WoWWiki

This wiki contains inaccurate and out-of-date information. Please head over to https://wowpedia.fandom.com for more accurate and up-to-date game information.

READ MORE

WoWWiki
Register
No edit summary
m (Bot: Adding pl:Soulbound)
 
(25 intermediate revisions by 14 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
The property of an item that prevents it from being [[Trade|traded]] or [[Mail|mailed]] to another character or sold in the [[Auction House]].
+
'''Soulbound''' is the property of an item that prevents it from being [[Trade|traded]] or [[Mail|mailed]] to another character or sold in the [[Auction House]].
   
Items usually become soulbound one of three ways:
+
Items usually become soulbound one of five ways:
* Items given as quest rewards are usually soulbound.
+
* 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.
* Looting an item or accepting an item from a quest that is identified as "[[Bind_on_Pickup|Bind on pickup]]". You should get 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.
  +
* Using an item that is marked as "[[Bind on Use]]".
* Equipping an item that is identified as "[[Bind_on_Equip|Bind on equip]]". You should get a warning alert that this item will [[bind]] to you. Most of the better equipable items bind on equip.
 
* Using certain soulbound enchants on a non bound item.
+
* Using certain enchants on a non-bound item.
   
Soulbinding is a game mechanism to prevent too much [[Twink|twinking]] from occuring. 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 spot of the trade window. You can have a blacksmith attach spurs to a soulbound boot, or an enchanter apply an enchantment to an item this way.
+
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 [[Vendor|vendor]], hand it over as a quest objective, [[destroy]] it, use it as a spell/trade skill reagent, or [[disenchant]] it if you're an [[enchanter]].
   
  +
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).
----
 
''[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/disambiguation Disambiguation] information...''
 
----
 
Were you looking for the [[guild]] named [[SoulBound]]?
 
   
  +
== See also ==
[[Category:Game Terms]]
 
  +
* [[Bind on Pickup]] (BoP)
  +
* [[Bind on Equip]] (BoE)
  +
* [[Bind on Use]] (BoU)
  +
* [[Bind to Account]] (BoA)
  +
  +
[[pl:Soulbound]]
  +
 
[[Category:Game terms]]

Latest revision as of 01:00, 25 December 2017

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.
  • 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 only way to dispose of one is to either sell it to vendor, hand it over as a quest objective, destroy it, use it as a spell/trade skill reagent, or disenchant it if you're an enchanter.

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 (patch 3.3).

See also