diff --git a/src/AcDream.Core/Items/ClientObjectTable.cs b/src/AcDream.Core/Items/ClientObjectTable.cs
index 94fa574f..356fa7b6 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.Core/Items/ClientObjectTable.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.Core/Items/ClientObjectTable.cs
@@ -274,6 +274,35 @@ public sealed class ClientObjectTable
         _containerIndex.TryGetValue(containerId, out var l)
             ? l.ToArray() : System.Array.Empty<uint>();
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Σ Burden over every object carried by <paramref name="ownerGuid"/>: items
+    /// whose container chain roots at the owner (pack + side-bag contents, retail
+    /// hierarchy is 2-deep) plus items wielded by the owner. The client-side
+    /// equivalent of the server's <c>EncumbranceVal</c> (PropertyInt 5) — used by
+    /// the inventory burden bar until the wire value is parsed (B-Wire). The hop
+    /// cap (8) is a cycle guard; real chains are ≤2.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int SumCarriedBurden(uint ownerGuid)
+    {
+        int total = 0;
+        foreach (var o in _objects.Values)
+            if (IsCarriedBy(o, ownerGuid))
+                total += o.Burden;
+        return total;
+    }
+
+    private bool IsCarriedBy(ClientObject o, uint ownerGuid)
+    {
+        if (o.WielderId == ownerGuid) return true;
+        uint c = o.ContainerId;
+        for (int hops = 0; c != 0 && hops < 8; hops++)
+        {
+            if (c == ownerGuid) return true;
+            c = _objects.TryGetValue(c, out var parent) ? parent.ContainerId : 0u;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Flush the table — typically called on logoff or teleport
     /// that drops the session's object state.
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Items/ClientObjectTableBurdenTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Items/ClientObjectTableBurdenTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13e348c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Items/ClientObjectTableBurdenTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using AcDream.Core.Items;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Tests.Items;
+
+public class ClientObjectTableBurdenTests
+{
+    private const uint Player = 0x50000001u;
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SumCarriedBurden_sums_pack_sidebag_and_wielded_but_not_unrelated()
+    {
+        var t = new ClientObjectTable();
+        // loose pack item
+        t.AddOrUpdate(new ClientObject { ObjectId = 0xA, ContainerId = Player, Burden = 100 });
+        // side bag in pack
+        t.AddOrUpdate(new ClientObject { ObjectId = 0xB, ContainerId = Player, Burden = 50,
+            Type = ItemType.Container });
+        // item inside the side bag (2-deep)
+        t.AddOrUpdate(new ClientObject { ObjectId = 0xC, ContainerId = 0xB, Burden = 30 });
+        // wielded (ContainerId 0, WielderId = player)
+        t.AddOrUpdate(new ClientObject { ObjectId = 0xD, WielderId = Player, Burden = 200 });
+        // unrelated object in the world
+        t.AddOrUpdate(new ClientObject { ObjectId = 0xE, ContainerId = 0, Burden = 999 });
+
+        Assert.Equal(380, t.SumCarriedBurden(Player));   // 100+50+30+200
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SumCarriedBurden_unknown_owner_is_zero()
+        => Assert.Equal(0, new ClientObjectTable().SumCarriedBurden(Player));
+}