":
-			replaceWith = strings.ReplaceAll(prop[0], prop[4], fmt.Sprintf("%d", item.GetIDByName(prop[4])))
+			descID, _ := item.DescIDByName(prop[4])
+			replaceWith = strings.ReplaceAll(prop[0], prop[4], fmt.Sprintf("%d", descID))
 		case "flag":
 			val := 0
 			switch strings.ToLower(prop[4]) {