When an item is in its 'dropped' form, any player making contact with the item will pick it up, automatically placing it in their inventory (if there is sufficient space). crafting or being rewarded by NPCs like the Angler). placed directly in the player's inventory as part of other processes (e.g.transferred from another inventory (e.g.defeated enemies, or mined blocks or furniture) picked up after an entity has dropped them (e.g.Items can be obtained in numerous ways in Terraria.
