diff --git a/src/char/i_char.py b/src/char/i_char.py
index 67b447f..366e590 100644
--- a/src/char/i_char.py
+++ b/src/char/i_char.py
@@ -232,6 +232,18 @@ class IChar:
                     Logger.error("timeout waiting for tele skill to activate")
 
     def move(self, pos_monitor: tuple[float, float], force_tp: bool = False, force_move: bool = False):
+        # Never click into the HUD. Neither branch below did this, so a move
+        # target low on the screen landed on the interface — most visibly the
+        # loot-filter toggles at the bottom-left (screen x 395-560, y 692-712),
+        # which a right-click flips. Reported after Larzuk trips: he stands on
+        # the left of Harrogath, so moves to and from him aim at that corner.
+        #
+        # Latent for a long time and surfaced by Enigma: the walk branch shrinks
+        # its target toward centre via adjust_factor, which mostly kept clicks
+        # off the HUD by accident, while the teleport branch clicks the raw
+        # target. The pather's anti-stuck path already guarded this; move() did
+        # not.
+        pos_monitor = get_closest_non_hud_pixel(pos_monitor, "monitor")
         factor = Config().advanced_options["pathing_delay_factor"]
         if "teleport" in Config().char and Config().char["teleport"] and (
             force_tp
diff --git a/test/test_hud_clicks.py b/test/test_hud_clicks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05dfcb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_hud_clicks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+"""move() must never click into the HUD.
+
+Reported 2026-08-28: after a Larzuk trip the bot pressed escape and then
+toggled the LOOT FILTER. Larzuk stands on the left of Harrogath, so moves to
+and from him aim at the bottom-left corner — where D2R puts the seven
+loot-filter category buttons (screen x 395-560, y 692-712). A right-click there
+flips a filter, which changes what renders and therefore what every later
+template match can see.
+
+IChar.move() applied no HUD avoidance in either branch. The pather's anti-stuck
+path already called get_closest_non_hud_pixel; move() did not.
+
+Latent for a long time and surfaced by Enigma: the walk branch shrinks its
+target toward centre via adjust_factor, which mostly kept clicks off the HUD by
+accident, while the teleport branch clicks the raw target.
+"""
+import inspect
+
+
+FILTER_ROW = [(400, 700), (470, 700), (550, 700), (470, 710)]
+
+
+def test_hud_mask_covers_the_loot_filter_buttons():
+    import cv2
+    mask = cv2.imread("assets/hud_mask.png", cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
+    mask = cv2.threshold(mask, 1, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)[1]
+    for x, y in FILTER_ROW:
+        assert mask[y, x] == 0, f"loot-filter button ({x},{y}) is not masked as HUD"
+
+
+def test_targets_on_the_filter_row_are_moved_off_it():
+    from ui_manager import get_closest_non_hud_pixel
+    for x, y in FILTER_ROW:
+        ox, oy = get_closest_non_hud_pixel((x + 5, y + 98), "monitor")   # monitor offset
+        assert (oy - 98) < 690, f"({x},{y}) still lands on the HUD at y={oy - 98}"
+
+
+def test_a_centre_target_is_left_alone():
+    """The guard must not perturb ordinary targets."""
+    from ui_manager import get_closest_non_hud_pixel
+    assert get_closest_non_hud_pixel((645, 458), "monitor") == (645, 458)
+
+
+def test_move_applies_the_guard():
+    from char.i_char import IChar
+    src = inspect.getsource(IChar.move)
+    assert "get_closest_non_hud_pixel" in src, "move() can still click into the HUD"
+    guard_at = src.index("get_closest_non_hud_pixel")
+    first_click = min([i for i in (src.find("mouse.move"), src.find("mouse.click")) if i != -1])
+    assert guard_at < first_click, "the guard must run before any click"