# Sandbox.BaseInventoryComponent.PickupWorldItem

```csharp
void PickupWorldItem(BaseInventoryItem item)
```

Take an item lying in the world into this inventory - the path Touch and Use pickup share,
and the one to call from game code in None mode. Routed through the host. Refuses anything
[Sandbox.BaseInventoryComponent.CanPickupWorldItem](/api/Sandbox.BaseInventoryComponent/CanPickupWorldItem) does. The usual add hooks apply, and the item becomes active
when nothing else is. Override to change what a pickup does (ammo from duplicates, notices).

### Parameters

- `item` (`BaseInventoryItem`)

Declared in [Sandbox.BaseInventoryComponent](/api/Sandbox.BaseInventoryComponent).
Assembly: `Sandbox.Engine`.