diff --git a/AndorsTrail/app/src/main/java/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/controller/SkillController.java b/AndorsTrail/app/src/main/java/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/controller/SkillController.java
index 013830d56..67c13c272 100644
--- a/AndorsTrail/app/src/main/java/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/controller/SkillController.java
+++ b/AndorsTrail/app/src/main/java/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/controller/SkillController.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.controller;
 
+import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.AndorsTrailApplication;
 import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.context.ControllerContext;
 import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.context.WorldContext;
 import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.controller.listeners.CombatActionListeners;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.model.item.ItemCategory;
 import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.model.item.ItemType;
 import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.model.item.ItemTypeCollection;
 import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.util.ConstRange;
+import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.util.L;
 
 public final class SkillController {
 	private final ControllerContext controllers;
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ public final class SkillController {
 
 	public static int getDropChanceRollBias(DropItem item, Player player) {
 		if (player == null) return 0;
+		if(item.itemType == null && AndorsTrailApplication.DEVELOPMENT_DEBUGMESSAGES){
+			L.log("Item type missing: " + item + " " + player.id);
+		}
 
 		if (ItemTypeCollection.isGoldItemType(item.itemType.id)) {
 			return getRollBias(item, player, SkillID.coinfinder, SkillCollection.PER_SKILLPOINT_INCREASE_COINFINDER_CHANCE_PERCENT);
diff --git a/AndorsTrail/app/src/main/java/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/resource/ResourceLoader.java b/AndorsTrail/app/src/main/java/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/resource/ResourceLoader.java
index abba005a3..5adc30d91 100644
--- a/AndorsTrail/app/src/main/java/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/resource/ResourceLoader.java
+++ b/AndorsTrail/app/src/main/java/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/resource/ResourceLoader.java
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ public final class ResourceLoader {
 		final ItemTypeParser itemTypeParser = new ItemTypeParser(loader, world.actorConditionsTypes, world.itemCategories, translationLoader);
 		final TypedArray itemsToLoad = r.obtainTypedArray(itemsResourceId);
 		for (int i = 0; i < itemsToLoad.length(); ++i) {
-			world.itemTypes.initialize(itemTypeParser, readStringFromRaw(r, itemsToLoad, i));
+			String s = readStringFromRaw(r, itemsToLoad, i);
+			world.itemTypes.initialize(itemTypeParser, s);
 		}
 		itemsToLoad.recycle();
 		if (AndorsTrailApplication.DEVELOPMENT_DEBUGMESSAGES) timingCheckpoint("ItemTypeParser");
diff --git a/AndorsTrail/app/src/main/java/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/resource/parsers/DropListParser.java b/AndorsTrail/app/src/main/java/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/resource/parsers/DropListParser.java
index e9e1abaef..bcb87337f 100644
--- a/AndorsTrail/app/src/main/java/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/resource/parsers/DropListParser.java
+++ b/AndorsTrail/app/src/main/java/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/resource/parsers/DropListParser.java
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ public final class DropListParser extends JsonCollectionParserFor<DropList> {
 			if (items == null) {
 				L.log("OPTIMIZE: Droplist \"" + droplistID + "\" has no dropped items.");
 			}
+			for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
+				DropItem item = items[i];
+				if (item.itemType == null) {
+					L.log("Item at index " + i + " in droplist " + droplistID + " was null");
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		return new Pair<String, DropList>(droplistID, new DropList(items));