diff --git a/doc/fixes36.3 b/doc/fixes36.3
index c71dc5bb6..98a1c79f3 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.3
+++ b/doc/fixes36.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.65 $ $NHDT-Date: 1561314651 2019/06/23 18:30:51 $
+$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.66 $ $NHDT-Date: 1561414302 2019/06/24 22:11:42 $
 
 This fixes36.3 file is here to capture information about updates in the 3.6.x
 lineage following the release of 3.6.2 in May 2019. Please note, however,
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ partly eaten food with one bite left had message anomalies when eaten; the
 wizard mode ^I menu could list "Not carrying anything" after inventory items
 	if perm_invent option was On (even on tty where that's not supported)
 change #adjust to treat carrying only gold as not having anything to adjust
+saving bones with 'perm_invent' On could result in "Bad fruit #N" warnings
 
 
 Fixes to Post-3.6.2 Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/include/hack.h b/include/hack.h
index c7807f015..d1f02b0b0 100644
--- a/include/hack.h
+++ b/include/hack.h
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ enum bodypart_types {
 #define POTION_OCCUPANT_CHANCE(n) (13 + 2 * (n))
 #define WAND_BACKFIRE_CHANCE 100
 #define BALL_IN_MON (u.uswallow && uball && uball->where == OBJ_FREE)
+#define CHAIN_IN_MON (u.uswallow && uchain && uchain->where == OBJ_FREE)
 #define NODIAG(monnum) ((monnum) == PM_GRID_BUG)
 
 /* Flags to control menus */
diff --git a/src/end.c b/src/end.c
index 95f4a0a12..c45471eeb 100644
--- a/src/end.c
+++ b/src/end.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	end.c	$NHDT-Date: 1559675615 2019/06/04 19:13:35 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.176 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	end.c	$NHDT-Date: 1561414303 2019/06/24 22:11:43 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.178 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2012. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -1023,6 +1023,12 @@ done_object_cleanup()
         /* placebc(); */
         lift_covet_and_placebc(override_restriction);
     }
+    /* persistent inventory window now obsolete since disclosure uses
+       a normal popup one; avoids "Bad fruit #n" when saving bones */
+    if (iflags.perm_invent) {
+        iflags.perm_invent = FALSE;
+        update_inventory(); /* make interface notice the change */
+    }
     return;
 }
 
@@ -1202,6 +1208,8 @@ int how;
        deal with ball and chain possibly being temporarily off the map */
     if (!g.program_state.panicking)
         done_object_cleanup();
+    /* in case we're panicking; normally cleared by done_object_cleanup() */
+    iflags.perm_invent = FALSE;
 
     /* remember time of death here instead of having bones, rip, and
        topten figure it out separately and possibly getting different
diff --git a/src/restore.c b/src/restore.c
index d10a6ec88..48a5470d2 100644
--- a/src/restore.c
+++ b/src/restore.c
@@ -643,7 +643,8 @@ unsigned int *stuckid, *steedid;
     struct sysflag newgamesysflags;
 #endif
     struct context_info newgamecontext; /* all 0, but has some pointers */
-    struct obj *otmp, *tmp_bc;
+    struct obj *otmp;
+    struct obj *bc_obj;
     char timebuf[15];
     unsigned long uid;
     boolean defer_perm_invent;
@@ -782,17 +783,15 @@ unsigned int *stuckid, *steedid;
     if (nhfp->fieldlevel && nhfp->addinfo)
         sfi_addinfo(nhfp, "objchain", "start", "invent", 0);
     g.invent = restobjchn(nhfp, FALSE, FALSE);
-    /* tmp_bc only gets set here if the ball & chain were orphaned
-       because you were swallowed; otherwise they will be on the floor
-       or in your inventory */
-    tmp_bc = restobjchn(nhfp, FALSE, FALSE);
-    if (tmp_bc) {
-        for (otmp = tmp_bc; otmp; otmp = otmp->nobj) {
-            if (otmp->owornmask)
-                setworn(otmp, otmp->owornmask);
-        }
-        if (!uball || !uchain)
-            impossible("restgamestate: lost ball & chain");
+
+    /* restore dangling (not on floor or in inventory) ball and/or chain */
+    bc_obj = restobjchn(nhfp, FALSE, FALSE);
+    while(bc_obj) {
+        struct obj * nobj = bc_obj->nobj;
+        if (bc_obj->owornmask)
+            setworn(bc_obj, bc_obj->owornmask);
+        bc_obj->nobj = (struct obj *)0;
+        bc_obj = nobj;
     }
     g.migrating_objs = restobjchn(nhfp, FALSE, FALSE);
     g.migrating_mons = restmonchn(nhfp, FALSE);
@@ -818,6 +817,10 @@ unsigned int *stuckid, *steedid;
     for (otmp = g.invent; otmp; otmp = otmp->nobj)
         if (otmp->owornmask)
             setworn(otmp, otmp->owornmask);
+
+    if ((uball && !uchain) || (uchain && !uball))
+        impossible("restgamestate: lost ball & chain");
+
     /* reset weapon so that player will get a reminder about "bashing"
        during next fight when bare-handed or wielding an unconventional
        item; for pick-axe, we aren't able to distinguish between having
diff --git a/src/save.c b/src/save.c
index 192218886..b0608aea0 100644
--- a/src/save.c
+++ b/src/save.c
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ savegamestate(nhfp)
 NHFILE *nhfp;
 {
     unsigned long uid;
+    struct obj * bc_objs = (struct obj *)0;
 
 #ifdef MFLOPPY
     count_only = (nhfp->mode & COUNTING);
@@ -337,14 +338,18 @@ NHFILE *nhfp;
     save_light_sources(nhfp, RANGE_GLOBAL);
 
     saveobjchn(nhfp, g.invent);
-    if (BALL_IN_MON) {
-        /* prevent loss of ball & chain when swallowed */
-        uball->nobj = uchain;
-        uchain->nobj = (struct obj *) 0;
-        saveobjchn(nhfp, uball);
-    } else {
-        saveobjchn(nhfp, (struct obj *) 0);
+
+    /* save ball and chain if they are currently dangling free (i.e. not on
+       floor or in inventory) */
+    if (CHAIN_IN_MON) {
+        uchain->nobj = bc_objs;
+        bc_objs = uchain;
     }
+    if (BALL_IN_MON) {
+        uball->nobj = bc_objs;
+        bc_objs = uball;
+    }
+    saveobjchn(nhfp, bc_objs);
 
     saveobjchn(nhfp, g.migrating_objs);
     savemonchn(nhfp, g.migrating_mons);