how to drop items from inventory?

[Castel Cancel]

love the game but seems to be lacking some controls. like the option to drop things from your inventory. do i seriously have to wait in the start of the game until i find a vendor to sell to before i can drop things? what button is it to just drop things from the inventory? console has this who why does pc not have it?

[mikaeliby]

It so damn flawed that the only way is to drag the item out of the inventory screen with the mouse. And they even ADDED a function so that you CAN NOT do that if you are in a tight spot. Litterally. If you are close to a wall, you can not drop a pair of gloves.

The only way to play this game is to laugh at the mess it is :)

[AC Denton]

all you do is shift+click to drop stuff

[arottweiler]

To drop items in your inventory press and hold SHIFT and then LMB (left mouse button) and the item will drop to the ground in front of you. There are some exceptions like quest items that cannot be dropped but there are mods to remove quest items from your inventory.

It's better to transfer items from inventory to container rather than dropping them because of the risk of losing small items like rings and them scattering all over the place. When dropping items for placement always make sure you are in walk or even sneak mode to minimise the chance of dropped items bouncing and possible disturbing other placed items. If you have something you don't need and it's not worth the money keeping put it in a container that resets so it's not littering the place because no-one else will pick it up. Other items should be dropped straight away like bones and worthless weapons but bear in mind the trophy aspect. Something like that at the start of the game like a skull you picked up in the sewers could become something you keep on display for the rest of the game. Everytime you see it in the hallway of Rosethorn Hall you remember that moment when you were being mocked by the prisoner oposite your cell.

[mikaeliby]

Ah! I stand corrected.

So how often does areas reset and what is a safe place to keep stuff?

[arottweiler]

A safe place to drop stuff is out in the open because that doesn't reset but most containers reset every three ingame days. If you're at the start of the game with no home to use for safe storage out in the open and ideally high up like on a roof is the best bet because no other NPC is going to go there. There is always the risk that items are moved when you leave and re-visit the area when they are outside but this isn't the case inside player homes so the sooner you buy a place the better. My advice is to buy the Waterfront Shack first and buy a few upgrades so you then have some safe storage. Storing items out in the open is then a thing of the past and you can concentrate on the task[s] at hand.

Bag Of Holding mod and Midas mod are both useful for the storage container you can summon so you can store much more to sell. Bag Of Holding requires a short but challenging quest to obtain it but the Midas container can be obtained without any combat.

Both have advantages and disadvantages. Bag Of Holding can be opened at anytime even when enemies have detected you but it weighs five and Midas's storage spell is weightless but cannot be cast when enemies are nearby. I use both.

[PainkilleR]

Since no one has mentioned it yet the other method to drop items (other than shift+click) is to click on the item in the menu and hold the mouse button until the menu closes. That way you will end up holding the said item (like with the default Z key), and can place an item wherever you want.

Also, shift+click is mentioned during the tutorial once you get over-encumbered.

[mikaeliby]

How about chests in the vampire house i the far south of the map that we are given the deed to at the start? Safe for storage?

[Turtleswatter]

Originally posted by mikaeliby:

How about chests in the vampire house i the far south of the map that we are given the deed to at the start? Safe for storage?

Yes, it's yours so it's safe.

[The Dude]

Originally posted by ac_denton:

all you do is shift+click to drop stuff

No, you scroll up to that stack of scrolls you are lugging around, click on it, and then you shift+click on what you want to drop.

[BigRowdy]

Originally posted by PainkilleR:

Since no one has mentioned it yet the other method to drop items (other than shift+click) is to click on the item in the menu and hold the mouse button until the menu closes. That way you will end up holding the said item (like with the default Z key), and can place an item wherever you want.

Also, shift+click is mentioned during the tutorial once you get over-encumbered.

!4 years and I learned that today... Thanks.