INFO DOTA 2

Items are in-game equipment that provide heroes with bonus attributes and special abilities. They can be purchased from several shops on the game map. Lower tier items are combined into higher tier items, usually with the help of a recipe. Heroes have six item slots in their inventory, three in their backpack, and six more in their stash. Items can be picked up and delivered to their owner with a courier.

General information[edit | edit source]

• Heroes cannot use items owned by other heroes, with a handful of exceptions. See Item Sharing for details.
• Some items can be disassembled. See Disassembly for details.
• Most items may be sold back to vendors for 100% of the gold spent either within 10 seconds after purchasing or until the item's active ability (if it has one) was used the first time.
  • After ten seconds have passed items may be sold back for only 50% of its price tag.
• Some items, like the  Gem of True Sight, cannot be sold.
• Some dropped items can be destroyed by force-attacking them (default key: A).
  • Enemy dropped items can be destroyed.
  • Items owned by the player can be destroyed.
  • Shareable allied items can be destroyed.
  • The  Aegis of the Immortal and  Cheese can be destroyed.
  • The  Gem of True Sight and  Divine Rapier cannot be destroyed.
• Some items do not provide their effect to heroes with passive abilities providing the same or similar effect. For example, most heroes with a bash ability cannot use the passive ability from  Skull Basher.
• The shop at the enemy fountain can also be used to buy items, sell items, and access the stash.

Shops[edit | edit source]

There are three different shops per faction. One Base Shop, one Secret Shop and one Side Lane Shop. In the shop areas, items can be swapped from the backpack without time penalty.

Base Shop[edit | edit source]

The Base Shops are located within the Fountain are behind the Ancients. All basic items except the secret ones can be bought there. Additionally a majority of the upgrades can be completed there.

Main article: Base Shop

Secret Shop[edit | edit source]

Main article: Secret Shop

The Secret Shops are slightly hidden shops located near the center of the map. The shops allow players to buy items that cannot be bought elsewhere or to spend extra gold while in the early game.

Side Lane Shop[edit | edit source]

Main article: Side Lane Shop

Two Side Lane Shops can be found at the edges of the map. They allow players to buy certain useful items without returning to base.