Players that want to perfect their builds in Diablo 4 will eventually need to focus on obtaining Sacred and Ancestral items. Indeed, items with those two designations have the potential to roll with better stats than their standard counterparts, making them very desirable. For those players that would like to get their hands on Sacred and Ancestral items in Diablo 4, this guide is here to detail the best sources for them.
To note, Sacred items are only available upon entering World Tier 3, and Ancestral items are only available upon entering World Tier 4. As such, players that have not yet reached those higher World Tiers in Diablo 4 will need to make further progress before they can use the information that is contained within this guide.
Diablo 4: How to Farm Sacred and Ancestral Items
As per Diablo 4 Associate Game Director Joseph Piepiora, items that drop in Nightmare Dungeons are more likely to be Sacred and Ancestral than items that drop outside of them. This makes Nightmare Dungeons on World Tier 4 a great option for farming these powerful items, and they can be turned into the best source by using one simple trick.
That trick is to set up instant Nightmare Dungeon resets in Diablo 4, as that allows fans to repeatedly clear a single map without any downtime and with only a single Nightmare Sigil. Here is a step-by-step walkthrough of how to set up these resets, and players can find more details on the process at the preceding link:
- Use a Nightmare Sigil, and complete the first objective in the Nightmare Dungeon.
- Leave the Nightmare Dungeon, and complete the first objective in any standard dungeon.
- Return to the Nightmare Dungeon, which will now be reset.
- Leave the Nightmare Dungeon to reset it at any time, making sure not to fully complete the map.
Notably, it is recommended that players establish their instant resets in Nightmare Dungeons with high densities of Elites to maximize the number of Sacred and Ancestral items that they earn. For those fans that need some recommendations, Blind Burrows, Guulrahn Canals, and Raethwind Wilds are all great options, and they are also some of the best Nightmare Dungeons for XP farming in Diablo 4.
One final thing to mention is that players that are not interested in instantly resetting Nightmare Dungeons may find that the Tortured Gift of Mystery chest that appear in Helltides provide more efficient Sacred and Ancestral item farming. This is due to the downtime that comes with traveling between Nightmare Dungeons when completing them normally. That may not be the case for much longer, though, as some significant changes to Diablo 4's Nightmare Dungeons are on the way.
Diablo 4 is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.