diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eea7f33580..44fdc2b73b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 
+## `0.11.4` - ???
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed a crash loop when trying to generate a creative-mode ancient scroll for a Great Spell whose per-world pattern hasn't been calculated yet, by Robotgiggle in [992](https://github.com/FallingColors/HexMod/pull/992)
+
 ## `0.11.3` - 2025-11-22
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/common/items/storage/ItemScroll.java b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/common/items/storage/ItemScroll.java
index 1bea5dfec5..09a8f44b7c 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/common/items/storage/ItemScroll.java
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/common/items/storage/ItemScroll.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 public class ItemScroll extends Item implements IotaHolderItem {
     public static final String TAG_OP_ID = "op_id";
     public static final String TAG_PATTERN = "pattern";
+    public static final String TAG_RECALC_WARNING = "recalc_warning";
     public static final String TAG_NEEDS_PURCHASE = "needs_purchase";
     public static final ResourceLocation ANCIENT_PREDICATE = modLoc("ancient");
 
@@ -180,6 +181,12 @@ public void inventoryTick(ItemStack pStack, Level pLevel, Entity pEntity, int pS
             }
             var patternKey = ResourceKey.create(IXplatAbstractions.INSTANCE.getActionRegistry().key(), opID);
             var pat = PatternRegistryManifest.getCanonicalStrokesPerWorld(patternKey, pEntity.getServer().overworld());
+            if (pat == null) {
+                // if pat is null, the per-world order hasn't been registered; remove the op_id and warn the player
+                NBTHelper.putString(pStack, TAG_RECALC_WARNING, NBTHelper.getString(pStack, TAG_OP_ID));
+                NBTHelper.remove(pStack, TAG_OP_ID);
+                return;
+            }
             NBTHelper.put(pStack, TAG_PATTERN, pat.serializeToNBT());
         }
     }
@@ -190,6 +197,12 @@ public void appendHoverText(ItemStack pStack, @Nullable Level pLevel, List<Compo
         if (NBTHelper.getBoolean(pStack, TAG_NEEDS_PURCHASE)) {
             var needsPurchase = Component.translatable("hexcasting.tooltip.scroll.needs_purchase");
             pTooltipComponents.add(needsPurchase.withStyle(ChatFormatting.GRAY));
+        } else if (NBTHelper.hasString(pStack, TAG_RECALC_WARNING)) {
+            var spellName = Component.translatable("hexcasting.action." + ResourceLocation.tryParse(NBTHelper.getString(pStack, TAG_RECALC_WARNING)));
+            var line1 = Component.translatable("hexcasting.tooltip.scroll.recalc_warning.line1", spellName);
+            var line2 = Component.translatable("hexcasting.tooltip.scroll.recalc_warning.line2");
+            pTooltipComponents.add(line1.withStyle(ChatFormatting.RED));
+            pTooltipComponents.add(line2.withStyle(ChatFormatting.RED));
         } else if (NBTHelper.hasString(pStack, TAG_OP_ID) && !NBTHelper.hasCompound(pStack, TAG_PATTERN)) {
             var notLoaded = Component.translatable("hexcasting.tooltip.scroll.pattern_not_loaded");
             pTooltipComponents.add(notLoaded.withStyle(ChatFormatting.GRAY));
diff --git a/Common/src/main/resources/assets/hexcasting/lang/en_us.flatten.json5 b/Common/src/main/resources/assets/hexcasting/lang/en_us.flatten.json5
index 37e8a218fa..5a0087c10f 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/resources/assets/hexcasting/lang/en_us.flatten.json5
+++ b/Common/src/main/resources/assets/hexcasting/lang/en_us.flatten.json5
@@ -581,6 +581,8 @@
       scroll: {
         needs_purchase: "Purchase to show pattern",
         pattern_not_loaded: "Place in inventory to load pattern",
+        "recalc_warning.line1": "The per-world pattern for %s has not been calculated yet!",
+        "recalc_warning.line2": "Please run /hexcasting recalcPatterns, then grab a new scroll.",
       },
       
       abacus: {