---
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--affix-transfer
type: mechanic
id: rpg-grind--affix-transfer
lang: en
title: Affix transfer
summary: >-
  One item donates a property to another; the player acquires the base and
  desired effect separately.
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status: active
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aliases: []
tags:
  - RPG grinding
  - Equipment upgrades
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  - id: source-1c0d7798e230659f
    title: 'Last Epoch: Legendary Items'
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      https://support.lastepoch.com/hc/en-us/articles/46361924310555-Legendary-Items
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  - id: source-2f9fb280d142fe6b
    title: Diablo Immortal
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    categoryIds:
      - equipment-upgrades
supersededBy: []
attributes:
  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Affix transfer
    description: >-
      One item donates a property to another; the player acquires the base and
      desired effect separately.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/progression-essence-transfer.webp
      width: 800
      height: 450
      game: Diablo Immortal
      sourceUrl: >-
        https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/23657317/diablo-immortal-closed-alpha-the-crusade-begins
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        https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/page_media/067QDD5A5X861617395258670.gif
      sourceFrameSeconds: 14.92
      credit: Blizzard Entertainment; closed-alpha preview
      rights: © Blizzard Entertainment. All rights reserved.
      caption: A helmet inherits another item’s legendary property
      alt: A helmet inherits another item’s legendary property
      markers:
        - x: 75
          'y': 60
          label: Inheritance changes the item’s legendary effect
    tips:
      - >-
        Show the transferred property, retained stats and what happens to the
        donor.
    examples:
      - title: Diablo Immortal
        url: >-
          https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/23657317/diablo-immortal-closed-alpha-the-crusade-begins
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provenance: >-
  Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules
  and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are
  preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the
  specifically described released-game observations; design variants and
  scenarios are hypothetical.
license: CC-BY-4.0
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attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
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---
# Affix transfer

id: rpg-grind--affix-transfer
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--affix-transfer
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/rpg-grind--affix-transfer/

One item donates a property to another; the player acquires the base and desired effect separately.

## At a glance

![A helmet inherits another item’s legendary property](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/progression-essence-transfer.webp)

[Diablo Immortal](https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/23657317/diablo-immortal-closed-alpha-the-crusade-begins) · © Blizzard Entertainment. All rights reserved.

[Source recording](https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/page_media/067QDD5A5X861617395258670.gif), 14.92 s

1. Inheritance changes the item’s legendary effect

- Show the transferred property, retained stats and what happens to the donor.

- [Diablo Immortal](https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/23657317/diablo-immortal-closed-alpha-the-crusade-begins)

## How it works

One item donates a property to another; the player acquires the base and desired effect separately.

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="affix-transfer-options"></a>

- Extract a property into a persistent library. <a id="affix-transfer-option-1"></a>
- Consume a donor item to transfer an effect. <a id="affix-transfer-option-2"></a>
- Combine a unique base with some properties from another item. <a id="affix-transfer-option-3"></a>

## Design example

A rare axe is consumed to transfer its bleeding effect onto a preferred weapon.

## Context and limits

A systematic RPG grind reference: 110 mechanics and 330 variants in 18 sections. Four layers answer different questions: what the player repeats, what develops, how rewards arrive and what constrains the loop. It covers single-player RPGs, ARPGs, MMORPGs and adjacent management and accumulation systems. Every mechanic has an explanation, variants and a hypothetical example; coverage, combinations and verified game observations follow the catalog.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the specifically described released-game observations; design variants and scenarios are hypothetical.

- [Last Epoch: Legendary Items](https://support.lastepoch.com/hc/en-us/articles/46361924310555-Legendary-Items) (id: source-1c0d7798e230659f)
- [Diablo Immortal](https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/23657317/diablo-immortal-closed-alpha-the-crusade-begins) (id: source-2f9fb280d142fe6b)

CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors