diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index 8790b59c3..04a085b97 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -2177,6 +2177,8 @@ livelog/#chronicle for saving-grace: if saving-grace prevents hero's death,
 naming a type of item, unnaming it (with name of <space>), naming it again
 	(new name or re-use of old one), then unnaming it again would issue
 	impossible: "named object not in disco"
+throwing entire quiver and then picking the stack back up was not putting it
+	back into quiver
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x Platform and/or Interface Problems Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/invent.c b/src/invent.c
index f3c7f3803..0c5f4e0cd 100644
--- a/src/invent.c
+++ b/src/invent.c
@@ -1063,8 +1063,9 @@ addinv_core2(struct obj *obj)
  * Adjust hero attributes as necessary.
  */
 staticfn struct obj *
-addinv_core0(struct obj *obj, struct obj *other_obj,
-             boolean update_perm_invent)
+addinv_core0(
+    struct obj *obj, struct obj *other_obj,
+    boolean update_perm_invent)
 {
     struct obj *otmp, *prev;
     int saved_otyp = (int) obj->otyp; /* for panic */
@@ -1072,6 +1073,9 @@ addinv_core0(struct obj *obj, struct obj *other_obj,
 
     if (obj->where != OBJ_FREE)
         panic("addinv: obj not free");
+    if (obj->how_lost == LOST_EXPLODING)
+        return (struct obj *) NULL;
+
     /* normally addtobill() clears no_charge when items in a shop are
        picked up, but won't do so if the shop has become untended */
     obj->no_charge = 0; /* should not be set in hero's invent */
@@ -1146,6 +1150,7 @@ addinv_core0(struct obj *obj, struct obj *other_obj,
         setuqwep(obj);
  added:
     obj->pickup_prev = 1;
+    obj->how_lost = 0;
     addinv_core2(obj); /* handle extrinsics conferred by carrying obj */
     carry_obj_effects(obj); /* carrying affects the obj */
     if (update_perm_invent)
@@ -1163,7 +1168,8 @@ addinv(struct obj *obj)
 /* add obj to the hero's inventory by inserting in front of a specific item;
    used for throw-and-return in case '!fixinv' is in effect */
 struct obj *
-addinv_before(struct obj *obj, struct obj *other_obj)
+addinv_before(
+    struct obj *obj, struct obj *other_obj)
 {
     /* if 'other_obj' is present this will implicitly be 'nomerge' */
     return addinv_core0(obj, other_obj, TRUE);
@@ -5094,7 +5100,12 @@ mergable(
 
     if (obj->cursed != otmp->cursed || obj->blessed != otmp->blessed)
         return FALSE;
-    if ((obj->how_lost & ~LOSTOVERRIDEMASK) != 0)
+
+    if (obj->how_lost == LOST_EXPLODING
+        || otmp->how_lost == LOST_EXPLODING)
+        return FALSE;
+    if ((obj->how_lost & ~LOSTOVERRIDEMASK)
+        != (otmp->how_lost & ~LOSTOVERRIDEMASK))
         return FALSE;
 #if 0   /* don't require 'bypass' to match; that results in items dropped
          * via 'D' not stacking with compatible items already on the floor;
@@ -5111,8 +5122,7 @@ mergable(
 
     if (obj->unpaid != otmp->unpaid || obj->spe != otmp->spe
         || obj->no_charge != otmp->no_charge || obj->obroken != otmp->obroken
-        || obj->otrapped != otmp->otrapped || obj->lamplit != otmp->lamplit
-        || obj->how_lost != otmp->how_lost)
+        || obj->otrapped != otmp->otrapped || obj->lamplit != otmp->lamplit)
         return FALSE;
 
     if (obj->oclass == FOOD_CLASS
diff --git a/src/pickup.c b/src/pickup.c
index 26655a6c6..bd1fe41db 100644
--- a/src/pickup.c
+++ b/src/pickup.c
@@ -1805,7 +1805,6 @@ pickup_object(
     long count, /* if non-zero, pick up a subset of this amount */
     boolean telekinesis) /* not picking it up directly by hand */
 {
-    unsigned save_how_lost;
     int res;
 
     if (obj->quan < count) {
@@ -1862,16 +1861,12 @@ pickup_object(
         }
     }
 
-    save_how_lost = obj->how_lost;
     /* obj has either already passed autopick_testobj or we are explicitly
-       picking it off the floor, so override obj->how_lost; otherwise we
-       couldn't pick up a thrown, stolen, or dropped item that was split
-       off from a carried stack even while still carrying the rest of the
-       stack unless we have at least one free slot available */
-    obj->how_lost &= ~LOSTOVERRIDEMASK;  /* affects merge_choice() */
+       picking it off the floor, so addinv() will override obj->how_lost;
+       otherwise we couldn't pick up a thrown, stolen, or dropped item that
+       was split off from a carried stack even while still carrying the
+       rest of the stack unless we have at least one free slot available */
     res = lift_object(obj, (struct obj *) 0, &count, telekinesis);
-    obj->how_lost = save_how_lost; /* even when res > 0,
-                                    * in case we call splitobj() below */
     if (res <= 0)
         return res;
 
@@ -1881,7 +1876,6 @@ pickup_object(
     if (obj->quan != count && obj->otyp != LOADSTONE)
         obj = splitobj(obj, count);
 
-    obj->how_lost &= ~LOSTOVERRIDEMASK;
     obj = pick_obj(obj);
 
     if (uwep && uwep == obj)