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(While likely valid, no items used by current spells bind to the player.)
(In other words, you can get rid of it through the same methods as any other item, save for transfering it to another character.)
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* Acquiring the item marked as "[[Bind on Pickup]]". Items given as quest rewards are usually BoP. Looting an BoP item should give you a warning alert that this item will bind to you.
 
* Acquiring the item marked as "[[Bind on Pickup]]". Items given as quest rewards are usually BoP. Looting an BoP item should give you a warning alert that this item will bind to you.
 
* Equipping an item that is marked as "[[Bind on Equip]]". You should get a warning alert that this item will bind to you. Most of the better equippable items bind on equip.
 
* Equipping an item that is marked as "[[Bind on Equip]]". You should get a warning alert that this item will bind to you. Most of the better equippable items bind on equip.
* Acquiring an item that is marked as "Bind on Equip" through a Need roll ([[Patch 4.2.0]]).
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* Acquiring an item that is marked as "Bind on Equip" through a Need roll (as of [[patch 4.2.0]]).
 
* Using an item that is marked as "[[Bind on Use]]".
 
* Using an item that is marked as "[[Bind on Use]]".
 
* Using certain enchants on a non-bound item.
 
* Using certain enchants on a non-bound item.
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Soulbinding is a game mechanism to prevent too much [[Twink|twinking]] from occurring. Higher-level characters cannot give their older equipment as hand-me-downs to their friends and guild mates.
 
Soulbinding is a game mechanism to prevent too much [[Twink|twinking]] from occurring. Higher-level characters cannot give their older equipment as hand-me-downs to their friends and guild mates.
   
Note that you can have soulbound items modified by other characters by putting the item in the bottom ("Will Not Be Traded") spot of the trade window. You can have a blacksmith attach spurs to a soulbound boot, or an enchanter apply an enchantment to a soulbound item this way. The only way to dispose of one is to either sell it to a [[Vendor|vendor]], hand it over as a quest objective, [[destroy]] it, use it as a trade skill reagent, or [[disenchant]] it if you're an [[enchanter]].
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Note that you can have soulbound items modified by other characters by putting the item in the bottom ("Will Not Be Traded") spot of the trade window. You can have a blacksmith attach spurs to a soulbound boot, or an enchanter apply an enchantment to a soulbound item this way.
   
The item can also become ''Account bound''. It happens to items marked as ''[[Bind to Account|Binds to account]]'' after being acquired by a player. Unlike soulbound items, they can be sent by mail to other characters of the same account and realm, including those of opposing faction ([[Patch 3.3.0]]).
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The item can also become ''Account bound''. It happens to items marked as ''[[Bind to Account|Binds to account]]'' after being acquired by a player. Unlike soulbound items, they can be sent by mail to other characters of the same account and realm, including those of opposing faction (as of [[patch 3.3.0]]).
   
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 22:59, 28 June 2011

Soulbound is the property of an item that prevents it from being traded or mailed to another character or sold in the Auction House.

Items usually become soulbound one of five ways:

  • Acquiring the item marked as "Bind on Pickup". Items given as quest rewards are usually BoP. Looting an BoP item should give you a warning alert that this item will bind to you.
  • Equipping an item that is marked as "Bind on Equip". You should get a warning alert that this item will bind to you. Most of the better equippable items bind on equip.
  • Acquiring an item that is marked as "Bind on Equip" through a Need roll (as of patch 4.2.0).
  • Using an item that is marked as "Bind on Use".
  • Using certain enchants on a non-bound item.

Soulbinding is a game mechanism to prevent too much twinking from occurring. Higher-level characters cannot give their older equipment as hand-me-downs to their friends and guild mates.

Note that you can have soulbound items modified by other characters by putting the item in the bottom ("Will Not Be Traded") spot of the trade window. You can have a blacksmith attach spurs to a soulbound boot, or an enchanter apply an enchantment to a soulbound item this way.

The item can also become Account bound. It happens to items marked as Binds to account after being acquired by a player. Unlike soulbound items, they can be sent by mail to other characters of the same account and realm, including those of opposing faction (as of patch 3.3.0).

See also