# Item multiplier exploit

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/item-multiplier-exploit/6704>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [July 3, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/item-multiplier-exploit/6704 "2014-07-03T07:54:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bonevomit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bonevomit](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bonevomit)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/item-multiplier-exploit/6704/1 "2014-07-03T07:54:16Z")

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I was just playing an SDL experimental version 845c229 and dropped more batteries than I had. I wanted to put in 1000 but accidently put in 10000.

What happened was I dropped 10000 batteries that I didn’t have. Also, I had a battery “debt” and when I dropped that on the other 10000 batteries they went back to the 1200 I had before.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/item-multiplier-exploit/6704/2 "2014-07-04T19:34:10Z")

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Can’t reproduce either with regular drop or advanced inventory, can you be super-specific how this happens, like the actual keystrokes to reproduce it?  
It’s also possible that it’s a windows thing, though that seems unlikely.

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**Author:** ![Bonevomit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bonevomit](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bonevomit)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/item-multiplier-exploit/6704/3 "2014-07-04T20:12:22Z")

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[ul]I can reproduce it pretty easily. Here’s what I do:

[list type=decimal]  
[li]pick up batteries so that you wield them[/li]  
[li]press d[/li]  
[li]press left[/li]  
[li]type in ‘10000’[/li]  
[li]press right to confirm the number[/li]  
[li]press enter to drop[/li]  
[li]see how many batteries you dropped[/li]  
[/list][/ul]

Now if you look in the inventory you have a ‘battery’ with no number by it, this battery is the “debt” I was talking about and if you drop it on the other batteries, you will have the same number of batteries as before you dropped them.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/item-multiplier-exploit/6704/4 "2014-07-04T20:47:19Z")

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Thanks! Can reproduce it now!  
Should be able to fix soon now that I know what’s happening.