# Add an inventory item to your game

> Create an inventory item resource for your game's economy system.

The following instructions describe how to add an inventory item to your game’s economy system.

1. From the Unity Dashboard, open **Economy** and select **Configuration**.
2. On the Configuration screen, select **Add resource**.
3. Set **Choose a type** to **Inventory item**.
4. Give the inventory a **resource name**, and an **ID** for use in API calls. For example, if your in-game inventory item is a magic hat, the item name could be Magic Hat, and the ID is auto-generated from the name but you can change it to anything that suits you and your game.
5. Select **Next**.
6. You can add any optional custom JSON data you want allocated to this inventory item by entering it into the **Custom Data** box. See [Custom data](./custom-data).
7. Select **Add**.

The new inventory item now appears on the Configuration page of Economy.

## Additional resources

* [Introduction to resources in Economy](./item-types)
* [Custom data](./custom-data)