Torchlight III news & patch notes

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/vMGB6Y8Xkz_MhaHYS76oQGBngpLO8HYbl2Kod5GRdyQeoeu2chcGigQfdOXieQVBWjZWb2IbDwOOjJH1rQprAqNOjLgACtmCCaABXrXunGc9-DypRfDQvSZ1TRZJu86Io9eXsxh2 Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Ahoy frontier adventurers, We 'ave the big sneak peek ye 'ave been waitin' fer! Aye, the CURSED CAPTAIN be comin' in the next content update - a new mid-range class that packs a lot o' punch through large cannons 'n powerful ghostly summons. We've prepared this shanty fer ye in the hopes that it shivers yer timbers while the update be undergoin' its final testin' stages.   https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ckphyXflWMyDP1dOy9p5sgeQKKrilKqfCWDTi4ZyQg6H1HpBVliuDY-g80zB0esD0VBtRqufpq85c6yIQ9jWI9CGPXQDJiEFkGVsQeFbCnX2vLrYrmDUaKND69nGID6-AKR-KsSJ Credits: The Torchlight III and Perfect World pirate shanty choir. We expect this update t' come out in about a month 'n a half, or as the shanty states, about '40 days or more...' - but don't ye worry, we shall be back wit' another, mighty detailed look at the Black spotted Cap'n as we get closer t' launch. - Echtra Bean NEW CURSED CAPTAIN CLASS REVEALED! A new class is indeed coming to Torchlight III with the next large (free) content update! Anchored in a state between life and death, the Cursed Captain remains true to its adventurous spirit. As an experienced captain of the seas, this corporeal spectre can summon a ghostly crew of swashbucklers, and use the tools of the piracy trade to tackle combatants. The Cursed Captain utilizes their own unique resource, Doubloons, which are collected mid-combat from monsters and treasures. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8LoaiFHFjqU2Tn2fKakYEf8P2VXoLJk9eugvT5FuMYhYdOokTzuFWqmAtwW-CPyKA0w9qS-xta51b4swSgCQLu8HYjgJVQl8s6XnFj2ilQpCMO0h5FcO1azC95UEXVF9CCppAbaP The New Cursed Captain Class will come alongside the free update to Torchlight III this Spring! In addition to the Cursed Captain’s new class-specific weapon (the cannon), its attire also includes a new class-specific armor type - capes. “The Captain fully realizes an archetype of class not yet fulfilled - the Summoner. While some of the other classes do have the capacity to summon minions, the Captain is the first to dive deep into that mechanic. Cannoneers, Riflemen, standard Crewmates, and your First Mate all can join you in combat, should you include them in your build. As the captain of this crew, you have the power to command them! You can order the crew to relocate, perform extra skills on demand, or focus fire on a specific target using the Black Spot debuff. If leading a crew of undead seafarers is not to your liking, the Cursed Captain is also a powerhouse on their own, packing a wide array of cursed magic and explosive skills. Instead of paying Doubloons to your Crew, load them up into your trusty cannon and fire them with the Plunderbuss skill, or order your flagship to fire a deadly broadside onto your foes from afar... or, simply bring the flagship directly into the fight. Yes, I do mean the ENTIRE ship.” The Cursed Captain will set sail alongside many other updates, content, bug fixes, and performance improvements. ADDITIONAL CONTENT & QUALITY OF LIFE UPDATES COMING… An abundance of adorable pets are making their way to the frontier. From the ‘Samurai Shiba Inu’ to the ferocious ‘Fire Fox’, the frontier’s collection of pets will grow with new, additional quality of life updates in tow.

• FOUR NEW Species with over FOURTY NEW pets and pet variants!
• Improvements to the Pet UI, including the ability to better manage, delete, and sort your pets.
• More pet slots!
• Resolved the bug that prevents pets from joining their owners while adventuring.

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{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/7dae267ce135a3b7e56b21f7fb098d3e09135cb3.pngCheck out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Good afternoon rodent rakers! This afternoon we are releasing a hotfix to address a few issues that cropped up with the most recent update that upgraded our game engine. We are still reviewing a couple of issues that also started to occur with this update, but the most visible and annoying bugs should be resolved with this hotfix. In the meantime, we are getting very close to releasing details about the large content patch that is hitting Torchlight III shortly, so keep an eye out for that and we’ll see you again on the frontier soon! - Echtra Bean Read all of the patch notes at: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11485933 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/7dae267ce135a3b7e56b21f7fb098d3e09135cb3.pngCheck out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Good afternoon skeleton slaughterers! The update this afternoon turns off the Snow & Steam contract and includes an engine update which further prepares us for the next upcoming content update. Additionally, there are some minor fixes that are also included in this update, but most of our upcoming bug fixes and performance updates will be included in the next large release. We’ll be back soon wit' more details 'n a reveal about the next upcomin' update here soon, so check back often, or ye will regret it... - Echtra Bean Read all of the patch notes at: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11485613 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/998fe46f3fe525fd157ea283adc69f3d0949177d.pngCheck out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Ahoy arachnid attackers! The winter has been cold and long, but the frontier is starting to warm up; we are getting ready for summer and wanted to update you on all things Torchlight III.

SNOW & STEAM CONTRACT

Winter is coming to an end and with spring just around the corner, it’s time to let the Snow & Steam contract thaw out and evaporate. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/99b9257efe88b9373a2d0f736aa46f5b0b5dee27.png What was your favorite reward from the Snow & Steam contract? In about a month from now we’ll be turning off the “Snow & Steam” contract; when this update goes out and the contract is no longer live/available the following will occur: - The contract will no longer appear in the contract UI - Players who had the contract active will be dropped back to one of the regular contracts - Players will keep the rewards they have already claimed from the contract - Players will lose any rewards they have not yet claimed from the contract So make sure to grab all your contract rewards soon before we turn them off (in about a month) in preparation for the next upcoming update! Want to find out what is in store for the next update? Read all of the news and check out the upcoming content sneak peek at: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11484353 - Echtra Bean https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/7dae267ce135a3b7e56b21f7fb098d3e09135cb3.pngCheck out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Good Morning Hyvid Hackers! This hotfix for Steam has some additional fixes for the Snow & Steam update. These fixes will be reviewed on the Steam platform and then released to consoles within the next couple of weeks (pending console certification). We will be preparing an additional set of hotfixes after this batch is released to consoles and we are still busy working on a larger content update (with additional quality of life improvements) that will be released when it's ready. Until then, thank you for continuing to cleanse the frontier of Netherim and we’ll see you in Trevail Point soon! - Echtra Bean Read all of the patch notes at: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11483693 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/7dae267ce135a3b7e56b21f7fb098d3e09135cb3.pngCheck out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Good morning Steam players! Today’s hotfix resolves outstanding quest issues, a few environmental blocks, and some visual issues that arose from Fazeer’s new affix bonuses. We are still investigating and reviewing several player reported issues, including problems with pets being unable to travel and hope to have another hotfix readied within the next week or so. Once we have ensured the recently reported issues have been resolved on Steam we will release the updates to console players. Thank you again for your reports and feedback and we’ll see you again on the frontier soon! - Echtra Bean Read all of the patch notes at: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11482943 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/258b797e3026798fe0f77b30aaae4366081e24d3.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png This month's Developer Update comes from Guy Somberg, Lead Programmer of Echtra. Sometimes the best possible way to look to the future of a project, is to understand its past. While the next Developer Update will take a deeper dive into upcoming updates, ongoing issues, and other community feedback, this blog is for those who enjoy a good technical read and want a closer look at some of our internal development ‘war stories’.

INTRODUCTION

In game development, not every problem that you solve is performance, features, or functionality that the players get to see. Sometimes, you have something messy that needs to be fixed, and you just need to dive in and fix it so that work can get done. There is a phrase that we use to talk about this sort of work: “yak shaving”. Originally from a reference to the TV program “Ren and Stimpy”, it now refers to work that appears to be completely unrelated to the end goal, but which you have to accomplish in order to reach it. For example - “I am trying to build a stone bridge over this creek. I am shaving this yak so that I can trade the fur to a yarn maker, who in exchange will let me borrow the cart so that I can take it to the quarry to pick up some stones.” Shaving the yak isn’t necessarily an important part of building that bridge, but you won’t be able to make any progress while the yak still has its coat! This is a collection of just some of the times that we’ve had yak-shaving problems that needed to be “just fixed”. - Echtra Bean Read the entire blog at https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11482053 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/a0cc572dd81d7e85d4fe1f87b675d1ea8eed0721.pngCheck out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Hello Brall Brawlers! This morning we have a quick data (content) fix that will resolve a few issues currently persisting in the Snow & Steam update. This patch will not require an update and will be available in-game to all platforms as soon as we’ve pushed it. We are reviewing the recent feedback and are reviewing and gathering bug reports for upcoming hotfixes/updates. We are aware of some ongoing server crashes that manifest as disconnections while traveling. We hope to push out a server-side hotfix next week that will help resolve these issues that should be available to all platforms. We hope you have been enjoying the recent updates to the frontier and we’ll be back with more update-related news soon! - Echtra Bean Read all of the patch notes at: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11482123 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/f3c510fb319f7efa4fbe2f090381322874aa598b.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Happy Holidays Torchlight friends! We hope you are keeping warm this winter season (or cool, for those in the southern hemisphere)! We are so excited to finally bring you the ‘Snow & Steam’ update, which is full of feedback, suggestions, bug fixes, and improvements that we know you have all been waiting for! This spicy update is sending chills down my spine... With a complete revamp for Forged and Fazeer, a whole new limited-time contract, and a slew of amazing new features and quality-of-life updates, this patch has something for everyone. This update will come alongside a forced respec, so please remember to spend your points before you dive back into the frontier after updating to ‘Snow & Steam’.

WINTER THEMED CONTRACT, PETS, & FORT DECORATIONS

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/99b9257efe88b9373a2d0f736aa46f5b0b5dee27.png This Holiday tree will bring some festive feelings into your snow-covered forts! We’ve added a new, limited-time, ‘Snow & Steam’ Contract with a large assortment of winter-themed pets and fort decorations! Among the list of items that can be obtained are snow based decorations for your fort, an Ugly Sweater Cat variant, and an assortment of consumable and currency based rewards. During this update, the recently added spooky pets will become unavailable to find on the frontier, but may return again after the ‘Snow & Steam’ season has passed. You can view a list of all the newly added winter-themed fort decorations and pets down below in the detailed patch notes.

FORGED REWORK

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/7b4017a928845f68db99ae32066a19cc98a49a67.png Steam raises Movement speed and is spent on Basic Attacks and some skills. The Forged class has received a major rework in this update. Not only will you notice new elements for the HUD, but several skills have been changed and the general approach for Forged has received a bit of a makeover to make it a more interesting and viable class. “After reviewing feedback in Discord and our internal metrics, it was pretty clear that Forged was our least popular character.” Torchlight III Game Designer Michael May explained, “All the feedback, alongside our player data, painted a picture that showed us that the Forged low level skills felt solid, but the secondary higher level skills were lackluster.” The team went back to the drawing board, reviewing the current mechanics and skills and how to improve the overall feel of the class. “Skills like Slug Shot, Uppercut, and the ‘half venters’ didn’t have a strong place in the Forged’s overall kit like we had hoped, and players often just use a Heat builder, a Vent skill (possibly both), and fill the rest with Relic skills.” With a new HUD and mechanic designed based on increased movement speed, the team reworked several skills in order to accommodate the new resource for Forged, appropriately named “Steam”. Steam raises Movement speed and is spent on Basic Attacks and some skills. This has effectively expanded the capabilities of Forged, providing for more versatile builds, including those based round melee/basic attacks.

NEW LEGENDARY GEAR

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/e71e47131d466afa6b27c465923972631e70d326.png Which cool new weapon brings chills to your spine, Glacier's Edge or The North Mace? The winter season is also blowing in additional ice-sharp legendary weapons to the game. A new Mace, Sword, Shield, Focus, Staff, and armor set will be available to players to find on the frontier. These new Winterweave items are permanent additions to the game and can only be found by characters at end game levels (47-60). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/dc4d1a01de72ebc15d90b7f344fabca66ae81405.png This Forged is ready for the winter frontierland In addition to all this new legendary gear, we’ve added a couple of new rare helms that will get you into the spirit of the season. You can find the entire list of new items and gear improvements/changes in detailed patch notes below.

FAZEER DUN’DJINN IMPROVEMENTS

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/2fad0893d33c1a711e8eb1d5a27cb8cd730c7c88.png Welcome to your Throne Fazeer! Many improvements have come to Fazeer’s Dun’djinn including more variety of affixes, a revamped quest system (no more missing quest items!), and increased rewards/difficulty. Here are a few key takeaways from the big updates we have made to this end game feature:

• Fazeer now appears in front of his lounge in your fort.
• There are now Fazeer's Dungeons based on some of our hub areas: Firebelly Village, Acrid Plains, and Machineworks.
• Most Fazeer's Dun'djinn checkpoints now have a greater variety of bosses: about 45 instead of 8 possible bosses, though you'll still need to fight the big bad bosses to earn the new trophies for progressing in Fazeer's Dun'djinn.
• The gear that you get as you delve deeper into Fazeer's Dun'djinn will have a Challenge Bonus applied to all affixes, so there is better level 60 endgame gear the deeper you go, and you'll need it, as…
• Damage from monsters increases the further you go into Fazeer's Dun'djinn, both increasing faster per level and stopping at a higher value than before.
• Fazeer's Dun'djinn "set" affixes now apply to bosses, in addition to their own affixes.
• Add new Dungeon affixes and five Fazeer Dun’djinn Trophies that are now obtained when reaching level 39, Level 83, Level 133, Level 191, and Level 251.

Additionally, we have revamped the way quest completion/drops work and besides a few quests that may need balance tweaking, this should resolve most (if not all) of the quest issues that have been plaguing Fazeer’s Dun’djinn.

STYLE STATION & FORT UPDATES

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/49807e86c11d14c7161d082b6dd7bff8ecb4fe6e.png This Forged is ready for their big style update! The Style Station will be available once you have unlocked your fort and will be able to transform your drabby, last-season duds into a fresh, new fashion statement. For a small fee of Gold you can now transform your gear to appear as other items found on the frontier. You can acquire new styles and dyes by picking up gear while out on your adventures to complete a large library of fashionable transmog options. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/1959ce2a5c3c246cb75ceaa1149fc08582f885f0.png What will you hide down in your new fort basement? Fort basements have been added to expand upon your current setup; now you can enjoy the extra space without worrying about having to cram everything you own all on the top floor. And while we are on the subject of forts... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/89690e0cd8abd7b6bbede310aa03961ee2817384.png Who is that giving us a chilly stare over the wall? In addition to forts having new storage via the basement, you can now move your fort decorations vertically, which means you can now place objects on top of other objects with ease. No more candles just laying all over the floor! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/85a41f259feee0ab88a802723f4ef1511626e056.png Which favorite pet will get to sit on your pet perch and rug? Another amazing update is that your pets can now be displayed in your fort! Use a pet bed or pet perch to display your favorite frontier friends in your fort!

PET ENHANCEMENTS

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/9e651b5ca924e0f12238f976184ca040ae4b974d.png Goblin’s know I’ve desperately needed this feature in my Ridiculous playthroughs. We’ve made improvements to pets including a potion fetch system, impressive pet cages (which guarantee a rare or better pet), and several more pet skills... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/6c8d0c59d1180501395533118a611ac911dfb8b9.png Which new pet skill is your favorite? Five new pets have been added to the game (2 new species, and 3 variations):

• Frost Owl
• Ugly Sweater Cat
• Red-Nosed Retriever
• Jolly Ferret
• Reindeer

Additionally, these five new pet skills have been added to the game:

• Assemble!: Your pet summons the spirits of a legendary owl, alpaca, wolf, and cat that deal 50% of your weapon damage, have 50% of your health, and have a lifespan of 12s.
• Wet Kisses: Your pets attack have a 50% chance to slow enemies attack and movement speed by 30% on hiy got 6s.
• Zoomies: Anytime your pet kills an enemy they get an 50% attack and movement speed bonus for 8s.
• Dasher: Anytime your pet takes damage they gain 40% evasion for 6s (12s Cooldown)
• Land Mines: Your pet does their business, leaving behind a surprise that taunts enemies to it. On death it explodes for 150% weapon damage in a small area.

ACT 1 IMPROVEMENTS, A NEW HIDDEN AREA, AND MORE!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/b156d286b288615091e6578e77c74603d762bf28.png Act 1 has received some updates to make it feel more diverse and unique. There is also a large number of other improvements, including an Act 1 environment overhaul, Phase Beast revisions, performance updates, new colorblind and custom aspect-ratio settings (for widescreen users), and a new hidden area (with new enemies and boss). We’ve also fixed a large list of bugs (detailed below), some of which address itemization issues, skill problems, and other feedback that players have reported. We will be keeping our eyes open for bug reports and feedback for this update and will prepare/release hotfixes for each platform as needed. In the meantime, we are extremely excited to finally see your snow-covered forts and fashion-forward frontier frocks! Until next time, see you in Trevail soon and remember, there is no secret alpaca level... - Echtra Bean Read all of the patch notes at: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11481873 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/cc0dd5686598eb969cad5f73fff6851f1d22b652.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Happy Wednesday Yapper slappers! I have been bursting at the seams and can finally share a few details about the upcoming ‘Snow & Steam’ update. This update focuses on new winter-themed items and steamy updates for Forged and Fazeer’s Dun’djinn. While I am not sharing EVERYTHING that will be in the upcoming update (we want to leave a few surprises in your holiday stocking), here are a few of the fun things we can preview about this upcoming patch.

WINTER THEMED CONTRACT, PETS, & FORT DECORATIONS

We’ve added a new ‘Snow & Steam’ Contract with a large assortment of winter-themed pets and fort decorations! Among the list of items that can be obtained are snow based decorations for your fort, an Ugly Sweater Cat variant, and an assortment of consumable and currency based rewards. During this update, the recently added spooky pets will become unavailable to find on the frontier, but may return again after the ‘Snow & Steam’ season has passed. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/99b9257efe88b9373a2d0f736aa46f5b0b5dee27.png This Holiday tree will bring some festive feelings into your snow-covered forts! This time-limited contract will only be available during the holiday season, but the items will be permanently available to players who obtain them during that time. This isn't the only thing making its way to Torchlight III this holiday season... Make sure to check out the link below for more details on the new gear, Fazeer updates, Forged rework, and many of the other things that will be coming to the 'Snow & Steam' update. - Echtra Bean Read the entire blog at https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11481383 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

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TORCHLIGHT III LAUNCH

October 13th was a big day for us; as a team we have been working on this game for more than four years and have watched it steadily, and sometimes quite rapidly, grow and change as a product. We are proud of the game we have created as we know we have provided countless smiles and hours of entertainment for many of those who have wandered into the frontier. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/9371bbaf9fca94d99cfbcacee394ab8b01e820c9.png Max toasts the launch of the game while preparing to eat alpaca butt. And while we are delighted with what our team has accomplished, we have recently taken a step back to look at the launch and development of Torchlight III. Our internal teams have created thoughtful, but sometimes difficult post-mortems that will help guide us with future updates for Torchlight III. We understand that while many believe Torchlight III to be a great game, there are parts of it that have received critical, but fair feedback; we recognize that there is work to be done in several areas of the game to bring it up to a more polished level. We won’t be able to completely placate all of the critiques in one patch, but as we move forward we are working on ways to simplify and better our internal process so that we can make better decisions for the community, the game, and for ourselves as a team. In this Developer Update, we discuss the launch of Torchlight III, the recent 'Gear 'N' Goblins' patch, current community concerns, and reveal details about the upcoming 'Snow & Steam' update. - Echtra Bean Read the entire blog at https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11481183 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/c0d8df4e72b5900c7ee0f51b4810c4674ba9f5be.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png This hotfix originally occurred yesterday, but we missed posting the breadcrumb to Steam. Good morning frontier fighters! This morning we have a hotfix to address a few critical issues including fixing repeating quest issues that commonly occurred with the Luck Tree and left players with an excessive amount of sprouts in their fort inventory. Additionally we are fixing both spooky pets so they will start to drop now (as intended) and the Contracts that were accidentally replaced with older, incorrect data. We are currently reviewing other critical issues and are compiling reported bugs and known issues for another larger, upcoming update. Please continue to report bugs to http://tl3feedback.echtragames.com and to [email protected] so that we can further investigate and address them as time/priority permits - we really, really appreciate it! We hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday and we’ll see you again in Trevail Point soon! - Echtra Bean Read all of the patch notes at: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11480433 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/f8bdcbd2aaf62a9b222c2276e43d227a1a2256f4.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Happy Halloween-ish Torchlight family! This spooky season had us eager to bring some fright into Torchlight! We are busy working on some larger content updates, but in the meantime, we wanted to drop a quick update with some fun new content for the season, along with some much-needed bug fixes.

NEW LEGENDARY GEAR

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/22b59eb950c3f3856b13f34325250cddef092066.png This Dusk Mage is showing off the latest Ancient Ember set and one of the two new legendary weapons. There are EIGHT new legendary items in this update. Two new weapons, the ‘Lightning Baller’ and ‘Sword of the Lost Legion’, will join the Ancient Ember gear set as new legendary items that can only be found in Fazeer’s Dun’djinn.

THREE ADDITIONAL SPOOKY PET VARIATIONS

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/34c78f73698ff1ca41922f1f061d0c013281973c.png A hat on a cat and a pumpkin keg dog! How spoopy! Three new pet variations (Midnight Cat, Spooky Retriever, Dragonling Spirit) are all waiting for you to rescue them in pet cages found randomly on the frontier. Look at them, they are all so bootiful!

SCARY FORT DECORATIONS

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/72e0a30ebb42f98ae5c30a4f934254d987a03e8e.png We’re coffin’ up new decorations to add to your fort. Six scary new fort decorations have been added to the game! You can now obtain these from the random fort decoration bags found in the existing contracts (two decorations have been added to each contract). These new additions are a perfect fit for those who like to keep their space a little more on the macabre side.

TWO FRESHLY ADDED FAZEER DUN’DJINN AFFIXES

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/f943256ac6c51e635114860787056840530b24d6.png How will you fare against the Anchored Affix? Can you move forward without a movement skill? These two new affixes have made their way to Fazeer’s Dun’djinn: Anchored and Essential. These affixes can be quite the Trick-or-Treat for unwary players.

BUY RESPECTACLES

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/40a191f39586301eb445b15381a1dca8c30152d4.png And for a REAL treat! With this update you can now buy Respectacles in town at the potion vendors!

BUG FIXES & SKILL UPDATES

And to the scariest topic of all… bugs! In addition to the aforementioned content updates, we have fixed a multitude of issues, many of them related to skills and quests. We are still reviewing and working to resolve many of the issues that have been reported or continue to linger, and we will continue to post hotfix updates as they are readied.

UPCOMING UPDATES

We continue to toil and our cauldron is just starting to boil; when we have more information about the timeline and content for updates, we’ll be sure to post all the details. Until then, follow all of our social channels to find out about all things Torchlight III and until next time… happy haunting! - Echtra Bean Read all of the patch notes at: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11480383 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/5a770476513acaf31c41596aea1523a60fb77ebe.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Good evening frontier! Today we had a quick hotfix to resolve a few critical issues related to stuck states and missing forts that can occur in Singleplayer. The team is also preparing the next minor content patch that will contain a bunch of other bug fixes and updates, so stay tuned for news on that soon! - Echtra Bean Read all of the patch notes at: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11480143 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

Torchlight III has left early access and is officially live. Gather your wits and brave the frontier to find fame, glory, and a new adventure! Travel the Frontier Brave the vast wilderness of Novastraia and all of its dangers either alone or with a group of friends! Collect Epic Gear Whether it’s armor, weapons, or even new pets...there’s always more to find as you battle through dungeons and take on dangerous foes Build Your Hero  With four unique classes to choose from and five available Relic subclasses, there are many different ways to build your hero and maximize your damage Build & Upgrade Your Fort It’s time to rebuild – and that includes you! Enjoy your very own fort, where you can upgrade gear and renovate your fort to show off to your friends and the world

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/815f47b88453c2de3175c759f9e9a415ed74d01d.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Good evening! We’re coming in blazin’ with another hotfix late this evening, but since we thought it was important to fix Legendary drop rates, we wanted to push this out as soon as possible. Please continue to keep reporting bugs and feedback to http://tl3feedback.echtragames.com - we are continuing to review issues and will release fixes/updates as we have them. We’ve got loads of coffee standing by and are super excited for tomorrow's early morning launch. We’ll see you in Trevail Point tomorrow! - Echtra Bean https://i.imgur.com/Z67USyK.png FORTS General

• Fixed an issue where your Wardrobes could steal your gear in Singleplayer.

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• Buffed Legendary drop rates.
• Changed all contract item rewards and adjusted Contract’s repeating rewards so that Legendaries are not guaranteed.

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{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/42ab1409d6706c27e125cc7f63c1aad8b4d949ce.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Good morning! We hope you are enjoying your weekend on the frontier! We just pushed a hotfix to address several issues, including another fix to Singleplayer save issues. We’re feeling really good about this one after the enhanced logging that went out yesterday. Please continue to keep reporting bugs and feedback to http://tl3feedback.echtragames.com - we are continuing to review issues and will release fixes/updates as we have them. Thank you again for all the support and Netherim slaying! See you again soon! - Echtra Bean https://i.imgur.com/wwZuCoA.png GENERAL General

• Additional updates to ensure singleplayer save files retain progress. Dev Note: If you are still continuing to experience singleplayer save issues, please send us your logs so we can continue to investigate this issue further. How to find your logs! Good for travel issues, combat issues, rubberbanding/lag, odd failures/issues, inability to login. * Copy this: %localappdata%/frontiers/saved/logs * Paste it into your explorer window to directly navigate to your logs. Saved Game Files can be found in: Good for single-player related issues. * Copy this: %localappdata%/frontiers/saved/savegames * Paste it into your explorer window to directly navigate to your saved game files. Please zip the save data folder and send the entire folder to us. You can send logs, save files, details, and any other information this issue to [email protected]

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• Fixed Enchanting recipes are not dropping at post-campaign levels.

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• Reduced the Netherwell Champion damage.
• Reduced B'hemau's ground missile bolts damage.

Bosses

• Fixed an issue where open-world bosses would regenerate full health when the player moved away from the immediate area.

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• Fixed Sharpshooter hair not always animating in Character Create.
• Increased fidelity on Sharpshooter walk to run blend for Controller stick.

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{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/405fc22c0691b579f055d29c33defad67076f299.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Good morning Torchlight III Early Access community, Today is a huge day - it’s the last step before we launch next Tuesday, October 13th, 2020. Today is the culmination of countless hours of design, development, testing, and community feedback. We started this journey back all the way back in 2016 with four people and no office. Committed to getting the game in front of our players early in the development process, in November of 2018 we ran two Weekend Alpha events - where the game was quite rough and several design risks were on display. Then from March through December 2019 we were in Closed Alpha - with various big updates along the way. Listening to feedback, we completely remade several fundamental systems in Updates 1-9. Remember when skill progression was currency based? Or Relic Weapons that swapped out your equipped weapons and only had one power? Then, in January 2020, we released Update 10 with some massive new content: the Sharpshooter joined the fray, and heroes began delving into the Echnonok mountain fastness of Act 3. We also announced that the game was renamed to Torchlight 3 and that our business model had changed. Happily, your response to that was resoundingly positive. After announcing Closed Beta, we heard pretty clearly “You aren’t done yet!” You said that we needed better character customization and a better end game. So while we continued to fix bugs and work on launch-related projects, we also went back to adding features. The Legendarium helped with character customization. Difficulty Levels became a badge of honor. The end was released and will continue to see improvements post-launch. Meanwhile, we fixed thousands of bugs. In June, we launched in Early Access on Steam to reach a broader and fresh set of eyes. We had a rough 48 hours, as the somewhat larger-than-anticipated crowd brought our servers to a halt. Ouch. Lessons were learned, and fixes applied. But after that, we were able to focus on everything you were telling us. Whether your feedback was harsh or effusive praise, we pushed hard to vastly improve the game, complete with more skills slots and points, advanced options/settings, and more content. We finished and released the Echonok Mountain act, Fazeer’s Dun’djinn end-game system, and the Relic Subclass update that completely changed how you build your character, alongside updates to Lifebound items, class skills, and gameplay performance. We tuned and re-tuned. We took your bug reports and feedback to heart, and hope that our progress during Early Access has been a testament to our commitment to you, the Torchlight community. But we’re not done yet; we know that a game never really feels complete and we are extremely excited to share what is coming up for Torchlight III as we move towards launch and beyond. We’ll be hanging out in Discord on launch day (October 13th) if you want to come chat or ask questions directly to our team. We also hope you can come join us on Friday, October 16th at 1pm Pacific Time for our official ‘Launch Party Dev Stream’ on Twitch. It should be noted that this is the last Early Access ‘State of the Game’ we will be posting, but our updates will continue post-launch in more dedicated and less frequent developer blogs. Thank you again to everyone who has created content, reported bugs, submitted feedback, posted alpaca pictures, sent us tweets, hung out in Discord and our Twitch streams, moderated our channels, and have just generally sent us positive vibes during the development of Torchlight III. We truly could not do this without you and we’re ready to start a whole new adventure on the frontier with you soon. - Max https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/81ea5daeb82ac76ec9cc24b2b1a12510855aa78a.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Good morning Torchlight community! A very rare Friday hotfix has just gone out! There are a few good fixes with this one and we are continuing to review the bug reports that have been reported recently. Please keep reporting bugs and feedback to http://tl3feedback.echtragames.com so we can continue to fix any remaining issues and prepare new content for upcoming updates. Thank you again for all the support and feedback over the last week! We are extremely excited watching all the new adventurers that have been joining us and we are all very thrilled to see more of the world join us next week! - Echtra Bean https://i.imgur.com/wwZuCoA.png GENERAL General

• Added logging to help find issues with singleplayer save files. Dev Note: If you are still continuing to experience singleplayer save issues, please send us your logs so we can continue to investigate this issue further. How to find your logs! Good for travel issues, combat issues, rubberbanding/lag, odd failures/issues, inability to login. * Copy this: %localappdata%/frontiers/saved/logs * Paste it into your explorer window to directly navigate to your logs. Saved Game Files can be found in: Good for single-player related issues. * Copy this: %localappdata%/frontiers/saved/savegames * Paste it into your explorer window to directly navigate to your saved game files. Please zip the save data folder and send the entire folder to us. You can send logs, save files, details, and any other information this issue to [email protected]

Performance

• Fixed server crash if the hazard ends up invalidating itself in the status effect clear action.
• Fixed a server crash that can happen if a root motion occurred that ended up with a duration that was too short.

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• Fixed an issue where the player may not receive the reward for opening the boss chest if he is doing it simultaneously with other team members.
• Fixed an issue where Sadista disappears completely.

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{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/20037fdaa4cd9efe22c52f9f66ffc04a4d4338fc.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Good morning frontier! We have a quick hotfix this morning to address several issues including a potential fix for players who noticed progress lost in single-player. While this did not seem to occur for everyone playing in single-player, some users have been experiencing a case where they maintain account progress, but lose their character progress, including levels and gear. This hotfix will attempt to prevent cases where progress can be lost in single-player mode. If you continue to experience progress lost in single-player after updating the game, please reach out to us in Discord so we can continue to troubleshoot with you further. Thank you again for a wonderful stress test yesterday and remember to pick up your Netstrike Banner in your multiplayer mailbox if you haven’t already. It will expire here in a few hours and will no longer be obtainable. See you soon Goblin smashers! - Echtra Bean https://i.imgur.com/wwZuCoA.png GENERAL General

• Editor tool to spit out Skills data for fansite consumption.
• Fixed several rare crash cases for clients and servers.
• In some circumstances, players were losing their levels and gear but not the quest progress in Singleplayer mode. This prevents that loss from occurring.

https://i.imgur.com/HmwUAdw.png USER INTERFACE User Interface

• Fixed an issue where manually inviting to the party by typing the Player Name can not be processed if both players are added to the Steam Friends List.
• Fixed an issue where 'Party' and 'Whisper' buttons are initially not displayed in the 'Steam Friends' tab.
• Fixed an issue when members of a party are not within the same level, their party icon displays them as dead.

https://i.imgur.com/xdsoFfI.png RELICS Electrode

• Fixed the 'Chaotic Strikes' Tier 1 bonus that was not functioning.

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• Fixed an issue where Consecration buff does not go away.
• Fixed Damnation with the tier 3 bonus unlocked that does not immobilize enemies.
• Fixed Dark Spear tier 3 bonus that did not deal damage upon activating the skill.
• Fixed a case of Consecration base increase of damage that does not work.
• Fixed Netherlings summoned by Spirit Well that do not attack enemies.

Sharpshooter

• Fixed the Scout's Bones Tier 1 bonus that was not granting an additional stack of the Precision Skill buff.

Forged

• Fixed the Furnace Blast Tier 3 bonus that fails to function.

Railmaster

• Fixed the tier 3 of the Pound skill that fails to function.

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Read "Mainline Patch - October 6th, 2020 (Part 1)"

https://i.imgur.com/YglHrwi.png QUESTS Objectives

• Fixed an issue where area quests would not be added if the quest service takes too long to return quest progress.
• Reduced required count of Lost Remains from 12 to 10.
• Increased progressive drop chance of "Lost Remains" quest.
• Adjusted required count of Netherim to complete the "For Science!" quest. Updated quest tasks to show percentages.

Text & UI

• Fixed obsolete quest dialogue text from the Mysterious Wanderer.
• Fixed an issue with the Electro Converter quest object not being highlighted in any way but on the mini-map by adding a deactivated material to make it clear it's done.

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• Adjusted how items are spawned on ground so that they shouldn't occasionally be placed under the floor.
• Fixed some cases where item spawning could fail completely.
• Fixed a very limited amount of available valid magic quality armor for Dusk Mage and Sharpshooters from level 46-59.
• Adventurer's Luck now applies to players with party members in their same instanced area instead of applying strictly by distance.
• Re-instituted bonus gear luck for playing at higher difficulties:
• Hard: +5% gear luck
• Painful: +10% gear luck
• Ridiculous: +20% gear luck
• Removed affixes that add to proc chances for various things like bleed, stun, etc. They did not function without a duration.
• Items (including those from the gambler) will now only drop with poison defense affixes between levels 16 and 30, then 46 to 60.
• Items (including those from the gambler) will now only drop with electric defense affixes between levels 31 and 60.

Consumables

• Increased the potion cooldown from 5 seconds to 6. You're supposed to be challenged to find the right time to use your potion and watch that you don't get surrounded or overwhelmed while it is on cooldown. Previously, there was more of an element of just needing to plan enough in advance to bring plenty of potions and make sure you hit them as soon as they come off cooldown. Hopefully this change forces players at the higher difficulties to be more careful.

Legendarium

• Fixed an issue where players cannot equip some legendary affixes from the all affix list if they have more than 10 unlocked.
• Fixed an issue where picking up a legendary pet item doesn't unlock the legendarium affix.

Affixes

• The Stun resistance affix will no longer drop, as we don't really have stun applied against the player often enough that it's worth having.

Gear

• Egg of Mayhem once again uses the correct Electrode relic skill.
• Updated the wording of the Railmaster Legendary Items Doompipe, Shotgonner's Shield, and Blast Breaker.

Enchanting

• Readjusted the rest of enchanting to use proper affixes, allowing two of the same affix on an item.

Visual

• Fixed an issue where the Sharpshooter's head can be seen through Mask of Akaman when any Staff is equipped.

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• Reduced fog settings to accommodate higher camera position.

Decorations

• Fixed an issue where the Luck Tree could not be placed in your fort to complete the "Tutorial: From a Humble Seed" quest if your fort appeared somewhere other than Trevail Passage.
• Fixed an issue where a fort prop (e.g. Enchanting Altar, Pet Shelter, Wardrobe) could not be placed in your fort to complete a tutorial quest if your fort appeared somewhere other than Trevail Passage.
• Added Netstrike Banner fort decoration to be granted for participating in stress testing.

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• Adjusted the bonus damage factor that is applied in Fazeer's Dun'djinn to start off more gradual, plateau at a lower total.
• Reduced greatly the amount that monster damage is scaled up by per challenge level in Fazeer's Dun'djinn, as you would quickly reach a point at higher difficulties where even regular monsters could one-shot you. You should now be able to make it to the end on Ridiculous without normal monsters one-shotting you. Champions and bosses, on the other hand? No guarantees. Good luck!
• Fixed an issue where you could revive, but die so quickly you couldn’t be revived again.
• Reduced monsters spawner packs by 50% in a specific instance of the Echonok Exterior Boss arena.
• Affixes
• Fixed the Angered Ancestor dealing massive one-shot damage when he finally tracked you down.
• Fixed an issue where the Extreme-Close Up affix does not cancel out the camera pull-back on bridges.
• Added explosive barrels to an area where affix specifically called for them.
• Replaced the "Mega Packs" affix that was set for various Fazeer's Dun'djinn level sets, to help with performance.
• Re-enabled the "Shifting Shackles" affix for random challenge level cards.

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• Adjusted the scale that champion versions of monsters are set to so that it's consistently smaller than the boss versions (or vice versa).
• Increased minion quality champions' health from 4x of normal monsters to 6x of normal monsters.
• Reduced monster base hit points from level 2 to level 7, to give players more time to get a second damage-dealing skill or improve their damage output through better gear at lower levels. This should hopefully reduce some of the slog remaining on champions on higher difficulties at the lower levels.
• Decreased player damage vs. champions and bosses from 45% to 40% on Painful and from 30% to 25% on Ridiculous.
• Decreased player damage in a party of 2 from 60% to 50%, in a party of 3 from 50% to 40%.
• Increased the hit points from minion quality champions from 250% of normal monsters to 400% of normal monsters (before other difficulty tuning factors).
• Fixed an issue where enemies from the Mini-Side Dungeons can damage a character outside of the dungeon and vice versa. Skill range checks now also check the Z distance. If it is over 20 meters, it is out of range

Boss/Pet Chests

• Fixed an issue where players sometimes couldn't open pet cages in boss arenas after killing the boss.
• Fixed an issue where boss chests and pet cages don't activate if you are too far away from them when the boss dies, or if you run too far away after the boss is dead
• Fixed boss and pet chests that can sometimes fail to unlock after defeating the boss in The Kennel.
• Fixed an issue where players couldn't open Carrion Killer's chest on specific area seeds.
• Fixed an issue where goblin boss chests could sometimes not spawn loot.
• Affixes
• Increased the randomness of the siege affix (falling boulders) to try and alleviate the clustering.
• Fixed an issue where minion add ons from Legendary quality champions were getting affixes like Stormbringer when they shouldn’t.
• Hazard radius for Rising Strike slightly reduced (intentionally smaller than visual suggests).
• Mobs
• Fixed an issue where reviving all players in a party causes the boss to disappear.
• Champion and minion packs can now only spawn at level 5 or later, whereas solo champions (Unique and Legendary) can spawn from level 3 onward.
• Fixed an issue where spawn timers weren’t respecting their limits causing Champion packs to be larger than intended.
• Reduced all spawners by 50% in Firebelly Village, Sundered Throne, and Acrid Plains.
• Tweaked the spawn rates of monsters so that rare monsters (like the Thorned Strider, Varkenin Brute, etc.) spawn more
• consistently across the various areas.
• Renamed "Bruce Killis" to "Master Marrow, Scorcher of Bones". It was a good day to die hard.
• Removed the unused stationery automaton turret monster and direct references to it.
• Reduced the pack sizes of goblin lumberjacks and increased their damage, hitpoints and experience value to compensate for the reduction.
• Increased the chance that Firebelly goblin lumberjacks will spawn in areas in which they are valid.
• Reduced the pack sizes of some monsters to help performance on low end hardware. Increased these monsters' hitpoints and damage accordingly, to compensate for reduced average pack sizes.:
  • Netherling: from 2 - 6 to 2 - 4
  • Netherim Spellbreaker: from 2 - 4 to 1 - 3
  • Netherim Slugger: from 2 - 3 to 1 - 3
  • Forest Lurker: from 2 - 3 to 1 - 3
  • Hyvid Drone: from 3 - 6 to 2 - 4
• The Netherim Herald (and the mini-bosses built off of it, like Grundlepox and Algramath) now deals 75% of its normal damage for its faster claw attack, 100% of its normal damage for its bite attack and 200% of its normal damage for its longer, well-telegraphed teleport slam skill.
• Fixed an issue where Mimic chests have a 'Treasure Chest' label above them when the 'Always Show Nameplates' option is on. Also adjusted Mimic chest collision so that nameplate shows up closer to the chest.
• Improvements to help the Varkenin Brute:
• Increased health by about 10%
• Shifted him within his collision volume so that his mass is more centered within the volume, so he doesn't have to get so close up on you to attack.
• Reduced the largest pack size down to 3.
• Hooked up a new, quicker attack animation for the regular Varkenin Brute's attack skill.
• Fixed the Fire and Physical custodian automata not using the right skills for their ranged attacks, dealing too much damage.

Bosses

• Fixed several issues with Shriekbeak's transition between phases. The coils at the edge of the arena should now properly activate and send a beam to Shriekbeak when he switches to a new phase. The coils will now properly only appear charged when they are ready to fire, and appear deactivated if they have a charge ready (before, their visual state did not always reflect their gameplay state).
• Fixed adds not spawning during the fight against Krrank (mapworks boss).
• Fixed an issue where occasionally, Netherlings may get stuck behind environment assets during the fight with Grundlepox in Den of Upheaval.
• Fixed players being able to get a Psora phased boss before having completed the boss fight story quest.

Visuals

• Adjusted shadow size and sockets on monsters in low graphics mode.
• Create a 50% scaled automata custodian to fix spawn animations.
• Automaton spawn suite, montages and updated base BP for scaled down "small" custodian.
• Fix to Mossrat Den climb up spawn of the larger Mossrats so that the animations look nicer.
• Attempt to fix an issue where Goblin Bombers are sometimes invisible.
• Attempt to fix an issue where some Voltura Gunners remain invisible after spawning.
• Fixed champion automaton custodians being smaller than the normal-sized monsters.
• Fixed monsters that have color occlusion after they die.

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• Fixed Relic Weapon passives (and several other recently made proc effects) being triggered by Minion/Pet attacks.

Coldheart

• Coldheart's Ice Barrier skill base duration increased to 5s (up from 3s).
• Fixed an issue where Coldheart's Frost Shock was not able to fire up ramps.

Electrode

• Updated Lightning Strike tooltip description.
• Updated Electrode (Localized Storm) description for consistency in text format.
• Fixed an issue where Conjure Electrode was only ever hitting enemies once with all its missiles.
• Fixed Electrode’s Chaotic Strikes so it works again, and made it work with Egg of Mayhem.

Flaming Destroyer

• Updated Flaming Destroyer so that proc’d fireballs have impact effects.
• Reduced damage on Flaming Destroyer's sword smash by 20%.
• Fixed an issue where Flaming Destroyer's Cloak of Flames Tier 3 bonus' additional fireballs would spawn from the location where the skill was cast, not the location of the character.

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• Pets rotate to their movement direction faster.
• Fixed Pet retriever Idle montage to eliminate freezing in place.

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• Updated various skill description text for consistency.
• Fixed an issue where some Area of Effect skills wouldn't deal damage.
• Fixed issues where multiple Area of Effect skills didn't deal damage to monsters in some situations.

Forged

• Servo-Driven Uppercut now costs 12 Heat, and its Tier 1 bonus is changed from doubling stun chance to "when the stun triggers, deals damage twice with a giant fist"
• The Brawl tree skill unlocks have been changed: Fracking Strike now Tier 3, Power Projection tier 4, Cyclone Mode tier 5. This means when you get your first high heat-generator (Uppercut) you also have a third Vent option available - the weaker, but reliable any-time Venter.
• Buffed Servo-Driven Uppercut from 180% to 200% weapon damage.
• Vortex Bomb ability can no longer be interrupted.
• Vent: Furnace Blast damage increased to 100% for both base damage and burn damage (up from 50%), burn duration reduced to 2 seconds, but stacks infinitely.
• Vent: Fracking Strike animation speed increased, base damage increased to 80% (up from 40%)
• Slug Shot Tier 3 Milestone now triggers every 4th shot, instead of every 5th.
• Rapid Strike base damage increased to 60% (from 50%).
• Servo-Driven Uppercut base damage increased to 180% (from 160%).
• Poison Dart's missile speed doubled, interrupt window reduced and animation speed increased, making the skill fire much quicker.

Railmaster

• Fixed an issue where the Railmaster's own Flying Picks could poison or bleed their spectral allies.
• Torque Swing's Tier 3 Milestone now makes the Endurance Bonus thrown hammer boomerang back to you, dealing damage twice.
• Spike Drive damage increased to 250% (up from 200%).
• Shield Car Tier 1 and Tier 3 milestones flipped. Persistent Shield is now a Tier 1 Bonus, and healing is now a Tier 3 bonus, upgraded to 5% HP per second.
• Fixed an issue where Shield Car active (50% damage reduction) could get permanently applied to the character.

Dusk Mage

• Removed the allied movement speed component from Luminous Run.
• Fixed an issue where Luminous Run could be activated while it was already active, consuming the 2nd charge and sending you right back where you started.
• Added some additional bulletproofing to help the harmonic form trigger more reliably.
• Unholy Bolt base damage increased to 170% (up from 140%).
• Damnation's Tier 3 milestone now also removes its Mana cost.
• Dusk Mage Luminous Run visual fixes.

Sharpshooter

• Fixed an issue where Precision skills with Explosive Arrow tier 2 passive can cancel boss's attacks which leads to invisible fire AoE spawning.
• Tight Grouping damage reduced to 150% (down from 200%).
• Fixed an error with Sharpshooter Goblin bonus tooltip.

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• Single-player unlocked and now available.

Performance

• Fixed hitch caused by Spectral Spider when its first tier bonus is unlocked.
• Hitch fixed by adding the spawn/despawn effects to the preload assets for Bane's enchanted staff summon.
• Fixed disconnect caused by placing some fort decorations like the Luck Tree or Grindy Mill.
• Champion Teleport affixes don't cause a big hitch anymore.
• Reduced hitches when actors are replicated from the server.
• Fixed a hitch related to loading wardrobes.
• Changed party member and pet portraits to load async to avoid hitching.
• Effects Quality now scales how many particles are emitted and simulated, which improves performance for machines that need it.
• Fixed instances of finding frozen monsters frequently when not in the same immediate area as the rest of the party.
• Critter spawner performance adjustments.
• Fixed a crash in the chat channel code.
• Fixed an infinite loading screen during portal to party members.

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• Removed reference to Early Access from Welcome Screen.
• Updated the Welcome screen Sharpshooter image to look crisper.
• Updating Steam splash image to match other platforms.
• More Post Process Material refinement.

Options

• UI scaling feature now working without restarting the game client.
• Moved the Report Fort button into the options menu; now only appears when in another players' fort. This is intended to help report inappropriate forts or fort owner names.
• Players can now send and receive Voice Chat while in loading screens and during cutscenes.
• The Voice Chat: Who’s-Speaking indicator now appears as an overlay on all screens. We do not show the speaking indicator overlay if the device is muted.

Mini-map

• Increased the font size on the mini-map markers.
• Fixed an issue where when the minimap is not displayed the area name can overlap notification icons.

Icons

• Fixed an issue where Quest Icons don't get occlusion/select post process material.
• Moved fort decoration item name so that it doesn’t overlap with the fort decoration menu.
• Fixed War Planning Table icon as to not spill out of the frame.
• Gambler: Added icons for one handed, 2 handed ranged weapons and 2 handed weapons.

User Interface

• Fixed an issue where you could revive at the dungeon entrance for free in mapworks dungeons.
• Fixed an issue where difficulties of friends are displayed inconsistently between Steam Friends and Nearby Players in the Social Menu.
• Updated the message that displays when a player sends an invite to another player who is offline.
• Fixed an issue where Hardcore players werenot noted as such in the social menu.
• Fixed an issue where the player cannot invite a friend to the party via the 'Invite to Party' option after clicking on their nickname in the chat.
• Fixed an issue when members of a party are not within the same level, their party icon displays them as dead.
• Fixed an issue where party members appear offline in game, but are online in Steam, after you exit and return.
• Fixed incoming Party Invitation options that did not have the same options as provided in the Social Menu.
• Added a generic 2-button confirmation window anytime a player tries to accept a party invite with a valid PartyId and is not in town or an open arena.
• Panel blur is now sorted correcltly and no longer blurs the panel edge decor.
• Fixed an issue where the Arc unlink button is always greyed out.
• Fixed an issue where players can't scroll down to see other quests in UI.
• Warning dialog when leaving a Map Scroll mapworks dungeon warns about leaving a Phase Dungeon, has now been changed to just "Dungeon".
• Localized non-class weapons and non-class armor Legendarium tab titles.
• Fixed an issue where Relic energy cost of the skill is not displayed properly in three languages.
• Fixed localization errors found on the character select screen.
• New localization pass, bringing the game strings to 100% localized.
• Updated Legendarium tab to better reflect class items not being in armor/weapon tabs.
• Reduced the preview size of the "Pleasing Evergreen Tree" fort prop from the Homesteader's Contract to about half the preview size.
• Updated typo/punctuation in the "Lake Lord's Beacon" random boss encounter place name.
• Fix to an issue where the UI highlight was shown when viewing fort decoration items closely.
• Updated banners for the three Contracts.
• Fixed an issue where the Goblin Fury displays a redundant button tooltip upon interacting with it

Gamepad

• Updated the d-pad icon for "Send Pet to Town Vendor" to the correct one (up instead of down).
• Fixed targeting issues on skills mapped to some alternate gamepad buttons.
• Fixed an issue where the targeting indicator fails to appear after setting up your skills with only location/direction skills.

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• We now prevent players from accessing portals meant to portal to themselves.
• Fixed portal-to-party only taking you to the area, not to the player, when you do it from town.
• Fixed an issue where Phase Beast Dungeons don't put you back where the portal generated.
• Fixed instances where players could get stuck in Phase Dungeons by way of portaling to a party member.
• Fixed an issue where there is a possibility to create a portal inside the dungeon but using it teleports the player to the place from where they entered.

Hazards

• Reduced the damage from hazards a bit (20 - 40%) to leave some room at high challenge levels to further increase damage values, hopefully without making them one-shot you.

Cinematics

• Fixed Sadista intro triggering again if the player dies and respawns in the area or goes to the previous area and re-enters the boss area.
• Fixed Sadista's intro cinematic triggering several times.
• Updated Hyvid first time cinematic.
• Updated Echonok first time cinematic.

Towns & Forts

• Texture updates for Rando and Wilfur.
• Added some smoke to the prison area in burning Trevail Point.
• Reduced the number of critters in Trevail Point, McTyre's Cove, and Echo Landing.
• Increased the time between critter wandering.
• Fixed some empty spaces found in the surrounding areas of the fort in Act 3.

Boss Arenas

• Fixed a green monster spawner that was visibly present in Krronk boss arena.
• Removed breakables found right before entering the Secret Weapon arena.
• Updated extra piece of map found in the Trial of Strength arena.

Edgewood Bluff

• Fixed an issue where the mini-map shows the underground layout of the Old Stone Quarry.
• Fixed a mini-map issue.
• The mini-map incorrectly shows an untraversable area on a specific seed even though the player can walk through it.
• Fixed artifact found on edge of map.
• Cleaned up the area.
• Fixed tree clipping.
• Fixed nav mesh issues.
• Added a permanent chest and statue to an empty area.

Heroes’ Rest

• Moved quest grave markers to a better location.
• Den of Upheaval
• Fixed weird blur on spider web.
• Moved boss chest a bit.
• Moved some clickables found in the arena to look a little less odd.
• Removed clickable to close to warp pad.
• Removed a nav blocker to allow better travel.

Trevail Passage

• Fixed floating trees.
• Fixed visible water edge.
• Rotated stone arch a bit.

Fields of Unrest

• Moved a shrine to a better location.
• Moved a barrel to a better location.
• Fixed exploring barrel that clips through the ground.
• Fixed a hole in the world.

The Chasm

• Fixed weird dip in ground.

Firebelly Village

• Moved lore node a bit so it’s not so obstructed.
• Fixed the rotation of a door smoke VFX for Excavated Workshop.
• Fixed a minor floor seem error.
• Moved a breakable that was somewhat unreachable.

Overgrown Trek

• Fixed the size of a door VFX for Firebelly village.
• Firebelly Stronghold
• Fixed a visible hole in the world.

Thorned Ingress

• Moved warp out away from the Boss chest.

The Kennel

• Moved a clickable that clipped through some rocks a bit.
• Watcher’s Thicket
• Fixed treehouse prop/spawner doesn't occlude along with the tree leaves.

Lake Gobdunk

• Moved a warp VFX down that was floating too far above ground.
• Fixed weird intercepting rock.

Hidden Falls

• Fixed an environment gap.
• Fixed hole above waterfall in specific spot.
• Fixed floating foliage.

Guarded Path

• Fixed a broken nav mesh near a rock.
• Fixed a mini-map seam issue.
• Rotated lore object.

Belly of the Beast

• Removed a breakable found before the boss arena.
• Fixed visible hole in entrance.

Polluted Plateau

• Moved a shrine that was obstructed.
• Fixed issue where players can walk through wood boards in a specific spot.

Hyvid Tunnels

• Fixed tentacles you can walk into.

Venomous Nest

• Fixed visible hole in ground.

Bogwood Hollow

• Fixed a mini-map issue.
• Moved lore object out of tent.
• Updated odd door frame.
• Fixed an issue where the playable character can collapse under the ground and walk through a tree stump on a specific seed.

Foetid Footpath

• Fixed decals that cover the stump too much on a tree.

Hyvid Capital

• Rotated lore node a bit.

Grand Hall

• Updated door so that it opens when the player is further away from it.

Machineworks

• Made VFX more obvious for the exit area.

Voltura Village

• Fixed a hidden collision.

Sundered Throne

• Fixed spike traps to make them less easy to bypass.

The Astral Door

• Fixed visual seam.

Secret Trail

• Fixed an environmental object so that it doesn’t obstruct the entrance.

Vault of the Goldbeard’s Legacy

• Updated a clickable prop that was doubled.
• Fixed clickables that weren’t working.
• Fixed an odd area in the level.

Challenge Dungeons & Mapworks

• Fixed a hole in the world in a few specific seeds.

VFX Updates:

• Minion rings / various Sharpshooter minion fixes
• Minion rings / Dusk Mage minion fixes
• Added a faster base attack for the scaled down Varkenin Brutes in game. VFX and SFX all adjusted for new attacks based on longer flail.
• Minor optimizations to boss kill celebrate vfx
• Reduced some of the performance issues on Energy Spike by pooling its VFX
• Automata custodian scale adjustments
• Fixed missing texture for Power Projection
• Increased glow on electric skeletons
• Ordrak reviewed/updated
• Fixed cocoon animation resetting after rescuing Wolfram.
• Fixed an issue where the animation of the weapon's VFX stops while transitioning between locations.

SFX Updates:

• All monster death sounds now ignore importance.
• Also made the spider death sounds a bit louder, since they were very quiet (quieter, in fact, than the other monsters' death sounds).
• Disabled the hit test of the relics in Character Create when they are not visible on screen in order to make sure that the sound does not play.
• Added miniboss death SFX to netherim boss deaths
• Added sfx for toxic, mechanical, and electric custodian attacks.

Read "Mainline Patch - October 6th, 2020 (Part 2)"

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It’s official we are officially launching on OCTOBER 13th, 2020!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/d386bcdaa5ad8398140caa24f53bbdd552b589c3.jpg This means we are getting very close to our big launch day and we want to communicate some key points about the remaining Early Access schedule and upcoming events. What does this mean for Early Access? Early Access is coming to an end on October 13th. Today we released the launch version of the game to the Public Test Realm for our Early Access players to preview. If you are interested in learning how to join the Public Test Realm, please join our Discord server and find details in the #public-test-realm channel: https://www.discord.com/invite/playtorchlight This is the 1.0 version that will be launched on October 13th. The players who provide bugs and feedback on the Public Test Realm will be helping us get an early start on any critical hotfixes that might need to occur before we officially launch. So when will this update be available for all Early Access players? October 6th and it will include the very last account wipe. So this means the wipes are really over? Yes, the wipe that occurs on October 6th will be the last wipe for Torchlight III. All your progress will be maintained after the update and wipe on October 6th. What about my Early Access gifts? Will I get to keep them? Yes, the Early Access gifts are now part of your game’s DLC content and will remain available for you after the wipe occurs. What about everything else like my fort? Gone. Everything will be completely wiped. Everyone in Early Access will be starting again from scratch on October 6th. Post those sweet fort pictures in our Discord or Twitter and tag us so we can memorialize them properly on our social media pages. So does that mean Early Access gets a one-week head start on other platforms and the rest of Steam? Yup. Early Access players will get the 1.0 version one week before everyone else. You will be the guides and mentors for those who join the community at Launch. Will there be a stress test? What a great question! Glad you asked! We will be conducting a stress test on October 6th to help prepare for the global launch. Anyone who logs in during the stress test period (starting on October 6th after the update and wipe and ending at 10am Pacific Time the following day) can claim an exclusive fort decoration “Netstrike Banner”. You will ONLY be able to obtain this item during this day (after the update and wipe) by logging in and checking your Mailbox, so definitely remember to set your clocks and reminders! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/c95c1a7ff2387d262cfb76d054cf91c9869acf91.jpg For heroes that join the call on October 6th. Lets stress the hell out of this test… get it soooo stressy. Does this mean Australian servers will be up soon? YES, the stress test is the final part of getting the world-wide connection better situated so that we can implement and bring up servers specifically for our Aussie friends. Will single-player be available in this update since it’s the launch version? IT CERTAINLY WILL! The ‘Singleplayer’ mode found in the main menu will be unlocked for players and is a mode for those who want to play entirely by themselves. It does not require an internet connection to play and if you don’t have an internet connection when it tries to update, you will just continue to play the outdated version. Singleplayer and multiplayer accounts are separate accounts: different characters, currency, level progression, forts, etc. They are totally separate and do not interact with each other in any way. If you delete your single-player progression, you will lose it; we do not store or save your single-player data on our servers. Non-DLC mailbox rewards cannot be obtained in single-player, which means exclusive rewards sent by mail can only be obtained when playing in multiplayer. This does not include mailbox items sent by DLC (like Early Access and Alpha rewards), which are attached to your game/account permanently. And since you are alone on the frontier, when playing in 'Singleplayer' mode you will only find your own fort in the campaign passages, as opposed to encountering other random player’s forts. Will I be able to crossplay with other platforms at launch? Not at this time, but we may review that again at a later date. Does that mean content is finished for the game? We’d love to keep making content for Torchlight III for as long as the community is interested in it! We are in the early stages of discussing what updates and content might come after launch. If you have ideas, come hit us up on our Nolt: http://tl3feedback.echtragames.com We hope to see you in-game to collect your Netstrike Banner on October 6th and you can always follow our Facebook and Twitter to be reminded as we get closer to the upcoming stress test. We’ll have a launch schedule with activities and streams alongside a special letter from Max and Tyler on next week’s (and the final Early Access) “State of the Game”. Until next time, see you on the frontier soon! - Echtra Bean https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

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TORCHLIGHT III OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES OCTOBER 13

We're incredibly excited to announce that Torchlight III, the light-hearted and fast-paced dungeon crawler, will exit Steam Early Access and officially launch on October 13 for $39.99! Players who have been hacking and slashing their way through the Steam Early Access version of Torchlight III will automatically be granted access to the full version. In addition, all versions of the game will include an exclusive Fairy pet for each platform. “The full release of Torchlight III wouldn’t have been possible without all of the incredible work from the entire Echtra team and our excellent community of Early Access players. We’ve put our heart into this new adventure and it has been awesome getting so much support from players while the game has been in live development. With the significant changes we’ve made throughout Torchlight III’s journey in Early Access, we have done our best to meaningfully integrate players’ feedback as much as possible into the game as we march toward launch. Next month, we can’t wait to welcome all players to the Frontier!” - Max Schaefer, CEO of Echtra Games and co-founder of the Torchlight franchise. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/81039620fd7bf2d70865cce6f8e33d6f8e5bec51.png Torchlight III will feature all of Torchlight’s signature mechanics, including satisfying hack- and-slash combat, a charming and vibrant world, online 4-player cooperative multiplayer and offline single-player, and the beloved pet system that captured the hearts of ARPG fans. This grand adventure will also introduce new features, such as three epic acts, unique Relic subclasses, fully customizable forts, a challenging end-game experience “Fazeer Shah’s Dun-Djinn”, the multi-tiered progression system “Contracts” that lets players earn Fame and unlock elite items, along with a myriad of quests and boss battles across randomly-generated areas filled with epic loot drops. In Torchlight III, it’s been a century since the events of Torchlight II, where the great heroes of old defeated The Dark Alchemist and sealed the Netherlord’s heart inside the Clockwork Core. The heroes brought peace to the world of Novastraia, but now the Ember Empire finds itself on the brink of collapse as it’s under threat of invasion by the Netherim and its allies. To save Novastraia, Torchlight III players will need to gather their wits and brave the frontier in search of fame, glory and new adventures to become the legends the world needs them to be.

• Travel the Frontier: Players can explore the wilderness, party with friends, gather materials to craft loot, use magical maps to enter unknown dungeons, or show off their spoils in town! There’s always something to do in the new frontier.
• Build & Upgrade Your Fort: It’s time to rebuild! Players will enjoy their very own account-based fort, where they can upgrade gear, and make renovations to show it off to their friends and the world. The game allows them to build monuments of power, pet stables, and more!
• Choose a Relic: Relics are objects of great power that grant players a suite of active skills and passive skills. Players will choose one of five of these at the beginning of their journey and use skill points to unlock or enhance their relic’s abilities. The relic is an important part of a character's strategy - choose wisely!
• Collect Epic Gear: Suit up in a robust variety of armor and weapons found across the frontier including charming hats, pet apparel, and unique locomotion options. Players can select from a wide array of weapons that suit their playstyle and class build. With over a hundred Legendary items,players can permanently acquire their special abilities in order to make themselves more unique and powerful.
• Pets are Back: Players can fight their way to fame and glory with loyal companions! Each of the many species comes in a myriad of colors and styles so adventurers shouldn’t settle for the first one they find. They can make these trusty pets stronger by adding skills, equip them with gear to make them hardier, and together battle enemies as a team. Pets also have their own vast inventory for items, and players have the option to have their pets sell items directly in town.
• Build Your Hero: With four classes to choose from, along with 20 class and Relic combinations -- each combination offering a unique playstyle -- and a wide range of choices of where to place skill points at, players can utilize class-specific mechanics to maximize damage and their odds of survival. Torchlight III lets them gather epic gear, select your Relic powers, and customize loadouts to create a unique combat style for their heroes.

Torchlight III features four diverse hero classes and five powerful relics with unique abilities and strengths:

• The Dusk Mage is an enchanter who harnesses the power of light and dark energy to conjure devastating attacks.
• The Forged is a powerful robot who relies on an arsenal of weaponry to build up heat and unleash explosive assaults.
• The Railmaster is a locomotive savvy powerhouse who steams into combat with a massive hammer and heavily armed battle train.
• The Sharpshooter is a powerful and nimble ranged character who uses incredible skill with ranged weapons and magical trinkets to take on enemies from afar.

Relics

• Bane - Summons a cluster of spiders and casts forth volleys of deadly poison.
• Blood Drinker - Heals a player’s wounds while enemies bleed.
• Coldheart - Controls crowds by freezing, slowing, or knocking back immoderate threats.
• Electrode - Unleashes an unpredictable surge of electricity.
• Flaming Destroyer - Consistently burns enemies and sets things ablaze.

Torchlight III is the latest successor to the ARPG cult classics, Torchlight I & II, originally developed by Runic Games. This fast-paced dungeon crawler brings fans back to the beloved Torchlight universe to hack and slash their way through a brand new world filled with hordes of goblins, undead and other dangerous Netherim creatures. Adventurers can party up with friends or venture into the vast wilderness alone, where they will find loot, explore dungeons, collect epic gear and build their very own fort to show off to the world. Torchlight III features four unique hero classes (Dusk Mage, Forged, Railmaster and Sharpshooter), plus a myriad of new and familiar combat pets to help players fight their way to fame and glory. Learn more about Torchlight III at Torchlight3.com. Follow the game on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/1dfd1fcc7b46d3fbad87b3b5199be6fe7b7aff4c.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Hello everyone! We are busy putting together our next big update and we’ll have more details for that coming very soon. In the meantime, for this week’s State of the Game, we wanted to spotlight some class build blogs created by Torchlight III Game Designer Michael “Mayhem” May to get your creative juices flowing. Do you have a build that we should check out and try? Join our Discord and show us what you’ve made! https://www.discord.com/invite/playtorchlight Or tag us on Twitter and we might share it for everyone to enjoy! https://twitter.com/playtorchlight Or maybe we’ll stream it on our Friday Funday streams on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/playtorchlight There has been some extremely cool class builds coming after our last few updates and we are interested in seeing the most unique, over-powered, and interesting builds you can come up with. We’ll have much more news to share with you next week so until next time, keep slayin’ and see you on the frontier soon! - Echtra Bean https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/b4ed0c65c0dfbdc5bcc73d03761f17d3422daa33.png

ONE-MAN WRECKING CREW

Railmaster + Flaming Destroyer Do you like swinging massive weapons in the face of your enemies? Is the Railmaster’s Train not to your liking? We’ve got you covered! With this build, your Railmaster becomes a one-stop shop for widespread destruction. https://media.giphy.com/media/JipurDEAWNbyJjYTL3/giphy.gif This melee build is for people who like to bring the pain and rain flames without a train! Read all about this build here: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11478383 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/66bde33a0afa770b63e509a16cc9f071841ea2f2.png

BOLT LAUNCHER

Dusk Mage + Electrode If you like covering the screen in magic bullets, this is the build for you. This build launches an absurd number of magic projectiles in combat for clearing out most enemies while keeping powerful cooldowns in reserve for stronger foes. https://media0.giphy.com/media/jMynKaqvvQvR3ErYuO/giphy.gif This shocking build is for someone who wants a little jolt ‘n’ bolt in their Shadow Step. Read all about this build here: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11478473 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/a16920319443c2a80580fec19f509f878c3ce0ef.png

CLOCKWORK LAWNMOWER

Forged + Blood Drinker Spin to win with this whirlwind of a build, remaining tanky and mobile while still cutting a path through swaths of enemies. https://media.giphy.com/media/eqzXOhdwe2bJBigZqk/giphy.gif This mobile and bloody build is for those that want to spin-to-win. Read all about this build here: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11478643 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/0a9ec7cd2297524411829d4bcab55d127764091f.png

YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME

Sharpshooter + Coldheart Never go into battle alone, bringing with you a wide variety of summoned allies. Ghosts, Goblins, a giant Ice Golem, Rizzi’s Spirit, and the most loyal of doggo’s will all be at your beck & call. https://media3.giphy.com/media/ZA7NyoxDdwgF4FmpSk/giphy.gif A build for those who want to feel a little less lonely. Read all about this build here: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11478633 https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/7855a3cbffb4acaa03702d90606a265ce2ce061a.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Good morning frontier! A quick hotfix this morning to address a few bugs that went out with the “Update for Dummies” patch last Tuesday. This should alleviate a few of the critical issues that players have been reporting, but we are still in the process of reviewing incoming bugs and feedback for the next upcoming update. - Echtra Bean https://i.imgur.com/fef04sD.png ITEMS & GEAR

• Fixed an issue where Weapon proc affixes were not applying properly.

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• Fixed an issue where charge counts and the relic charge bar weren’t updating sometimes.
• Railmaster
• Fixed an issue where the lead car from Build Train wouldn’t properly deploy or spawn rear cars.

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{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/17a8b9ade5957f14411f821bdcd4fa3d20263bc6.png Check out our Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch to get the latest development news and updates. https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png Hello Torchlight III community, We recently just released another massive patch ”An Update for Dummies” full of content updates, tuning, quality of life improvements, and bug fixes. We are currently scouring the web and our Support Center for feedback and bugs in preparation for launch and have even begun very early conversations and content planning for post-launch updates. As a team, we’ve been working hard to prepare a launch for several platforms, multiple languages, and for players all around the world. We are excited to bring new adventurers to the frontier who will be experiencing it for the first time and to expand on the content that already exists in the game once we launch. We are getting closer and closer to that day and soon we'll be revealing the details about the last wipe and a launch date. It’s taken several years to get to this point, and we are incredibly proud to bring the third installment of the Torchlight series to life. Our community has been a core part of the game’s creation during its development process. From the business model to end game updates, our players have been pivotal in helping us to succeed; we are very much looking forward to having you alongside us at launch and beyond. It has been a core strategy of ours to put the game in front of our community very early, warts and all, which entails a certain amount of risk and trust. Our community came through for us, and we are eternally grateful for their passion, their hours spent giving us quality feedback, and even when the feedback was negative, it came from a love of the Torchlight franchise, and that’s exactly what we wanted and needed. We hope that each update during Early Access has shown our commitment to making Torchlight III a great successor in the series. We have every intention of working on this project for as long as the community support for the game exists. We know we still have work to do and there are a few notable bugs that went out in this most recent update, but overall, and with your help, we have made massive improvements and progression during Early Access and we can’t thank you enough for that. I’ll see you again… soon. - Max P.S. EARLY ACCESS GIFTS HAVE ARRIVED! You can find them in your Mailbox by pressing escape to get to your options menu. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36687164/17f7ad256e68cd384b20d6f45bc104d6fe6bbc14.jpg https://i.imgur.com/t6adtQ0.png We are always in a continuing process to scrub and review bugs that have been reported to our Support Center, but we wanted to highlight a few of the most critical, highly reported, and consistent issues players are still encountering and any updates we might have for those specific problems. This is not an exhaustive or complete list of reported issues. HOW TO REPORT A BUG! The best way for us to resolve an issue is with visual/audio reporting (screenshots, audio, video), logs, debug info, and reproducible steps. Other useful information might include: if you were playing in a party, if you noticed any additional strange behavior, if others have experienced the same issue, etc. Please report any new or existing submissions here: http://tl3feedback.echtragames.com (It is better to upvote a current/existing bug or suggestion than to create a new, duplicate ticket.) You can send additional information, like logs, to [email protected] with your Nolt link in the body of the email. You can discuss bugs on Discord, but they may not get a full review without a Nolt ticket, debug info, logs, or other details.

HIGHLY REPORTED & KNOWN ISSUES

FROM “THE UPDATE FOR DUMMIES” MAINLINE PATCH

• Players are reporting that Charge Based Skills are not working properly.
• Players are reporting that Heat and Endurance gauges can get stuck.
• Players have reported that Mimics are still not totally hidden via nameplates.
• Railmasters are reporting problems with their trains either disappearing or feeling clumsy.
• Reports of forts disconnecting after placing objects like the Luck Tree or Grindy Mill.
• Australian servers are still not up. We are getting very close!

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Read "Mainline Patch - September 15th, 2020 (Part 2)"

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• Added a failsafe to 'draining' relic powers, so they will deactivate if for some reason the proc that should decativate them fails. It appears to fail if the player is stunned in that exact moment.
• The 'Drain the Bar' series of Relic skills now show their Buff indicator on the Buffs UI.
• Elemental damage provided by Relic passives have been standardized to 25%, the intended value (some were still at 50%).
• Fixed several relic skill animations that did not play properly.
• Fixed an issue where creatures summoned via Relics Skills (e.g. Ice Golem) do not follow player inside or outside side dungeons or to the boss areas.
• Relic 'Weapon Mastery' skills no longer give bonuses to all relic damage while that weapon is equipped. Each of those passives now has a new unique proc effect on basic hit:
• Flaming Destroyer's Giant Swings - Now grants a chance on basic hit to trigger a powerful flame shockwave
• Electrode's Shocking Force - Now grants a chance on basic hit to quickly call down three lightning strikes
• Blood Drinker's Blades for Cutting - Now grants a chance on basic hit to create a Death Blade, a smaller version of Dance of Death, for 6 seconds
• Bane's Staffing Up - Now grants a chance on basic hit to summon an Enchanted Staff for 20 seconds
• Coldheart's Large Bores - Now grants a chance on basic hit to fire a trio of icicles in a tight cluster.
• Updated Blood Drinker relic skill descriptions for clarity.
• Blood Drinker Bloodseekers buff now fires double missiles at tier 3.
• Fixed inconsistency between the title and its tier bonuses in Living Barrier.
• Changed Spinning Blade relic energy cost back to 25 instead of 20, to put it in line with all other relic 25 skill cost skills.
• Made the proc Spinning Blades from the tier 1 bonus actually appear on the client.
• Updated Coldheart relic skill descriptions for clarity.
• Fixed a case where blob shadow meshes were picking up a Status Effect from Cold Heart relic skills.
• Fixed a case where using Coldheart with Shadow Quality set to Off the player would look like a big grey box.
• Frost Nova passive now functions, the trigger on removing Frost Skin was not hooked up.
• Frost Skin (passive) now triggers Frost Nova. Previously it only triggered from the Barrier skill.
• Fixed an issue where Snowstorm does minimal damage.
• Updated Electrode relic skill descriptions for clarity.
• Localized Storm's hit skill shape now replicates which should help fix missing VFX.
• Fixed an issue where Electrode's Localized Storm would mistakenly target the Sharpshooter's Ghostly Brute.
• Updated Flaming Destroyer relic skill descriptions for clarity.
• Removed errant Coldheart info that was present in Flaming Destroyer's power.
• Removing an errant burn status effect on base Flaming Destroyer.
• Added the word "chance" to Firestorm description so it reads correctly.
• Fixed an issue with Flaming Destroyer's Magma Burst skill not having a skill description.
• Fixed an issue where Flaming Destroyer Summoning Smash Tier 1 does not spawn at target location.
• Updated Bane skill descriptions for clarity.
• Spider Queen from Bane milestone's Web now properly interacts with enemy monsters.

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• Fixed an issue where Defensive Posture was not replicating its visuals.
• Adding missing asset file for pet glittersprite
• Pets no longer take damage from exploding barrels.
• Fixed an issue where the player’s pet keeps attacking inactive Netherim Pylons.
• Fixed an issue where the player's pet could get stuck trying to cast Healing Friendship instead of fighting.
• Renamed the Black Cat the Blue-Gray Cat, because um, actually.
• Pet cages no longer stay locked after boss death.

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• An extra skill point is granted every five levels, up to level 50. This results in 10 more skill points in total from levelling 1-60, for a new grand total of 70.
• Removing many instances of skills calling other skills errantly.
• Fixed (another) issue where charge cooldowns sometimes display incorrectly on the skill bar.
• Fixed an issue where cooldowns did not display correctly.
• Fixed the case where skills can double cast on the client because their active trait resource hasn't been replicated yet.
• Adjusted teleports and dashes for better precision and feel.
• Updated relic passive skill descriptions (revised equipped weapon requirements).

DUSK MAGE

• Increased the range Spirit Well can summon its minions to prevent them from getting stuck on environment objects.
• Fixed an issue where enemies would appear to lose a large chunk of health immediately when hit by Holy Fury in online mode.
• Fixed an issue where Holy Bolt's tier 3 bonus would be disabled if you had the Dusk Mage set Pants equipped with their set bonus active.
• Adjusted description of Entropy's tier 1 milestone for clarity.
• Energy Spike is now correctly classified a cooldown for purposes of triggering Legendary and other effects.
• Light Spear - 550%, up from 170% (larger increase, this was incorrectly tuned prior)
• Reworked Absolver: Now while light charged the Dusk Mage infuses their targets for 2s. Causing the enemies hit to explode around them for weapon damage every second.
• Dusk Mage base skill tuning adjusted, increasing core damage skills, minor reductions to over time skills: Absolver: 260% (was 190%), Dark Spears: 90% (was 100%), Energy Spike: 570% (was 440%), Entropy: 120% (was 90%), Holy Bolt: 250% (was 180%), Holy Fury: 330% (was 260%), Light Spear: 870% (was 550%), Radiant Blast: 170% (was 130%), Spirit Well: Unchanged, Unholy Bolt: 140% (was 100%)
• Dusk Mage base Mana regen increased slightly
• Light and Dark buff are now intertwined as "Harmonic Form", which increases both mana regeneration and damage by 50% (Mana Regeneration remaining the same from former Light Buff, damage buff reduced from 75% from former Dark Buff). It requires both bars be full before activating. Mechanically, the player must still deal damage in a relative equal manner with both Light and Dark skills before gaining the Dusk Mage's innate power advantage, but the buffs are now intertwined. By doing so, they can afford a more potent tuning than if they remain separate. Harmonic Form has been given a material override to make it look more special, but this is optional and can be skipped. VFX could give it a better treatment.
• Dark and Light bars no longer decay.
• As the 'duality' nature is now directly required, Light skills charge the Light bar, and Dark skills charge the Dark bar. The cross-tree encouragement is already present by way of the dual bar requirement - one must include skills from both trees to make use of the buff, just as each buff required before they were combined.
• The UI for Harmonic Form doubles as its Duration indicator, draining the two bars while the buff is active and lasting until the bars are drained.
• The UI now shows the entirety of the Light/Dark bar, rather than just the top 75% of the bar. The emblems at the bottom of the Mana UI were dragged down just slightly so the bars are not covered.
• Help Text, Legendary Affixes and Milestone bonuses updated to refer to Harmonic Form (there aren't many)
• Mouseover tooltip for Harmonic Form dynamically adjusts based on bonuses from milestones and legendary affixes (rather than a previously obtuse implementation involving alternate status effects)

SHARPSHOOTER

• Editing description for Shasta skill to match the actual summon duration.
• Reload now accurately displays the cooldown reduction it gets for its charges as you put points into it.
• Fixed a typo in Scout's Bones name.
• Pre-loading various sharpshooter procs to make them more performant.
• Onslaught Performance Improvements to Missiles.
• Fixed an issue where Ghost Visage removed bonus stacks when dealing with a ranged skill instead of when starting one.
• Rizzi's Fate - 70%, up from 50%
• Sacrifice to Goose - 60%, up from 40%

FORGED

• Improved Forged's Vent: Furnace Blast's usability. The skill now can be interrupted much faster than before, and can interrupt itself, so holding down the skill hotkey will allow very quick repeated casts. The cone shape has been slightly widened. The skill no longer attempts to move into proper position, instead always firing at the direction given, so it always fires the skill whenever the button is pressed.
• Fixed an issue where the heat meter would not update correctly in some circumstances.
• Fixed it so the tier 1 milestone for Poison Dart both slows and damages enemies.
• Power Projection no longer heals enemies.
• Improved Forged's Vent: Furnace Blast's usability. The skill now can be interrupted much faster than before, and can interrupt itself, so holding down the skill hotkey will allow very quick repeated casts. The cone shape has been slightly widened. The skill no longer attempts to move into proper position, instead always firing at the direction given, so it always fires the skill whenever the button is pressed.
• The Forged Legendary 'Servo-Blade' now functions once again as described. The repeated series of uppercuts no longer fails to deal damage.
• Fix for Forged tread shadows.

RAILMASTER

• Fixed an issue where railmaster train cars could get horribly messed up.
• Torque Swing - 260%, up from 210%.
• Fixed an issue with Flamethrower and Shotgun car's endurance bonus never deactivating.
• Flamethrower Car's Active skill's damage is now completely frontloaded - no Damage over Time effect is applied with this skill.
• Fixed incorrect cooldown time displayed on Spike Drive.
• Fixed text format in: Flamethrower Car, Shotgonne Car, Shield Car, Mortar Car
• Changed Endurance degen from having the Train out to be a Drain effect instead of a negative Regen, so it doesn't show up in the stats panel.

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