Diablo 4 is revamping how it handles items, and part of that overhaul means players will soon be able to trade some (though not all) of the game's most powerful items.

As detailed in the most recent Diablo 4 Campfire Chat, Blizzard is looking to focus on quality, not quantity, when it comes to Diablo 4's items come the release of the game's Season 4 update on May 14. That means reducing the number of Legendary and Rare items that drop and the number of affixes on them, but increasing both the strength and the relevancy of the affixes on items that players do find. Playing on World Tier 3 will now always reward Sacred items (instead of only sometimes) and World Tier 4 will always reward Ancestral items, which should make progression smoother. The changes are game-wide, and not just to the game's Seasonal Realm.

That is all to say that items in Diablo 4 are about to become individually much more powerful and more consistently relevant for a player's chosen class and build. It's for that reason it's a little surprising that Blizzard additionally announced players will soon be able to trade Legendary and Unique items, something that has been reserved for Rare items since launch. Making any crafting modifications to the items will still make them account-bound, but base-level Legendary and Unique items will be tradeable.