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Most items in Dota 2 cannot be shared with other heroes. The hero who bought an item is considered its owner, and only they can use, sell, or upgrade it.

However, almost all consumables are completely shareable as they cannot be upgraded, and only grant temporary effects. This allows support heroes to purchase Sentry Wards and other consumables to share with their team.

Other permanent but inexpensive items that grant regenerative abilities are considered partially shareable. This means that other heroes can pick them up and benefit from their effects, but cannot sell or upgrade the item. Divine Rapier and Gem of True Sight are special in that they can also be used by enemy heroes, because they drop on death.

Finally, to prevent abuse, certain items are disabled on the Animal Courier.

Completely shareable items

Cheese

Tango (Shared)

Smoke of Deceit (50)

Town Portal Scroll (50)

Animal Courier (100)

Tome of Knowledge (150)

Dust of Appearance (180)

Flying Courier (250)

Observer and Sentry Wards (160)

Details:

• Other than Observer Wards and Sentry Wards, stacks of the same item type owned by different players do not merge.

Partially shareable items

Ring of Regen (325)

Sage's Mask (325)

Bottle (650)

Ring of Health (850)

Void Stone (850)

Gem of True Sight (900)

Perseverance (1700)

Divine Rapier (6000)

Details:

• Bottles containing runes cannot be shared.
• Divine Rapier is only shareable in that it can be picked up when its owner dies. It does not give its effect to allies if given to them while alive.

Items disabled on couriers

• Like allies, only shareable items work for the courier. This means non-shareable items are muted on them. Additionally the shareable items Bottle, Observer and Sentry Wards, Gem of True Sight and Tome of Knowledge are disabled.
• Couriers are also unable to pick up the Aegis of the Immortal and dropped Divine Rapiers.
• Town Portal Scroll is not muted, but requires mana, so the courier cannot cast it.
• Animal Courier, Flying Courier, Dust of Appearance, Smoke of Deceit, Tango (Shared) and Cheese are fully usable by the courier.

Cooldown interactions

• All Items of the same type in the user's inventory, backpack, and stash go on cooldown when any of them is used, independent of their owner or shareability.

For example, if you have 2 stacks of Dust of Appearance—one of your own and one of a teammate, using either one will put both on cooldown.

• If a hero receives an item type which would be on cooldown for them, it is placed on cooldown, independent of its owner or shareability.

For example, if you use your Dust of Appearance, then receive an unused stack of Dust from a teammate, both will be on cooldown.

• An Item that is on cooldown retains its cooldown, even when given to a Hero that hasn't used it.

For example, if a teammate uses one Dust of Appearance and gives the rest to you, it will be on cooldown for you too.

• All items that merge into an existing stack of them will assume the same cooldown as the stack which was first in the inventory.

For example: You buy a stack of Dust of Appearance and give it to a teammate, who uses it, then drops it.

If you buy another stack of Dust before picking up the first Dust stack, the merged stack will not be on cooldown.

However, if you pick up that first Dust, it will be on cooldown. Any additional Dust you buy will merge with that stack, and also be on cooldown.

Version history

Version

Description

6.52

• Items now have muted form when carried by non-owner (aside from a few exceptions like regeneration and leaver items). -pm can be used if you want to allow pooling in your games.
• Added a new mode -poolingmode(-pm) to allow pooling.