diff --git a/server/src/migrations/V46__skill_persistence.sql b/server/src/migrations/V46__skill_persistence.sql
index fb476605c1..54ea97dd50 100644
--- a/server/src/migrations/V46__skill_persistence.sql
+++ b/server/src/migrations/V46__skill_persistence.sql
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ WITH RECURSIVE sp_series(earned_sp, exp) AS (
     -- though slightly modified to account for sqlite lacking functions for floor and exp
     -- Floor modification is replacing floor(a) with round(a - 0.5)
     -- Exp mofidication is replacing exp(-a) with 1 / (2^(a*1.442695)) where 1.442695 = log(e)/log(2)
+    -- Bit shifting is used to emulate 2^a, though unfortunately this does have some mild accuracy issues
     SELECT earned_sp + 1,
            exp +
 			CASE
@@ -34,13 +35,26 @@ FROM sp_series;
 UPDATE skill_group
 SET exp = skill_group.exp + (SELECT exp FROM _sp_series WHERE earned_sp = skill_group.earned_sp);
 
--- Progress in earned_sp is tracked in exp now
-ALTER TABLE skill_group DROP COLUMN earned_sp;
--- available_sp is now useless to track, automatically recalculated when loading persisted skill groups
-ALTER TABLE skill_group DROP COLUMN available_sp;
--- Skills are now tracked in skill_group table as a json blob. Json blob fine since we can just invalidate and let people respec if it doesn't deserialize
-ALTER TABLE skill_group ADD COLUMN skills TEXT DEFAULT "" NOT NULL;
+CREATE TABLE _skill_group
+(
+	entity_id	        INTEGER NOT NULL,
+	skill_group_kind	TEXT NOT NULL,
+    earned_exp          INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    skills              TEXT NOT NULL,
+    hash_val            TEXT NOT NULL,
+	FOREIGN KEY(entity_id) REFERENCES entity(entity_id),
+	PRIMARY KEY(entity_id,skill_group_kind)
+);
+
+INSERT INTO _skill_group
+SELECT sg.entity_id, sg.skill_group_kind, sg.exp, "", ""
+FROM skill_group sg;
+
 -- Skills now tracked in skill_group table, can ust drop
 DROP TABLE skill;
+-- Table no longer needed
+DROP TABLE skill_group;
+-- Rename table to proper name
+ALTER TABLE _skill_group RENAME TO skill_group;
 -- Temp table no longer needed, drop it
 DROP TABLE _sp_series;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/persistence/character.rs b/server/src/persistence/character.rs
index ec6f301758..d9b35348bf 100644
--- a/server/src/persistence/character.rs
+++ b/server/src/persistence/character.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ pub fn load_character_data(
         "
         SELECT  skill_group_kind,
                 earned_exp,
-                skills
+                skills,
+                hash_val
         FROM    skill_group
         WHERE   entity_id = ?1",
     )?;
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ pub fn load_character_data(
                 skill_group_kind: row.get(0)?,
                 earned_exp: row.get(1)?,
                 skills: row.get(2)?,
+                hash_val: row.get(3)?,
             })
         })?
         .filter_map(Result::ok)
@@ -421,8 +423,10 @@ pub fn create_character(
         "
         INSERT INTO skill_group (entity_id,
                                  skill_group_kind,
-                                 earned_exp)
-        VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3)",
+                                 earned_exp,
+                                 skills,
+                                 hash_val)
+        VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5)",
     )?;
 
     for skill_group in db_skill_groups {
@@ -430,6 +434,8 @@ pub fn create_character(
             &character_id as &dyn ToSql,
             &skill_group.skill_group_kind,
             &skill_group.earned_exp,
+            &skill_group.skills,
+            &skill_group.hash_val,
         ])?;
     }
     drop(stmt);
@@ -998,8 +1004,10 @@ pub fn update(
         REPLACE
         INTO    skill_group (entity_id,
                              skill_group_kind,
-                             earned_exp)
-        VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3)",
+                             earned_exp,
+                             skills,
+                             hash_val)
+        VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5)",
     )?;
 
     for skill_group in db_skill_groups {
@@ -1007,6 +1015,8 @@ pub fn update(
             &skill_group.entity_id as &dyn ToSql,
             &skill_group.skill_group_kind,
             &skill_group.earned_exp,
+            &skill_group.skills,
+            &skill_group.hash_val,
         ])?;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/persistence/character/conversions.rs b/server/src/persistence/character/conversions.rs
index af2e43d7ff..a6f8e28030 100644
--- a/server/src/persistence/character/conversions.rs
+++ b/server/src/persistence/character/conversions.rs
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ pub fn convert_skill_groups_to_database(
             earned_exp: sg.earned_exp as i32,
             // If fails to convert, just forces a respec on next login
             skills: serde_json::to_string(&sg.ordered_skills).unwrap_or_else(|_| "".to_string()),
+            hash_val: "".to_string(),
         })
         .collect()
 }
diff --git a/server/src/persistence/models.rs b/server/src/persistence/models.rs
index 049424ce16..1b419b1438 100644
--- a/server/src/persistence/models.rs
+++ b/server/src/persistence/models.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pub struct SkillGroup {
     pub skill_group_kind: String,
     pub earned_exp: i32,
     pub skills: String,
+    pub hash_val: String,
 }
 
 pub struct Pet {