There won’t be an auction house in Diablo 4. We haven’t settled on a specific trading system, but we have a philosophy for how trading works. The idea is that the predominant source of getting items in Diablo IV should be killing monsters. That’s the reason why we removed the auction house from Diablo IV.
Trading will not be completely open-ended. Items will either be tradeable, bind on trade, or bind on pickup. As with all features, this is subject to change. The developers think that the predominant source of items should be from killing monsters.
Items obtained via the Season Pass and items bought in the in-game shop cannot be traded with other players.
Blizzard wants to encourage trading in Diablo 4, especially given the open, shared world; however, it wants most of a character’s best items to come from monster drops :
“We want to make sure there is trading in Diablo 4, but not completely open-ended trading, so that players can’t get all of the best items by not even playing the game.”
No. In a December 2022 interview with Diablo 4’s developers , well-known Diablo YouTuber, Rhykker, confirmed that the following list of items cannot be traded:
Despite these restrictions on higher tier items, Rhykker went on to say that most other items are eligible for trade:
“Pretty much everything else can be traded.”
Blizzard predicts that the top end-game items for trade will be Rares with good rolls that can be upgraded into Legendaries using Legendary Aspects. Again, you can trade Rares, but you can’t trade Legendaries.
“The developers think the best in-game base items will be Rares that you turn into Legendaries rather than straight Legendaries themselves. That’s good for trade. The devs see a trade scene that revolves around trading these really high-end Rares to turn into Legendaries.”
No. Items purchased with Premium Currency (i.e., real money) on Diablo 4’s Cosmetic Shop cannot be traded to other players . These items, which only alter a character’s appearance, not power, are account-bound.
“You cannot sell or trade anything that comes from the shop in Diablo 4.”
No. Realizing from past experience that an Auction House doesn’t mesh well with the Diablo series’ gameplay, Blizzard won’t be including the feature in Diablo 4.
[Note: The trading system detailed below comes from a 2019 interview and may be outdated]
Items will fall into one of three trading restriction categories:
Here’s Blizzard describing the current Diablo 4 trade system :
“We want to integrate trading more closely in Diablo IV, so we’re exploring several systems to do that. The one we’re currently leaning toward is one where there’d be three types of items. A type of item that’s tradable all the time with no restrictions, like consumables, crafting mats, and certain armor. There’d also be items that could be traded once and then bound. And then some set of items that can never be traded — bind on pick-up. Likely the most powerful items would be bind on pick-up.”
There’s hints that the clan bank feature, first thought to only be for clanmates to pool gold, may have special trading features built into it . One could imagine posting one’s hand-me-down gear for lower level clanmates to benefit from.
“We want Diablo 4 to be social, and the shared world is something we’re leaning on. We do want that opportunity for players to say: “I can’t believe you have that item. Let me barter with you.” We’re still figuring out the limitations on trading. We’ll have player-to-player and with your clan via the clan bank.”
Q: Will there be trading?
A: Yes. While we’re still working on the details, we know this is a huge community request and we want to reintroduce some level of trading while still preserving the loot-finding experience.
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