Dominating Diablo 4: Unleashing the Ultimate Target Farming Guide
Master the art of target farming in Diablo 4 with this expert guide! Discover monster families and learn how to strategically obtain coveted items to enhance your gameplay Level up your farming skills and dominate the world of Diablo 4 like never before!
Diablo 4: Target Farming Explained
: Targeted Item Farming in Diablo 4: A Comprehensive GuideEstablishing the connection, target farming in Diablo 4 is associated with a concept known as "monster families." These families consist of enemies grouped together, and they have a higher chance of dropping certain types of items. Although some players may have doubts about this concept, Associate Game Director Joseph Piepiora confirmed its validity in an April 2023 Developer Update Live Stream.
Understanding this link, Diablo 4 players can effectively target farm for specific items by focusing on killing monsters that are more likely to drop those particular items. The Blizzard Forums community, led by user Zolmation, has been diligently researching and confirming the correlations between monster families and item types. Here is what is currently believed as of 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.
Monster Family | Item Type |
Bandit | Boots, Crossbows, Daggers*, Maces* |
Cannibals | Axes*, Helms* |
Cultists | Daggers, Helms, Staves |
Demons | Focus, Shields, 2H Maces*, Bows* Rings*, Totems* |
Drowned | Scythes*, 2H Maces*, Pants*, Boots* |
Fallen | Staves, Gloves, Axes* |
Ghosts | Rings, 1H Swords*, Bows*, Wands* |
Goatmen | Axes*, Staves*, Totems* |
Knights | 1H Swords*, 2H Maces*, Shields* |
Skeletons | 1H Swords, 2H Axes, Crossbows, Shields, Rings* |
Snakes | Boots, Daggers, Polearms, Swords* |
Spiders | 2H Swords, Bows, Focus, Gloves, Polearms |
Vampires | 2H Swords, Wands, Bows* |
Werewolves | 2H Maces, Pants, 2H Staves, Gloves* |
Wildlife | 2H Axes*, 2H Maces*, Boots* |
Zombies | 2H Scythes |
For players looking to acquire specific item types from monster families, it is now possible to determine the families that are most likely to drop those items. However, there may still be questions about the optimal locations to find these families. To address these queries, the following table provides information on the Nightmare Dungeons where each enemy type can currently be encountered. It is important to note that this data was compiled by Zolmation, a user on the Blizzard Forums. Furthermore, the entries highlighted in bold indicate the presence of at least one Elite belonging to the respective enemy type.
Monster Family | Nightmare Dungeon |
Bandit | Maugan’s Works, Maulwood, Raethwind Wilds, Renegade’s Retreat |
Cannibals | Earthen Wound, Guulrahn Slums |
Cultists | Conclave, Cultist Refuge, Dark Ravine, Serpent’s Lair, Shadowed Plunge |
Demons | Ancient’s Lament, Dark Ravine, Prison of Caldeum |
Drowned | N/A |
Fallen | 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 |
Goatmen | Anica’s Claim, Champion’s Demise |
Knights | 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 |
Snakes | 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 |
Vampires | Kor Dragan Barracks, Zenith |
Werewolves | Aldurwood |
Wildlife | Aldurwood, Feral's Den, Maulwood, Raethwind Wilds, Whispering Pines |
Zombies | Anica’s Claim, Guulrahn Canals, Onyx Hold, Shivta Ruins, Sunken Ruins, Zenith |
It is important to note that in Diablo 4, the highly sought-after Uniques can only be obtained by defeating Level 85+ monsters. Therefore, players who intend to utilize the information provided in this guide to specifically target farm any of these six items should ensure that they engage in combat with appropriate-level adversaries.
Diablo 4 is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
