Inventory

An Inventory is a feature introduced with Unleashed for The Sims and Nightlife for The Sims 2. It allows Sims to carry around a number of items no matter where they go.

The Sims
Some items can be placed in a Sim's inventory by interacting with the item, but most cannot be. Items which you obtain on community lots are directly placed into your inventory, and items you receive from other characters may be. Makin' Magic added categories to keep track of the spells in a Sim's wand and the magic ingredients they have.

Items cannot be manually removed from inventory. Many can only be given as gifts. Some will automatically be taken out of inventory when the Sim returns home from a community area. Small pets can be removed from inventory by interacting with an appropriate cage or tank. Vegetables from Unleashed will remain in inventory until they're either sold at market or stored in a pantry. Seeds and plant tonic from Unleashed, and ingredients and wand charges from Makin' Magic are used directly from inventory.

The Sims 2
Some items (such as cell phones, hand held games, etc.) are immediately placed in here upon purchasing them, and others must be manually moved.

To put an item in your Sim's inventory, first make sure you are in inventory mode by clicking its button near the Aspiration rewards button at the bottom of the screen. You should now be able to click and pick up any object (within reason). Simply drag the item into the inventory bar and click. To exit the inventory, just click any other button on the screen. Prior to Seasons, multiple copies of items appeared individually. Seasons introduced grouping, which grouped identical objects regardless of their color scheme. Bringing up the item tooltip allows you to select a specific object in the group.

Note: Items in your inventory cannot be removed while on a Community lot.