Changes: Bind

Latest revision as of 10:28, 26 August 2010

Bind can have three meanings in World of Warcraft:

To change an item, so it cannot be traded to another character (or put up for auction at the Auction House); this is also known as Soulbound. Also see, Bind on Pickup and Bind on Equip. A warning pops up before you preform an action that binds an item to your player.
To set the teleport destination of your Hearthstone, as in bind point, i.e. which Inn your hearthstone will teleport you to.
To set a keyboard character as a hotkey.

Item Binding Type

All items are also classified by how they "bind" to a player. Item binding types fall into one of four types:

Bind on Equip (BoE): Items of this type become Soulbound to the first player to equip the item.
Bind on Pickup (BoP): Items of this type become Soulbound to a player after being acquired by the player. A warning appears before you roll or pickup a BoP item.
Bind on Use (BoU): Items of this type become Soulbound after first used. This is used for objects that are used but do not need to be equipped, like small pets. A warning will appear before it binds.
Bind to Account (BtA): Items of this type become Account Bound after being acquired by the player. After that they can only be mailed among different characters of the same account and server, including those of opposing faction. This is used for heirloom items, as well as several other unique items such as collector's edition pets. Added in 3.0.
Quest Item: Formally, this is a binding property value although there is no particular action that make these items bound. However, these items have exactly the same restrictions soulbound items have.
No bind: These items can freely change hands. Examples of this are recipe materials and most consumables such as health and mana potions, health stones, food and water, etc.

Some new players might be a little apprehensive when they first see "Using/equipping this item will bind it to you". There is no need to fear, the item is simply bound to the inventory of your character - not stuck on or to your character. You can still unequip it and sell it to a vendor, but you will not be able to give it to another player, sell it in the Auction House, or send it through the mail.

Binding to an Inn

interact with innkeeper

innkeeper out of range

Talk to an innkeeper at any inn to change your bind point (the place where you will teleport to when you use your hearthstone).

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 ;[[Bind on Equip]] (BoE) : Items of this type become [[Soulbound]] to the first player to [[equip]] the item.
-;[[Bind on Pickup]] (BoP) : Items of this type become [[Soulbound]] to a player after being acquired by the player. Players must take great care in instances not to accidentally [[roll]] on these items if they do not intend to use it.  A warning will appear before you roll or pickup a BoP item.
+;[[Bind on Pickup]] (BoP) : Items of this type become [[Soulbound]] to a player after being acquired by the player. A warning appears before you roll or pickup a BoP item.
 ;[[Bind on Use]] (BoU) : Items of this type become [[Soulbound]] after first used. This is used for objects that are used but do not need to be equipped, like [[small pet]]s.  A warning will appear before it binds.
 ;[[Bind to Account]] (BtA) : Items of this type become [[Bind to Account|Account Bound]] after being acquired by the player. After that they can only be mailed among different characters of the same account and server, including those of opposing faction. This is used for heirloom items, as well as several other unique items such as collector's edition pets. Added in 3.0.