diff --git a/src/game/object.rs b/src/game/object.rs
index 51fcd59..da7a2c5 100644
--- a/src/game/object.rs
+++ b/src/game/object.rs
@@ -822,6 +822,11 @@ impl Object {
     }
 }
 
+pub struct ObjectGraph {
+    pub root: Handle,
+    pub objects: SecondaryMap<Handle, Object>,
+}
+
 pub struct Objects {
     tile_grid: TileGrid,
     frm_db: Rc<FrameDb>,
@@ -1046,7 +1051,35 @@ impl Objects {
         r
     }
 
+    pub fn insert_graph(&mut self, graph: ObjectGraph) -> Handle {
+        let mut handle_map = SecondaryMap::new();
+
+        for (h, o) in graph.objects {
+            let o = self.insert(o);
+            assert!(handle_map.insert(h, o).is_none());
+        }
+
+        let root = handle_map[graph.root];
+        self.fix_handles(root, &|h| handle_map[h]);
+
+        root
+    }
+
+    fn fix_handles(&self, obj: Handle, map: &impl Fn(Handle) -> Handle) {
+        let mut obj = self.get_mut(obj);
+        for item in &mut obj.inventory.items {
+            item.object = map(item.object);
+            self.fix_handles(item.object, map);
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn remove(&mut self, obj: Handle) -> Object {
+        let r = self.remove0(obj);
+        assert!(r.inventory.items.is_empty(), "use remove_deep()");
+        r
+    }
+
+    fn remove0(&mut self, obj: Handle) -> Object {
         if self.dude == Some(obj) {
             self.dude = None;
         }
@@ -1058,6 +1091,23 @@ impl Objects {
         r
     }
 
+    pub fn remove_deep(&mut self, root: Handle) -> ObjectGraph {
+        let mut objects = SecondaryMap::new();
+        self.remove_deep0(root, &mut objects);
+        ObjectGraph {
+            root,
+            objects,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn remove_deep0(&mut self, objh: Handle, objs: &mut SecondaryMap<Handle, Object>) {
+        let obj = self.remove0(objh);
+        for item in &obj.inventory.items {
+            self.remove_deep0(item.object, objs);
+        }
+        assert!(objs.insert(objh, obj).is_none());
+    }
+
     pub fn at(&self, pos: EPoint) -> &Vec<Handle> {
         self.by_pos[pos.elevation as usize]
             .get(pos.point.x as usize, pos.point.y as usize)
diff --git a/src/game/state.rs b/src/game/state.rs
index de81dd9..75a24b9 100644
--- a/src/game/state.rs
+++ b/src/game/state.rs
@@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ impl GameState {
         let mut dude_obj = {
             let mut world = self.world.borrow_mut();
             let dude_obj = world.objects().dude();
-            let mut dude_obj = world.objects_mut().remove(dude_obj);
-            dude_obj.inventory.items.clear();
+            let dude_obj = world.objects_mut().remove_deep(dude_obj);
             world.clear();
             dude_obj
         };
@@ -282,13 +281,16 @@ impl GameState {
 
         world.set_sqr_tiles(map.sqr_tiles);
 
-        dude_obj.direction = map.entrance_direction;
-        dude_obj.set_light_emitter(LightEmitter {
-            intensity: 0x10000,
-            radius: 4,
-        });
-        dude_obj.set_pos(Some(map.entrance));
-        let dude_obj = world.objects_mut().insert(dude_obj);
+        {
+            let mut dude_obj = dude_obj.objects.get_mut(dude_obj.root).unwrap();
+            dude_obj.direction = map.entrance_direction;
+            dude_obj.set_light_emitter(LightEmitter {
+                intensity: 0x10000,
+                radius: 4,
+            });
+            dude_obj.set_pos(Some(map.entrance));
+        }
+        let dude_obj = world.objects_mut().insert_graph(dude_obj);
 
         world.objects_mut().make_standing(dude_obj);