diff --git a/src/game.rs b/src/game.rs
index 1809ef8..fa9a311 100644
--- a/src/game.rs
+++ b/src/game.rs
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ pub struct Game {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub reserve: f32, // value stored in the soul core (the rest lies in the treasury tiles)
     #[serde(skip)]
-    pub incoming: Vec<(u8, f32)>, // treasures added since the last treasury update
+    pub incoming: Vec<(u8, f32, Option<usize>)>, // treasures added since the last treasury update (kind, value, delivered at)
     #[serde(default)]
     pub training_bill: f32, // training costs, paid on the next payday
     #[serde(default)]
@@ -651,11 +651,16 @@ impl Game {
 
     // adds treasure of one kind (as far as there is room); returns the value accepted
     pub fn add_res(&mut self, amount: f32, res: u8) -> f32 {
+        self.add_res_at(amount, res, None)
+    }
+
+    // treasure delivered at a tile: it fills the treasury tiles nearest to that place
+    pub fn add_res_at(&mut self, amount: f32, res: u8, at: Option<usize>) -> f32 {
         let cap = self.gold_cap();
         let acc = amount.min((cap - self.gold).max(0.0));
         self.gold += acc;
         if acc > 0.0 {
-            self.incoming.push((res, acc));
+            self.incoming.push((res, acc, at));
         }
         acc
     }
@@ -700,22 +705,37 @@ impl Game {
             self.reserve = (self.reserve - need.max(0.0)).max(0.0);
         } else if diff > 0.5 {
             let mut left = diff;
-            let mut parts: Vec<(u8, f32)> = incoming;
+            let mut parts: Vec<(u8, f32, Option<usize>)> = incoming;
             let typed: f32 = parts.iter().map(|p| p.1).sum();
             if typed < left {
-                parts.push((RES_GOLD, left - typed));
+                parts.push((RES_GOLD, left - typed, None));
             }
-            for (res, amount) in parts {
+            for (res, amount, at) in parts {
                 let mut a = amount.min(left);
                 left -= a;
-                // tiles holding this treasure first, then empty tiles
-                for pass in 0..2 {
-                    for &i in &tiles {
+                // delivered treasure goes to the treasury tiles nearest to the place of delivery
+                let mut order = tiles.clone();
+                if let Some(at) = at {
+                    let (ax, ay) = xy(at);
+                    order.sort_by_key(|&i| {
+                        let (x, y) = xy(i);
+                        (x - ax).pow(2) + (y - ay).pow(2)
+                    });
+                }
+                // without a place: tiles holding this treasure first, then empty tiles;
+                // with a place: strictly the nearest tiles that can take it
+                let passes: &[u8] = if at.is_some() { &[2] } else { &[0, 1] };
+                for &pass in passes {
+                    for &i in &order {
                         if a <= 0.5 {
                             break;
                         }
                         let t = &mut self.map.t[i];
-                        let fits = if pass == 0 { t.gold > 0 && t.res == res } else { t.gold <= 0 };
+                        let fits = match pass {
+                            0 => t.gold > 0 && t.res == res,
+                            1 => t.gold <= 0,
+                            _ => (t.gold > 0 && t.res == res && (t.gold as f32) < TREASURY_TILE) || t.gold <= 0,
+                        };
                         if !fits {
                             continue;
                         }
@@ -2126,7 +2146,7 @@ impl Game {
             Job::Deliver => {
                 if self.is_deposit(cur) {
                     let amount = e.carry as f32;
-                    let got = self.add_res(amount, e.carry_res);
+                    let got = self.add_res_at(amount, e.carry_res, Some(cur));
                     if got < amount {
                         self.hint(3, "hint.treasury_full");
                     }
@@ -4087,6 +4107,29 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(g.reserve > 0.0 && g.reserve <= CORE_STORE + 1.0);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn treasure_lands_in_the_nearest_treasury() {
+        let mut g = Game::new(3, 64, 64);
+        let (cx, cy) = g.map.core;
+        // a second treasury far from the core ring
+        for y in cy - 9..=cy - 7 {
+            for x in cx + 10..=cx + 12 {
+                let t = &mut g.map.t[idx(x, y)];
+                t.kind = Kind::Treasury;
+                t.owner = Owner::Player;
+                t.gold = 0;
+            }
+        }
+        g.recount();
+        g.update(0.01);
+        let far = |g: &Game| -> i32 { (cy - 9..=cy - 7).flat_map(|y| (cx + 10..=cx + 12).map(move |x| (x, y))).map(|(x, y)| g.map.t[idx(x, y)].gold).sum() };
+        let before = far(&g);
+        let at = idx(cx + 11, cy - 8);
+        g.add_res_at(900.0, 2, Some(at));
+        g.update(0.01);
+        assert_eq!(far(&g) - before, 900, "the rubies lie where they were delivered");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn training_is_billed_on_payday() {
         let mut g = Game::new(3, 64, 64);