# Safe mode equivalent for items, furniture, vehicle parts etc
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/safe-mode-equivalent-for-items-furniture-vehicle-parts-etc/29850
**Category:** The Drawing Board
**Created:** [January 23, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/safe-mode-equivalent-for-items-furniture-vehicle-parts-etc/29850 "2026-01-23T17:40:24Z")
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### Author:  [@Pupker](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pupker)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/safe-mode-equivalent-for-items-furniture-vehicle-parts-etc/29850/1 "2026-01-23T17:40:24Z")
I’d add to this thread but its locked:
> [@Safe mode equivalent for items?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/safe-mode-equivalent-for-items/13101):
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> Sorry if this has been decided to not work or if it’s already in but I don’t know how to use it - I think the safe mode is one of the best innovations in this game. Would something similar for items work? For example, when you’ve been searching for that wrench for a long time, but just missed it when passing a shop window, your character saw it on a counter, but you didn’t go for it because you didn’t press shift+v every step. Or when you’re moving 100km/h on your deathmobile, and see a lab ID …
I’d like to be able to be notified by the game when my character notices stuff on the ground that I’m looking for. For example, I want to fix my car and need a particular wheel, so I’m pressing V every few screens and checking if theres a wheel in there, and when I see a wreck I come up to check its tire size.
I like to be able to spot corpses that are randomly scattered with wallets and other useful stuff, pressing V again every few steps.
I’d like to be able to spot closed crates that sometimes spawn, I remember almost ripping my hair out when I noticed crates in a spot near my cabin that I walked past a lot of times but didnt check it cause it was character-visible but not fitting on the screen, only accidentally discovered them when a zombie was spotted outside window while reading and I enabled Look around and then saw crates like 20 steps away from my window. Upon opening them there was a bunch of guns, MREs and ammo in there.
I usually play 0.H stable but I downloaded and checked [Cataclysm-DDA 0.I release candidate 2026-01-20-1811](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/releases/tag/cdda-0.I-2026-01-20-1811) and didnt find any such feature in there.
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### Author:  [@Wasserlaufer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wasserlaufer)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/safe-mode-equivalent-for-items-furniture-vehicle-parts-etc/29850/2 "2026-01-25T06:37:05Z")
There’s a favorite item feature. I haven’t used it but it might do that.
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### Author:  [@Pupker](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pupker)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2026, 9:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/safe-mode-equivalent-for-items-furniture-vehicle-parts-etc/29850/3 "2026-01-25T09:24:36Z")
You mean toggle favorite in inventory? Thats not what I’m asking for. I’m talking about discovery of stuff in the wild, not keeping track of what I already have.