diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp
index ff6e17179..74fd6033c 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp
@@ -860,6 +860,9 @@ void InventoryComponent::WriteSaveData(tinyxml2::XMLDocument& document) {
 	}
 
 	items->DeleteChildren();
+	// As live wrote it (225 of 226 captured charxmls): LWOInventoryComponent_Common::LoadFromSaveData (0x00d1ec40) then
+	// doesn't add the inventory component's template items to a loaded character
+	items->SetAttribute("nn", 1);
 
 	// Saved while the equipped items are pushed (build mode, possibly carrying a model): the character's equipment is
 	// the pushed state, which PopEquippedItems puts back, not the temporary items equipped since.
diff --git a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/InventorySaveTests.cpp b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/InventorySaveTests.cpp
index 9868a6d45..83d9d543a 100644
--- a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/InventorySaveTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/InventorySaveTests.cpp
@@ -93,3 +93,9 @@ TEST_F(InventorySaveTests, ItemTakenOffInBuildModeIsStillSavedEquipped) {
 
 	EXPECT_TRUE(SavedEquipped(hat->GetId()));
 }
+
+// Live charxmls have <items nn="1">
+TEST_F(InventorySaveTests, ItemsAreSavedWithNn) {
+	inventory->WriteSaveData(doc);
+	EXPECT_STREQ(doc.FirstChildElement("obj")->FirstChildElement("inv")->FirstChildElement("items")->Attribute("nn"), "1");
+}