The Grandfather ultra-rare Unique sword has been discovered in Diablo 4

First confirmed drop of the ultra-rare sword

It’s official: three of six super rareUnique itemsinDiablo 4have been found. After almost a full month of players slaying demons every day, the ultra-rare Unique sword The Grandfather has finally dropped for someone.

With its discovery, The Grandfather will join the ranks of Andariel’s Visage and Harlequin Crest as the confirmed elusive Uniques to exist in the world. The other three extremely low-chance Unique drops,Doombringer,Ring of Starless Skies, andMelted Heart of Selig, have not dropped.

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The Grandfather that dropped came as a reward from aHelltide Mystery Chest. It was a Necromancer on the Asia server that received the rare sword. While even these weapons are subject to randomized stats, it fortunately rolled pretty good for them.

Diablo 4 The Grandfather Drop Translated

I plopped the screenshot of the item into Google Lens so we could get a better look at its rolls:

We know a bit more about how the rare Uniques drop

Over the weekend,Diablo 4Lead Class Designer Adam Jacksonprovided some detailson the extremely rare Uniques. We’ve listed these below:

It’s important to keep in mind just how rare these items are. People have been playingDiablo 4every day for a month now. While most are not high enough level to even trigger the drop, those that are have been farming a lot. Adam also clarified in afollow-up tweetthat any Unique drop has a chance to appear as one of these six variants. Therefore, the best way to farm these would be to do content that drops the most Uniques per hour.

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The odds for these items remind me ofPath of Exile’sMirror of Kalandra. That item is so rare that players may not see it drop for thousands of hours. Given that players have amassed10,000 years of playtime inDiablo4and we’ve yet to find every one of these items, the drop rate sure seems astronomically low.

Although frustrating, the shear rareness of this equipment can add some excitement toDiablo 4. Just keep in mind that while some “best” builds may include one of these items, you’ll probably never see them. For the sake of your sanity, don’t plan around owning any of these Uniques.

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