diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 046a593..94d97a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ kept alive. Edits to connection/bootstrap files are reported as deferred until
 the next manual start, rather than triggering an automatic reconnect.
 
 The 26.3 client now handles AuthMe, chat commands, chunk/world-state caching,
-modern block/item/entity data, entity tracking, read-only inventory/component
-sync, path-following movement (`1goto x y z`), and the crop harvest/replant loop
-(`1farm crops`). General inventory/window actions and the other farming/trading
-jobs remain disabled until their 26.3 packets are migrated. The default server is
-`127.0.0.1`; set `SERVER` explicitly only when you intentionally want another
-server.
+modern block/item/entity data, entity tracking, inventory/component sync,
+path-following movement (`1goto x y z`), inventory draining (`1drain`), and the
+crop harvest/replant loop (`1farm crops`). Other inventory/window actions and
+the farming/trading jobs remain disabled until their 26.3 packets are migrated.
+The default server is `127.0.0.1`; set `SERVER` explicitly only when you
+intentionally want another server.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ and all bots will run the command.
 
 The current 26.3 command path handles public chat. Private-message routing is
 not migrated yet. Verified commands are `!ping`, `!pos`, `!loaded`, `!info x y
-z`, `!inv` (basic slot/count data), and addressed path movement such as
+z`, `!inv` (basic slot/count data), `1drain`, addressed path movement such as
 `1goto x y z`, and `1farm crops`. The command catalog below is retained from
 the legacy bot; other inventory actions, arbitrary block interaction, and the
 other farming/trading commands are not yet available on 26.3. Common item
diff --git a/mosfet/bot.py b/mosfet/bot.py
index 4ae7eaf..15e6b60 100644
--- a/mosfet/bot.py
+++ b/mosfet/bot.py
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ def tick(global_state):
             print('Chunks loaded in', round(time.time() - g.chunks.loading, 2), 's')
         g.chunks.loading = False
         g.chunk_wait_report_at = 0
-        status = 'following_path' if g.path else 'running_job'
+        status = ('draining_inventory' if g.get('draining') else
+                  'following_path' if g.path else 'running_job')
         if g.get('movement_status') != status:
             print('[movement] status={}'.format(status), flush=True)
         g.movement_status = status
@@ -394,6 +395,12 @@ def start_automation(global_state, initialize=True):
         g.players = g.get('players') or {}
         g.breaking = None
         g.break_time = 0.0
+        g.draining = False
+        g.drain_slots = []
+        g.drain_waiting = None
+        g.drain_dropped = 0
+        g.drain_total = 0
+        g.drain_error = None
         g.correction_count = g.get('correction_count', 0)
         g.yaw = float(g.get('yaw', 0.0) or 0.0)
         g.pitch = float(g.get('pitch', 0.0) or 0.0)
@@ -408,6 +415,15 @@ def start_automation(global_state, initialize=True):
         g.game = Game(g)
         g.job = JobStates(g)
 
+    # Preserve active work during hot reloads, but give the worker all fields
+    # introduced by the currently migrated inventory controls.
+    g.setdefault('draining', False)
+    g.setdefault('drain_slots', [])
+    g.setdefault('drain_waiting', None)
+    g.setdefault('drain_dropped', 0)
+    g.setdefault('drain_total', 0)
+    g.setdefault('drain_error', None)
+
     old_stop = g.get('movement_stop_event')
     old_worker = g.get('movement_thread')
     if old_stop is not None:
@@ -444,7 +460,8 @@ def start_automation(global_state, initialize=True):
             # of gating itself forever on a momentary missing column.
             movement_ready = initial_world_ready
             job_active = (g.job is not None and g.job.state != g.job.idle)
-            has_work = bool(g.path) or job_active or bool(g.breaking)
+            has_work = (bool(g.path) or job_active or bool(g.breaking) or
+                        bool(g.draining))
             if g.get('movement_paused'):
                 set_status('paused')
             elif has_work and not movement_ready:
diff --git a/mosfet/commands.py b/mosfet/commands.py
index a93b234..771357e 100644
--- a/mosfet/commands.py
+++ b/mosfet/commands.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Commands:
 
         unsupported = {
             'gather', 'loiter', 'trade', 'gapple', 'cache', 'fill',
-            'drop', 'dump', 'drain', 'break', 'open', 'click', 'use',
+            'drop', 'dump', 'break', 'open', 'click', 'use',
             'interact', 'respawn',
         }
         if (command in unsupported or
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ class Commands:
 
                 ## 1drain - drops all items in inventory
                 if command == 'drain':
-                    self.g.draining = True
-                    reply = 'ok'
+                    count = self.g.game.start_drain()
+                    reply = 'ok' if count else 'empty'
 
                 if command == 'gapple':
                     self.g.job.state = self.g.job.find_gapple
diff --git a/mosfet/game.py b/mosfet/game.py
index 5031093..36a8cbd 100644
--- a/mosfet/game.py
+++ b/mosfet/game.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from itertools import count
 from munch import Munch
 
 from minecraft.networking.packets import Packet, clientbound, serverbound
-from minecraft.networking.types import BlockFace
+from minecraft.networking.types import BlockFace, Byte, Short, VarInt
 from minecraft.networking.modern import (
     ClientTickEnd, ContainerClickSwapPacket, PlayerActionPacket,
     SetCarriedItemPacket, UseItemOnBlockPacket,
@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ from mosfet.info import items
 from mosfet.info import mcdata
 from mosfet.info import mobs
 
+class ContainerClickDropPacket(Packet):
+    """Drop the full stack in one player-inventory slot (protocol 777)."""
+    id = 0x12
+    packet_name = 'container click drop'
+
+    def write_fields(self, packet_buffer):
+        VarInt.send(self.container_id, packet_buffer)
+        VarInt.send(self.state_id, packet_buffer)
+        Short.send(self.slot, packet_buffer)
+        Byte.send(1, packet_buffer)  # drop the whole stack
+        VarInt.send(4, packet_buffer)  # ContainerInput.THROW
+        VarInt.send(0, packet_buffer)  # no changed-slot predictions
+        VarInt.send(0, packet_buffer)  # empty carried item stack
+
+
 class LegacyGame:
     def __init__(self, global_state):
         self.g = global_state
@@ -644,7 +659,68 @@ class Game(LegacyGame):
         self.break_deadline = time.monotonic() + max(0.05, hardness_time)
         return True
 
+    def start_drain(self):
+        slots = [slot for slot, item in sorted(self.g.inv.items())
+                 if 9 <= slot <= 45 and getattr(item, 'present', False)]
+        self.g.drain_slots = slots
+        self.g.drain_waiting = None
+        self.g.drain_dropped = 0
+        self.g.drain_total = len(slots)
+        self.g.drain_error = None
+        self.g.draining = bool(slots)
+        return len(slots)
+
+    def _tick_drain(self):
+        waiting = self.g.get('drain_waiting')
+        if waiting:
+            slot = waiting['slot']
+            state_id = self.g.inventory_state_ids.get(0, 0)
+            if state_id != waiting['state_id']:
+                item = self.g.inv.get(slot)
+                if not item or not getattr(item, 'present', False):
+                    self.g.drain_dropped += 1
+                    print('[drain] dropped stack from slot {}; {}/{} complete'.format(
+                        slot, self.g.drain_dropped, self.g.drain_total), flush=True)
+                    self.g.drain_waiting = None
+                else:
+                    self.g.drain_error = 'server did not clear inventory slot {}'.format(slot)
+                    self.g.draining = False
+                    self.g.drain_waiting = None
+                    print('[drain] stopped: ' + self.g.drain_error, flush=True)
+                    return
+            elif time.monotonic() - waiting['sent_at'] > 3.0:
+                self.g.drain_error = 'timed out waiting for inventory update on slot {}'.format(slot)
+                self.g.draining = False
+                self.g.drain_waiting = None
+                print('[drain] stopped: ' + self.g.drain_error, flush=True)
+                return
+            else:
+                return
+
+        while self.g.drain_slots:
+            slot = self.g.drain_slots.pop(0)
+            item = self.g.inv.get(slot)
+            if not item or not getattr(item, 'present', False):
+                continue
+            state_id = self.g.inventory_state_ids.get(0, 0)
+            packet = ContainerClickDropPacket(
+                container_id=0, state_id=state_id, slot=slot)
+            self.g.connection.write_packet(packet, force=True)
+            self.g.connection.write_packet(ClientTickEnd(), force=True)
+            self.g.drain_waiting = {
+                'slot': slot, 'state_id': state_id,
+                'item_count': item.item_count, 'sent_at': time.monotonic(),
+            }
+            return
+
+        self.g.draining = False
+        self.g.drain_waiting = None
+        print('[drain] complete: dropped {} stacks'.format(
+            self.g.drain_dropped), flush=True)
+
     def tick(self):
+        if self.g.get('draining'):
+            self._tick_drain()
         if not self.g.get('breaking') or self.break_deadline is None:
             return
         if time.monotonic() < self.break_deadline:
diff --git a/tests/test_inventory_drain.py b/tests/test_inventory_drain.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab7e9d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_inventory_drain.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import unittest
+
+from munch import Munch
+from minecraft.networking.modern import ClientTickEnd
+from minecraft.networking.packets import PacketBuffer
+
+from mosfet.game import ContainerClickDropPacket, Game
+from mosfet.protocol.types import Slot
+
+
+class FakeConnection:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.packets = []
+
+    def write_packet(self, packet, force=False):
+        self.packets.append((packet, force))
+
+
+class TestInventoryDrain(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_drop_packet_encodes_throw_whole_stack(self):
+        packet = ContainerClickDropPacket(
+            container_id=0, state_id=7, slot=45)
+        payload = PacketBuffer()
+        packet.write_fields(payload)
+
+        self.assertEqual(packet.id, 0x12)
+        self.assertEqual(payload.get_writable(), bytes.fromhex(
+            '0007002d01040000'))
+
+    def test_drain_waits_for_authoritative_slot_update(self):
+        connection = FakeConnection()
+        game = Game.__new__(Game)
+        game.g = Munch(
+            inv={36: Slot(True, 62, 3)},
+            inventory_state_ids={0: 5},
+            connection=connection,
+            draining=False,
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(game.start_drain(), 1)
+        game._tick_drain()
+        self.assertTrue(game.g.draining)
+        self.assertEqual(game.g.drain_waiting['slot'], 36)
+        self.assertIsInstance(connection.packets[0][0],
+                              ContainerClickDropPacket)
+        self.assertEqual(connection.packets[0][0].state_id, 5)
+        self.assertIsInstance(connection.packets[1][0], ClientTickEnd)
+
+        # InventoryManager updates the state id and slot from server packets.
+        game.g.inventory_state_ids[0] = 6
+        game.g.inv[36] = Slot(False)
+        game._tick_drain()
+        self.assertFalse(game.g.draining)
+        self.assertEqual(game.g.drain_dropped, 1)
+        self.assertIsNone(game.g.drain_error)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()