/en/games/torchlight-ii/news en_US Thu, 09 Apr 26 14:21:08 -0700 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news 60 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/11482683-2020-winter-sale https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/11482683 Tue, 22 Dec 20 09:55:00 -0800 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/11374843-post-launch-patch-3-feature-improvements https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/11374843 Fri, 21 Feb 20 10:55:00 -0800 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/11319233-post-launch-patch-2-quality-of-life-update-notes https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/11319233 Mon, 02 Dec 19 16:55:00 -0800 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/11264783-post-launch-patch-1-update-notes https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/11264783 Thu, 26 Sep 19 16:20:00 -0700 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/11248323-console-updates https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/11248323 Wed, 04 Sep 19 11:37:48 -0700 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/10920353-arc-summer-sale https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/10920353 Thu, 21 Jun 18 10:00:00 -0700 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/9110513-arcast-twitch-stream-3%2F26-at-2pm-pdt https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/9110513 Tue, 24 Mar 15 15:42:37 -0700 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/9075693-let%27s-play-torchlight-ii-arcast-2%2F19-2-3pm-pst https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/9075693 Wed, 18 Feb 15 19:04:46 -0800 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/9006753-black-friday-sales%21 https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/9006753 Wed, 26 Nov 14 09:13:00 -0800 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/5002913-torchlight-ii-poster-available https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/5002913 Tue, 25 Nov 14 09:00:00 -0800 Tools -> Right-click Torchlight II GUTS -> Properties -> Local Files tab -> Verify Integrity of Tool Cache) 1.22.x.40 (1 April 2013) New Content New Unique and Lengendary weapons for every item class New class armor sets New MapRoom maps Additional side dungeons in Act 1 and 2 during New Game Plus play Nether-Realm portals take you to a new Nether-Realm tileset, with new creatures Headcrab pet Alpaca pet Panda pet Stag pet   Modding Modding is now fully enabled. For Steam users, Steam Workshop support is integrated. Modding is fully supported in multiplayer - filter available games by active mod combinations. With Steam Workshop, automatically subscribe to and match configurations to join modded games! New to modding? Here's how to get started with GUTS - the Torchlight II GUTS wiki   Bugfixes fSocketable-granted DOT effects now get character damage bonuses from focus and items Fixed issue where Reflection would change your target while fishing, which would leave you in a bad state Various protections to prevent poorly formed mods Other minor fixes 1.21.x.1 (14 January 2013)   Stability Fix for potential Steamworks related crash.   Gameplay Fix for a desynchronization error which can occur in 3+ player multiplayer games in very specific timing circumstances. Fix for a rare issue where the effects on a merchant's items (or items left on the ground) can be wiped if a player takes ownership of a level while the original owner is departing. 1.20.x.3 (12 December 2012)   Stability Fixed a crash related to removing gems from items in multiplayer if they had been equipped. Fixed a separate multiplayer socketing related crash. Both of these fixes should resolve most of the 'in-town' crashes some players have experienced, as the events triggered can crash other clients.   Gameplay Fist weapons (and a few other innately enhanced items) can no longer make your attacks so fast that they are invisible with max attack-speed bonuses. Languages German is now available to all users. Polish translation updates. Russian translation updates.   1.19.x.7 (30 November 2012)   Translations Cleaned up Polish language translations. Cleaned up Russian language translations. Fixed issues with font clipping. 1.18.x.1 (16 November 2012) This is a small hotfix patch to address an issue with proximity-based effects from set item bonuses that could cause extreme frame rate degradation.   1.17.x.14 (15 November 2012)Edit Pets Owl pet added Badger pet added   Languages Russian language now available Polish language now available   General Several spelling errors fixed Dimensions fixed on one texture A lot of internal fixes to support translations better, and copy-pasting of Cyrillic characters and use of IME Characters with certain special characters in their names won't fail to save Attacks that deal weapon% no longer give bonus crit for values over 100% Missiles with an AoE were not properly taking into account some untargetable states Run speed bonuses were sometimes added twice Fixed Trillbot achievement quest   Skills Engineer Rank 8 and 9 or Seismic Slam scale soak values properly on direct damage Flame Hammer, Ember Hammer and Emberquake correctly list staves in requirements   Berserker Storm hatchet now targets better on slopes Storm hatchet should be less likely to collide with walls and more likely to collide with units Ravage knockback/slow resistance fixed Ravage falls back to autoattack when mana is low Battle rage properly refreshes now Shadowbind procs now level properly   Embermage Rank 4 of Firestorm now has correct max damage Issues w/ Prismatic Bolt duration effects resolved Fixed mana cost for rank 10 of Infernal Collapse   Spells Made requirement reduction spells work properly   Items Rifle and Cannons now use weapon damage instead of DPS - fast weapons were stronger than intended, slow weapons were weaker than intended A non functioning proc on the Tundra set was converted to a functioning Lifesteal Tomes of Weapon Expertise (spells) now correctly state that they improve Claw use, amongst the other weapons New ring for Emberweave set New pants for Embercraft set Legendary wand Earth Dies Screaming can no longer crash the game Fixed some issues with item-based proximity effects getting doubled   Maps Various pathing and collision fixes Various new boss rooms added for maproom maps Several new Phase Beast rooms added Can't be knocked behind fence in Arena of Slaughter   Monsters Exploding zombies now strike only once per explosion King gels have champion resistances and minion gels cannot be charmed   Recipes Transmutation recipe for sockets can't eat gems with no return.   Random Maps Some random map affixes better tuned   Quest Related You must talk to the guardian of mana before you can enter the dungeon from Act 4 hub Some players stuck in a state where their quests will not advance, or the final quest will not complete, allowing access to the mapworks, should be resolved.   System Fix for crash in certain circumstances when wearing gear that requires a requirement reduction spell Fixed crash when quitting the game from the options menu while the shared stash is open.   1.16.x.3 (22 October 2012) 1.16 is a hotfix patch which resolves two issues: Fixes a crash with proximity-based effects granted by a Set bonus Missiles reflected by the player will not strike the player, or other friendly targets   1.15.x.2 (19 October 2012) This is a small patch to fix a single crash issue with effects based on proximity, usually triggered in multiplayer by zoning with Battle Rage enabled.   1.14.x.5 (18 October 2012)   GRAPHICS Intel HD graphics cards should not show ghosting/smearing effects if shadows are enabled   PERFORMANCE LARGE performance optimization to buff/debuff bar displays when there are a large number of overlapping, nonexclusive effects (damage over time, and duration based effects or knockback )   SKILLS Shield Bash bonus damage now deals the stated amount(charged and uncharged) Wolfpack will properly strike turrets Bonuses due to proximity now always expire properly Damage bonuses/reductions for Battle Rage properly expire Fixed Critical Hit bonuses on some effects not properly incorporating bonuses to crit Pet damage bonuses are applied to effects   LEVELS Three Sisters zone now has an appropriate level range for proper NG+ reward scaling Various issues resolved in Luminous Arena in multiplayer Level determinism fixed (Was broken with precacheing in previous patch - could result in triggerable elements and some structural elements re-randomizing on load, or in multiplayer)   ITEMS Set reward for Inquisitor set altered to a functional bonus Fixes to the summon skull proc on equipment (prevents it from spawning exactly on a target) Effects based on proximate monsters now work properly with socketables DOTs were not properly attributing experience if the effect was applied from an item instead of a skill   MISC Target Dummy is Charm resistant Fixed issue where rebinding Close All Menus could lock you in pause mode Fix for shift-click casting a left-click spell and then selecting an item (would previously auto-attack) Pet enhancing bonuses work more consistently for pets attached to OTHER pets   1.13.x.12 (11 October 2012)   MISC Fixed Engineer armor set that was showing up as white geometry   PERFORMANCE Additional UI performance improvements Additional rendering performance improvements Precacheing of skills, missiles, and particles to reduce the appearance of stutters the first time those assets are viewed on some machines   STABILITY Fixed a crash that could occur with a dying pet that proc'ed on save restoration   SKILLS Fixed some issues with Stormclaw bolt chaining Blazing Pillar will no longer give enemies the ability to burn you! Shockbolts and Shocking Orb can now build charge Fixed several non-working augment affixes On-Death Procs properly cool down if required (Fixes several issues where a proc ceases functioning after a period of time) Blade Pact and Stone Pact last for listed time   ITEMS Lore item set now has a tangle ability, instead of a nonfunctional acidrain proc Several affixes that work based on unit proximity can work in parallel, when they could not before   GAMEPLAY Fixed several issues where procs could be precluded from activation Set bonuses based on nearby monster count work properly Some more multiplayer XP distribution fixes related to player/killer delta Can't turn alignment on something that attaches to its master When a left-click skill is bound, skills won't track a second mouse click if you click and click-away again (keeps you from pointing the wrong direction sometimes) Player block cap set to 75 instead of 50 Elemental armor reduction can't reduce armor below zero Champions all have 100% charm resistance Siege Turrets have 100% charm resistance   LEVEL SCRIPTING Can't prematurely activate Vyrax tower warp with teleportation Various minor level fixes Various visual updates to the Three Sisters' Lair Some snow effects were not properly tagged as 'weather' so would not disable when weather was turned off Tutaran trap fixes Alchemist can no longer be 'started' on his third stage by rerolling, going to the next level waypoint, and back up.   1.12.x.7 (4 October 2012) This patch increments the save version, and we restructured some of the boss rooms, so random levels will clear and repopulate their monsters and events.   FUNCTIONAL Shared stash now creates a backup of itself You can no longer 'steal' items from your buyback tab by closing the window with Spacebar Can’t drag merchant items onto the buyback tab Gambler does not show 'can't equip' X CTRL-M will instantly toggle map visibility Pet equipment cannot get sockets from enchantment Fixed rare crash related to Charming a monster Multiplayer logging is reduced, and can be disabled with the NEVERLOG commandline argument (may improve performance for some clients) Creating a player in a difficulty other than Normal, directly joining a game, and then exiting, won't revert your stored difficulty to Normal. Confirmation box added for quitting without saving Fixed a few rare hardware related crashes Particle update optimizations Various rendering optimizations   GAMEPLAY Fixed an issue in multiplayer where non-killing MP players did not receive appropriate XP falloff due to level delta Armor Degrade properties now apply properly - degrade armor values are reduced for newly generated item properties to compensate for them working correctly - but don't worry, they will be better than before! Zero walkspeed monsters won't attempt to jump down Fixed some display issues with Fame level progress Wandering (non-town-based) Enchanters have a slightly better range of enchantment strengths. They also now have an approximately 20% chance to get a 'powerful enchantment', which are about 50% better than normal. This is represented by a sound and text message in game. Swamp Flier scream debuff will show an appropriate name on debuff icon Creep squish blood now has a censored version Fixed a few areas where loot from a specific event spawned publicly Fixed a few spelling errors Act 4 banner should properly display Pets can be sent to town from the last 2 boss rooms Fixed an issue where occasionally an errant MOUSEUP event could ignore your attack in extremely fast click situations DOTs now correctly calculate bonuses from +DMG% XP and Fame %bonuses from gear are now capped at +/- 100% HP bonus gear will properly be reflected in final health of player to other clients post-zoning Game can be saved at any time from the options menu Onscreen notification in bottom right of screen when saving takes place Console-created items now have an effect that displays that they were cheat-created Damage reduction effects on the player are capped to 75% Stat expenditures when leveling up are properly synchronized in multiplayer When leveling up, your health is properly recalculated on other clients Skill cycle keys can now be bound to mouse buttons Transmuted items are no longer destroyed if an inventory is full with no place to accept them   SKILLS Berserkers are still targetable while performing Savage Rush Bramble walls and Ice Prison will properly die offscreen, and if the originator leaves the zone Battle Standard's properties are properly exclusive (they don't stack) Fixed charged versions of Fire Bash from levels 9-15 using the incorrect effects (weaker when charged!) Howl duration fixed (Extended) Berserker Wolf Shade master healing property was reduced from 5%+5% per rank to 5% + 2% per rank - and the first rank properly provides healing Vortex Hex won't target smashables Fixed two ranks of Seismic Slam incorrectly doing electrical damage Glaive Throw has had a damage nerf (25% reduction in max damage and decreased growth per rank ) with less additional bounces per tier Elemental attunement properly benefits from owner’s level Elemental Boon should properly speed up cast time on last rank Shadowbind should properly rank up duration Blast Cannon’s armor reduction effect no longer stacks and works for both fire and physical damage Fixed sped up hitframe for male shield skill anim so that it is never skipped when a subsequent skill is queued Outlander Long Range Mastery should now affect wands as well Prismatic Bolt gains charge at half the previous rate Spider Mines should show debuff icons Spider Mine summon duration fixed Shadowling procs from wand chaos or weapon affixes properly last 20 seconds instead of 3 Elemental Attunement shouldn’t attack smashables Tremor rank 6 should properly perform its charged effect Immobilization Copter damage effect shouldn’t stomp on other damage effects Berserker Retaliation can only trigger once per second per given target – and no longer procs/leeches Rapid Fire and Venomous Hail now use DPS instead of Damage   SCRIPTING Fixed some issues with Grom's arena in multiplayer when another player speaks to the NPC while the main area is completed Several boss rooms have had structural changes to make it more difficult to cheese them with certain skills Various minor level scripting or layout repairs Fixed farmable Gel phasebeast room so that XP gain isn't overblown Fixed various other farmable phasebeast unitspawners which incorrectly granted XP Fixed a few areas where the player could get stuck   NETWORKING Fixed a case where backlog of messages for resend would escalate and disconnect the client Friends-only games are fixed to synch correctly across lobbies Fixes for various serverside issues Erroneous ‘Connection Failed’ messages should be fixed Games can now be filtered near your level   GRAPHICAL Many wardrobe tweaks and fixes   BORING Various alterations were made to better support translated versions of the game, and to detect and deal with other language items during trading   1.11.x.x (23 September 2012) A fix to the previous patch, repairing an error where the shared stash could be lost.     1.10.x.x (23 September 2012)   STABILITY Fixed a potential crash bug when applying affixes and effects in certain circumstances Fixed rare crash when turning in quest in the Undercurrents. Put in protection against character save file corruption. Corrupted characters will not appear in the list of characters. (And thus can't cause the game to crash on load)   SKILLS Fix for Berserker geyser proc showing up as a mappable skill. Fix for triggering Shocking Burst and Arc Beam out of range while hitting shift that could cause chain casting. 'Resist Slow' affix fixed. Proc affixes scale better with player level. Berserker 'Wolf Shade' now has the (intended) 60 second cooldown applied to all ranks. Fix for mistriggering when chaining two skills together when there is an early hit-frame. Safety check to stop any looping skills that get stuck in the 'on' state when the character is not performing a skill. Fixed bug with 'Poison Burst' procs (they should properly engage at more distant ranges). Fix for potential issue when units would queue removed/unavailable skills. Fix for having more than 100% reduction to charge decay or a negative flat charge decay.   PERFORMANCE Made significant optimizations to particle collisions.   SYSTEMS Fix a bug when recalculating the price on objects to make sure the calculation is based on the correct data. Fix for bug where rapid clicks could misspend stat points. Removed access to console commands in multiplayer games. The game's login dialog now correctly allows passwords up to 64 characters long. Removed display of other users' IP addresses in multiplayer games. Removed Steam Cloud toggle in the settings file (it didn't do anything); the ability to toggle is available in the Steam client. Removed logging for achievements to potentially reduce some FPS drops for some users.   LEVELS/SCRIPTING Tweaks to various areas to prevent units from getting stuck. Changed lootable rocks to be non-colliding as they could occasionally block very narrow corridors. Fixes to some level scripting logic in the Frosted Hills. Fixed a bug that could cause multiple Tower of the Moon entrances to appear in the world. Implemented a few specific boss room pathing fixes.   ACHIEVEMENTS Fixed friends list based achievements. Spell-learning achievements now don't incorrectly trigger based on other players.   MINOR Fixed several typos. Improvements to journal tooltips   - The Arc Team]]> /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/5002923-torchlight-ii-version-history https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/5002923 Tue, 25 Nov 14 09:00:00 -0800 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/5002903-torchlight-ii-reviews-roundup%21 https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/5002903 Tue, 25 Nov 14 09:00:00 -0800 /en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/5002863-torchlight-2-redemption-instructions https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/torchlight-ii/news/detail/5002863 Mon, 24 Nov 14 16:08:48 -0800