diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/shared/halizeur/log_overlay/LogOverlay.java b/src/main/java/dev/shared/halizeur/log_overlay/LogOverlay.java
index c086e672..9cc2fcf0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/shared/halizeur/log_overlay/LogOverlay.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/shared/halizeur/log_overlay/LogOverlay.java
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Deque;
+import java.util.EnumMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import eu.darkbot.api.PluginAPI;
 import eu.darkbot.api.config.ConfigSetting;
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@
 import eu.darkbot.api.extensions.MapGraphics;
 import eu.darkbot.api.managers.EventBrokerAPI;
 import eu.darkbot.api.managers.GameLogAPI;
+import eu.darkbot.api.managers.GameResourcesAPI;
+import eu.darkbot.api.managers.GameResourcesAPI.TranslationMatcher;
 
 /**
  * Renders the latest in-game DarkOrbit log messages as an overlay on the
@@ -26,6 +30,11 @@
  * Source: {@link GameLogAPI.LogMessageEvent} emitted by DarkBot for each
  * new system message. Each line disappears after DISPLAY_MS ms so the
  * canvas does not get cluttered.
+ *
+ * Filter: per category, the overlay matches messages against translation
+ * patterns from {@link GameResourcesAPI} (the official Bigpoint flashres
+ * keys), so the filter works on every game locale without per-language
+ * keyword maintenance.
  */
 @Feature(name = "Log Overlay",
          description = "Shows the latest in-game log messages as an overlay on the canvas",
@@ -38,37 +47,117 @@ public class LogOverlay implements Behavior, Drawable, Listener, Configurable<Lo
     private static final int MAX_LINES = 5;
     private static final long DISPLAY_MS = 5000L;
 
-    /**
-     * Case-insensitive keywords that mark a log message as "interesting":
-     * resource / experience / honor gains, or error messages. Anything
-     * else (combat, movement, generic info) is filtered out.
-     */
-    private static final String[] WHITELIST = {
-            // Gains (FR)
-            "gagn", "obtenu", "récup", "recup", "récompense", "recompense",
-            "collect", "ramass",
-            // Gains (EN)
-            "gained", "received", "reward", "earned",
-            // Currencies / resources
-            "uridium", "credit", "crédit", "honor", "honneur",
-            "experience", "expérience", "xp ",
-            "prometium", "endurium", "terbium", "prometid", "duranium",
-            "promerium", "seprom", "xenomit", "palladium",
-            // Boosters / drops
-            "drop", "booster",
-            // Errors (FR)
-            "impossible", "erreur", "échec", "echec", "refusé", "refuse",
-            "plein", "indisponible", "non disponible", "interdit",
-            // Errors (EN)
-            "error", "failed", "refused", "denied", "unavailable", "full",
-            "cannot", "can't"
+    private enum Cat {
+        GAINS, BOOSTERS, ERRORS, COMBAT
+    }
+
+    /** flashres keys whose translation describes a generic loot / reward
+     *  message — collection, ore refining, level up, quest reward, etc. */
+    private static final String[] KEYS_GAINS = {
+            "oksammel",       // "%! collected"
+            "boxfarming",     // "Salvaging %!"
+            "farmresult",     // "You collected:"
+            "auto_ore_update",
+            "special_item_found",
+            "lvlup_msg",
+            "quest_finish_reward_s",
+            "quest_finish_reward_p"
+    };
+
+    /** flashres keys for booster activation / banking-multiplier drops. */
+    private static final String[] KEYS_BOOSTERS = {
+            "booster_found",
+            "banking_doubler",
+            "banking_tripler",
+            "banking_quadruplicator",
+            "banking_multiplier_active"
+    };
+
+    /** flashres keys for action refusals: cargo full, no ammo, ability
+     *  on cooldown, ammo purchase failed, ship missing weapons, etc. */
+    private static final String[] KEYS_ERRORS = {
+            "boxtoobig",
+            "boxdisabled",
+            "resourcedisabled",
+            "outofammo",
+            "rohstoffailed",
+            "loadfull",
+            "emptybat",
+            "ammobuy_fail_uri",
+            "ammobuy_fail_cre",
+            "ammobuy_fail_space",
+            "ammobuy_fail_offer",
+            "smartbomb_failed_mines",
+            "smartbomb_failed_xenomit",
+            "instashield_failed_mines",
+            "instashield_failed_xenomit",
+            "no_lasers_on_board",
+            "msg_laser_not_equipped",
+            "msg_rocketlauncher_not_equipped",
+            "loot_theft"
+    };
+
+    /** flashres key for the "X destroyed" combat message. */
+    private static final String[] KEYS_COMBAT = {
+            "destroyed"
+    };
+
+    /** Currency names. DarkOrbit keeps these mostly untranslated across
+     *  locales, so a static list works as a substring filter against any
+     *  raw log message. Lower-cased at init time for case-insensitive
+     *  comparison. */
+    private static final String[] CURRENCY_NAMES = {
+            "uridium", "uri",
+            "credit", "crédit",
+            "honor", "honour", "honneur",
+            "experience", "expérience", "exp", " xp"
+    };
+
+    /** flashres keys whose translation is the localized name of an ore
+     *  / resource. Resolved at init via {@link GameResourcesAPI#findTranslation}. */
+    private static final String[] RESOURCE_KEYS = {
+            "ore_prometium", "ore_endurium", "ore_terbium",
+            "ore_prometid", "ore_duranium", "ore_promerium",
+            "ore_seprom", "ore_xenomit", "ore_palladium", "ore_osmium"
     };
 
     private final Deque<Entry> entries = new ArrayDeque<>();
+    private final Map<Cat, List<TranslationMatcher>> matchers = new EnumMap<>(Cat.class);
+    private final List<String> currencyNeedles = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final List<String> resourceNeedles = new ArrayList<>();
     private LogOverlayConfig config;
 
     public LogOverlay(PluginAPI api) {
         api.requireAPI(EventBrokerAPI.class).registerListener(this);
+
+        GameResourcesAPI res = api.requireAPI(GameResourcesAPI.class);
+        buildMatchers(res, Cat.GAINS, KEYS_GAINS);
+        buildMatchers(res, Cat.BOOSTERS, KEYS_BOOSTERS);
+        buildMatchers(res, Cat.ERRORS, KEYS_ERRORS);
+        buildMatchers(res, Cat.COMBAT, KEYS_COMBAT);
+
+        for (String name : CURRENCY_NAMES) {
+            this.currencyNeedles.add(name);
+        }
+        for (String key : RESOURCE_KEYS) {
+            res.findTranslation(key).ifPresent(t -> {
+                String lower = t.toLowerCase();
+                if (!this.resourceNeedles.contains(lower)) {
+                    this.resourceNeedles.add(lower);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Pre-builds {@link TranslationMatcher} instances for every key in a
+     *  category. Keys whose translation is missing in the active locale
+     *  return {@link java.util.Optional#empty()} and are skipped silently. */
+    private void buildMatchers(GameResourcesAPI res, Cat cat, String[] keys) {
+        List<TranslationMatcher> list = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (String key : keys) {
+            res.getTranslationMatcher(key).ifPresent(list::add);
+        }
+        this.matchers.put(cat, list);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -100,13 +189,42 @@ public void onLogMessage(GameLogAPI.LogMessageEvent event) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Whitelist filter: only display the message if it matches a keyword
-     * from {@link #WHITELIST} (case-insensitive).
+     * Filter: a message is kept when at least one checked category
+     * matches. Most categories use TranslationMatcher (built from the
+     * official Bigpoint translations); Currencies and Resources fall
+     * back to substring matching against localized names because the
+     * actual values appear inside the {@code %!} placeholder of the
+     * generic gain templates and are easier to detect this way.
      */
     private boolean isAllowed(String msg) {
-        String lower = msg.toLowerCase();
-        for (String kw : WHITELIST) {
-            if (lower.contains(kw)) return true;
+        LogOverlayConfig.Categories c = this.config.categories;
+        if (c == null) return false;
+
+        if (c.gains    && anyMatcherFinds(Cat.GAINS, msg))    return true;
+        if (c.boosters && anyMatcherFinds(Cat.BOOSTERS, msg)) return true;
+        if (c.errors   && anyMatcherFinds(Cat.ERRORS, msg))   return true;
+        if (c.combat   && anyMatcherFinds(Cat.COMBAT, msg))   return true;
+
+        if (c.currencies || c.resources) {
+            String lower = msg.toLowerCase();
+            if (c.currencies && containsAny(lower, this.currencyNeedles)) return true;
+            if (c.resources  && containsAny(lower, this.resourceNeedles)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private boolean anyMatcherFinds(Cat cat, String msg) {
+        List<TranslationMatcher> list = this.matchers.get(cat);
+        if (list == null) return false;
+        for (TranslationMatcher m : list) {
+            if (m.find(msg)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean containsAny(String haystack, List<String> needles) {
+        for (String n : needles) {
+            if (haystack.contains(n)) return true;
         }
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/shared/halizeur/log_overlay/LogOverlayConfig.java b/src/main/java/dev/shared/halizeur/log_overlay/LogOverlayConfig.java
index 24c82f36..b5ed9d64 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/shared/halizeur/log_overlay/LogOverlayConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/shared/halizeur/log_overlay/LogOverlayConfig.java
@@ -8,4 +8,33 @@ public class LogOverlayConfig {
 
     @Option("halizeur.log_overlay.enabled")
     public boolean enabled = false;
+
+    @Option("halizeur.log_overlay.categories")
+    public Categories categories = new Categories();
+
+    /**
+     * Whitelist categories. A log message is shown when at least one
+     * checked category matches. Predefined keyword lists live in
+     * {@link LogOverlay} and stay in sync across game locales (FR + EN
+     * substrings are bundled together).
+     */
+    public static class Categories {
+        @Option("halizeur.log_overlay.cat.gains")
+        public boolean gains = true;
+
+        @Option("halizeur.log_overlay.cat.currencies")
+        public boolean currencies = true;
+
+        @Option("halizeur.log_overlay.cat.resources")
+        public boolean resources = true;
+
+        @Option("halizeur.log_overlay.cat.boosters")
+        public boolean boosters = true;
+
+        @Option("halizeur.log_overlay.cat.errors")
+        public boolean errors = true;
+
+        @Option("halizeur.log_overlay.cat.combat")
+        public boolean combat = false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/dev/shared/lang/strings_en.properties b/src/main/resources/dev/shared/lang/strings_en.properties
index d759c2c0..5415bcd0 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/dev/shared/lang/strings_en.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/dev/shared/lang/strings_en.properties
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ general.enabled=Enable
 # ----- Halizeur : Log Overlay -----
 halizeur.log_overlay.config=Log Overlay
 halizeur.log_overlay.enabled=Enabled
+halizeur.log_overlay.categories=Categories to display
+halizeur.log_overlay.categories.desc=Show only log messages whose content matches at least one checked category.
+halizeur.log_overlay.cat.gains=Gains (loot, rewards)
+halizeur.log_overlay.cat.currencies=Currencies (uridium, credits, honor, XP)
+halizeur.log_overlay.cat.resources=Resources (prometium, endurium, …)
+halizeur.log_overlay.cat.boosters=Boosters / drops
+halizeur.log_overlay.cat.errors=Errors / refusals
+halizeur.log_overlay.cat.combat=Combat / kills
 
 do_gamer.simple_healing.hp_repair=HP Repair (Solace, Orcus, Aegis, Hammerclaw)
 do_gamer.simple_healing.shield_repair=Shield Repair (Aegis, Hammerclaw)
diff --git a/src/main/resources/dev/shared/lang/strings_fr.properties b/src/main/resources/dev/shared/lang/strings_fr.properties
index 4f5ed14d..1761a914 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/dev/shared/lang/strings_fr.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/dev/shared/lang/strings_fr.properties
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ general.enabled=Activer
 # ----- Halizeur : Log Overlay -----
 halizeur.log_overlay.config=Log Overlay
 halizeur.log_overlay.enabled=Activé
+halizeur.log_overlay.categories=Catégories à afficher
+halizeur.log_overlay.categories.desc=N'affiche que les messages dont le contenu correspond à au moins une catégorie cochée.
+halizeur.log_overlay.cat.gains=Gains (loot, récompenses)
+halizeur.log_overlay.cat.currencies=Devises (uridium, crédits, honneur, XP)
+halizeur.log_overlay.cat.resources=Ressources (prometium, endurium, …)
+halizeur.log_overlay.cat.boosters=Boosters / drops
+halizeur.log_overlay.cat.errors=Erreurs / refus
+halizeur.log_overlay.cat.combat=Combat / kills
 
 do_gamer.simple_healing.hp_repair=Réparation des PV (Solace, Orcus, Aegis, Hammerclaw)
 do_gamer.simple_healing.shield_repair=Réparation du bouclier (Aegis, Hammerclaw)