I'm not using a loot filter.

I've noticed a few times now that when I kill a rare mob, some of them only drop potions and not the guaranteed item that it usually drops.

Anyone else notice that?

Yes, loot is bugged.

People will say its rng blabla but they messed up the loot tables somehow

It's definitely not RNG. I'm talking about rare mobs... The ones that will always drop at least 1 blue item and some potions, but now they sometimes are not dropping the guaranteed blue item.

This post was edited by DreamLoft on May 25 2026 04:20pm

3 full act clears, not a single herald but 15+ shards
feels bad.

That's different from what I'm describing though?

It looks like maybe they have messed by drop tables for rare mobs too?

According to Maxroll (for what it's worth), rare mobs aren't subject to any guaranteed drop.

O_O

I've never seen a rare mob not drop an item. Outside of it being replaced with a gem of some sort, my memory is that they always drop at least 1 item.

This post was edited by DreamLoft on May 25 2026 04:34pm

My bad, i was looking for "rare" in the Maxroll page, since you used that term.
Only to realise that... there are no such thing as "rare" mobs XD
Regarding champions and uniques, they do have guarenteed drops.
Champions can drop gold instead of a non-potion item though.

Oh my bad! I meant unique mobs!

So yeah, those, they randomly, infrequrently now don't drop a guaranteed item.

Looks like others experiencing the same thing:

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d2r/t/unique-monsters-only-drop-potions-bug/176138