# How to "pocket autopickup settings?"

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-pocket-autopickup-settings/27611
**Category:** The Bunker
**Tags:** inventory
**Created:** [February 18, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-pocket-autopickup-settings/27611 "2022-02-18T15:41:38Z")
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### Author: ![Richard\_Roe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/richard_roe/32/11791_2.png) [@Richard\_Roe](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Richard_Roe)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-pocket-autopickup-settings/27611/1 "2022-02-18T15:41:38Z")

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I was, and still am, really confused by the pocket autopickup system. How does it really work?  
Example: turrets hit my “US Ballistic Vest \> 4 items” and shatter one of the “ESAPI Ballistic Plate”. I have “shattered ceramic front plate” blacklisted, why isn’t the item unloading?

additionally, how do you get autopickup to work from contained items? I spend a bunch on vending machines (especially buying plutonium fuel cells) and I find it a hassle to manually unload each wallet I find… Is there a way to enable autopickup inside items? It doesn’t work on zombies, and instead just re-picks-up the zero-money cash cards I try to drop after emptying them. “cash card\*” should be the right syntax, am I wrong?