Why a bag price does not establish carrying capacity
Carry can mean a full bag, an item that will not fit, cargo handling, or what survives a failed run. Those questions should not be answered with one invented kilogram limit. The existing bag-price page lists dated prices without verified capacities. We have not confirmed a universal weight cap, an encumbrance penalty, or a complete slot count for every bag in the current build.
Treat the live inventory display as the first diagnostic surface. Read the exact rejection message and the item's size, stack, or placement requirement when available. An item that does not fit does not by itself prove a weight problem. Equally, empty-looking space is not proof that every cargo object belongs there. Identify the actual restriction before buying a larger bag or dropping something you may be unable to recover.
Step 1: check the item and the destination
Our reversible checklist starts by recording which inventory you are using and what you are trying to move. Distinguish the bag, equipped gear, vehicle storage, and base storage rather than calling all four inventory. Compare the item description with that destination. Use only a clearly understood move within the interface; this page does not promise that all items can be rotated, split, stacked, or transferred without restrictions.
Check stack behavior separately from space. The November 4 official patch increased maximum stacks for Decoders, gold bars, and several other items, but did not publish the new limits. Do not copy an older limit or assume that every item received the same change. If two apparently matching items do not combine, compare their complete names and variants before describing the result as a capacity bug.
Step 2: understand what is at risk before leaving
Official death help distinguishes circumstances: Criminals dying in Looty Bay lose their inventory, while desert deaths lose all loot. City Civilians keep bag contents and equipped gear; Police lose department-issued gear rather than personal items. These rules are why a safe-looking carry plan can fail when the role or location changes. Check which situation applies instead of extending one city's civilian rule to the desert.
Surrender is different from death. Kefir says surrendering to police confiscates bag contents but preserves equipped gear. Do not read equipped as everything you own, or assume that moving an item immediately before an encounter guarantees protection. The practical advice is to understand the displayed equipment state before the trip and avoid carrying irreplaceable materials solely because an old guide called the whole inventory safe.
If you still cannot carry something, or items disappear
For a blocked pickup, record the item, destination inventory, visible available space, and exact prompt. If it is a shipment or vehicle interaction, check the relevant cargo or car guide rather than treating it as an ordinary bag item. Avoid throwing valuables on the ground to make room for an uncertain test; no universal recovery, despawn timer, or reconnect protection is verified on this page.
For missing items, write down the role, location, and event that immediately preceded the loss. Separate death, surrender, a failed transfer, and a disconnect. Official storage advice says stolen goods belong at a base and warns that bases can be raided; it does not make storage invulnerable. Use banking for the narrower cash-protection question, and send account-specific discrepancies to official support without assuming the site can restore your items.
