# Can you make NPCs only grab certain items?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-make-npcs-only-grab-certain-items/14295>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [September 27, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-make-npcs-only-grab-certain-items/14295 "2017-09-27T19:13:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![redxlaser15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redxlaser15/32/1573_2.png) [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-make-npcs-only-grab-certain-items/14295/1 "2017-09-27T19:13:04Z")

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I haven’t fully experimented with this yet, because if it is wrong it will be a massive pain, but I hate that my friend can’t just pick up his own crossbow bolts; I need to give each one back to him manually. I did _crossbow_ in autopickup, but I’m not sure if I turn ‘allow pick up items’ will make him only take things in autopick. I would have done \*crossbow bolts or something like that but I don’t really run into much crossbows in the first place. Any help?

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**Author:** ![DeWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-make-npcs-only-grab-certain-items/14295/2 "2017-09-27T19:23:26Z")

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I believe there is a pick up menu where you can tell him what to pick up or something like that.

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**Author:** ![redxlaser15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redxlaser15/32/1573_2.png) [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-make-npcs-only-grab-certain-items/14295/3 "2017-09-27T23:20:03Z")

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Yes, like I said, autopick : P  
I already set that up, but can I only make my NPCs take from that?

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**Author:** ![hobophobe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/hobophobe/32/1785_2.png) [@hobophobe](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/hobophobe)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-make-npcs-only-grab-certain-items/14295/4 "2018-03-15T19:08:06Z")

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Yeah, your NPCs will only pickup the items you allow through the auto-pickup menu. Then you have to tell them it’s okay to pickup items through dialogue. There is however a good chance this will massively lag your game as this feature does not seem to be optimized at all.