Soulbound/en

Soulbound and Lantern of Death

Soulbound is an item protection feature against loss upon death. Lantern of Death is a consumable item that you need both for binding and for later retrieving the item.

The system is managed by the NPC Soul Guide.

In brief

1. You craft the Lantern of Death (Tinkering).
2. You hand the lantern over to the Soul Guide and pay gold.
3. The marked item becomes soul bound - upon death, it does not drop as loot, but goes into a private storage.
4. You later retrieve the item for gold + another lantern (cheaper at your own corpse).

Lantern of Death

The lantern does not turn off like an aura upon death. It is a catalyst that gets consumed:

• 1× when binding the item at the Soul Guide
• 1× for each item upon recovery

Crafting

• Skill: Tinkering
• Category: Misc I
• Variant according to metal (Iron, Copper, Tin, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, Chlorite, Hieronite, Gorinite, Sangvine, Arite, Mithril) - functionally identical

NPC The Soul Guide

1. You give him the Lantern of Death = The bind is initiated

2. You say hi / hello / greet = Opens recovery of all stored soulbound items for full price

How to do soulbind

1. Have a Lantern of Death and enough gold (backpack or bank) in your backpack.
2. Give the lantern to the Soul Guide.
3. Select the item you want to protect.
4. Confirm the price (gold + lantern).

Upon success: the item is soul bound - only you can equip it and upon death it awaits recovery.

What can be soulbind

It must be a magical / set / socketable item and one of the types:

• weapons
• armor
• jewelry
• charms
• spellbook
• bell bandolier

Important: soulbound does not lock the item in the inventory. Someone can receive it via trade, but cannot wear it. The bind is not canceled after recovery — the item remains soulbound.

Bank

Items in the bank do not move to the soulbound storage upon death. Protected are items in equipment, backpack, and druid charm bag. However, lanterns in the bank can be used during recovery.

What happen on death

Classic death:

1. Soulbound items are removed.
2. They are moved to your private storage.
3. On the corpse, gold = 50% of the sum of bind prices of these items remains (instead of lootable gear).

Looters therefore do not get your soulbound items - only a part of their value in gold.

Hardcore death

Upon a hardcore death, soulbound items are destroyed. Recovery is not possible.

Carve body

You cannot carve your own corpse while you have unrecovered soulbound items for it.

Recovery

For each recovered item you need:

• gold (full or half price)
• 1× Lantern of Death (backpack or bank)

You can recover them one by one, or all at once (Pay & Withdraw All).

At your own corpse (discount)

Opening your own corpse opens the recovery gump with a 50% discount (price). Only items from this death will be displayed.

At Soul Guide (full price)

Pozdrav (hi/hello/greet) otvorí recovery všetkých uložených predmetov za 100 % ceny.

Tu môžeš predmet aj trvalo zničiť (Delete) — potvrdenie, nevratné. Pri mŕtvole delete nie je.

Porovnanie

Cesta	Cena	Lampáš	Poznámka
Vlastná mŕtvola	50 %	1× / item	Len predmety z tej smrti
Soul Guide	100 %	1× / item	Všetky uložené; možnosť zmazať

Po recovery ide predmet do batohu a ostáva soulbound.

Ceny

Cena bindu (a neskôr recovery) závisí od required level predmetu:

• minimum (nízky level): 5 000 gp
• maximum (required level ≥ 32): 250 000 gp
• medzi tým rastie podľa levelu (exponenciálne)

Rovnaká uložená cena sa používa pri recovery; pri mŕtvole sa berie polovica.

Zlato sa platí z batohu, prípadne z banky.

Tip pre hráča

• Na každú smrť si priprav lampáše vopred (1 na každý soulbound predmet, ktorý chceš vytiahnuť).
• Najlacnejšie je recovery pri vlastnej mŕtvole.
• Unique itemy sa viazať nedajú.
• Hardcore = strata soulbound gearu natrvalo.

Súhrn jednou vetou

Lantern of Death spotrebuješ u Soul Guide na označenie predmetu ako soulbound a znova (spolu so zlatom) na jeho vyzdvihnutie z úložiska po smrti - soulbound status drží predmet mimo loot a viaže equip na majiteľa.