I guess it's been years for me and probably missed some update, but I didn't think this happened.

Thankfully nothing crazy, just like 100 crafting runes for a trade, then after someone didn't show up for about 20 minutes -- poof. All gone.

Is this a known thing now? Just making sure I'm not crazy.

Yes blizzard punishes players by deleting items on the ground after a certain amount of time.

They love player punishments.

This post was edited by Josiah on Apr 2 2026 06:25pm

Items disappear after a set time. Some items have longer timers than others but iirc its about 10 minutes give or take.

Almost certain it was in Lod as well.

This post was edited by Swirl on Apr 2 2026 06:27pm

Good to know lol, and glad I didn't drop something worth a lot more. Thanks for the info folks!

Its been that way for 25 years

3 classes of items that disappear in 10/20/30 minutes on the ground
10 minutes for non-magical / minor items (arrows, bolts, base items, tomes, scrolls, potions, keys, etc)
20 minutes for magic items, gems, jewels, runes, etc
30 minutes for rare, set, unique, crafted

Before shared stash tabs, we all had a very stressful time during large transfers to item mule characters

Items identified with a scroll in game will never disappear on the ground.

If you’re going to drop and item for a period of time you can bug scroll it by buying a ID scroll, and attempt to ID the item. It will bug the item just like it was freshly ID’d

Can I use ID scroll on my enigma or I have to use it while it’s unid

these evaporating runes are the cause of the chemtrails that can be seen over the rouge encampment lately