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Season 12 of Torchlight Infinite has only recently begun; therefore, when crafting a build, your primary objective should be to facilitate a faster league start, allowing you to quickly accumulate resources and accelerate your overall progression.

If this is your goal, certain classic build options, such as Chromatic Shot Build, will probably prove more effective than the novel playstyles introduced alongside the new hero, Scent Weaver Sage.

In this guide, we will demonstrate how this specific build synergize with the exclusive mechanics of Season 12 to maintain its status as a premier choice for early-game progression.

Chromatic Shot Build in SS12

This build is crafted around the eponymous skill, Chromatic Shot, a skill that has undergone significant changes in Season 12.

Currently, casting Chromatic Shot in combat simultaneously fires three auto-targeting projectiles, dealing 592-1100 points of spell damage to enemies. Notably, all three projectiles from a single burst can home in on the same target.

If an enemy is defeated by this skill, there is a 10% chance that they will explode once, dealing true damage equivalent to 25% of their maximum HP.

Furthermore, each time Chromatic Shot is cast, a Forced Conversion effect is triggered; this compels the damage dealt by your next subsequent skill to be randomly converted into one of the elemental damage types.

Thanks to these revamped effects, Chromatic Shot Build has become even more potent in SS12. It is renowned for its rapid mob-clearing speed and its ability to unleash devastating, shotgun-style burst damage against bosses.

More specifically, the projectiles generated by Chromatic Shot feature an auto-targeting system that allows them to adjust their trajectory mid-flight, effectively cornering to home in on enemies.

Additionally, the skill is compatible with almost every damage type available in the game, with the sole exception being Erosion.

This means its damage-scaling mechanics can be linked to virtually any attribute, making the skill incredibly flexible and easy to scale in power, an ideal setup for farming Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium across all difficulty levels.

Of course, once you reach the endgame, the gear requirements for Chromatic Shot Build, much like any other build, will become significantly more demanding; however, when weighed against the ultimate rewards and performance gains, the investment is undoubtedly worth it.

Additional skills you should add

Beyond the core skill, Chromatic Shot, maximizing the build's effectiveness in SS12 requires leveraging the newly introduced minion mechanics.

Specifically, a minion provides a 20% movement speed bonus and a 45% projectile speed bonus. Furthermore, incorporating Searing Crush skill grants enemies an additional 50% increase in damage taken.

More importantly, these minions feature an automatic summoning mechanism, meaning you do not need to cast them manually. Even if they unfortunately perish in battle, the system will automatically re-summon them.

Next, Haunting Abomination can inflict Paralysis upon enemies via Grudge effect, while simultaneously increasing the damage enemies take by an additional 21%.

For your movement skill, choose Shadow Dash; for your buff skill, select Secret Origin: Unleash. As for Talents, we recommend Precise Projectiles, Steadfast, Swiftness, and Energy Fortress.

Gear selection

For SS12 Chromatic Shot Build gear setup, we first recommend equipping Malign Embrace. This item boosts both your cast speed and character mobility, though it must be obtained through Vorax crafting mechanism.

Next is Eternity. This item is, in fact, a core component of almost every Torchlight: Infinite build; its power is truly astonishing, and it significantly enhances farming efficiency.

Utilizing seasonal mechanics

The exclusive seasonal mechanic for Season 12 is Lunaria, which primarily operates through key items such as Lunar Harp and Lunar Strings. More specifically, you can enhance and alter your combat effects by equipping different strings onto the harp.

To leverage this mechanic to bolster your Chromatic Shot Build, you should select two strings that grant the double area effect, along with one string that provides +1 Max Charge Count, and an increased area effect.

Building upon this foundation, you can incorporate the new Memory Revival mechanic, allowing you to freely toggle between Half Moon and Full Moon modes.

In Half Moon mode, clearing packs of standard enemies is relatively effortless, though the loot dropped will be slightly less abundant. Conversely, in Full Moon mode, enemy difficulty increases significantly, but the corresponding loot drops become far more generous.

It is worth noting that the rewards yielded by Memory Revival mechanic are closely tied to your Item Quantity attribute. Therefore, when farming, you should ensure that your map always maintains a full complement of affixes to maximize this bonus.

If you are playing on Profound difficulty, stacking affixes to achieve a high item quantity bonus will result in truly staggering final rewards.

Furthermore, if you are crafting this build in conjunction with Lunaria mechanic, you will need to prepare three distinct sets of pet combinations to swap between.

The first is a general-purpose configuration; simply put, if you possess pets of all three rarity tiers, Legendary, Epic (Purple), and Rare (Blue), you should equip them all.

The second combination is primarily intended for use when you activate your Play skill. Essentially, for this setup, you need to equip pets that provide high quantity bonuses, such as Legendary Lunaria pet. If you happen to own Doro-Doro Dorothy, be sure to include her as well.

The final combination consists of pets designed to boost your farming efficiency; ideally, you should switch to this set just before you exit your current zone.

That covers the key details regarding how to craft and utilize Chromatic Shot Build in Torchlight: Infinite SS12. We hope this guide proves helpful to you!

As with most previous new seasons, Torchlight Infinite Season 12 features its own exclusive mechanic. This serves not only to inject fresh excitement and fun into the game but also acts as one of your primary methods for farming resources during the new season.

The tricky part is that SS12 has only been live for four days; consequently, you might find yourself unable to properly utilize the new Lunaria mechanic due to a lack of understanding or proficiency. Don't worry, we are here to provide you with a reliable guide!

What is Lunaria?

The theme and title of this season are named directly after this mechanic. The specific gameplay associated with it is often referred to as Lunaria Loop, and its core mechanism revolves around interacting with Lunar Stone Statues scattered throughout Netherrealm maps.

More specifically, as you explore the map, you must search for these scattered stone statues. Interacting with them awakens them, thereby summoning Lunari monsters. Defeating these monsters rewards you with Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium.

During this process, if you manage to capture or activate multiple statues simultaneously, you will trigger a massive chain reaction of explosions. This not only allows you to instantly clear large areas of enemies but also significantly boosts your reward yields.

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect is that Lunaria mechanic introduces a unique string-plucking action, somewhat akin to the gameplay found in rhythm games.

You are required to pluck the strings in a specific rhythm to interact with the lunar elements, aiming to maximize your combo count to secure even more loot.

How to utilize this mechanic?

To successfully engage in the string-plucking action, you need to possess two specific items: Lunar Harp and Lunar Strings. The former serves as the foundational tool for activating the statues, while the latter allows you to customize and modify Harp itself.

Different strings provide different buff effects, allowing you to tailor Harp to suit your specific combat style. Once you acquire these strings, you can store them in your Lunar String Box and subsequently install them onto your Harp.

Furthermore, you can scrap unwanted strings to obtain the specific types you are missing, thereby enabling you to fine-tune and enhance your Lunar Harp.

One potential stumbling block you might encounter when first starting out is the apparent inability to immediately access the buffs provided by Harp. This is because, during your initial attempt to interact with it, the system will often indicate that it is currently on cooldown.

To resolve this issue, you must first locate a Lunar Ring zone within the map. You then need to lure and gather at least six monsters inside this circular zone to activate it, thereby triggering Lunaria mechanic and making Harp available for use.

Subsequently, by continuously defeating monsters within the circle's radius, you can repeatedly recharge and utilize your lute, thereby consistently gaining additional buff effects.

Furthermore, whether you are in a town or in any other non-combat state, you can access the interface at any time to adjust and configure your Moon Lute simply by tapping the button located at the top of the screen.

It is worth noting that numerous attributes and numerical values are inextricably linked to your Lunar Harp; these include, for instance, the radius of Moon Ring, the rate at which charges accumulate through monster kills, your initial charge count, and your maximum charge capacity.

Optimal Lunar Strings selection

If viewed through the lens of classic ARPG mechanics, you can essentially regard the various Lunar Strings as modifiers, each imbued with a distinct set of affixes or effects.

Based on this premise, we highly recommend that you always equip Moon's Echo. This String ensures that even after a statue drifts beyond the radius of your Lunar Ring, its awaiting activation state persists for an additional 4 seconds, provided the statue remains within 4 meters of the ring's edge.

This implies that you can simply run past statues and activate them after they have exited your ring's immediate area.

Consequently, your ring's effective coverage becomes far more flexible and expansive, allowing you to activate a greater number of statues than you would by simply standing still.

Additionally, Starwave amplifies the potency of all minor mods equipped on your gear, while Celestial River automatically triggers a Pluck action whenever six or more statues are gathered within the confines of your ring.

Although Celestial River cannot automatically trigger pluck actions during Rhapsody event, it compensates by instead significantly expanding the radius of your Lunar Ring.

Beyond the three core Lunar Strings mentioned above, which can be effectively combined, Moon Bloom String presents another viable option to consider.

As you perform consecutive Pluck actions, this String progressively reduces the resource consumption associated with each subsequent pluck.

Furthermore, there is one specific string that holds immense potential during the endgame: Verdant Sprout. Initially, it drastically shrinks the radius of your Lunar Ring; however, with every subsequent Pluck action you perform, the ring's AoE expands accordingly.

The reason this string proves particularly effective in the endgame, rather than earlier stages, is that securing reliable AoE capabilities is often challenging during the early game, making it difficult to truly harness the full power of Verdant Sprout.

Comprehensive farming setup

With the aforementioned mechanics in mind, if your goal is to utilize Lunaria system for efficient resource farming, your primary objective should be to optimize your talent tree configuration before engaging in combat.

Based on this, you should first prioritize stacking item quantity affixes to their absolute limit. Afterward, unlock various nodes related to treasure chests, as well as bonuses such as Nether Resonance and Ember.

Next, maximize the juice of your map, and then simply follow the path of the massive circular route displayed on your screen. However, do not forget to customize your strumming settings.

This is because the system automatically triggers the strumming mechanism whenever six statues appear simultaneously within the circular zone, and you may not always wish to activate this automatic function.

Furthermore, upon your initial entry into a specific game zone, Avatar of the Moon has a 10% chance to empower certain monsters within that area; these empowered monsters will yield an additional 100% in loot drops.

Unlocking Pactspirit-related talents located in the lower section of the talent tree will increase the likelihood of Avatar of the Moon empowering monsters. Alternatively, you might consider swapping this talent out for Chalk or other types of skills.

By utilizing Lunaria seasonal mechanic, along with the specific build configurations we have outlined, you can acquire basic currencies as well as other valuable items, such as various types of Dust or Omni Elixirs.

We hope this guide proves helpful as you make the most of Lunaria mechanic! Have fun playing Season 12!

The main cycle in the late game of Torchlight Infinite revolves around farming Flame Ember, upgrading gear, and then farming Flame Ember more efficiently. This cycle can sound a bit tedious, and if you want to escape it sooner, you'll need to find a farming strategy that suits you.

The recommended farming strategy is SS 11 God of Might Ember Farming. This strategy doesn't require any Compass and is extremely friendly to free-to-play players because it doesn't require any Pactspirits.

Profits

Without using Pactspirits, the expected profit is around 500 Flame Ember per hour. If you have some rare quality Pactspirits, the profit can reach around 750 Flame Ember. You can craft them into Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium.

The core of this strategy is very simple: you just place Beacons to clear the map as quickly as possible and then immediately move on to the next map. The profits it provides easily surpass those of Boss Rushing. It's comparable to, and may even be better than, most other strategies currently available in Timemark 8.

Prerequisites

This strategy isn't without its requirements. To utilize it effectively, your survivability and DPS must be at least adequate.

DPS Requirements

The numerical boost from God of Might mechanic is extremely significant, so you'll need a correspondingly high DPS.

• To implement this strategy in Timemark 80, you'll need at least approximately 10 billion DPS.
• To reach Timemark 8-1, you'll need approximately 20 to 40 billion DPS.
• To reach Timemark 8-2, you'll need over 1 trillion DPS; otherwise, it's not recommended.
• To attempt this on Profound difficulty, your DPS will need to reach at least 250 billion, or even higher.

Survivability Requirements

During God of Might event, there will be a persistent pulse fire AoE that you must withstand. Energy Shield builds will struggle to withstand this damage, but for Life or Mana builds, it shouldn't be a problem.

Void Chart

This section won't go into detail about each node in Void Chart. Basically, you just need to allocate all the necessary God of Might-related talent points, and then invest the remaining points into Commodity talent tree to maximize Drop Quantity bonuses.

Might Talent

The most basic requirement for Might Talent is a 100% chance of encountering God of Might, so you don't need to use Compass.

All Ember-related talent points at the top need to be selected, as this is the core of the entire strategy. Note that you can choose the node that converts all Ultimate Ember into Flame Sand, which provides a 140% Ember drop rate. Don't choose the node that adds 3.5% to converting regular Ember into Ultimate Ember.

The bottom left path allows you to spawn more monsters, thus progressing events faster and obtaining more loot. The right path provides some drop quantity bonuses; you can decide how to allocate these points.

Map Strategy

The strategy itself is very simple: you just need to use Netherrealm Resonances on Beacon to get a 75% drop rate bonus. Stacking the bonus to 100% isn't cost-effective, as additional Resonances will cost you money. Of course, you can use fewer Resonances, but the benefits will decrease accordingly.

Then you need to traverse the map as quickly as possible, find God of Might mechanic event, and complete it. Afterward, a large amount of Embers will drop. You just need to find the map boss as quickly as possible, defeat it, and leave the map.

You don't need to completely clear the map. Ideally, you should be able to clear it if you're fast enough. However, if you're using a slower build, prioritizing completing more God of Might events per hour is more important than completely clearing the map each time.

God of Might Mechanic

God of Might is a mechanic that increases in power over time. You'll face waves of Elite enemies, each wave becoming stronger and more deadly. There are a total of 15 waves. The goal is to have enough DPS to complete the 15th wave before the timer expires to maximize total loot.

In addition, you need to stay within the circle of God of Might. While the entire screen may be filled with fire, making the circle difficult to see, ideally you should stay in the center of the area, otherwise you'll be penalized, and the event may end prematurely.

Pactspirit Selection

For this strategy, the ideal pet selection is:

• Captain Shadow
• Cloudgatherer - Sky
• Chalk Spirit

Captain Shadow and Cloudgatherer - Sky are Ember Pactspirits, while Chalk Spirit is a very powerful general-purpose pet because and the primary goal of this strategy is to farm Ember, so you'll need to enhance them as much as possible.

Of course, not everyone will have these Pactspirits. Some good alternatives include:

• Cloudgatherer - Surging Gold replaces Chalk Spirit for extra Flame Fuel drops.
• Idling Weasel - Cherry Blossom replaces Captain Shadow, a slightly weaker Ember-dropping Pactspirit.

If you don't have any of the above Pactspirits, you can simply use the loot Pactspirit you have that provides the highest drop bonus; this will still increase the amount of Ember you acquire on the map.

Overall, this strategy performs exceptionally well. Compared to strategies like Boss Rushing or Cube, this strategy yields significantly more Flame Ember per hour, and another advantage is its simplicity. If you don't want to engage in extra minigames and just want to fight, then this strategy is perfect for you.

Torchlight Infinite Vorax not only enriches gameplay but also unprecedentedly optimizes gear and builds through Vorax crafting system, which is related to the season theme.

This system is actually the newly introduced Grafting mechanism, which allows you to collect organs from monsters as affixes and graft them onto Vorax gear, or extract special affixes from legendary gear for grafting.

Unfortunately, while this mechanism is very useful, it is somewhat complex, and many players haven't fully grasped it. Moreover, everyone seems busy researching the new Hero Trait itself, neglecting to utilize Vorax crafting to enhance even more gear.

Therefore, this guide will briefly explain the mechanism and then, from scratch, how to use it to improve gear and builds in Season 11.

Vorax crafting system overview

This system is essentially a combination of the seasonal gameplay of Vorax Substance farming and its exclusive crafting mechanic, Grafting, as the two are inextricably linked.

First, you need to collect Vorax Substance by defeating monsters infected by Vorax Syndrome. Then, use these to customize entirely new monsters in Surgical Preparation system.

The more dangerous you define these monsters, the more Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium you'll obtain upon defeat. You can then extract organs from these monsters and graft them onto the gear you intend to craft as special affixes.

In addition, disassembling regular legendary gear will yield core organs that retain the gear's unique abilities. These core organs can then be grafted onto Vorax gear using special Sutures to craft your ideal SS11 gear.

Best crafting strategy

Since there are many legendary gears available in the game, we'll assume your character possesses a Royal Cycle - just for illustration purposes; in reality, the main crafting strategy is universal.

It's important to understand that you can't possibly get 100% of the affixes you want; losing some affixes that can't be re-rolled is almost inevitable. Therefore, all you can do is try to maximize your chances of getting your desired affixes.

Take Royal Cycle as an example. Its tricky aspect is that it has six affix options, meaning that hitting your ideal affix through grafting to upgrade your gear through crafting requires a significant time investment.

Generally, we recommend a distribution pattern of 1 Ultimate, 1 Advanced, and 1 Basic. First, obtain a Vorax gear, then use regular and special organs to roll the prefix and suffix of the affixes:

• 1 Ultimate affix
• 1 Advanced affix
• 1 Basic affix

Next, use the stitching thread to insert the first core organ. Ideally, it should directly overwrite the basic affix. If it overwrites the ultimate or advanced affix, you'll need to start over.

After that, insert the second core organ, preferably one that overwrites the basic affix on the other side. After the gear is fully formed, performing Vorax corruption has a chance to upgrade all affix levels by 1-2 tiers.

Basic affixes are generally not regenerated randomly because you can have an unlimited number of them. This means it has a chance to randomly generate other attributes.

However, if you include ultimate affixes in both the prefix and suffix, then when you choose another ultimate affix, it will only generate a random one.

More tips for enhancing your gear

After your gear is complete, you can keep re-rolling the dice until you get more of the results you want. Also, if the gear doesn't have secondary affixes, it may have flaws.

It's worth noting that a major drawback of this crafting mechanism is that you need to invest a lot of resources for uncertain future results, unless you're only pursuing low-level affixes.

In this case, you can first use low-level stitching to shuffle out the first affix, and then decide whether to continue gambling. Because if the first one fails, rolling a second one is pointless.

Assuming this is a bad affix, you need to click on the base affix, then find the suffix and continue clicking until you roll the desired affix.

Summary

After successfully building the base affix, you gain the authority to reforge all attributes. Even if the current values aren't optimal, as long as the foundation is built, there's room for future optimization.

Once the core enhancement is successful, you need to develop more reforging strategies based on the affix's position. For example, if the current key attributes are all in the suffix, you can freely reforge the prefix without breaking the existing core attributes.

For enhancements with low success rates, it's best to avoid them and instead retain high-risk but already established attributes, reforging other controllable positions.

Furthermore, during crafting, if the system allows retaining advanced suffixes, you can fine-tune them through continuous reforging. If you can't fix them directly, you need to observe whether there are better alternative attributes in the random pool.

In short, even if the initial crafting results are unsatisfactory, don't worry too much. As long as the core affixes are positioned correctly, you can refine them through repeated operations to achieve a gradual increase in gear and related build strength.

That concludes this introduction. If you're struggling with how to utilize Vorax crafting system, this guide should be helpful!

The fun of playing the new season of Torchlight Infinite lies not only in trying out new Hero Traits but also in testing the effectiveness of classic traits in the new seasonal environment. After all, the game would be too boring if only new heroes were in the spotlight.

Therefore, if you happen to be tired of Vendetta's Sting, why not create a new character and play Rehan 1 Anger! This trait features high burst damage and might bring you unexpected rewards in high-tier farming!

Next, we'll introduce what you need to know to play Rehan 1 in Vorax season, and the effectiveness of its popular builds in high-tier content.

Rehan 1 Anger introduction

This trait comes from the hero Rehan, a melee Berserker character primarily focused on rage mechanics. Currently, he has two available traits in the game: Anger and Seething Pride.

Seething Pride is characterized by enhancing melee skills by stacking specific attributes, while Anger builds accumulate rage by attacking or being attacked, then enters Berserk state at max rage to trigger a Burst attack, gaining increased attack power and speed.

Therefore, the key to crafting powerful builds in Season 11 lies in how quickly rage is accumulated and how to further enhance character attributes based on Berserk state.

Which builds are suitable for SS11?

The key to crafting Season 11 Rehan 1 builds is increasing physical damage and attack speed, as well as cooldown reduction.

The goal is to maximize the frequency of Burst attack triggers by balancing these factors, while utilizing new season gameplay or specific gear to ensure survivability.

In terms of gear, obtaining high-level two-handed axes with physical damage and double damage affixes is the best choice. This is also feasible even in endgame.

Currently, the popular Rehan 1 builds this season include Savage Charge (also known as Spin-to-Win), Whirlwind, and Auto-Bomber, which we will introduce one by one.

Savage Charge Build

This build is powerful and easy to master, making it the best choice for most Rehan 1 beginners or those farming Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium.

Based on this, it can quickly break through enemy lines using movement skills, easily clearing large groups of enemies by combining the gained strength, life regeneration, and burst damage bonuses.

To maximize the build's value, we recommend ensuring your gear or talents provide sufficient rage generation when crafting and using it; otherwise, the final damage will drop significantly.

Additionally, Auto-Channeling needs to be enabled to make Savage Charge channeling smoother. Since Savage Charge Build is primarily offensive, you will also need to increase your health or unlock life regeneration/leech abilities. Here is a recommended setup:

• Skills: Savage Charge, Rapid Attack, Physical Damage Increase, Iron Will, Groundshaker
• Gear: 2-Handed Axe, Praise for Injury Gloves, Kraken Helmet, Vortex Heart

Whirlwind Build

This build excels in high mobility and sustained area-of-effect damage, primarily relying on its core skill, Whirlwind - a channeled ability that deals physical damage to the surrounding area.

Therefore, the key to using this build in combat is to maximize attack speed, thereby increasing damage trigger frequency and weapon damage.

It's worth noting that upon entering endgame, you can try to convert physical damage into fire damage, utilizing the unique fire penetration to gain additional damage bonuses.

• Skills: Whirlwind, Physical to Fire, Guard, Precise Strike, Critical Strike Rating/Damage
• Gear: Dual-wield Tear Stains, Cicada Shell, Ocean of Rock, Windbreath Dispersion, Ghost Slaughter, Pale Mist Embrace

Auto-Bomber Build

This build is a one-click build, relatively easy to master, allowing you to automatically perform high-frequency attacks while moving, suitable for clearing areas. It works because Exquisite Box unique amulet automatically triggers slot skills when you deal damage.

Additionally, when using Savage Charge as your primary movement and damage skill, remember to set it to auto-cast in the combat settings.

• Skills: Savage Charge, Channel Preparation, Critical Strike Rating/Damage, Rain of Arrows, Wind Projectiles, Nova Shot
• Gear: Exquisite Box, Ghost Slaughter, and Fool's Crown (available in high-end versions)

How to increase damage?

Regardless of which build you ultimately choose, you need to pay attention to Burst's cooldown. If you only increase attack speed without cooldown reduction, your DPS will plummet.

Therefore, we always recommend that you try to find Hero Relics with burst cooldown reduction affixes in SS11. Additionally, you need to stack Strength, as it can be converted into physical damage, thus increasing Burst's multiplier.

Summary

In fact, you'll find that although these three builds have different advantages, they share many commonly used skills because they are all essentially designed based on the core mechanics of Rehan 1 Anger. Therefore, there is no inherent superiority among them; the choice depends on your combat style.

Overall, in SS11, Rehan 1 Anger remains the simplest to operate, yet offers a satisfying combat experience and high rewards. If you're tired of complex controls and screen-filling effects and just want to quickly farm, this trait is definitely your best choice.

That concludes this introduction. We hope it helps you maximize your rewards in high-tier gameplay! Have fun playing!

Packspirits are a key feature of Torchlight: Infinite, enhancing the farming experience. While they won't prevent you from completing the game, different Packspirits can offer significantly better rewards.

However, before analyzing Packspirits, it's crucial to understand that you shouldn't choose them solely based on strength. Prioritize mechanics you enjoy. Only when you truly appreciate a mechanic will you invest time in it, making the corresponding Packspirits more effective.

Selection Criteria

This list is primarily geared towards new players, rather than representing the overall best choices. Some Packspirits become incredibly powerful at level 6 when you can deploy hundreds of Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium on the map. However, for beginners, more straightforward Packspirits that don't require massive resource investment are the best option.

Tier S

Shepherd (Nightmare)

Nightmare gameplay is primarily used to upgrade gear, and you can't obtain top-tier rewards like Golden Compass by heavily investing in Nightmare, as the mechanic doesn't produce them. This means you can easily run this mechanic while also engaging in other activities.

While needing to enter Nightmare every few maps can slightly slow things down, it's not a major issue this season. If you also want to run SS11 season mechanics, Nightmare won't be a significant obstacle.

Intern Shelley (Vorax)

Vorax is a very juicy mechanic in SS11, and its corresponding Loot Packspirit is naturally very strong as well. Even at level 1, the Intern Shelley makes related mini-games easier, resulting in greater rewards.

Tier A

Starfish Chanter (Black Sail)

Cultivating Black Sail yields a large amount of different Hero Memory. If you want to specialize in Black Sail cultivation, Starfish Chanter is a very powerful Contract Spirit, providing significant buffs even at level 1. However, upgrading it doesn't offer much benefit, and level 1 is usually sufficient.

Heart-binding Rose (Cube)

Cube is another popular playstyle, allowing you to cultivate the map simultaneously without leaving it. Cube gameplay can occasionally yield big rewards, and having its Heart-binding Rose enhances the experience.

Moonshadow Guide (Sandlord)

Sandlord gameplay was very strong in SS11. The developers originally intended to reduce the number of Raid Combats while increasing loot by 500 times, but they forgot to remove Raid Combats altogether. Therefore, Moonshadow Guide can help you obtain a lot of loot.

Sandlord is very simple. Although it's an off-map mechanic, it doesn't require puzzles. You just need to send out Moonshadow Guides and assign tasks to high-level characters with suitable attributes. If you focus on this playstyle, you'll definitely reap huge rewards.

Jestress (Arcana)

Arcana is also a mechanic that integrates well with the map progression. It's also an off-map minigame, but it offers very high rewards. If you want to farm its endgame, you'll need to trade 10 to 20 sets of maps with items like Golden Compass, which requires a significant amount of Flame Elementium.

So sometimes you might break even, and sometimes you might make a huge profit. If you find an Undetermined Fate with three Medium runes, your gear needs for the season are almost completely met.

Tier B

Key of Overrealm (Overrealm) & Prof. SOURCE (Outlaw)

Both of these Packspirits were very powerful in SS10, but have been significantly nerfed this season. If you want to run this playstyle this season, you'll need to invest more Flame Elementium, but the returns will be significantly lower than last season.

Furthermore, you'll need decent gear to achieve sales success in both playstyles. This requires a substantial investment of Fee. Therefore, for new players, this is probably not a goal to pursue from the start.

Outlaw requires your build to excel at eliminating all surrounding enemies within a large area without requiring much movement. The popular Erika 3 build from SS11 isn't suitable for this playstyle, but Gemma 2 build performs well.

Monument Knight (City of Eterna)

City of Eterna is highly profitable among all map-farming modes, mainly because Ember is in high demand, and City of Eterna is a good way to obtain it, so you can profit from this gameplay.

Additionally, it's a relatively easy mini-game to play; you just need to rush through and connect all the tiles without much thought. This is very stable, and many players traded their Monument Knights last season, so there might be less competition than in other gameplays.

Rainbowpaint Owl (Canvas) & 11. Mistville Orphan (Mistville)

These two playstyles require some thought and aren't easy for beginners, but once you get the hang of them, they're incredibly fun.

If you enjoy and explore these playstyles, these Packspirits are very powerful. They offer unique items that only their mechanics produce, potentially leading to amazing rewards.

Eternity Summoner (Dark Surge)

Dark Surge isn't recommended for beginners. While you might get a considerable amount of loot, you need to invest a significant amount of resources to make it viable, and even experienced players wouldn't attempt it.

Alice 1 (Clockwork)

It's recommended not to choose Alice 1 in SS11. The reason is that Clockwork requires a second Legendary Contract Spirit—Doro-Doro. Dorothy is a Kong rotation banner, and you need both to play this build.

Acquiring and upgrading two legendary Packspirits is extremely difficult. If you choose this farming method, you'll likely be competing with players who have level 6 Clockwork and level 6 Dorothy. If you only have level 1, you'll be significantly behind.

This is a general overview of legendary Packspirits in SS11 Vorax. Assuming you choose your preferred build, the higher Packspirit's ranking, the easier the corresponding build will be. However, this information is only for new players. If you already have many level 6 legendary Packspirits, then choose any gameplay you like.

Unlike pet systems in some ARPGs that are merely decorative or simply for loot collection, pets in Torchlight Infinite genuinely provide combat and loot drop boosts! Therefore, most players choose to bring them into battle.

However, sometimes you might forgo bringing your desired pet due to not being able to obtain it or other reasons, leading to concerns about whether you can farm resources effectively without pet assistance (combat support), especially in more difficult battles.

This guide will use the ongoing Season 11 as an example to show you how to farm currency or gear in the game's most difficult Tier 8 endgame without pets.

Making the most of Boss Gauntlets

This strategy is essentially Boss Rush. It involves ignoring regular monsters and prioritizing the rapid kill of the boss to maximize loot drops, especially after entering the endgame.

You can usually combine this with other buffs to increase the amount of loot you gain or the strength of your character, making this method one of the main strategies for Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium farming.

Under normal circumstances, we recommend bringing a pet to Boss Gauntlets, but conquering high-difficulty bosses or tiers without pet assistance is not impossible.

Our Boss Rush strategy includes both with and without God of War. This endgame mechanic increases your map clearing/movement/attack speed and provides extra loot through frequent enemy spawns.

If you utilize this mechanic, allocate 12 talent points to City of Aeterna (another endgame map mechanic), then adjust other talent points to ensure you can allocate 15 points to God of War later.

Next, allocate 8 points to acquire Snowpaper, a classic item for dealing with bosses, and then allocate 8 points to increase the boss spawn rate when Sand Pirates mechanic is triggered.

It's worth noting Boss Beacon nodes, which give you a chance to obtain beacons from any defeated boss. 4 points are allocated to Boss Beacons, and 12 points to Boss Compasses.

If you feel you're moving fast enough with God of War mechanic, you can try a more exciting strategy: without God of War, Snowpaper, or other buffs, focus on Cube of Rapacity.

To do this, you'll need at least 27 cube points, with 15 guaranteed to be cubes and the rest to ensure you encounter various bosses.

The older bosses within the cubes are considered regular bosses; they trigger all related items, such as Malice Judge, which are also considered bosses. However, this version will take more damage than other versions because you don't have God of War buff.

You can try filling all the smaller nodes; any remaining points can be used to unlock nodes that increase the chance of additional boss drops. Also, beacon nodes should still be kept, as they can help with boss fights.

Dreamy Sand Pirates

This strategy is actually a combination of Sand Pirates and Twinightmare. The former brings you more loot through combat, hiring, and raiding, while the latter offers challenges or buffs through the different workings of Sweet Dreams and Nightmares.

This hybrid strategy, excluding pets, requires you to invest 35 points in Dream Exploration, with 15 points reserved for guarantees. Continue investing points to acquire Blessed Monsters and Sand Pirates.

Based on this, you can further enhance sand units to maximize gold drops and activate Sand Lords. For this, you can prioritize Boss Whispers, then Whispers of Wealth, and a few more points can increase the chance of skipping events and directly claiming rewards.

When undertaking Sandlord quests, simply build your city to construct gliders, establish transport, and you'll gain Fee and crafting materials.

For pirates and Tier 8 quests, what you really need is a boss invitation - if available - or a clue. If you're not getting any good clues, collect some fragments.

As for Twinightmare, start with Nightmare mechanic and find Dream Talkings. Weapon Dream Talkings take about six points, while Armor Dream Talkings are easier to unlock, taking less than two.

Additionally, monsters, especially boss monsters, spawn in your normal maps and randomly drop a certain number of Twinightmare-specific loot.

Acquire more beacons

Beacons are essential consumables for unlocking and entering Timemarks (TMs) within Netherrealm, making them a core mechanic for advancing endgame progression and the economy.

Based on the theme of this guide, we'll focus on how to acquire enough beacons to unlock TMs without using pet beacons or resistance farming.

To do this, you'll first need to invest 12 points in Commodity, then continue to unlock magic monster nodes and basic resonance nodes. In Profound Talent Constellation, you need to look for any cards that interact with your main mechanic.

Another important point is the war node. Whenever you encounter a high-level war node that says "Chance to spawn monsters," you should consider adding an extra compass.

Generally, when using this beacon farming strategy, you should always carry an Unrivaled Veteran Compass. This can bring you extra monsters that drop more beacons, or help trigger bosses, resulting in chests containing many beacons.

Focus on seasonal mechanics

In any Torchlight Infinite season, seasonal mechanics are a key farming strategy worth utilizing, as they provide maximum benefit and convenience based on the season.

In SS11, this mechanic is Vorax. It allows you to collect a special material, Vorax Substance, after defeating infected monsters. You can then use this material to modify monsters to be more dangerous, allowing you to defeat them for even more loot.

Even without a pet, this mechanic provides free income. Just enter and complete the quests, and you'll receive drops. While the drops aren't always good, you should definitely try it because it requires no investment.

So make sure you farm a bit every time you unlock and farm a map, then return to your current map. It's actually one of the best tools you can use when employing the other farming strategies mentioned above.

That concludes this guide. Using pets is even better, but our goal is to help you easily earn loot in high-difficulty content even when you can't use that buff! Hope this helps!

Torchlight Infinite SS11 Vorax will launch on January 15th at 6 PM PST. This update is incredibly rich in content, including a brand-new season mechanic, a new hero, reworks of some underperforming older heroes, and an unprecedented crafting system.

It's impossible to cover everything here, so we'll focus on the two most impactful aspects of SS11: the season mechanic and the crafting system.

Season Mechanics

The core mechanic of the new season is called Vorax. You need to find and defeat monsters infected with Vorax, collecting their dropped Vials. Once you accumulate 12 Vials, you can activate this mechanic.

You'll need to use all the collected jars to cultivate monsters imprisoned in containers. By injecting various hormones, you can customize the monster hordes you'll face. This essentially adds more and stronger affixes to the monsters. The stronger they are, the harder they are to defeat, but the greater the rewards will be.

After monster enhancement is complete, you'll find yourself in a wave-based arena, facing hordes of monsters you've raised yourself. You'll need to defeat them to earn rewards. During this process, you might encounter an ambushed, which will trigger a massive abomination. Defeating it will yield more Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium.

Simultaneously, SS11 introduces a new item called Scalpels. Using them increases the rewards from Essence Potions or boss loot, making the seasonal mechanics more profitable. Scalpels don't occupy a regular compass slot, and they have their own dedicated seasonal compass slot. This means you can freely use Scalpels without affecting participation in other seasonal mechanics, which is a very thoughtful adjustment.

Grafting System

What Items Do You Need?

The new seasonal mechanics are closely related to Grafting System. You can use harvested organs from monsters to add prefixes and suffixes to Vorax limbs.

Organs are divided into three categories: normal, special, and core. Special organs can have ultimate affixes added, instead of normal ones. This allows you to create gear that simultaneously possesses armor, evasion, energy shield, and all elemental resistances.

The items required to stitch organs onto other organs are called Sutures, which also come in three qualities: Sullied, Tenacious, and Exquisite, each used to process gear of different qualities.

But that's not all. You can now recycle legendary gear, extracting its unique legendary power and using it to create even more powerful items. This extracted power becomes core organs. You can then graft them onto rare gear to create new gear.

RNG And Affixes

Every step of this system carries RNG, even adding basic or advanced affixes carries risk. When a module is added to an item, it may overwrite an existing module on the item instead of filling an empty slot.

Adding the high-tier affix has a chance of introducing a blemish. A blemish occupies a mod slot but provides no effect, and you must continue crafting to try to cover it.

When grafting with a legendary item, the system randomly selects two mods from that legendary item for you to choose from. You select one, and that mod is randomly added to a slot on your target item.

This means that legendary items with fewer base mods are more likely to graft the desired mod. Legendary items with 4, 5, or 6 affixes may require consuming a large number of similar items to obtain the target mod. After crafting, items can be further processed using Corrosion.

The probability of corruption varies:

• Metamorphosized (5%): Increases all prefixes by 1-2 levels.
• Derived (5%): Increases all suffixes by 1-2 levels.
• Limb-Stitched (15%): Randomly adds two affixes and raises their levels by 1-2.
• Hyperplastic (25%): Randomly raises one affix by 1-2 levels.
• Festered (50%): Corroded the equipment and makes it bind-on.

Grafted items can be Corroded to reroll mod stat ranges or Imprinted. However, these operations require special items specific to Vorax and cannot be performed using regular Aemberon Cores or fossils.

Items used to add affixes are divided into three tiers:

• Rare quality: Can be used to add T5 to T3 mods.
• Epic quality: Can be used to add T2 mods.
• Legendary quality: Can be used to add T1 and T0 mods. T0 mods can also be corrupted to T0+.

Each ultimate mod has its corresponding specific Organ item. You need to find or trade for the specific Organ before you can attempt to add the corresponding ultimate mod to your equipment.

Uncertainty Remains

Some aspects remain unconfirmed and may require clarification from the development team or exploration after the season begins.

While it's known that Vorax items can have Priceless Implicits, it's uncertain whether they can have double Implicits like some top-tier gear.

Furthermore, for legendary items with vast mod pools, such as Enamor, Truth, and Chaotic Ending, it's unclear whether the system considers only existing mods on a specific item instance or all possible mods for that legendary item when grafting.

If the latter, grafting specific mods from these items will be significantly more difficult, even if they use Sullied Suture. If only mods on equipment are considered, versions with specific affixes will need to be found.

In SS11, please make sure to plan your grafting gear based on the legendary items and treasures you actually obtain. Do not copy other players' builds, because RNG may cause you to fail in crafting gear and stagnate. You show understand the core needs of your build and make flexible use of the resources available in the system in order to level up smoothly and reach the endgame.

Zealot of War, or Carino 3, in Torchlight Infinite SS10 received several optimizations this season. Overall, its map clearing speed and burst damage are good, and most importantly, it's very cost-effective. Players who want to try Carino 3 can easily recoup their investment.

Blazing Bullet Carino 3 build introduced today is even more cost-effective than other Carino 3 builds, especially valuable in the mid-to-late game of SS10.

Advantages Of Blazing Bullet Carino 3

The core attack skill of this build is Blazing Bullet, which excels at clearing groups of enemies. In single-target tests, the average damage is between 30 and 40 billion, with a peak of up to 50 billion. This damage is sufficient to handle all content on U8 map.

While most Carino builds have relatively poor survivability, this build's survivability isn't too bad, and at least it won't break at the slightest touch.

The key lies in utilizing Injury Buffer mechanic (derived from skills and the legendary item Resolution Steps boots) and Rebirth talent effect, resulting in high effective health and making you less susceptible to being one-shotted.

This Blazing Bullet Carino 3 build requires approximately 5000 Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium, which you can earn back in 3-4 hours of dedicated farming with it.

Skilled players can earn 1500-2000 Flame Elementium per hour in U8 even without Pactspirits. With additional buffs such as Prof. SOURCE and Chalk Spirit, the earnings will be even higher.

How To Farm The Map?

In actual combat, you need to stack Heat Up layers to increase damage. Therefore, it's recommended to kill more small monsters at the start. Terrain affects efficiency; open maps can be cleared in 10-15 seconds, while winding terrain may cause some monsters to get stuck, delaying your time. Besides, it's recommended to use 3 Netherrealm Resonances to increase earnings before farming U8.

Equipment Selection (About 2000-2500 Flame Elementiums)

Equipment selection isn't fixed, and there are generally alternatives. You need to understand why you're choosing these items, rather than simply copying them.

Helmet: Blind Vision

Blind Vision increases damage. It also requires the keyword affix Timid, which increases attack and casting speed when focused.

You can look for helmets with Timid affix (applies the vulnerability curse to enemies), requiring 200-400 Flame Elementiums. However, note that Carino 3 cannot trigger the curse while overheated, but it effectively increases damage in non-overheated states.

Amulet: Heart Of The Storm

Heart of the Storm requires approximately 950 Flame Elementiums. It provides massive damage, making it essential if you want to acquire a large amount of currency at once.

Alternatively, you can upgrade later and use False God's Skin first, which increases your stats. However, note that Blazing Bullet primarily requires Strength and Dexterity. A False God's Skin with 2 Strength and 2 Dexterity, or 3 Strength and 1 Dexterity, is acceptable.

Belt: Dawn Break

Dawn Break provides high Dexterity and Fervor Rating. If your Dexterity is sufficient and your Fervor Rating is high, it's a good, economical choice. You can later add additional affixes like “Attack Skill Rating +1” using Blending.

Ring: Burning Ice

The affixes for Burning Ice aren't particularly crucial; higher values ​​are better, but they don't affect the core mechanics, and it is acceptable to 100 Flame Elementiums. The other ring needs to supplement Strength, Resistance, and Life. Crafting with Flame Sand is straightforward, requiring only 5 to 10 Flame Elementiums.

Weapon: Lonely Hunter's Bow

This build doesn't need a legendary weapon, but it can't be too bad either. A Lonely Hunter's Bow worth around 300 Flame Elementiums is sufficient for farming U8.

Chest Armor: Trinity

Trinity is currently worth less than 300 Flame Elementiums. Law of Trinity allows you to randomly select one of three elemental damage types and multiply it by 5, making it a primary source of damage.

Additionally, it can make you gain elemental penetration equal to your lowest effective resistance, making maximizing all elemental resistances crucial for both survivability and damage output.

Gloves: Death's Touch

Death's Touch also won't take more than 300 Flame Elementiums. You can look for gloves with corruption affixes like Critical Strike Damage or Critical Strike Chance, but those are more valuable.

Shoes: Resolution Steps

This is your core survival gear, requiring Rebirth affix (corruption) and Injury Buffer skill to increase effective health by approximately 1.4-1.5 times.

Blazing Bullet Carino 3 Skills

Core Skills

• Blazing Bullet: Dual Resonance (Noble): Has a chance to trigger a secondary explosion upon hitting an enemy, making Blazing Bullet smoother.
• Blazing Bullet: Fiery Blast (Magnificent): Further increases the damage of the explosion.

These two skill gems require approximately 2000 Flame Elementiums in total, making them the most valuable part of this build. However, as the season progresses, the required Flame Elementiums will only decrease.

Other Skills

• Aim: Activation Medium: Energy Shield, Well-Fought Battle, Extended Duration.
• Blink: Activation Medium: Multistrike, Magic Dash, Cooldown Reduction, Quick Mobility.
• Swift Shadow Raid: Quick Mobility, Periodic Burst.

Auras

Precise: Precise Projectiles: Aura Amplification and Restrain.

Magus

Summon Frost Magus, Summon Thunder Magus, and Summon Fire Magus can be used. If you're worried about dying, you can replace Frost Magus with Summon Rock Magus.

The above configuration isn't top-tier, but it's enough to try out Carino 3 gameplay and farm U8 maps. Furthermore, as the season progresses, this build will require even fewer Flame Elementiums.

As long as you're still playing Torchlight Infinite, developing more usable builds is a never-ending task! Especially with the introduction of Hero Traits in the current season, as this means more new skills and the resulting more combination possibilities.

Based on this, the core of the most popular builds crafting in Season 10 is the newly introduced Creative Genius. It's the second Hero Trait for the hero Einherjar Bing and is therefore traditionally known as Bing 2.

Another Bing 2 build we previously introduced was a burst damage build centered on Necklace of Firebird. This time, we'll be introducing Thunderbolt Overload Build, which is more comprehensive and allows for better farming in T8.

Which Traits Should You Pair It With?

Creative Genius has 14 usable traits, including itself, but not all of them are suitable for Thunderbolt Overload Build - the most important thing is to improve your energy regeneration and movement speed. Therefore, the following traits are essential:

• Super Sonic Protocol - Requires lv 45: Provides a speed bonus when casting Ingenuity Overload.
• Mind Domain - Requires lv 60: Creates an energy field during Whimsy Explosion, stacking five Whimsy charges for every second you remain within it.
• Ingenious Chaos Principle - Requires lv 60: Restores Ingenuity Essence with each maximum Max Spell Burst.

All these traits will significantly reduce the overall cooldown of build running, especially the cooldown of explosion abilities, as there is a 25% chance to trigger Whimsy Explosion when casting your main abilities afterward.

Optimal Skill Choices

Firstly, you gain +1 to maximum spell burst for every two enhanced defensive abilities you equip. For Thunderbolt Overload build, choosing Ice Bond and Secret Origin Unleash will give you a total of 8 spell burst bonuses.

Other skills to be added and their corresponding effects are as follows:

• Ingenuity Overload: Instantly triggers the main skill once, increasing maximum spell burst by 200% and immediately charging to maximum. Requires 100 Ingenuity Essence.
• Whimsy Explosion: Fires a projectile that explodes upon impact, consuming 100 Whimsy Essence while restoring 25 Ingenuity Essence.
• Thunderbolt Overload: Allows you to throw and jump twice with Thunderbolts. Upon hitting an enemy, it deals 124-207 spell/physical damage via explosion, and all physical damage dealt is converted into lightning damage.
• Frigid Transmission: Teleports you to a target location, dealing 693-1040 spell/cold damage within a certain radius between the starting and ending points.
• Timid: Curses enemies in the target area, causing cursed enemies to take an additional 20% hit damage.
• Secret Origin Unleash: This skill grants you Euphoria, which increases spell damage by 5.5% and casting speed by 3% for each stack of Focus Blessing you gain over 6 seconds.

As you can see, most skills focus on providing damage and various speed boosts. While the core crafting of Bing 2 builds is usually Chain Lightning, Thunderbolt Overload Build's advantage lies in delivering decent damage output without requiring high-quality gear.

Gear Pairing Options

Although this build doesn't have strict requirements regarding gear rarity, you should still choose the best possible gear within a limited budget. Below is our recommended gear list.

Blind Vision:

• +1920 gear Evasion
• + (187-242) Max Life
• Immune to Blinding
• Works even better with Wind Projectiles

False God's Skin:

• +8 Strength
• + (6-10)% all stats
• Can add 4 stat buff affixes

Dawn Break:

• +35 Max Life
• + (500-1000) Armor and Evasion
• Can add 1 stat buff affix
• Have Fervor
• Has 60-70 points of fixed Fervor Rating
• For every 2-3 levels of Fervor Rating, the extra damage dealt increases by 1%

Frozen Ripples:

• +146 gear Energy Shield
• +5% Movement Speed
• + (20-25)% Cold Resistance
• For every stack of Max Spell Burst, movement speed increases by 4-5%
• When Max Spell Burst is at 200% of base movement speed, burst damage +1

These gears can be obtained for less than 100 Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium respectively, making them ideal for early-game budgets. And if you want to continue using this build after reaching endgame, you can easily replace them with better gear.

When stacking affixes for this build's gear, focus on adding affixes that increase damage output and resistances, ideally providing fixed lightning damage, as lightning skills themselves offer various bonuses including spell damage, casting speed, and spell burst.

How To Choose Divinity Slates?

Divinity Slates unlock more talent nodes, giving your build additional ability boosts. For Thunderbolt Overload Build, prioritize maximizing Focus Blessing stacks.

Each Focus Blessing stack grants a 3% spell damage increase, and further increases will unlock nodes that directly provide +1 to maximum spell burst.

Afterward, focus on Agility Blessing, as they provide movement speed or critical strike bonuses. The +1 punch skill with decent stats is also important, granting increased spell burst recharge speed and parabolic cleave count.

What Should You Focus On Improving In Hero Memories?

Hero Memories are essentially collectibles that provide stat boosts and powerful affixes. Engraving them on relics enhances the power of the hero you're playing.

When crafting this build, you can focus Hero Memories on increasing critical strike rating and damage. However, Hero Memories are only obtainable at endgame, so this part can be left for later in the season.

Overall, this is an easy-to-craft build with relatively low gear requirements, and importantly, it performs well in actual gameplay. So if you're currently playing Bing 2, give this build a try!