diff --git a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
index 7b4f700d..d1f22766 100644
--- a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
+++ b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package engine.objects;
 
 import engine.math.Vector3fImmutable;
 import engine.mbEnums;
+import engine.parsers.objects.CObjectTemplate;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.pmw.tinylog.Logger;
@@ -157,6 +158,9 @@ public class ItemTemplate {
     public final ArrayList<Integer> rune_helper_monster_types = new ArrayList<>();
     public int item_bane_rank;
 
+    // Cache JSON counterpart, so consumers can move to the new templates one field at a time.
+    public CObjectTemplate cacheTemplate;
+
     public ItemTemplate(JSONObject jsonObject) {
 
         try {
@@ -646,4 +650,22 @@ public class ItemTemplate {
         }
     }
 
+    // Run after CObjectIndex.build(); the DB templates load before the cache parsers.
+
+    public static void linkCacheTemplates() {
+
+        int missingCount = 0;
+
+        for (ItemTemplate template : templates.values()) {
+            template.cacheTemplate = CObjectTemplate.lookup(template.template_id);
+
+            if (template.cacheTemplate == null) {
+                missingCount++;
+                Logger.warn(template.template_id + ": " + template.obj_name + " has no cache template");
+            }
+        }
+
+        Logger.info("Linked " + (templates.size() - missingCount) + " of " + templates.size() + " item templates to cache templates");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/engine/parsers/cache/ParityCheck.java b/src/engine/parsers/cache/ParityCheck.java
index 25b9425e..a29fe84d 100644
--- a/src/engine/parsers/cache/ParityCheck.java
+++ b/src/engine/parsers/cache/ParityCheck.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import engine.gameManager.DbManager;
 import engine.mbEnums;
 import engine.objects.AbstractGameObject;
 import engine.objects.BaseClass;
+import engine.objects.ItemTemplate;
 import engine.parsers.objects.RuneTemplate;
 import org.pmw.tinylog.Logger;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ public class ParityCheck {
 
     static {
         register("static_rune_baseclass", ParityCheck::compareBaseClasses);
+        register("static_item_templates", ParityCheck::compareItemTemplates);
     }
 
     private ParityCheck(String table) {
@@ -115,4 +117,18 @@ public class ParityCheck {
             check.compareField(baseClass.getObjectUUID(), "name", baseClass.getName(), rune.obj_name);
         }
     }
+
+    // A wrong item_type means the bridge picked the wrong folder for an id found in more than one.
+
+    private static void compareItemTemplates(ParityCheck check) {
+
+        for (ItemTemplate template : ItemTemplate.templates.values()) {
+
+            if (!check.compareRow(template.template_id, template.cacheTemplate))
+                continue;
+
+            check.compareField(template.template_id, "obj_name", template.obj_name, template.cacheTemplate.getObjName());
+            check.compareField(template.template_id, "item_type", template.item_type, template.cacheTemplate.getItemType());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/engine/server/login/LoginServer.java b/src/engine/server/login/LoginServer.java
index 9707c3d8..edfe18d2 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/login/LoginServer.java
+++ b/src/engine/server/login/LoginServer.java
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ public class LoginServer {
         Logger.info("Indexing Cache Templates");
         CObjectIndex.build();
 
+        Logger.info("Linking Item Templates to Cache Templates");
+        ItemTemplate.linkCacheTemplates();
+
         Logger.info("Initializing Network");
         Network.init();
 
diff --git a/src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java b/src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java
index 6466ee63..955973c1 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java
+++ b/src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ public class WorldServer {
         Logger.info("Indexing Cache Templates");
         CObjectIndex.build();
 
+        Logger.info("Linking Item Templates to Cache Templates");
+        ItemTemplate.linkCacheTemplates();
+
         Logger.info("Loading PromotionClasses");
         DbManager.PromotionQueries.GET_ALL_PROMOTIONS();