Need help on duped items.

**desmondkiu** · 10-04-2005, 05:13 PM

recently i just traded for a ber rune on uswest ladder
but this morning it went poof
so wondering if there is any method to determine if an item or rune is duped?
also if i am so unlucky to get another duped rune, how can i make it perm?
does things like socketing it immediately or selling to npc then buying back work?

**X-AtreYu-X** · 10-05-2005, 01:21 AM

well usually almost all hi runes are duped.. i guess one method u could do to see if its duped is leave the game and see if it poofs hehe. But to perm, just before you leave the game trade with someone and then right when the trade screen comes up close and then exit the game

**desmondkiu** · 10-05-2005, 02:10 AM

correct me if im wrong but i read somewhere in this forum that you gotta do the trade screen/exit thing everytime u enter a game is that true?
also is there any other ways to perm the items or runes?
something else also struck my mind if u put a duped rune into socket to make a runeword will the item poof?
thanks for your reply btw

**Tap** · 10-05-2005, 02:31 AM

Originally Posted by desmondkiu

correct me if im wrong but i read somewhere in this forum that you gotta do the trade screen/exit thing everytime u enter a game is that true?
also is there any other ways to perm the items or runes?
something else also struck my mind if u put a duped rune into socket to make a runeword will the item poof?
thanks for your reply btw

yes you have to do the trade screen/exit every time you leave a game
two other options are
Leave the hr on a mule that hardly joins any games with other people that way the hr's id wont be matched with another causing it to dissapear.
another way is to socket it once you insert into a socketable it wont disappear

**desmondkiu** · 10-05-2005, 03:17 AM

thanks for confirming on the socket part
then how about selling the rune to npc then buying it back?
will it change the id of the rune?
regarding the matching id part is it once that 2 runes or items with same id appears, battlenet will delete 1 of them?
or is it when battlenet scans the realm for duped items then they will delete?
if so any idea how often they scan the realm?
sorry for so many question but i really want to clear my query once and for all so i can play the game in peace.

**rogal** · 10-05-2005, 03:20 AM

well yesterday i bought about 50xhr and ony 1 pooff :) i made a good trade i think and i get a profit of 18xsoj :)

**desmondkiu** · 10-05-2005, 03:25 AM

well any chance you can spare me a ber rune i lost for my enigma?

**Koolaid_dude** · 10-05-2005, 07:10 AM

that would realy suck if ur exile was to poof because one of the runes u used to make it was duped, thank god that dosent happen

**Tap** · 10-05-2005, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by desmondkiu

then how about selling the rune to npc then buying it back?
will it change the id of the rune?
regarding the matching id part is it once that 2 runes or items with same id appears, battlenet will delete 1 of them?
or is it when battlenet scans the realm for duped items then they will delete?
if so any idea how often they scan the realm?

ok im only about 85% positive on this
but yes bnet will delete them if they have the same id
and also i think blizzard scans you every time you leave a game

oh and dont sale runes to npc's i dont think that helps

**Siris** · 10-05-2005, 03:25 PM

lol if selling to npc permed the runes then i think almost all runes would never poof

**desmondkiu** · 10-05-2005, 04:39 PM

so can we be sure socketing the runes would not make the runes or items poof?

**Deadlyy-Guy** · 10-05-2005, 11:10 PM

socketing the runes will perm them yes. once it is socketed it creates a new id for the weapon/armor its socketed too and therefore the dupe no longer exists its just a description added to your socket.