Item link limits

Item links are kept simple and safe. These are the rules.

• Up to three links per message. The markers add a few characters to your message, so the message length limit still applies.
• Links last two hours. After that, the tooltip says "Link expired". Re-link the item if you need to show it again.
• Fifty live links per player at once. Old ones fall away first.
• Rate limit. A few link requests every ten seconds. Spam will be refused.
• Snapshots only. A link is a photograph of an item, not the item. It cannot be used to trade, move or claim the item. The trade window is the only transfer path (Trading).
• Your items only. You can link only items you hold, never another player's items.
• Plain messages stay plain. Messages without links are shown as before.

Where they work. Every channel, including private messages and party chat. Linking from the trade window directly is not possible: link first, then offer.

If a link does not show. It may be expired, or the sender's message may have been cut because it was too long. Ask them to resend.

Privacy. A link reveals the item's stats but not who owns it, nor where it came from.

Logging. The server records links that are created, to spot abuse.

Related: Item links in chat, Trading.