Clear/Remove Gear slots?

[Math]

I understand that the game is saving the skin of every item you pick up and counting it against your gear slot limit of 20/20. But, what if you hate a lot of the skins it saves? Is there a way to delete them? It's a little crazy that a skin memory prohibits us from picking up new items. Surely there's a way to manage this apart from completing the merlin quests for 4 more slots. I only have 6 clothing items and yet my gear slots are 20/20

[Sweet Tooth]

Skins are perma saved and there is no limit to them, only the actual gear counts towards your backpack limit. So your issue is something you're over looking.

[Math]

Originally posted by Baka the Neko Over Heaven:

Skins are perma saved and there is no limit to them, only the actual gear counts towards your backpack limit. So your issue is something you're over looking.

is it possible I'm bugged? I don't have any more than 6 clothing items. I sell everything. But whenever I try to open a chest with a clothing item in it I get "Gear Slots Full". Or I assume it's a clothing item, obviously I don't know for sure because I can't pick it up. Is it, like you say, that I'm overlooking something? Maybe I just don't understand something about the game. I'm pretty new to it, just a couple of days.
What, beyond having a full inventory of actual items, could cause a "Gear Slots Full" problem?

[Lucifer ★✬]

Originally posted by Baka the Neko Over Heaven:

Skins are perma saved and there is no limit to them, only the actual gear counts towards your backpack limit. So your issue is something you're over looking.

Thud

Op is mixing up actual gear and the cosmetics

[Sweet Tooth]

Try double checking your gear in the equip menu, open each gear slot and see whats in there.

[HeeRoTH]

you can increase gear slot with merlin trials quest and you can destroy or sell another gear too

[Psyringe]

Originally posted by Math:

is it possible I'm bugged? I don't have any more than 6 clothing items. I sell everything. But whenever I try to open a chest with a clothing item in it I get "Gear Slots Full". Or I assume it's a clothing item, obviously I don't know for sure because I can't pick it up. Is it, like you say, that I'm overlooking something? Maybe I just don't understand something about the game. I'm pretty new to it, just a couple of days.
What, beyond having a full inventory of actual items, could cause a "Gear Slots Full" problem?

You seem to be confusing gear and skins. There might be a bug, but let's clear up any misunderstandings first.

"Gear" are items that you can equip. In the beginning, you can carry up to 20 different gear items. This number can be increased by completing challenges in your field guide that are related to Merlin trials. If you (say) click on your gloves, then the game will show you all the gloves that you're currently carrying, plus a number like "15/20". That doesn't mean that you're carrying 15 gloves, it means that you're carrying 15 gear items in total, and if any of them are gloves, then they will be shown in the grid below that number. If the first number is lower than the second, then you should be able to pick up more gear - if you aren't, then that's a bug.

"Skins" are cosmetics that you unlock. The number of skins that you can have, is not limited. Every time you pick up an item, its skin gets unlocked for you. You can destroy or sell the item, its skin will stay unlocked. When you hover your mouse over a gear slot in the gear screen, you'll see information in the lower right corner that you can press a key to change appearances. Press that key, and you can make the item that you're currently wearing look like any other item whose skin you have unlocked. This will only affect the looks of the item, not its function.