<blue>I’m happy to announce that we recently decided there will be no binding of items in Diablo III. They will be freely traded for the life of the item. The only way we are going to do any kind of binding would be for things that are not progression-sensitive. Like we might say…a quest item. We don’t want you to be able to give to other player to short circuit a quest, but if you find a sword, piece of armor, or gem....anything that you find in the ground, once you pick it up, you can freely trade it... forever.</blue>

Boa was added post-release, despite what was originally said by [[Blizzard]] (keys and body parts for[[uber|ubers]], crafting plans, [[marquise]] gems, and the [[Hellfire Ring]]).