diff --git a/scripts/verify.py b/scripts/verify.py
index 8ece9575..5fae7154 100644
--- a/scripts/verify.py
+++ b/scripts/verify.py
@@ -1816,6 +1816,7 @@ def verify_emulator(
     `system_ids` keeps the entries of those systems, as the system pack does.
     """
     from packextras import expand_agnostic_entries
+    from packresolve import resolve_file
     from packpaths import (
         _archive_destination,
         _register_path,
@@ -1846,6 +1847,10 @@ def verify_emulator(
     file_severity: dict[str, str] = {}
     dest_to_name: dict[str, str] = {}
     data_dir_notices: list[str] = []
+    # The paths the emulator pack writes a profile file to. A copy whose hash
+    # the profile contradicts is written too (UNTESTED here, a DISCREPANCY in
+    # the pack), so the status alone does not say what the pack holds.
+    packed_dests: set[str] = set()
 
     # The emulator pack withdraws these, and the report withdraws the same.
     region_drops: set[str] = set()
@@ -1936,11 +1941,13 @@ def verify_emulator(
             archive = file_entry.get("archive")
             if archive and archive not in seen_archives:
                 seen_archives.add(archive)
-                local_path, resolve_status = resolve_local_file(
+                local_path, resolve_status = resolve_file(
                     archive_entry(archive, files),
                     db,
+                    DEFAULT_BIOS_DIR,
                     zip_contents,
                     data_dir_registry=data_registry,
+                    offline=True,
                 )
                 required = any(
                     f.get("archive") == archive and f.get("required", True)
@@ -1997,6 +2004,7 @@ def verify_emulator(
                         )
                 elif local_path:
                     occupy(dest, local_path, emu_name)
+                    packed_dests.add(dest)
                 dest_to_name[dest] = archive
                 cur = result["status"]
                 prev = file_status.get(dest)
@@ -2023,13 +2031,18 @@ def verify_emulator(
                 continue
 
             dest_hint = file_entry.get("path", "")
-            local_path, resolve_status = resolve_local_file(
+            # The emulator pack's resolution, release assets included.
+            local_path, resolve_status = resolve_file(
                 {**with_archive_members(file_entry, files), "source_profile": emu_name},
                 db,
+                DEFAULT_BIOS_DIR,
                 zip_contents,
                 dest_hint=dest_hint,
                 data_dir_registry=data_registry,
+                offline=True,
             )
+            if resolve_status in ("not_found", "user_provided", "external"):
+                local_path = None
             name = file_entry.get("name", "")
             required = file_entry.get("required", True)
             hle = file_entry.get("hle_fallback", False)
@@ -2159,6 +2172,7 @@ def verify_emulator(
                     block_reason = f"the pack holds {owner}'s {other_dest} at this path"
             elif not block and packed is not None:
                 occupy(dest, packed, emu_name)
+                packed_dests.add(dest)
             for result, required, hle in alternatives:
                 if block_reason and result["status"] != Status.MISSING:
                     result["status"] = Status.MISSING
@@ -2226,9 +2240,7 @@ def verify_emulator(
         "total_files": total,
         # The paths the emulator pack fills with the profile's files, for the
         # pipeline's comparison with the pack built in memory.
-        "pack_destinations": sorted(
-            dest for dest, status in file_status.items() if status == Status.OK
-        ),
+        "pack_destinations": sorted(packed_dests),
         "severity_counts": counts,
         "status_counts": status_counts,
         "details": details,
diff --git a/tests/test_verify_emulator_evidence.py b/tests/test_verify_emulator_evidence.py
index c8a20e9e..b8f498c3 100644
--- a/tests/test_verify_emulator_evidence.py
+++ b/tests/test_verify_emulator_evidence.py
@@ -52,6 +52,23 @@ def _db(path: Path, name: str) -> dict:
     }
 
 
+def _pack_files(root: Path, emulators: Path, db: dict) -> set[str]:
+    """The paths the emulator pack writes, built in memory as the pipeline does."""
+    import generate_pack
+
+    record = generate_pack.PackRecord()
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    os.chdir(root)
+    try:
+        generate_pack.generate_emulator_pack(
+            ["demo"], str(emulators), db, "bios", "", False, {}, offline=True,
+            record=record,
+        )
+    finally:
+        os.chdir(cwd)
+    return set(record.files)
+
+
 class HashMismatchIsNotCoverage(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self._tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
@@ -113,6 +130,17 @@ class HashMismatchIsNotCoverage(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("reason", detail)
         self.assertIn("hash", detail["reason"].lower())
 
+    def test_the_contradicted_copy_the_pack_writes_is_a_pack_destination(self):
+        """The pack writes it with a DISCREPANCY, so verify's list of what
+        the pack holds names it too: step 5 compared the two and failed."""
+        self._profile("f" * 32)
+        result = self._run()
+        self.assertEqual(result["pack_destinations"], ["shared.rom"])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            set(result["pack_destinations"]),
+            _pack_files(self.root, self.emulators, self.db),
+        )
+
     def test_a_matching_hash_is_still_ok(self):
         self._profile(hashlib.md5(self.rom.read_bytes()).hexdigest())
         detail = next(
@@ -230,6 +258,15 @@ class ArchiveHashMismatchIsNotCoverage(unittest.TestCase):
             "an archive whose bytes contradict its declared hash counted as covered",
         )
 
+    def test_the_contradicted_archive_the_pack_writes_is_a_pack_destination(self):
+        self._profile("f" * 32)
+        result = self._run()
+        self.assertEqual(result["pack_destinations"], ["romset.zip"])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            set(result["pack_destinations"]),
+            _pack_files(self.root, self.emulators, self.db),
+        )
+
     def test_a_matching_container_hash_is_still_ok(self):
         self._profile(hashlib.md5(self.archive.read_bytes()).hexdigest())
         self.assertEqual(set(self._statuses(self._run())), {verify.Status.OK})