There's no shortage of things to collect in Kingdoms of Amalur. Weapons, armor, alchemical ingredients, blacksmithing components, and a whole lot of other junk will quickly fill up your inventory if you're not a discretionary looter. And, oddly enough, Kingdoms of Amalur forces you to take a few extra steps when you decide to offload some of your less valuable goods. It never walks you through this awkward process either, so here's what you need to know in order to drop items in Kingdoms of Amalur.

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Although it's a bit cumbersome, the process is simple once you know what you're doing. Unlike most RPGs, you can't just hover over an item and press a button on your controller to drop it. Instead, you'll first need to designate the item as "Junk." To do this, follow these easy steps:

  • Pause the game and head to your inventory.
  • Find the item you want to drop.
  • With the item selected, press the appropriate button to move it to your Junk collection.
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Unfortunately, that isn't enough to remove it from your bag. You'll next have to go back one menu screen and head over to the Junk section of your inventory. Just like before, highlight the item of interest. This time, however, you'll now have the option to Destroy it – Amalur doesn't encourage dropping items and littering. You can also choose to destroy all your junk at once as opposed to going through each item individually, although we'd recommend holding on to the most valuable gear and selling it when you come across one of the world's many vendors.

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It's weird that Kingdoms of Amalur makes you take an extra step to free up inventory slots, especially since this game includes hundreds of unique items that quickly fill your bag. Within ten minutes of playing you'll likely become overburdened with worthless loot, and it would have been nice to avoid flipping through the menus to get rid of things you don't want. We'd chalk it up to the game being designed in 2012, but even back then it was an annoying feature. At any rate, toggling across a few different menus is a small price to pay to get another shot at this buried treasure.

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