I found 5 uniques today in WT4, all dropped at sacred level instead of ancestral. Drops came from world boss, helltide chests, and Varshan.
My last 3 Tier 4 world Boss grand caches had Sacred items and no Ancients. My tier 4 helltide from a few days ago had a sacred item. My tier 4 helltide protection (chest armor) chest today had NO ARMOR piece at all.
I also got screwed by this today. I did varshan on WT4 maybe 25 times today searching for rainment chest and got it like halfway through my grind but it was a 600ish item power sacred…
Same issue as OP. Dropped 3 uniques in a wt4 hell tide all 3 were sacred
Only rare or lower drops are guaranteed ancestral in WT4. Legendaries and uniques are not guaranteed ancestral.
World Tier IV: Only Legendary, Unique, Uber Unique, and Ancestral Rares.
Nowhere does it state that ALL gear will drop as ancestral.
That would feel like cheating, we are already OP, don’t want to get GG gear as soon as we enter WT4.