Ground items and corpses

A dropped item stays flat on the ground.

Picking up

Walking over an item does not pick it up. Aim at the item and use it or hit it to put it in your inventory. If your inventory is full, a message tells you and the item stays on the ground.

Bottlecaps are the exception. When you walk over them, they go to your balance, even with a full inventory. See Bottlecaps and trading.

Items on the ground go away after a while.

Corpses

Each dead player leaves a corpse. The corpse keeps their gear, their backpack and part of their Bottlecaps.

• To open the corpse, use it.
• To destroy it, hit it twice in a row. Its contents then drop on the ground.

The corpse goes away after a while. Above it, you see a red skull and the name of the dead player.

Your corpse

After you die, a red cross marks your corpse on your Live Map.

Key points

• Aim at an item on the ground and use it or hit it to pick it up. You pick up Bottlecaps by walking over them.
• A corpse keeps the gear and part of the Bottlecaps of the dead player.
• A red cross marks your corpse on your Live Map.