# Custom Items and Inventory + "Eliminated Player's Items = Keep" permanently locks hotbar consumable slots after respawn

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/custom-items-and-inventory-eliminated-players-items-keep-permanently-locks-hotbar-consumable-slots-after-respawn/2764024>\
**Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\
**Tags:** closed, fortnite-creative, unreal-editor-for-fortnite, bug-report, question, fortnite\
**Created:** [September 9, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/custom-items-and-inventory-eliminated-players-items-keep-permanently-locks-hotbar-consumable-slots-after-respawn/2764024 "2026-09-09T16:33:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/custom-items-and-inventory-eliminated-players-items-keep-permanently-locks-hotbar-consumable-slots-after-respawn/2764024/4 "2026-09-17T17:00:36Z")

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FORT-1154563 has been ‘Closed’ as a duplicate of an existing known issue. Origin Issue: FORT-1151776, Origin Topic: [Items disappearing on respawn + Inventory sorting issues.](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/items-disappearing-on-respawn-inventory-sorting-issues/2764582)

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