As I leveled my chain lightning sorcerer, I never got my first unique until 50+, and it was a Penitent Greaves, something that doesn’t help my build. Has anyone gotten a unique at a much lower level?
In Season 5, I remember getting the Axial Conduit at level 8! Now, I still have neither Axial Conduit nor Esadora’s Overflowing Cameo, which are both needed for my build. Finishing the campaign without either has been a real struggle.
I am now level 61 (although the number where my character level used to be changed to 1 since I hit level 60 and is currently 2, that’s why I say I’m level 61.
Could anyone please share their experiences leveling from 1 to 60? Has it been similar to mine, where constructing your build has been sooooo hard?
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I’ve found a few but they are pretty rare until you’re doing ladder bosses. Try obol gambling, the odds of uniques are much higher than in previous seasons. If you’re strong enough already, ladder bosses might be the easiest way.
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Think I got 1 till I hit the obol vendor at 60.
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Do you remember what level you were when you got your very first unique?
I assume that by “ladder bosses”, you’re talking about the uber bosses? I don’t even have the mats to summon them.
I’ve gotten 2 and I’m only level 42. My first was at level 20ish I believe.
Imo, good that uniques are not dropping all over the place. Should be a dope moment when you get those.
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I got one (Hunter’s Zenith) at 37
Think only in the Realmwalker portals those can drop before 50 though
I think I found my first one at about lvl 30. Found about 5 or 6 before hitting 60. There’s only 1 in particular I needed for my build but didn’t find that until I started obol gambling.
Im in Torment 1 now. Ive gotten a few along the way randomly. They were just generic ones that I wouldnt use. I just gambled some obols on like 1 row of rings. I got 3 unique rings one of them was ancestral. Not any of the rings I wanted but it was still pretty cool to see.
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Yup, agreed. And they’re not impossibly rare. Maybe a bit hard to find early game but it feels good when they do drop.
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Agreed but I think a few should drop quite a bit earlier so it doesn’t feel like a “staged” design overall, like have a chance for one to drop earlier at 20s-30s, and then another couple until 50
It would feel more natural IMO
But again - had I done more Realmwalker events would’ve probably done more… 
One more thing - a question for Runes - do they drop at a decent rate or just a few until 60 overall ?
They seem to drop quite often before lvl 60. Well for me they did. I found maybe 20 or so while leveling.
It’s all rng. I’ve found 6 uniques leveling to 60. 3 rings. Two tibaults will and a razor plate. Also have a friend who has found zero.
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Now RUNES – I got a LOT of those (I count 27 in my socketables tab). They’ve been dropping like nuts in May since I was like level 20 onwards. But I am just saving them for now since nothing about them enticed me to use them (so far). I need to read more about that.
How are the odds in obol gambling ?
Pretty good actually. It’s still rng but I’ve been getting a unique on maybe 10 - 15% of rolls on average. I’ve seen people say they get one every 5 or 6 rolls but my luck hasn’t been quite that good.
try the obols gamble. 4 uniques dropped to me today
Yeah, the gearing progression in general needs to be tightened up some. Since normal and magic items are immediate trash and rares are almost always worse than legendaries thanks to robbing them of an affix, we should probably be decked out entirely in legendaries by lvl 40 or so, with uniques dropping occasionally among those. I similarly didn’t see a unique until around 50.
Gambling with the Obol vendor is where it’s at!
You get lot more loot from the vendor, it almost look like 10% of the legendaries are unique! 
I’ve gotten quite a few I have to admit. About 20 or so. But I am 60/100. I got several pre 60 also.
RNG is such a cruel mistress.