WoW Patch 4.3: Chaos Orbs Are No Longer Soulbound

Patch 4.3 Changes

Here is the compilation of WoW patch 4.3 changes and patch notes.

Chaos Orbs

We have just made the following change in the PTR: In 4.3, Chaos Orbs are no longer soulbound! Everyone will be able to roll on new orbs that drop, and any existing chaos orbs will become tradeable. (Source)

New Search Field Feature

A search field has been added to allow players to search bag, bank, guild bank, and Void Storage inventories for specific items. (Source)

Void Storage Updated Costs

I just recently got back from a meeting with Ghostcrawler and have an update to share regarding the prices for Void Storage. Instead of charging 1000g to unlock a Void Storage vault and 100g to deposit and withdraw items, we’re looking at only requiring the following amounts for each transaction:

Unlock - 100g
Deposit - 25g
Withdrawal - Free

We agree with the suggestions we’ve seen that placing a higher fee on withdrawals would create a stronger deterrent for using Void Storage as a secondary bank. That said, we don’t want players to find themselves in a situation where they are unable to retrieve an item simply because they don’t have the gold. This is why we’re leaning towards a more expensive deposit (to differentiate Void Storage from a normal bank) and allowing all withdrawals to be free. Please keep in mind that these prices may not hit the PTR and are, of course, subject to change before the release of 4.3. (Source)

Can’t deposit Unique items in the Void Storage

Unfortunately, preventing the use of unique items in Void Storage is necessary in order to enforce the concept of items being unique. Without this limitation, you would be able to have multiple copies of items that we intend to be unique. Fortunately, we don’t use the “unique” concept much any longer; we use “unique-equipped,” and items with this restriction are allowed in Void Storage.

Furthermore, we are scouring through a very large number of items in the game to convert most of the items branded “unique” into “unique-equipped”. (Source)