diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/conditions/CondCanPickUpItems.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/conditions/CondCanPickUpItems.java
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+/**
+ *   This file is part of Skript.
+ *
+ *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
+ */
+package ch.njol.skript.conditions;
+
+import ch.njol.skript.conditions.base.PropertyCondition;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
+import org.bukkit.entity.LivingEntity;
+
+@Name("Can Pick Up Items")
+@Description("Whether living entities are able to pick up items off the ground or not.")
+@Examples({
+	"if player can pick items up:",
+		"\tsend \"You can pick up items!\" to player",
+	"",
+	"on drop:",
+		"\tif player can't pick	up items:",
+			"\t\tsend \"Be careful, you won't be able to pick that up!\" to player"
+})
+@Since("INSERT VERSION")
+public class CondCanPickUpItems extends PropertyCondition<LivingEntity> {
+
+	static {
+		register(CondCanPickUpItems.class, PropertyType.CAN, "pick([ ]up items| items up)", "livingentities");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean check(LivingEntity livingEntity) {
+		return livingEntity.getCanPickupItems();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected PropertyType getPropertyType() {
+		return PropertyType.CAN;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected String getPropertyName() {
+		return "pick up items";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffToggleCanPickUpItems.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffToggleCanPickUpItems.java
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+/**
+ *   This file is part of Skript.
+ *
+ *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
+ */
+package ch.njol.skript.effects;
+
+import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Effect;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
+import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
+import org.bukkit.entity.LivingEntity;
+import org.bukkit.event.Event;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+
+@Name("Toggle Picking Up Items")
+@Description("Determines whether living entities are able to pick up items or not")
+@Examples({
+	"forbid player from picking up items",
+	"send \"You can no longer pick up items!\" to player",
+	"",
+	"on drop:",
+		"\tif player can't pick	up items:",
+			"\t\tallow player to pick up items"
+})
+@Since("INSERT VERSION")
+public class EffToggleCanPickUpItems extends Effect {
+
+	static {
+		Skript.registerEffect(EffToggleCanPickUpItems.class,
+				"allow %livingentities% to pick([ ]up items| items up)",
+				"(forbid|disallow) %livingentities% (from|to) pick([ing | ]up items|[ing] items up)");
+	}
+
+	private Expression<LivingEntity> entities;
+	private boolean allowPickUp;
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean init(Expression<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, ParseResult parseResult) {
+		entities = (Expression<LivingEntity>) exprs[0];
+		allowPickUp = matchedPattern == 0;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void execute(Event event) {
+		for (LivingEntity entity : entities.getArray(event)) {
+			entity.setCanPickupItems(allowPickUp);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString(@Nullable Event event, boolean debug) {
+		if (allowPickUp) {
+			return "allow " + entities.toString(event, debug) + " to pick up items";
+		} else {
+			return "forbid " + entities.toString(event, debug) + " from picking up items";
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/skript/tests/syntaxes/effects/EffToggleCanPickUpItems.sk b/src/test/skript/tests/syntaxes/effects/EffToggleCanPickUpItems.sk
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+test "entity can pick up items":
+	spawn a zombie at spawn of "world":
+		allow event-entity to pick up items
+		assert event-entity can pick up items with "failed to allow zombie to pick up items"
+		forbid event-entity from picking items up
+		assert event-entity can't pick up items with "failed to disallow zombie to pick up items"
+		delete event-entity