How to get Sunbrand in Diablo 4 and its unique effects

The Sunbrand is a one-handed unique weapon in Diablo 4 that enhances the Judicator ultimate skill of the Paladin. The item is extremely valuable for any heavy-hitting paladin builds due to the high Vulnerable damage output of the weapon.

In this guide, we will break down the stats, unique effects, and how you can get the Sunbrand unique flail in Diablo 4.

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Diablo 4: What is the Sunbrand?

The Sunbrand is an ancestral, unique flail exclusively tied to the Paladin class in Diablo 4. The weapon rolls with an aggressive set of stats that increase the efficiency of the Heaven's Fury Judicator ultimate skill. Any Paladin Judicator build that’s based around Vulnerable damage output will benefit from the increased damage.

The Sunbrand is designed to empower the Heaven's Fury skill of the Paladin (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Stats of the Sunbrand

• +65.0% Vulnerable Damage
• +(25.0 - 35.0)% Chance for Heaven's Fury to Deal Double Damage (up to +52.5% with mastercrafting)
• +(51 - 65) Strength (up to +98 with mastercrafting)
• (8.1 - 8.8)% Cooldown Reduction (up to +13.2% with mastercrafting)
• +(424 - 457) Maximum Life (up to +685 with mastercrafting)

The Sunbrand unique flail grants a high Vulnerable damage ceiling to the Paladins, along with increased max life for tankiness and reduced cooldown. These stats allow the Paladin to stay alive longer while lowering the downtime between skill casts.

With mastercrafting, you can get up to a 52.5% chance for the Heaven's Fury ultimate skill to deal double damage, making the Sunbrand extremely valuable in the endgame content of Diablo 4.

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Unique effects of the Sunbrand

• Heaven's Fury gains 3 additional rays and deals (30 - 50)% increased damage.

While Heaven's Fury gets up to a 52.5% chance to deal double damage, it now also gets the ability to split into three additional beams, which inflict up to 50% increased damage. This unique effect grants massive burst potential to the Judicator-based Paladins.

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How to get the Sunbrand in Diablo 4

The Sunbrand unique flail can be acquired by farming multiple sources in Diablo 4, but not all sources offer a high drop rate. Here are the best ways to farm the Sunbrand:

Boss farming

Boss farming is the most efficient way of farming the Sunbrand unique flail. As of now, the weapon is tied to both the Varshan and Belial bosses in Diablo 4. Farming these two bosses repeatedly is the quickest way of acquiring the Sunbrand unique flail.

1) Varshan

You can find Varshan in the Malignant Burrow dungeon in Hawezar (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

• Location: Malignant Burrow dungeon, Hawezar
• Difficulty: Torment
• Boss hoard key: 12x Malignant Hearts
• Where to get boss hoard keys: Whispers of the Dead Caches (Tree of Whispers), Tortured Gift of Mysteries (using 250 Aberrant Cinders during Helltides), Astaroth (Escalating Nightmares), and Kurast Undercity (using Tribute of Titans).

2) Belial, Lord of Lies

You can fight Belial within the Palace of the Deceiver (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

• Location: Palace of the Deceiver, Kehjistan
• Difficulty: Torment
• Boss hoard key: 2x Betrayer’s Husk
• Where to get boss hoard keys: Belial’s ambush encounter (random spawn), seasonal reputation rewards.

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Nightmare Dungeons

Nightmare dungeons are yet another fantastic spot for farming unique items like the Sunbrand unique flail. Since unique items have a low chance to drop from random enemies, targeting mobs can drastically increase that chance, and Nightmare dungeons are packed with both regular and elite mobs.

Furthermore, dungeon completion rewards have a much higher chance of yielding random unique items.

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World events and world bosses

World bosses and world events (like the Gathering Legions and Helltide events) are known to drop unique items. Among these options, Helltide events have the highest drop rate for unique items like the Sunbrand.

During Helltide events, you will need to farm for Aberrant Cinders from slain enemies and use them to open chests like the Tortured Gift of Light Weaponry (costs 125 Aberrant Cinders per chest) and the Tortured Gift of Mystery (costs 250 Aberrant Cinders per chest).

The Tortured Gift of Mystery has the highest chance of dropping a random unique item, while you can specifically target one-handed weapons by opening the Tortured Gift of Light Weaponry.

Also read: Diablo 4: How and when to Sanctify Items

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Gamble for using Murmuring Obols

The Purveyor of Curiosities is an NPC that allows you to gamble for unique items in exchange for Murmuring Obols. You can get Murmuring Obols from completing random activities or just by exploring the map. To gamble for one-handed weapons, you must spend 50 Murmuring Obols per roll.

It is the last option you should try, since the drop rate of unique items using this method is extremely low.

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Edited by Sijo Samuel Paul