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* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' plays this very subtly. It allows you to drop pretty much every piece of equipment, and the items may get lost again if you don't pick them up... except the Orange Charred Ring and the Covenant of Artorias ring, which are required to reach two of the four key bosses throughout the game, and are instead placed in the initially conspicuously empty chest at the Firelink Shrine in case you lose them. On the other hand, they are also the only equipment pieces not transferred to the NewGamePlus.

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* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': [[https://items.jellyneo.net/item/7266/ Jhudoras Bewitched Ring]] is a weapon with the description "This ring may never come off your finger!", and... you can't say it didn't warn you. Trying to unequip it will take you to a unique error page that laughs at you. There is still ''a'' way to remove it involving an exploit[[note]]Initiating a user-to-user pet transfer through the Pound will force-unequip all weapons and other battledome items, including the Bewitched Ring. This is a measure implemented to prevent either [[SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear forgetting]] or [[NoFairCheating smuggling]] rare items in a pet-to-pet trade[[/note]], but it ''is'' [[NotTheIntendedUse an exploit]].

* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': [[https://items.jellyneo.net/item/7266/ Jhudoras Bewitched Ring]] is a weapon with the description "This ring may never come off your finger!", and... you can't say it didn't warn you. Trying to unequip it will take you to a unique error page that laughs at you. There is still ''a'' way to remove it involving an exploit[[note]]Initiating a user-to-user pet transfer through the Pound will force-unequip all items, including the Bewitched Ring -- [[NoFairCheating a measure to prevent trying to work around rules against profiting from exchanging pets]][[/note]], but it ''is'' [[NotTheIntendedUse an exploit]].

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': There is a side quest to photograph some landmarks, and you are given a camera. [[ObviousBeta A bug]] means that you cannot drop the camera when the quest is completed.

* ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'' allows players to use a primary gun (usually assault rifles or other heavy weaponry) and a secondary gun (pistols and submachine guns). You can never play without one of the two, or even swap it out for a cop's weapon.

* In ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance'' the biker mercenary Nails refuses to take off his leather jacket in favour of proper body armour, which makes him something of a JokeCharacter[[note]]the armour stat penalty this imposes is ''huge'' by mid-game and his other stats don't really make up for it[[/note]], but he ''can'' be persuaded to upgrade it for another leather jacket with Kevlar reinforcement if you can prevent him from getting shot full of holes first. He also doesn't seem to mind shoving a trauma plate underneath it, at least in the V1.13 GameMod, which helps slightly.

*** In FinalFantasyLegendII, robots permanently have a 'O-Pa/Po' (Resistance to paralysis/poison) "equipped" that they cannot get rid of.

** The ''Film/JamesBond'' video games published by Activision, the same publisher behind ''[=CoD=]'', have kept this idea going: Bond usually has the [=CoD=]-style two-weapon limit, but also a third slot dedicated to, if not pistols in general, just his [[WeaponOfChoice trademark Walther P99]].

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Sora and company cannot unequip their main weapons, although the Trio can change their weapon to another of the same type. Sora always has to have his Keyblade equipped; Donald and Goofy: their respective Stave and Shield, and any World Partner comes default with a weapon that can't even be switched out for another.
** The same goes for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', in which Terra, Ventus and Aqua can switch out Keyblades, but cannot unequip them leaving them with nothing.
*** In the case of the keyblade wielders, this is {{justified|Trope}}; the keyblade is usually the only weapon available to them, and their "weapon slot" is actually just a [[AmplifierArtifact keychain]] used to modify the keyblade's attributes. In a more meta sense, the Keyblades themselves are also [[ClingyMacGuffin Clingy MacGuffins]].

* Melia's starting hat in ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}''. It can't be removed until after a certain story event unless you're on a NewGamePlus.

* In ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', The Nameless One can equip and unequip armor normally, and the body armour of everyone other than the Nameless One, Annah and Grace is stuck. Some characters have items that can't be replaced, like Dak'kon's Zerth Blade, Vhailor's helm, and Fall From Grace's journal. Other characters have eqipment slots that can't be emptied, but can have other items swapped into them, like Annah's daggers, Nordom's crossbows, The Nameless One's Eye and Morte's teeth and Annah and Grace's body armour. Most even have voiced lines if you attempt to try.

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' won't allow you to drop quest items. This is to prevent you from making a quest {{Unwinnable}} by losing quest-essential items. Also, said items are weightless. Unfortunately many items will not properly have the "undroppable" tag removed long after they are no longer needed and at least once (Molag Bal's quest) [[UnwinnableByMistake an item that needs to be dropped to complete a quest may get flagged as undroppable]]. Most of these are unfixed as of the last official patch, requiring fan-made patches to fix (and if you are on a console, well, sucks to be you).

* The ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series has cursed weapons that can only be removed with special methods once equipped. The moment you equip them, you'll hear an ominous tune play, which has become a sort of staple in the series.

** In ''VideoGame/{{SaGa 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{SaGa 3}}'' (aka ''Final Fantasy Legend III''), the equipment of {{Guest Star Party Member}}s is stuck, including [[SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear any gear they equip in empty slots]].
*** In {{SaGa 2}}, robots permanently have a 'O-Pa/Po' (Resistance to paralysis/poison) "equipped" that they cannot get rid of.