diff --git a/apps/components_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/components_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 7595681313..a92fbfe5f0 100644
--- a/apps/components_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/components_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ file(GLOB UNITTEST_SRC_FILES
     vfs/testpathutil.cpp
 
     sceneutil/osgacontroller.cpp
+
+    bsa/testcompressedbsafile.cpp
 )
 
 source_group(apps\\components-tests FILES ${UNITTEST_SRC_FILES})
diff --git a/apps/components_tests/bsa/testcompressedbsafile.cpp b/apps/components_tests/bsa/testcompressedbsafile.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a3aefc841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/components_tests/bsa/testcompressedbsafile.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,390 @@
+#include <components/bsa/compressedbsafile.hpp>
+#include <components/testing/util.hpp>
+
+#include <gmock/gmock.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <format>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <tuple>
+
+namespace Bsa
+{
+    namespace
+    {
+        auto makeTuple(const BSAFile::Hash& value)
+        {
+            return std::make_tuple(value.mLow, value.mHigh);
+        }
+
+        auto makeTuple(const BSAFile::FileStruct& value)
+        {
+            return std::make_tuple(value.mFileSize, value.mOffset, makeTuple(value.mHash), value.mNameOffset,
+                value.mNameSize, value.name());
+        }
+    }
+
+    inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const BSAFile::Hash& value)
+    {
+        return stream << "Hash { .mLow = " << value.mLow << ", .mHigh = " << value.mHigh << "}";
+    }
+
+    inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const BSAFile::FileStruct& value)
+    {
+        return stream << "FileStruct { .mFileSize = " << value.mFileSize << ", .mOffset = " << value.mOffset
+                      << ", .mHash = " << value.mHash << ", .mNameOffset = " << value.mNameOffset
+                      << ", .mNameSize = " << value.mNameSize << ", .name() = " << value.name() << "}";
+    }
+
+    inline bool operator==(const BSAFile::FileStruct& lhs, const BSAFile::FileStruct& rhs)
+    {
+        return makeTuple(lhs) == makeTuple(rhs);
+    }
+
+    namespace
+    {
+        using namespace ::testing;
+
+        struct FileRecord
+        {
+            std::uint64_t mHash;
+            std::uint32_t mSize;
+            std::uint32_t mOffset;
+            std::string mName;
+        };
+
+        struct NonSSEFolderRecord
+        {
+            std::uint64_t mHash;
+            std::uint32_t mCount;
+            std::int32_t mOffset;
+            std::string mName;
+            std::vector<FileRecord> mFiles;
+        };
+
+        struct Archive
+        {
+            CompressedBSAFile::Header mHeader;
+            std::vector<NonSSEFolderRecord> mFolders;
+        };
+
+        void writeArchive(const Archive& value, std::ostream& stream)
+        {
+            stream.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&value.mHeader), sizeof(value.mHeader));
+
+            for (const NonSSEFolderRecord& folder : value.mFolders)
+            {
+                stream.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&folder.mHash), sizeof(folder.mHash));
+                stream.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&folder.mCount), sizeof(folder.mCount));
+                stream.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&folder.mOffset), sizeof(folder.mOffset));
+            }
+
+            for (const NonSSEFolderRecord& folder : value.mFolders)
+            {
+                const std::uint8_t folderNameSize = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(folder.mName.size() + 1);
+
+                stream.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&folderNameSize), sizeof(folderNameSize));
+                stream.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(folder.mName.data()), folder.mName.size());
+                stream.put('\0');
+
+                for (const FileRecord& file : folder.mFiles)
+                {
+                    stream.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&file.mHash), sizeof(file.mHash));
+                    stream.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&file.mSize), sizeof(file.mSize));
+                    stream.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&file.mOffset), sizeof(file.mOffset));
+                }
+            }
+
+            for (const NonSSEFolderRecord& folder : value.mFolders)
+            {
+                for (const FileRecord& file : folder.mFiles)
+                {
+                    stream.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(file.mName.data()), file.mName.size());
+                    stream.put('\0');
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        std::filesystem::path makeOutputPath()
+        {
+            const auto testInfo = UnitTest::GetInstance()->current_test_info();
+            return TestingOpenMW::outputFilePath(
+                std::format("{}.{}.bsa", testInfo->test_suite_name(), testInfo->name()));
+        }
+
+        TEST(CompressedBSAFileTest, shouldHandleEmpty)
+        {
+            const std::filesystem::path path = makeOutputPath();
+
+            {
+                std::ofstream stream;
+                stream.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
+                stream.open(path, std::ios::binary);
+            }
+
+            CompressedBSAFile file;
+            EXPECT_THROW(file.open(path), std::runtime_error);
+
+            EXPECT_THAT(file.getList(), IsEmpty());
+        }
+
+        TEST(CompressedBSAFileTest, shouldHandleSingleFile)
+        {
+            const std::filesystem::path path = makeOutputPath();
+
+            {
+                std::ofstream stream;
+                stream.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
+
+                stream.open(path, std::ios::binary);
+
+                const CompressedBSAFile::Header header{
+                    .mFormat = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(BsaVersion::Compressed),
+                    .mVersion = CompressedBSAFile::Version_TES4,
+                    .mFoldersOffset = sizeof(CompressedBSAFile::Header),
+                    .mFlags = CompressedBSAFile::ArchiveFlag_FolderNames | CompressedBSAFile::ArchiveFlag_FileNames,
+                    .mFolderCount = 1,
+                    .mFileCount = 1,
+                    .mFolderNamesLength = 7,
+                    .mFileNamesLength = 9,
+                    .mFileFlags = 0,
+                };
+
+                const FileRecord file{
+                    .mHash = 0xfedcba9876543210,
+                    .mSize = 42,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mName = "filename",
+                };
+
+                const NonSSEFolderRecord folder{
+                    .mHash = 0xfedcba9876543210,
+                    .mCount = 1,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mName = "folder",
+                    .mFiles = { file },
+                };
+
+                const Archive archive{
+                    .mHeader = header,
+                    .mFolders = { folder },
+                };
+
+                writeArchive(archive, stream);
+            }
+
+            CompressedBSAFile file;
+            file.open(path);
+
+            std::vector<char> namesBuffer;
+            constexpr std::string_view filePath = "folder\\filename";
+            namesBuffer.assign(filePath.begin(), filePath.end());
+            namesBuffer.push_back('\0');
+
+            EXPECT_THAT(file.getList(),
+                ElementsAre(BSAFile::FileStruct{
+                    .mFileSize = 42,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mHash = BSAFile::Hash{ .mLow = 0, .mHigh = 0 },
+                    .mNameOffset = 0,
+                    .mNameSize = 15,
+                    .mNamesBuffer = &namesBuffer,
+                }));
+        }
+
+        TEST(CompressedBSAFileTest, shouldHandleEmptyFileName)
+        {
+            const std::filesystem::path path = makeOutputPath();
+
+            {
+                std::ofstream stream;
+                stream.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
+
+                stream.open(path, std::ios::binary);
+
+                const CompressedBSAFile::Header header{
+                    .mFormat = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(BsaVersion::Compressed),
+                    .mVersion = CompressedBSAFile::Version_TES4,
+                    .mFoldersOffset = sizeof(CompressedBSAFile::Header),
+                    .mFlags = CompressedBSAFile::ArchiveFlag_FolderNames | CompressedBSAFile::ArchiveFlag_FileNames,
+                    .mFolderCount = 1,
+                    .mFileCount = 1,
+                    .mFolderNamesLength = 7,
+                    .mFileNamesLength = 1,
+                    .mFileFlags = 0,
+                };
+
+                const FileRecord file{
+                    .mHash = 0xfedcba9876543210,
+                    .mSize = 42,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mName = "",
+                };
+
+                const NonSSEFolderRecord folder{
+                    .mHash = 0xfedcba9876543210,
+                    .mCount = 1,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mName = "folder",
+                    .mFiles = { file },
+                };
+
+                const Archive archive{
+                    .mHeader = header,
+                    .mFolders = { folder },
+                };
+
+                writeArchive(archive, stream);
+            }
+
+            CompressedBSAFile file;
+            EXPECT_THROW(file.open(path), std::runtime_error);
+        }
+
+        TEST(CompressedBSAFileTest, shouldHandleFoldersWithDuplicateHash)
+        {
+            const std::filesystem::path path = makeOutputPath();
+
+            {
+                std::ofstream stream;
+                stream.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
+
+                stream.open(path, std::ios::binary);
+
+                const CompressedBSAFile::Header header{
+                    .mFormat = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(BsaVersion::Compressed),
+                    .mVersion = CompressedBSAFile::Version_TES4,
+                    .mFoldersOffset = sizeof(CompressedBSAFile::Header),
+                    .mFlags = CompressedBSAFile::ArchiveFlag_FolderNames | CompressedBSAFile::ArchiveFlag_FileNames,
+                    .mFolderCount = 2,
+                    .mFileCount = 2,
+                    .mFolderNamesLength = 16,
+                    .mFileNamesLength = 18,
+                    .mFileFlags = 0,
+                };
+
+                const FileRecord file{
+                    .mHash = 0xfedcba9876543210,
+                    .mSize = 42,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mName = "filename",
+                };
+
+                const NonSSEFolderRecord folder1{
+                    .mHash = 0xfedcba9876543210,
+                    .mCount = 1,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mName = "folder1",
+                    .mFiles = { file },
+                };
+
+                const NonSSEFolderRecord folder2{
+                    .mHash = 0xfedcba9876543210,
+                    .mCount = 1,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mName = "folder2",
+                    .mFiles = { file },
+                };
+
+                const Archive archive{
+                    .mHeader = header,
+                    .mFolders = { folder1, folder2 },
+                };
+
+                writeArchive(archive, stream);
+            }
+
+            CompressedBSAFile file;
+            file.open(path);
+
+            std::vector<char> namesBuffer;
+            constexpr std::string_view filePath = "folder2\\filename";
+            namesBuffer.assign(filePath.begin(), filePath.end());
+            namesBuffer.push_back('\0');
+
+            EXPECT_THAT(file.getList(),
+                ElementsAre(BSAFile::FileStruct{
+                    .mFileSize = 42,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mHash = BSAFile::Hash{ .mLow = 0, .mHigh = 0 },
+                    .mNameOffset = 0,
+                    .mNameSize = 16,
+                    .mNamesBuffer = &namesBuffer,
+                }));
+        }
+
+        TEST(CompressedBSAFileTest, shouldHandleFilesWithDuplicateHash)
+        {
+            const std::filesystem::path path = makeOutputPath();
+
+            {
+                std::ofstream stream;
+                stream.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
+
+                stream.open(path, std::ios::binary);
+
+                const CompressedBSAFile::Header header{
+                    .mFormat = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(BsaVersion::Compressed),
+                    .mVersion = CompressedBSAFile::Version_TES4,
+                    .mFoldersOffset = sizeof(CompressedBSAFile::Header),
+                    .mFlags = CompressedBSAFile::ArchiveFlag_FolderNames | CompressedBSAFile::ArchiveFlag_FileNames,
+                    .mFolderCount = 1,
+                    .mFileCount = 2,
+                    .mFolderNamesLength = 9,
+                    .mFileNamesLength = 18,
+                    .mFileFlags = 0,
+                };
+
+                const FileRecord file1{
+                    .mHash = 0xfedcba9876543210,
+                    .mSize = 42,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mName = "filename1",
+                };
+
+                const FileRecord file2{
+                    .mHash = 0xfedcba9876543210,
+                    .mSize = 13,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mName = "filename2",
+                };
+
+                const NonSSEFolderRecord folder{
+                    .mHash = 0xfedcba9876543210,
+                    .mCount = 2,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mName = "folder",
+                    .mFiles = { file1, file2 },
+                };
+
+                const Archive archive{
+                    .mHeader = header,
+                    .mFolders = { folder },
+                };
+
+                writeArchive(archive, stream);
+            }
+
+            CompressedBSAFile file;
+            file.open(path);
+
+            std::vector<char> namesBuffer;
+            constexpr std::string_view filePath = "folder\\filename2";
+            namesBuffer.assign(filePath.begin(), filePath.end());
+            namesBuffer.push_back('\0');
+
+            EXPECT_THAT(file.getList(),
+                ElementsAre(BSAFile::FileStruct{
+                    .mFileSize = 13,
+                    .mOffset = 0,
+                    .mHash = BSAFile::Hash{ .mLow = 0, .mHigh = 0 },
+                    .mNameOffset = 0,
+                    .mNameSize = 16,
+                    .mNamesBuffer = &namesBuffer,
+                }));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/bsa/compressedbsafile.hpp b/components/bsa/compressedbsafile.hpp
index 88c04614ed..b6c99a906e 100644
--- a/components/bsa/compressedbsafile.hpp
+++ b/components/bsa/compressedbsafile.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Bsa
 {
     class CompressedBSAFile : private BSAFile
     {
-    private:
+    public:
         enum ArchiveFlags
         {
             ArchiveFlag_FolderNames = 0x0001,
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ namespace Bsa
             std::uint32_t mFileFlags;
         };
 
-        Header mHeader;
-
         struct FileRecord
         {
             std::uint64_t mHash;
@@ -107,6 +105,8 @@ namespace Bsa
             std::map<std::uint64_t, FileRecord> mFiles;
         };
 
+    private:
+        Header mHeader;
         std::map<std::uint64_t, FolderRecord> mFolders;
 
         FileRecord getFileRecord(std::string_view str) const;