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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!

Torchlight Infinite SS12 Lunaria also offers a login reward selectable Pactspirit chest like other seasons. Simply log in for a total of seven days during the season to claim it, and inside you'll find some of legendary Pactspirits from previous seasons.

Each Pactspirit is tied to a specific gameplay loop, and they all look appealing at first glance, which can make the choice daunting for newer players. This guide rates these Pactspirits based on their gameplay returns to help you decide.

Tier C

Alice 1

Alice hails from Clockwork Ballet season. The companion herself is quite strong, but she finds herself in an awkward spot. The rewards from Clockwork Ballet were nerfed at one point, causing the mechanic to fall out of favor until the later introduction of Doro-Doro Dorothy - a companion that massively amplifies compass yields.

Alice 1 truly shines only when paired with Doro-Doro Dorothy, and since Dorothy is not available from this season's chest, Alice 1 on her own sits in Tier C. If you're thinking long-term, she might still be worth keeping an eye on.

Mistville Orphan

Mistville Orphan's one-star effect - a chance to skip combat entirely and triple your loot - is incredibly tempting, and Activation Mediums that drop from this mechanic are essential for nearly every build. That said, the mechanic isn't the friendliest for newcomers.

Mistville's systems are notoriously complex, and even veteran players can find them tricky. That said, if you give it a try and find yourself hooked, it can become an extremely rewarding pursuit.

Tier B

Prof. SOURCE

Prof. SOURCE is linked to Outlaw mechanic. This one has had a rollercoaster run over recent seasons. It was wildly popular when first introduced, at times overshadowing newer mechanics in subsequent seasons, before being reined in by a series of nerfs.

These days, it's more of an endgame-oriented activity. It excels when you're speed-clearing maps in Deep Space or working through bounty orders. Its potential is still massive, but for a newer player, it might not be the most practical pick right away.

Key of Overrealm

Key of Overrealm comes from Overrealm season. Its effect grants a chance to duplicate items dropped within its mechanic. You can get a steady stream of powerful gear from it, but like Prof. SOURCE, it leans heavily toward the late game. Its overall rating sits in a similar spot.

Monument Knight

Monument Knight is in a slightly odd position at the moment. The reward structure of Candelabrum gameplay saw major adjustments, and the developers even allowed players to exchange this companion for a different one at one point. While theoretically, fewer players choosing this mechanic might create niche opportunities, the current reward feedback suggests it doesn't quite reach the level of abundance people hoped for.

On the plus side, Monument Knight performs well even at lower levels. Each fight you complete in Candelabrum has a chance to add extra reward tiles to the map. Still, the ceiling on this mechanic isn't terribly high.

Tier A

Heart-binding Rose

Heart-binding Rose originates from Cube season, and she provides a chance to double the loot from endgame chests. If you enjoy the slot-machine thrill of popping cubes for random rewards, this Pactspirit is a strong contender.

It's also well worth developing further. As she levels up, both the doubling chance and the multiplier increase. From the opening days of a season all the way to the end, running Cubes with her can generate a steady flow of Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium. She's a powerful companion you'll want to keep invested in.

Shepherd

Shepherd is tied to Nightmare mechanic. In recent seasons, the rewards from Nightmare content have taken a hit as the loot from bubbles has fallen off, otherwise this would easily be a Tier S candidate.

One of Nightmare's quirks is that its separate sub-map doesn't benefit from most of the modifiers on your main map. However, when a Dream boss spawns directly on your main map, its drops are affected by map drop quantity bonuses - a nuance you can work into your farming approach.

Rainbowpaint Owl

Rainbowpaint Owl comes from Frozen Canvas season. Right out of the gate, its one-star effect creates tiles on the map that grant doubled rewards without requiring combat. This mechanic is the primary source for acquiring various Special Support gems.

While Owl undergoes significant leaps in power at ranks three and five, even at one star it hands you easy, doubled loot on a regular basis. Another major upside is that the mechanic is straightforward to learn and incredibly smooth to run.

Jestress

Jestress revolves around Fateful Contest. She's another companion that performs admirably at just one star. When you open a Chest of Destiny from Arcana mechanic, she has a chance to appear and summon two additional chests, essentially doubling the outcome.

Arcana yields solid returns across all difficult stages. You'll pick up Minor Fates and Kismets, and unidentified Undetermined Fates that roll excellent modifiers can be worth as much as a Mirror. While the absolute peak rewards come later, even at Time Mark 8 difficulty, she's well worth running.

Moonshadow Guide

Moonshadow Guide stems from Sandlord mechanic. Her ability gives a chance to duplicate an order when you dispatch a raid, trade, or settlement mission.

This Pactspirit feels fantastic once upgraded. When her upgraded effect triggers, all resources committed to the trade are refunded while the rewards are granted instantly. Even grabbing her at one star with the long-term plan of pushing her to rank two later is a very sound strategy.

Tier S

Starfish Chanter

Starfish Chanter is the ideal first Pactspirit for new players, provided you enjoy running Black Sailing mechanic. At the end of a run, she grants reward tiles a 20% chance to be doubled - meaning more rarity, more Scraps, more everything.

What makes Starfish Chanter so exceptional is that she barely needs leveling. The difference between the 20% chance at rank one and the 27% chance at rank six isn't drastic. You can confidently leave her at rank one and funnel future resources elsewhere.

The above are merely recommendations. You should choose the gameplay loop you genuinely enjoy. Even if a mechanic you love trails slightly behind in raw returns or efficiency, immersing yourself in it and playing consistently will almost always yield more Flame Elementium over time than forcing yourself to run content that doesn't click with you.

Torchlight Infinite SS12 Lunaria officially launches on April 16 at 7 PM PDT. As always, this season is packed with content. In addition to balance adjustments and a new seasonal mechanic, we're also getting a brand-new hero.

Let's take a brief look at what Lunaria Season has to offer - its core mechanic, the new hero, and various balance changes across the board.

New Mechanic

Lunaria

The essence of Lunaria mechanic involves using a harp-like device within maps to shatter and awaken slumbering monsters, then dispatching them. It feels somewhat like a fusion of Expedition and Legion from Path of Exile.

As you navigate the area, you strum statues of enemies, causing them to animate into actual foes. Defeating them yields loot. More importantly, you gain a small amount of energy, allowing you to continue moving forward and repeat the cycle.

Creation Engine

Strictly speaking, Lunaria Season doesn't feature just one mechanic - it also introduces a new system separate from the seasonal mechanic called Creation Engine. Activating a Creation Engine in a map spawns crystals and enemies. Defeating foes charges the crystals, which then drop loot. The baseline rewards appear modest, but they scale significantly when combined with the talent tree and compasses.

As a new permanent core mechanic, it's similar to Cages in that it lacks an exclusive seasonal pet. That means it's either exceptionally friendly to free-to-play users or the complete opposite.

Vorax

Vorax gameplay from SS11 is moving into the core pool. This monster-hunting mechanic incorporates strategic elements and is quite engaging, though its transition to core brings some adjustments.

Vorax now has its own talent tree, and certain powerful card values have been reined in. The most notable change, however, is that acquiring Ultimate Potions is now semi-scripted. This means that once you secure a critical potion, you'll have much greater control over the flow of battle.

A significant nerf is that equipment obtained from Vorax can now only carry legendary affixes sourced from the same legendary item. Previously, you could merge affixes from two different legendaries onto a single piece of gear. Now, even with two affix slots available, they must originate from the same item. You can still transfer affixes to different equipment slots, but only multiple affixes from a single legendary item can be moved.

Scent Weaver | Sage

Sage is a fully independent hero. Her core playstyle revolves around Elixirs - a new skill form reworked from recovery skills and certain enhancement skills. Elixirs possess charges and occupy a skill slot. Sage specializes in empowering Elixirs and granting them additional effects. For example, her level 50 unlock, Scent Bottle, can bestow a combined offensive and defensive boost to an Elixir in a designated slot.

That said, Sage is not an ideal league starter. The primary reason is that most Elixirs seen so far lean defensive and lack offensive punch. During the early push into harder content, damage output is paramount, and she feels somewhat lacking in that department. She does have potential in the later stages, so it's recommended to revisit her after you've accumulated some currency.

Character and Skill Adjustments

Divineshot Carino | Lethal Flash

Previously, this hero was restricted to shotgun-style skills, limiting flexibility. After the rework, Lethal Flash is more versatile and no longer forced into specific mechanics. While the original shotgun bonuses have been removed, the base effect now directly provides 50% more damage and +2 to projectile skill levels.

It also introduces intriguing interactions, such as sacrificing projectile range for massive damage multipliers and Fortitude effects, or even enabling projectiles to bounce off the ground. Regarding the interplay between projectile speed and reload speed, early analysis suggests Carino 2 could very well spawn some top-tier, high-powered builds.

Chromatic Shot

The reworked Chromatic Shot skill is now restricted to elemental damage only, removing physical and corrosion components. Scaling it has become considerably simpler. The mechanic resembles Elemental Hit from Path of Exile, forcibly converting all damage into a random single element. Base damage has increased by roughly 40%, and a small explosion effect has been added. Note that it now carries Area tag, allowing it to benefit from a wider array of support gems.

The addition of Lightchaser (Magnificent) and Chromatic Shot: Splendor (Noble) is also crucial, greatly enhancing projectile tracking and target seeking, resulting in remarkably swift clearing capabilities.

Modalizations

For summoner enthusiasts, Modalizations mechanic has been introduced. Similar to Spectres in Path of Exile, players can defeat specific bosses and bind them, turning them into personal minions. These boss summons boast devastating area skills and impressive potency.

Ill Omen

The developers felt that DoT builds were not crisp enough when clearing packs, so they introduced Ill Omen mechanic. When you inflict DoT on a target, Ill Omen will eventually lop off a substantial portion of its life. It's important to note, however, that the former Reap Purification has been removed from the talent tree and relocated to hero memories obtainable much later in progression.

This means DoT builds have lost a key support tool. Furthermore, Ill Omen effects must be triggered by curse skills from Ominous line, delivering a heavy blow to DoT archetypes.

Renewed Memory

Every season brings a mechanism to inflate character power, and in SS12 it's Renewed Memory. In simple terms, you can enhance your hero memories using special items earned during the season. Enhancement methods include:

• Adding a special random affix to the random affix pool.
• Increasing base stat values.
• Raising the tier of inherent affixes.
• Adding an extra Revived affix. Using Lunar Phase materials grants a chance to directionally add a Revived affix.

The final method has a success rate of only 20%. If it fails (an 80% chance), your memory is not destroyed but becomes character-bound and untradable.

Given that high-quality memories are already exceedingly rare, and now they carry an 80% risk of becoming bound, it's foreseeable that these memories will carry astronomical value in the new season. If you're planning a build around such affixes, you might need plenty of Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium.

Overall, the content volume this season is quite substantial. Even if Lunaria Season mechanic doesn't fully capture your interest, the Vorax core integration should keep you thoroughly engaged for the entire season. Pick your favorite build and get ready to dive in.

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!

With the release of Season 11, Torchlight Infinite introduces a new round of limited-time mechanics, including Vorax Syndrome, Entangle system, and other updates.

However, like most ARPGs with a seasonal system, to experience seasonal gameplay in Torchlight Infinite, you must create a new character, and characters from the previous season will be transferred to the permanent server after the old season ends.

Therefore, at the start of any new Torchlight Infinite season, your primary task to quickly reach endgame content is always leveling. Only in this way can you gain enough damage to deal with more dangerous enemies.

Next, we will introduce strategies on how to level up quickly in SS11 and minimize the impact of random factors.

What is the core of leveling?

Before embarking on the specific leveling journey, you first need to clarify what the core of leveling is, that is, what all leveling methods serve - the answer is to increase damage and acquire various output buffs.

This isn't to say that other attributes like defense aren't important, but only with sufficient damage can you kill more enemies, complete more content, gain XP to level up, and ultimately face the endgame with greater strength.

Based on this, the maximum character level in Torchlight Infinite is 100, and we typically divide the leveling process into two phases: 1-60 and 60-100.

This is mainly because after level 60 you can enter the endgame system called Netherrealm, which includes various repeatable challenges, as well as maps and boss challenges of increasing difficulty.

While Netherrealm is difficult, it provides more XP, making it a better source of XP for later leveling up, while the 1-60 phase primarily involves leveling up by completing the campaign.

Choosing a Hero Trait that suits you

The first thing to do when creating your Season 11 character is to choose a Hero Trait, which represents your combat style and the skills and talents you can use in the game.

While you might be more inclined to try newer options, such as Vendetta's Sting added for Cateye Erika in SS11, it might not suit your combat style, leading to frustration during later leveling.

Therefore, we recommend playing a Hero Trait you're familiar with or good at first. This will allow you to earn XP in combat and level up faster. Afterward, you can create alt characters to play new characters, which will level up even faster.

Maximizing the value of Divinity Slates

As we mentioned before, everything is geared towards increasing damage! Therefore, the role of Divinity Slates cannot be ignored.

In Torchlight Infinite, this item, when placed on a dedicated grid in the talent interface, allows you to add additional talent nodes to customize your character's abilities.

Each Divinity Slate provides 1 to 3 Divinity Slots, which are the basis for imprinting nodes onto the slate. All slots are divided into three rarities: magic (blue), rare (purple), and legendary (gold), corresponding to nodes of varying strengths.

As your character level increases, the number of slots available for placing slates also increases, meaning you can add more talents.

On the other hand, slate types are related to specific gods in the game, which determines the range of talent nodes that slates may randomly generate.

If you want this mechanism to provide sufficient support for your character's leveling, you should first focus on adding talents that increase damage, and secondly, talents that align with your Hero Trait style.

Utilizing Precise Auras

In the game, an aura refers to a passive skill that provides buffs to yourself and your allies by sealing away specific resources. Precise Auras refer to the advanced versions of all standard auras, often offering even more buffs.

Therefore, you should unlock more Precise Auras if possible, which can only be obtained as drops from Tier 7 and Tier 8 Netherrealm boss battles or through trading on the auction house.

Therefore, if you plan to add this passive skill early in your leveling journey, or shortly after entering Netherrealm, it's best to get Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium for sale on IGGM, otherwise it might slow down your leveling progress.

Acquiring Frozen Canvas Support

The entire Frozen Canvas system was introduced in Season 6 and has since been retained as part of the core gameplay. Canvas support refers to acquiring Noble and Magnificent support skills using the canvas.

You can then upgrade these supports; the higher the level, the greater the bonus damage multiplier. They start at 4% and go up to 20% at level 5.

To upgrade these skills, you need to acquire Inspiration Essence by playing Frozen Canvas system itself or by acquiring it at the trade fair. Generally, upgrading one skill requires 500 Inspiration Essence and 50 copy skills.

Making the most of seasonal mechanics

While the experience of playing seasonal mechanics is better at higher levels, they are also an excellent source of XP and loot. In Season 11, this mechanic refers to Vorax Syndrome.

This mechanic causes enemies in Netherrealm stages to become infected with a special disease, eventually entering a hyperactive and berserk state. They will devour each other to evolve into more powerful forms.

Your task is to defeat these monsters, collect Vorax Substance from them, and then customize new monster encounters in Incubation Tanks provided by Surgical Preparation system. The higher the difficulty of the battle, the more XP and rewards you will receive.

The leveling strategies provided above are primarily based on levels 60 and above, as leveling up before that is not difficult. After all, higher levels require more XP investment and necessitate more targeted strategies!

Congratulations to all Torchlight Infinite players! The tiring and boring end-of-season phase is finally over! More than three months after the release of Season 10, SS11 is coming!

As Torchlight Infinite's first new season in 2026, this season will not only bring new playable content but also a revolutionary change to the overall gameplay you're familiar with!

To help you adapt to these updates and changes as quickly as possible after the new season launches, we'll be providing a full preview of SS11.

When will this season launch?

Torchlight Infinite SS11 is confirmed to officially begin on January 15, 2026 at 6 PM Pacific Time. While the exact end time has not yet been announced, based on the game's update pattern, it will likely be at least three months from now.

Season theme: Vorax Syndrome

Almost every Torchlight Infinite season has its own unique mechanics, which enrich gameplay, create a limited-time atmosphere, and provide more sources of Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium drops.

Based on this, Season 11's theme is Vorax Syndrome. In actual gameplay, this is a special infection mechanic; defeating infected enemies grants an additional reward: Vorax Substance.

You can think of this substance as a special modifier. Once you collect enough, you can access Dr. Shelley's Operating Room system and apply it in six incubators to create entirely new monster types.

After customizing your monsters, you can travel to a dedicated arena to battle your created enemies. Winning unlocks additional rewards. The more dangerous your monsters are, the greater the rewards you receive.

New grafting mechanism

In addition to customizing monsters through seasonal mechanics, SS11 also introduces Vorax Gear system. You can use Vorax Limbs as a base material to graft and create new random affixes onto your gear within this system.

The processed gear will become Vorax Gear, significantly increasing its power. However, you can only equip one Vorax Gear per battle, and there are limitations on the types of affixes available for each Vorax Gear:

• 2 Advancement Affixes
• 2 Ultimate Affixes
• 2 Legendary Affixes

New Hero Trait Vendetta's Sting

As an ARPG, Torchlight Infinite's core gameplay doesn't involve creating a completely new character for adventure. Instead, you choose to play as one of a set of heroes, each with their own unique traits.

You can think of traits as specializations for a hero. They redefine your combat style and how you interact with skills, gear, and the talent tree based on the hero's core gameplay.

Season 11 will introduce the latest trait for the hero Erika: Vendetta's Sting. If you choose to play this trait later in the game, your third skill in your skill bar will be replaced with Vendetta.

Vendetta teleports you to a random enemy within 8 meters, then triggers your primary skill. The triggered skill deals an additional 40% damage, but this requires the primary skill to be a non-channeling, non-displacement core melee attack.

Furthermore, Vendetta grants you a new Incisive effect, increasing your attack power by an additional 10%, and the closer you are to an enemy within 5 meters, the higher the damage.

On top of this, if you can close the distance to 2 meters or more, you can gain an additional 20% attack power for 3 seconds.

More Vendetta's Sting exclusive skills include:

• Stride of Death
• Leisurely Stroll
• Swift Stalk
• Feline Fury
• Mortal Gambit

More new Pactspirits

Pactspirits are a pet mechanic in Torchlight Infinite, divided into Battle Pactspirits and Drop Pactspirits. Equipping them during battle grants corresponding passive bonuses: increased combat power or more loot after battle.

Season 11 adds one new Pactspirit of each type:

• Battle Pactspirit: Kitty Express
• Drop Pactspirit: Intern Shelley

New gear awaits you!

Various gear is one of your primary means of attacking or defending against enemies in Torchlight Infinite, so adding new ones with each season, removing impractical ones, or optimizing commonly used gear is essential.

Based on this, Season 11 will add the following new legendary gear to the game:

• Silent Avowal
• Malign Embrace
• Old Grudge
• Vendetta's Sleeve-Blade
• Trickster's Tread
• Throat-Slasher

Legendary gears that will be removed include:

• Mourner's Shadow
• Furious Man's Loud Song
• Trauma's Embrace

Existing legendary gear that will be optimized includes:

• Lone Walker's Boots
• Crimson King
• Blade-dancer's Fingers
• Thunder Jawbone
• Thunder Manipulator
• Severed Wrist
• Oversight
• Agony's Embrace
• Frozen Sight
• Glacial Abyss Arrow
• Frozen Will
• Burning Ice
• Everburn Thunderfire
• Sun's Embrace
• Evil Heart Armor

New available skills

Regardless of which hero and trait you choose to play after Season 11 goes live, there will be corresponding skills available for you to use. The following new skills will be introduced in this game:

Active skills:

• Gale Slash
• Spectral Slash
• Shockwave Warcry

Passive skills:

• Ailment Amplification
• Precise Ailment Amplification

Supported skills:

• Spell Tangle
• Manifold Entanglement
• Activation Medium: Tangle
• Gale Slash: Onslaught (Magnificent)
• Gale Slash: Dominance (Magnificent)
• Gale Slash: Brutality (Noble)
• Gale Slash: Soaring (Noble)
• Spectral Slash: Detonation (Magnificent)
• Spectral Slash: Synchrony (Noble)
• Spectral Slash: Legion (Noble)

Other core mechanism adjustments

In addition to adding new content, SS11 will fundamentally reshape the game flow through adjustments to other specific mechanics, aiming to optimize your experience while enhancing the overall visual effects. The following areas are expected to be affected:

• Hero Memories
• Pactspirit
• Talent Changes
• Skills
• Hero Trait
• Destiny

This concludes our preview of the main new content and changes for Torchlight Infinite SS11. We hope this information is helpful for your experience in the new season starting tomorrow! Have fun!

While Season 10 introduced the new Hero Trait, Bing 2 Creative Genius, it doesn't mean you can only play him to become a DPS king this season. With the right skills, any classic Hero Trait can be used.

Of course, since each Torchlight Infinite season has its own unique mechanics, the strategies for maximizing damage output will need to be adjusted depending on the hero you're playing.

Based on this, we'll use Rosa 2, Rosa's second Hero Trait, Unsullied Blade, as an example to show you how to increase this character's DPS by stacking mana.

Unsullied Blade Introduction

This Hero Trait is still relatively new, as it was introduced in the recently concluded Season 9. Unsullied Blade's main damage output comes from dealing elemental damage to enemies in Realm of Mercury after gaining sufficient mana.

Realm of Mercury is one of the core mechanics of Unsullied Blade. First, you need to attack enemies with non-channeled skills to gain Mystic Mercury points. Once you have the maximum points, you can enter the realm.

In Realm of Mercury, all your attacks will receive spell damage and spell damage bonuses. While this consumes mana, mana will also slowly regenerate over time.

Regardless of the phase, to maximize damage output as a Rosa 2 player, you must always ensure you have enough mana, especially since mana doesn't regenerate automatically in Mystic Mercury phase.

The Main Strategy For Stacking More Mana

To craft a Rosa 2 build focused on mana stacking, you first need to reach 100% of your relevant attributes. Until then, it's best to prioritize builds focused on energy shields as a transition.

A large portion of your attribute points should come from your classes and talent trees. Then, you need to acquire suitable and powerful gear to supplement your mana - approximately two to three pieces of gear.

Prioritize unlocking the following talent tree nodes:

• Goddess of Hunting: Increases your damage, attack damage, and cast speed.
• Assassin: Provides additional lightning damage, attack speed, and survivability.
• Steel Vanguard: Increases your health, energy shield, attack speed, cast speed, and damage.
• Lich: Maximizes your consumed mana and provides additional defensive effects.

It's worth noting that high damage output when playing Unsullied Blade primarily comes from glove-type gear. However, if you have high attack speed and high mana, gloves can actually limit your critical strike chance.

To avoid this effect, you need to keep your maximum mana and attack speed cap within a suitable range and ratio. Therefore, all your fixed damage should ideally come from shields.

Gear And Affixes

For Rosa 2 mana stacking, most general affixes are already reliable when adding affixes, as you already have sufficient attack speed from your base stats. You should focus on maximizing your critical strike chance to reach the cap.

Therefore, you can look for rings with physical enhancements or curse effects, which can grant immunity to certain enemy debuffs and provide a percentage increase in mana or even double damage suffixes.

As your gear improves, your resistance will continue to increase. If you want to further enhance this aspect, you can try obtaining Lone Walker's Boots, which increase your gear evade, provide a 50% increase in movement speed, and other damage-boosting effects.

Since belts must be enchanted to function in mana-stacking builds, but enchanting requires a large amount of Flame Elementium, unless you have a very good belt, such as Compensatory Life, this is not recommended.

This belt will grant you a 3%-4% increase in mana and a 3%-6% increase in spell damage for every 100 mana consumed, in addition to a 48%-50% increase in mana regeneration, allowing you to finish battles faster.

If you take significant damage in combat and your health becomes low, this belt provides a 25-30 level mana boost, allowing you to try and turn the tide by dealing additional spell damage.

How To Add Divinity Slates?

In Torchlight Infinite, Divinity Slates are a powerful talent that can be equipped on Statue of the New God. The latter looks like a special panel; the more Divinity Slates you acquire, the more complete the panel becomes, unlocking more talent nodes.

To utilize this mechanic, you first need to ensure you've unlocked Statue of the New God by progressing through the main story. Then you can start obtaining slates through combat drops or directly from the trading system.

To gain more mana stacks, you need to acquire slates that increase critical strike chance and fixed damage multipliers to significantly boost your damage output.

Skill Selection

All Unsullied Blade skills are based on core mechanics such as Realm of Mercury or Mystic Mercury. There are currently six available skills. Besides the indispensable Unsullied Blade, the others suitable for mana stacking are as follows:

• Baptism of Purity: Increases maximum mana by an additional 20%.
• Boundless Sanctuary: For every 150/130/110/100/90 points of maximum mana you have, Realm of Mercury range increases by 10%. Damage taken by enemies in the realm and Mystic Mercury points gained also increase.

While the other skills have good overall effects, they all prioritize or accelerate mana consumption, making them unsuitable for Rosa 2 combat style we're discussing. However, you can try combining them into new Rosa 2 playstyles.

In fact, mana stacking is just one build that best showcases and leverages the advantages of Rosa 2. If you're interested in this Hero Trait, you can explore more styles. Torchlight Infinite is a game with a high degree of freedom!