GRIM DAWN / SYSTEM
How to Expand Your Stash
There are two stashes - the Personal Stash and the Transfer Stash used to pass items between characters - and each starts with a single tab. Locked tabs are bought with iron, but what you can expand depends on DLC: the base game only lets you expand the Transfer Stash, AoM unlocks Personal Stash expansion, and FG adds further tabs to both. Stash data is kept completely separate between Softcore and Hardcore - and blueprints, once learned, apply to all characters within the same mode (they never cross modes).
Last updated: 2026-07-15
Verified: 1.2.1.6Checked: 2026-07-17Difficulty: All difficulties (stashes are shared across difficulties)DLC: Base GameDLC: Ashes of MalmouthDLC: Forgotten Gods
DO THIS FIRST
- ▸Want more tabs? Open a stash at a hub and pay the iron price shown on locked tabs.
- ▸Can't buy Personal Stash tabs? The base game only expands the Transfer Stash - Personal Stash expansion needs AoM, and FG adds further tabs to both.
- ▸Passing items to alts? Use the Transfer Stash - any character in the same mode (SC/HC) can withdraw (the standard way to gear a new character).
- ▸Before playing Hardcore: stash data is fully separate from Softcore - neither Transfer Stash contents nor blueprints cross modes.
- ▸Learn blueprints (right-click) as soon as you loot them - once learned they apply to every character in the same mode.
01 / TWO-STASHES
Personal and Transfer Stashes
- ▸The Personal Stash is that character's private storage, opened at hub stash NPCs/chests.
- ▸The Transfer Stash is accessible to every character in the same mode (SC/HC), making it the hub for materials, components, and gear destined for alts.
- ▸Each starts with a single usable tab; locked tabs are bought with iron (prices shown on the tabs).
- ▸Soulbound items cannot enter the Transfer Stash (see the Soulbound section of Components and Augments).
02 / DLC-EXPANSION
DLC Determines What You Can Expand
- ▸With the base game alone, only the Transfer Stash can gain tabs.
- ▸Installing AoM unlocks Personal Stash expansion.
- ▸Installing FG raises the tab caps further for both stashes.
- ▸Exact per-tab prices and maximums vary with installed DLC - the in-game stash window is the authoritative display.
03 / HC-SC
Softcore/Hardcore Separation and What Is Shared
- ▸All stash data - Personal and Transfer alike - is managed completely separately between Softcore and Hardcore. Items never cross modes.
- ▸The Transfer Stash spans difficulties (Normal/Elite/Ultimate); only the mode (SC/HC) splits it.
- ▸Blueprints, once learned, apply to every character in the same mode (regardless of difficulty). Vendor duplicate drops of learned blueprints (see Mid Game Money) - and since blueprint items themselves cannot cross modes either, a Hardcore profile must find and learn its own within Hardcore.
- ▸Starting Hardcore means rebuilding your stash, iron, and blueprint assets from scratch - plan accordingly.
SOURCES
Verification Sources
5- Grim Dawn Japanese Wiki: Smuggler (Stash) — Confirms both stashes starting at one tab, the expansion scope (base = Transfer only, AoM adds Personal, FG adds more to both), and the complete Softcore/Hardcore separation of stash data.
- Grim Dawn Japanese Wiki: FAQ — Confirms buying locked tabs with iron.
- Grim Dawn Japanese Wiki: Blueprints — Confirms learned blueprints being shared by all characters regardless of difficulty, and the Softcore/Hardcore save separation preventing cross-mode sharing.
- Grim Dawn Japanese Wiki: Items — Confirms Soulbound items being barred from the Transfer Stash.
- Official Crate Forum: Grim Dawn v1.2.1.6 + Hotfix — Official patch notes for the verified version.