# Destination area has too many items. Remove some first

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/destination-area-has-too-many-items-remove-some-first/29044>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Tags:** inventory\
**Created:** [October 23, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/destination-area-has-too-many-items-remove-some-first/29044 "2023-10-23T00:21:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sanehatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sanehatter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sanehatter)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/destination-area-has-too-many-items-remove-some-first/29044/1 "2023-10-23T00:21:22Z")

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Dont remember anything like this from hen I last played. anyone knows if its temporary?

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/destination-area-has-too-many-items-remove-some-first/29044/2 "2023-10-23T02:16:39Z")

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> [@Sanehatter](#):
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> Dont remember anything like this[…]

Unless I remember it wrong, this limitation was already in place when I’ve started playing (0.C).  
There’s a maximum of 4096 items that can be on a tile, and a variable (depending on the furniture/terrain) volume limit.  
If you [`d`]rop more than one of the limits onto a tile, it will overflow to a nearby tile (or get deleted if no space is available). If you use the advanced item manager, it will show the warning you stated instead.

While you can mod in a high volume storage furniture and you could insert items into a container before dropping (as the container only counts as 1 item, regardless of how many items are in it), there’s no built in way to bypass the item limit after that.  
Well, you could download the source, increase the limit (var `MAX_ITEM_IN_SQUARE` in [game\_constants.h](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/62801045a89d470d17b54a9f165011e2a5eef7e8/src/game_constants.h#L28)) and compile the game yourself, if you’d like to go that far.

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**Author:** ![Sanehatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sanehatter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sanehatter)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/destination-area-has-too-many-items-remove-some-first/29044/3 "2023-10-23T02:53:04Z")

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Nice to know theres a way to deal with it, even thought putting everything on sacks is a pain. Thanks!