While there is certainly no shortage of gear to be found inDiablo 4, the randomness of what is dropped can make it difficult to find items that serve as upgrades. That said, it is actually possible to take a targeted approach to item farming, allowing players to focus on slots that are in desperate need of improvement. This guide is here to provide details on how that is done, and it will give fans a solid understanding of target farming inDiablo 4.
Diablo 4: Target Farming Explained
To begin, it is important to establish that target farmingis connected to a concept that the community refers to as"monster families.“Essentially, this concept states thatenemies inDiablo 4are grouped into families and that those families have an increased chance of dropping items of certain types. While some players may be skeptical about the validity of this statement, it was confirmed by Associate Game Director Joseph Piepiora in anApril 2023 Developer Update Live Stream.
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With that connection established,Diablo 4playerscan now understand that the best way to target farm a specific type of item is to focus on killing monsters that are most likely to drop that item type. To that end, the Blizzard Forums community, spearheaded by userZolmation, has been hard at work confirming the specific associations between monster families and item types, and this is what is believed at the time of writing:
Item types marked with asterisks (*) currently appear to be connected to the associated monster families, though that has not yet been fully confirmed.
Zombies
2H Scythes
While players can now identify the monster families that are most likely to drop the item types in which they are interested, they may still have questions about the best places to find those families. To answer those questions, this table details the currently-availableNightmare Dungeonsin which each enemy type can be found. Again, this data was collected by Blizzard Forums user Zolmation, and the entries that areboldedcontain at least one Elite of the associated type.
Ancient’s Lament,Demon’s Wake, Lost Archives, Prison of Caldeum, Whispering Pines
Ghosts
Abandoned Mineworks, Black Asylum, Earthen Wound, Guulrahn Slums, Lost Archives, Onyx Hold, Sunken Ruins
Crusader’s Cathedral, Maugan’s Works, Prison of Caldeum,Renegade’s Retreat
Skeletons
Anica’s Claim, Black Asylum, Crusader’s Cathedral, Demon’s Wake, Kor Dragan Barracks,Maulwood,Sunken Ruins
Serpent’s Lair, Shadowed Plunge, Witchwater
Spiders
Abandoned Mineworks,Blind Burrows, Champion’s Demise,Feral’s Den, Guulrahn Canals,Serpent’s Lair, Whispering Pines, Witchwater
Aldurwood, Feral’s Den, Maulwood,Raethwind Wilds, Whispering Pines
Anica’s Claim, Guulrahn Canals, Onyx Hold, Shivta Ruins, Sunken Ruins, Zenith
One final thing to mention is thatDiablo 4’s super-rare Uniquesonly drop fromLevel 85+ monsters. As such, if a player will be using the information contained within this guide to attempt to target farm one of those six items, they should make sure that they are fighting enemies of a suitable level.
Diablo 4is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
