diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 663fc997..c7d624e5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ gem 'jammit', '~> 0.5.3'
 
 gem 'hoptoad_notifier'
 
+gem 'addressable', :require => ['addressable/template', 'addressable/uri']
+
 group :development_async, :production do
   # async wrappers
   gem 'eventmachine',     :git => 'git://github.com/eventmachine/eventmachine.git'
@@ -33,7 +35,6 @@ group :development_async, :production do
 
   # async http requires
   gem 'em-http-request',:git => 'git://github.com/igrigorik/em-http-request.git', :require => 'em-http'
-  gem 'addressable', :require => 'addressable/uri'
   
   gem 'thin', '~> 1.2.7'
 end
diff --git a/app/models/item.rb b/app/models/item.rb
index ca6b4f8d..3c5863ff 100644
--- a/app/models/item.rb
+++ b/app/models/item.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
   
   before_create do
-    self.sold_in_mall = false
+    self.sold_in_mall ||= false
     true
   end
   
@@ -261,6 +261,93 @@ class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
     items.values
   end
   
+  class << self
+    MALL_HOST = 'ncmall.neopets.com'
+    MALL_MAIN_PATH = '/mall/shop.phtml'
+    MALL_CATEGORY_PATH = '/mall/ajax/load_page.phtml?type=browse&cat={cat}&lang=en'
+    MALL_CATEGORY_TRIGGER = /load_items_pane\("browse", ([0-9]+)\);/
+    MALL_JSON_ITEM_DATA_KEY = 'object_data'
+    MALL_ITEM_URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://images.neopets.com/items/%s.gif'
+    
+    MALL_MAIN_URI = Addressable::URI.new :scheme => 'http',
+      :host => MALL_HOST, :path => MALL_MAIN_PATH
+    MALL_CATEGORY_URI = Addressable::URI.new :scheme => 'http',
+      :host => MALL_HOST, :path => MALL_CATEGORY_PATH
+    MALL_CATEGORY_TEMPLATE = Addressable::Template.new MALL_CATEGORY_URI
+    
+    def spider_mall!
+      # Load the mall HTML, scan it for category onclicks
+      items = {}
+      spider_request(MALL_MAIN_URI).scan(MALL_CATEGORY_TRIGGER) do |match|
+        # Plug the category ID into the URI for that category's JSON document
+        uri = MALL_CATEGORY_TEMPLATE.expand :cat => match[0]
+        begin
+          # Load up that JSON and send it off to be parsed
+          puts "Loading #{uri}..."
+          category_items = spider_mall_category(spider_request(uri))
+          puts "...found #{category_items.size} items"
+          items.merge!(category_items)
+        rescue SpiderJSONError => e
+          # If there was a parsing error, add where it came from
+          Rails.logger.warn "Error parsing JSON at #{uri}, skipping: #{e.message}"
+        end
+      end
+      puts "#{items.size} items total"
+      # Remove items from the list that already exist, so as to avoid
+      # unnecessary saves
+      existing_item_ids = Item.find_all_by_id(items.keys, :select => :id).map(&:id)
+      items = items.except *existing_item_ids
+      puts "#{items.size} new items"
+      items.each do |item_id, item|
+        item.save
+        puts "Saved #{item.name} (#{item_id})"
+      end
+      items
+    end
+    
+    private
+    
+    def spider_mall_category(json)
+      begin
+        items_data = JSON.parse(json)[MALL_JSON_ITEM_DATA_KEY]
+        unless items_data
+          raise SpiderJSONError, "Missing key #{MALL_JSON_ITEM_DATA_KEY}"
+        end
+      rescue Exception => e
+        # Catch both errors parsing JSON and the missing key
+        raise SpiderJSONError, e.message
+      end
+      items = {}
+      items_data.each do |item_id, item_data|
+        if item_data['isWearable'] == 1
+          relevant_item_data = item_data.slice('name', 'description', 'price')
+          item = Item.new relevant_item_data
+          item.id = item_data['id']
+          item.thumbnail_url = sprintf(MALL_ITEM_URL_TEMPLATE, item_data['imageFile'])
+          item.sold_in_mall = true
+          items[item.id] = item
+        end
+      end
+      items
+    end
+    
+    def spider_request(uri)
+      begin
+        response = Net::HTTP.get_response uri
+      rescue SocketError => e
+        raise SpiderHTTPError, "Error loading #{uri}: #{e.message}"
+      end
+      unless response.is_a? Net::HTTPOK
+        raise SpiderHTTPError, "Error loading #{uri}: Response was a #{response.class}"
+      end
+      response.body
+    end
+    
+    class SpiderError < RuntimeError;end
+    class SpiderHTTPError < SpiderError;end
+    class SpiderJSONError < SpiderError;end
+  end
+  
   private
   
   SearchFilterScopes = []
diff --git a/db/migrate/20101125153424_treat_sold_in_mall_as_a_boolean.rb b/db/migrate/20101125153424_treat_sold_in_mall_as_a_boolean.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b720ec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20101125153424_treat_sold_in_mall_as_a_boolean.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class TreatSoldInMallAsABoolean < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    change_column :objects, :sold_in_mall, :boolean, :null => false
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    change_column :objects, :sold_in_mall, :integer, :limit => 1, :null => false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20101125154435_allow_null_for_some_objects_fields.rb b/db/migrate/20101125154435_allow_null_for_some_objects_fields.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..431f5971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20101125154435_allow_null_for_some_objects_fields.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class AllowNullForSomeObjectsFields < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    change_column :objects, :category, :string, :limit => 50, :null => true
+    change_column :objects, :type, :string, :limit => 50, :null => true
+    change_column :objects, :rarity, :string, :limit => 25, :null => true
+    change_column :objects, :rarity_index, :integer, :limit => 2, :null => true
+    change_column :objects, :weight_lbs, :integer, :limit => 2, :null => true
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    change_column :objects, :category, :string, :limit => 50, :null => false
+    change_column :objects, :type, :string, :limit => 50, :null => false
+    change_column :objects, :rarity, :string, :limit => 25, :null => false
+    change_column :objects, :rarity_index, :integer, :limit => 2, :null => false
+    change_column :objects, :weight_lbs, :integer, :limit => 2, :null => false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20101125160843_add_swf_assets_type_and_id_index.rb b/db/migrate/20101125160843_add_swf_assets_type_and_id_index.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d68014c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20101125160843_add_swf_assets_type_and_id_index.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddSwfAssetsTypeAndIdIndex < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_index "swf_assets", ["type", "id"], :name => "swf_assets_type_and_id"
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_index "swf_assets", :name => "swf_assets_type_and_id"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 10e4d6f3..3c6abfcd 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20101110213044) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20101125160843) do
 
   create_table "auth_servers", :force => true do |t|
     t.string "short_name", :limit => 10, :null => false
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20101110213044) do
     t.text     "thumbnail_url",                      :null => false
     t.string   "name",                :limit => 100, :null => false
     t.text     "description",                        :null => false
-    t.string   "category",            :limit => 50,  :null => false
-    t.string   "type",                :limit => 50,  :null => false
-    t.string   "rarity",              :limit => 25,  :null => false
-    t.integer  "rarity_index",        :limit => 2,   :null => false
+    t.string   "category",            :limit => 50
+    t.string   "type",                :limit => 50
+    t.string   "rarity",              :limit => 25
+    t.integer  "rarity_index",        :limit => 2
     t.integer  "price",               :limit => 3,   :null => false
-    t.integer  "weight_lbs",          :limit => 2,   :null => false
+    t.integer  "weight_lbs",          :limit => 2
     t.text     "species_support_ids"
-    t.integer  "sold_in_mall",        :limit => 1,   :null => false
+    t.boolean  "sold_in_mall",                       :null => false
     t.datetime "last_spidered"
   end
 
@@ -127,15 +127,16 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20101110213044) do
     t.integer  "body_id",        :limit => 2,   :null => false
   end
 
-  add_index "swf_assets", ["type", "id"], :name => "swf_assets_type_and_id"
   add_index "swf_assets", ["body_id"], :name => "swf_assets_body_id_and_object_id"
+  add_index "swf_assets", ["type", "id"], :name => "swf_assets_type_and_id"
   add_index "swf_assets", ["zone_id"], :name => "idx_swf_assets_zone_id"
 
   create_table "users", :force => true do |t|
-    t.string  "name",           :limit => 20,                :null => false
-    t.integer "auth_server_id", :limit => 1,                 :null => false
-    t.integer "remote_id",                                   :null => false
-    t.integer "points",                       :default => 0, :null => false
+    t.string  "name",           :limit => 20,                    :null => false
+    t.integer "auth_server_id", :limit => 1,                     :null => false
+    t.integer "remote_id",                                       :null => false
+    t.integer "points",                       :default => 0,     :null => false
+    t.boolean "beta",                         :default => false, :null => false
   end
 
   create_table "zones", :force => true do |t|
diff --git a/lib/tasks/items_spider_mall.rake b/lib/tasks/items_spider_mall.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..928c444c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/items_spider_mall.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace :items do
+  desc "Spider NC Mall for wearable items, and store them for later asset spidering"
+  task :spider_mall => :environment do
+    Item.spider_mall!
+  end
+end