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InDiablo 4there are technically just four tiers of items: common, uncommon, rare, and legendary. Unique items arecosmetics and armors with a unique name, like The Butcher’s Cleaver, Tempest Roar, 100,000 Steps, and dozens of others. Though these items drop at a much lower rate than other endgame items, a handful of them areridiculouslyrare.
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The iconic two-handed sword The Grandfather returns, and so does the all-powerful Shako (called the Harlequin Crest), alongside four other ultra-rare Uniques. Despite their extremely low drop rate, there is a method to increase one’s chances of getting one of these sixrarestDiablo 4items– but keep your expectations low.
How To Get The Rarest Diablo 4 Uniques
Players taking on World Tier 3 and 4 are likely knee-deep inlegendaries and Uniques, but their drop rates aren’tquiteas random as one might think. It’spossible to target certain enemy typesfor different drops – for example, Goatmen have aslightlyhigher chance to drop Totems, which can be useful for Druids hunting down Druid-specific Aspects.
Unfortunately, this doesn’t apply to the six rarestDiablo 4items.
There isonly one way to target farm these rare uniqueDiablo 4items; As pointed out byLead Class Designer Adam Jackson, to get these items, players must be at least Level 85 in Nightmare difficulty (World Tier 4). These six rare Uniqueswon’t drop for lower-level players.Players must simply complete content that rewards Uniques, like Helltide Mystery Chests, Nightmare Dungeons, and other endgame activities.
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That’s all there is to it, but theactual drop rate of these items is so astronomically lowthat many players wonder if they have better chances of winning the lottery. The first Harlequin Crest (Shako) was found on June 20, 2025, around a week and a half after the game’s early access launch – andthe first drop of The Grandfathercame June 23, 2025, nearly a month after release.
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Diablo 4is available for PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One and Series X|S
