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1-The Lock Function is an inventory feature added in Patch 1.04.00 that prevents the selected item from being sold, dropped, or accidentally used. It targets the long-running player complaint that vendor screens made it easy to sell rare drops or quest-flagged items by mistake, especially during cleanup runs after a long farming session.
1+The Lock Function is an inventory feature added in Patch 1.04.00 whose documented scope is preventing selling or discarding the selected item. Earlier notes also described dropping and accidental-use protection. Keep those additional interaction claims separate from the official scope, including the earlier concern about selling rare drops or quest-flagged items by mistake, especially during cleanup runs after a long farming session.
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5-PropertyValuePatch addedPatch 1.04.00ScopePer-item toggle, saved on the item itself.PersistenceYes - survives save and reload.AffectsSelling, dropping, discarding, and accidental use.
5+PropertyValuePatch addedPatch 1.04.00ScopeThe official note refers to the selected item; toggle and item-bound state details are earlier UI accounts.PersistenceEarlier claim: survives save and reload; not independently established by the selected patch notes.AffectsSelling and discarding are documented. Dropping and accidental-use/extra-confirmation behavior are earlier accounts.
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9-Prevents selling. Locked items still appear in vendor windows but are skipped over by the bulk-sell shortcut and rejected if manually selected for sale.Prevents discarding. Drop and discard actions on a locked item show a notification and refuse to complete.Prevents accidental use. Items that have a use action (consumables, recipe scrolls) ask for an extra confirmation while locked.Visible icon. A small lock icon overlays the item in the inventory grid so the player can scan a tab and see at a glance which items are protected.
9+Selling prevention is documented. Earlier notes additionally described vendor-window visibility, bulk-sell skipping and manual-sale rejection; those precise UI behaviors are retained as earlier observations.Discard prevention is documented. Earlier notes also described drop/notification behavior; that exact prompt sequence remains an older account.Earlier accidental-use account: items with a use action (consumables, recipe scrolls) were described as asking for extra confirmation while locked. The selected notes do not establish this for every use action.Earlier icon observation: Visible icon. A small lock icon overlays the item in the inventory grid so the player can scan a tab and see at a glance which items are protected.
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11+Patch 1.05.00 explicitly improved Embed Abyss Gear and Create Socket to support locked items, and changed Sell and Gift lists to grey out locked items. Those are named functions and UI changes. They do not mean a lock prevents every crafting or consumption action, nor do they establish that every other action can use a locked item.
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1113 How to Use It
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13-Highlight an item in the inventory and trigger the lock action from the contextual menu (the same prompt used for sort, ungroup, and similar inventory actions). Triggering it again unlocks the item. The lock state is bound to the item itself, so locking a stack of arrows applies to the whole stack and persists when the stack moves between containers such as the new Sturdy Gatherables Chest or the wardrobe.
15+Earlier contextual-menu and persistence workflow: Highlight an item in the inventory and trigger the lock action from the contextual menu (the same prompt used for sort, ungroup, and similar inventory actions). Triggering it again unlocks the item. The lock state is bound to the item itself, so locking a stack of arrows applies to the whole stack and persists when the stack moves between containers such as the new Sturdy Gatherables Chest or the wardrobe.
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15-When to Use It
17+Earlier locking recommendations
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1719 Quest-grade weapons and key Abyss Gear sources. Locking the Sword of Starlight or unique Abyss Artifact drops keeps them safe during shop cleanups.Refining and crafting reagents that have variable visual stack sizes. Locking the rare end of the stack avoids accidentally dumping it during a sell-trash run.Gift items with set vendor recipients. Locked gift items will not be sold to a different vendor by mistake.Rare materials accumulated for long projects, such as the late-game refinement pushes that consume bismuth-class resources.
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1921 Pairing with Other UI Changes
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21-Patch 1.04 also tightened up the inventory more broadly: items are now grouped under five tabs (All, Documents, Equipment, Food, Materials, Others), sort settings persist across sessions, and shops show how many of an item the player already owns. The Lock Function complements those changes by flipping the focus of the screen from "sell faster" to "sell safely."
23+Patch 1.04.00 also added inventory category tabs with labels including All, Documents, Equipment, Food, Materials and Others. Sort settings persist after restarting, and shops show the owned quantity. These are separate UI changes from the Lock scope; the earlier article described their shared focus as changing from "sell faster" to "sell safely."
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2325 See Also
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2527 Inventory - inventory system overview.
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2729 Patch 1.04.00 - patch that introduced the feature.