If you have spent any time farming in Diablo 4, you already know how cruel the loot system can feel, even when you are drowning in Diablo 4 Items and still not seeing what you actually want. You run the same bosses, clear the same Nightmare dungeons, watch the floor explode with drops, and most of it ends up as salvage or vendor trash. That is why a recent clip from streamer Chronikz caught so much attention: he was not even chasing a dream drop, just cleaning up his bags, and somehow hit one of the rarest items in the game while basically playing on autopilot.

From Junk Shields To A Mythic Sword

In the video, Chronikz is standing at the Purveyor of Curiosities, burning through a pile of Murmuring Obols on shields. Nothing fancy going on, he is just trying to pull a few cheap Legendaries so he can break them down for Scattered Prisms. If you have ever run out of prisms mid-season, you know how annoying it is when you want to add sockets and have nothing left. So he sits there, rapid-clicking the same slot over and over, filling his stash with what he expects to be complete junk. Then out of nowhere, that Mythic beam shoots up. He looks again, sees the name, and just loses it: he has somehow gambled a Doombringer off a shield roll.

Why A Shield Turned Into Doombringer

The part that really makes people pause is the slot mismatch. He clicks to roll an off-hand shield, but the game hands him a one-handed sword. That comes down to how Mythic Uniques are handled behind the scenes. Once the system flags that attempt as a Mythic hit, it stops caring about the exact item type you picked and instead checks what your class can actually use. Since a Necromancer can wield one-handed swords, the game effectively overrides the shield result and replaces it with Doombringer. It is not some common trick you can reliably abuse, but it proves that the Purveyor is more than a place to dump spare currency for random aspects; there is a sliver of a chance you walk away with genuine Best-in-Slot gear.

Why This Doombringer Roll Is So Strong

The sword that dropped for him rolled at 800 item power with the usual fixed Mythic stats, and it is the kind of piece that can reshape how you build around survivability. You get a straight +100% damage bump, which is already solid, but the defensive stack is what stands out. Around +26% maximum life and 15% damage reduction on one weapon means you suddenly feel a lot less fragile in higher-tier Nightmare dungeons or deep Pit pushes. Add the +160 to all stats and you unlock extra Paragon nodes without needing to juggle awkward affixes on every other slot. The unique effect on top, a Lucky Hit that deals shadow damage and cuts enemy damage by about 20%, layers even more mitigation on top of the base reduction, so you end up far tankier than you would expect from a single sword.

Why You Should Not Ignore Your Obols

Watching that clip, you can see why players are rethinking how they treat the Purveyor. Most people treat Obols as a side currency for aspect hunting, or as a last resort when there is nothing else to do between activities, and then they just sit capped for days. Moments like Chronikz gambling into a Doombringer remind you there is a tiny, lottery-style chance that one lazy gambling session turns into a huge power spike, even when you are just trying to farm mats. You do not want to expect miracles, but if you are already flooding your inventory with throwaway gear, it might be worth leaning into that tiny edge and giving yourself another shot at those rare D4 items for sale.