# Advanced Inventory Management: Cloning Items in Containers

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/advanced-inventory-management-cloning-items-in-containers/8401>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [December 24, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/advanced-inventory-management-cloning-items-in-containers/8401 "2014-12-24T03:01:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/advanced-inventory-management-cloning-items-in-containers/8401/1 "2014-12-24T03:01:15Z")

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To replicate:

1. Obtain an item packed in an item (Flask of Yeast in my case)
2. Open up AIM.
3. Highlight the item and use the “Select item in container” action.
4. Attempt to drop item on ground/nearby tile.

You may need more than one of that item.