# Taking items out of a cardboard box without unloading all/dropping to the floor?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/taking-items-out-of-a-cardboard-box-without-unloading-all-dropping-to-the-floor/25738
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [January 18, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/taking-items-out-of-a-cardboard-box-without-unloading-all-dropping-to-the-floor/25738 "2021-01-18T19:47:36Z")
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### Author:  [@ThinkSome](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ThinkSome)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/taking-items-out-of-a-cardboard-box-without-unloading-all-dropping-to-the-floor/25738/1 "2021-01-18T19:47:36Z")
Hello. Is there a way to take specific items out of a cardboard box without dropping them to the floor (with d) or unloading the whole box? As the box is too big to fit into inventory, I have to wield it. Since I am wielding it, neither the box nor its contents appear in the advanced inventory menu.
Additionally, is there a way to move wielded items into inventory?
And lastly, I have noticed that dropping items in inventory takes longer than just moving them via advanced inventory.
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### Author:  [@zantanzuken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/zantanzuken)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/taking-items-out-of-a-cardboard-box-without-unloading-all-dropping-to-the-floor/25738/2 "2021-01-18T23:19:59Z")
you can (un)wield something by just wielding it again through pressing w and selecting the item you’re wielding.
it will then prompt you to either put it in your inventory, drop it, or wear it (in the case of a weapon with a strap, for example.)
as for the cardboard box, I dunno… never thought to use it… I get the feeling its a holdover from when pockets didn’t exist, so it was the only ‘storage’ function for multiple items.
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### Author:  [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/taking-items-out-of-a-cardboard-box-without-unloading-all-dropping-to-the-floor/25738/3 "2021-01-19T15:10:38Z")
- wield a container
- select another worn container you want to put items in
- 'i’nsert
- select items from wielded container.
- enter
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### Author:  [@ThinkSome](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ThinkSome)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/taking-items-out-of-a-cardboard-box-without-unloading-all-dropping-to-the-floor/25738/4 "2021-01-19T15:56:02Z")
What if I want to put some items into an adjacent warehouse shelf?
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### Author:  [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/taking-items-out-of-a-cardboard-box-without-unloading-all-dropping-to-the-floor/25738/5 "2021-01-19T15:57:02Z")
'D’rop? While wielding/wearing the container, of course.
add: AFAIK if you take something out of a container on the ground you can either put it in your inventory or wield it. No other options.
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### Author:  [@ThinkSome](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ThinkSome)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/taking-items-out-of-a-cardboard-box-without-unloading-all-dropping-to-the-floor/25738/6 "2021-01-19T15:58:45Z")
Warehouse shelves are impassable … But actually insert into another container could do the bulk of work.
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### Author:  [@Acolyte](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Acolyte)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/taking-items-out-of-a-cardboard-box-without-unloading-all-dropping-to-the-floor/25738/7 "2021-01-19T21:43:54Z")
Small “d” drops at your feet, capital “D” you choose a direction - simply choose the shelves.
- Shane