Trying to figure out how to drop stuff in Sons of the Forest is no easy feat. It may sound silly, but it’s a mechanic that isn’t as straightforward to do as you think. Furthermore, in a survival game where you have a limited amount of space, dropping items can be important. More so if you have been picking up vital items like keycards to use. However, it’s not something simple like hitting a button to drop the item being held. But we are here to help you figure it out. So, in the case that you have items you want to get, you can get rid of any of the unwanted items you hold.
How to Drop Items in Sons of the Forest
Unfortunately, only certain items can actually be dropped from your inventory. For example, items like rotten meat, oysters, and limbs can be dropped. To do so, hover over the item in your inventory and right-click to drop it. The same goes for logs and stones.
But for many other items in the game, they cannot be dropped in this way. It’s an odd gameplay design and can be infuriating at times. More so when you are trying to pick up items and can’t because you’re completely maxed out. However, there is a solution to alleviating this, and that is building shelves.
How to Build Shelves to Store Items in Sons of the Forest
To build a shelf, first go to the fifth tab in your journal when building. Then, navigate to the page that offers the opportunity to build a Shelf or Wall Shelf. The Shelf requires 2 Logs, while the Wall Shelf needs 2 Sticks. Upon doing so, you can interact with the Shelf, which will pull up your inventory. Next, look through the inventory for items that you want to store. Hover over it and left-click. The items will then be transferred to the shelf for storage. Anything from limbs to snacks to resources can be stored on shelves.
While this doesn’t drop the items on the ground, it does take them out of your inventory. Therefore, freeing up space for more important items to grab. But unfortunately, you cannot directly drop most of the items in the game out of your hands onto the ground. So using a shelf to store them is the next best solution. Whether or not dropping is going to be added to Sons of the Forest in the future is currently unknown. However, many players are vocal in voicing their concerns over not being able to get rid of any items that they wish to. Not only can it be infuriating, but makes it more complex for trying to get resources needed for survival.
Sons of the Forest can be a fun and creative survival game to enjoy. However, Endnight Games has not implemented being able to drop items, and it needs to be changed. While storing items is allowed, there are plenty of useless items that you don’t necessarily need with you or at your base. So hopefully a change can be added in the future, especially before the game makes its arrival on consoles.
