Crafting in Torchlight Infinite

Crafting in ARPGs like Torchlight Infinite is often seen as daunting. Luckily, Torchlight Infinite's crafting systems do a fantastic job of allowing players to forge their items in a deterministic manner. This freedom comes at the cost of a lot of Flame Fuel which you farm during your time in the Netherrealm.

Despite crafting in Torchlight Infinite being very predictable, there are ways to efficiently utilize your currency, and reduce the cost of any given crafting project. Begin by selecting the right base, then using Embers to craft desirable affixes! You can even craft endgame items with exclusive Tier 0 Affixes offering effects which cannot otherwise be found on gear! Be warned, crafting items with Tier 0 Affixes is expensive!

Each Base type has its own mod pool. For example, Swords, Axes, and Hammers are all One-Handed Melee Weapons. As a result of this, they share some modifiers commonly found on Melee Weapons like % Gear Physical Damage.

However, they also have modifiers unique to the base type.

• Axes roll modifiers related to Trauma.
• Meanwhile Swords roll modifiers for Multistrike.
• When Crafting Hammers you can find modifiers for Demolisher Charges.

Each different class of Weapon has its own modifier pool. Trinkets (Rings, Amulets, and Belts) do not have any sub-types. Other pieces of gear have modifier pools based on their Attribute type.

• Strength Gear rolls Armor Prefixes.
• Dexterity Gear rolls Evasion Prefixes.
• Intelligence Gear rolls Energy Shield Prefixes.

Pro Tip: After you've selected the proper base you need to start crafting! To craft without having to find Maud in town, select an item in your inventory and click the Anvil button.

The best crafting bases are Priceless! No this does not prevent you from selling them to others on the Trade House but it does change the item's properties. Priceless items can roll powerful Base Affixes. They do not take up a normal modifier slot making these bases vastly more powerful than a normal item!

In addition, you need a Priceless base to upgrade your modifiers to Tier 0, or craft Ultimate Affixes. These modifiers are among the most powerful Affixes in the game and as such they are the most expensive to craft.

So in short, you may not want to use a Priceless item as your first crafting project but for endgame items they're mandatory.

After selecting the appropriate base, check out the item's Affix list. This gives you important information about your item including the following;

• What Prefixes an item can roll.
• Which Suffixes an item can roll.
• The tiers available to those modifiers.
• The odds of rolling any of these modifiers when crafting on the item.

Double check this list before crafting so that you don't waste Flame Fuel crafting on the wrong base by mistake!

Items can have up to 3 Prefixes and 3 Suffixes. Crafting costs Flame Fuel and Embers. Low level items use Flame Sand and Fine Embers. As item level increases so do the costs. Higher level items use Flame Elementium, Precious Embers, and Rare Embers. You can use Ultimate Embers to craft special modifiers on Priceless items.

• Items can have up to 6 Basic Affixes.
• They can have up to 2 Advanced Affixes
• Precious items can have up to 2 Ultimate Affixes.

Once you've selected the Affix pool you want to craft from (Basic, Advanced or Ultimate), simply hit "craft." Then you can choose between keeping the original, taking the new result or crafting again.

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If you have a lot of currency and know what you want the easiest thing to do is use Auto Crafting. Set Target Tiers on the right for any desired Affixes, then click Start Auto Crafting. The game automatically uses your Flame Fuel and Embers until hitting an Affix of the correct Target Tier.

In this example, Auto Crafting is set to stop at Tier 2 Max Life or Damage. Depending on your targets it can take a while but you don't need to click anything. It uses the same amount of currency as regular crafting.

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Tier 1 Affixes on Priceless gear can be upgraded to Tier 0 by spending Flame Elementium, Sacred Fossils, and Embers. Tier 0 Affixes are more powerful than their T1 counterparts but upgrading is expensive, so only do this for an item you plan to use for a while.

You have a 30% chance of success, and resources are not returned when you fail. However, this doesn't damage the item so the only thing stopping you from trying again is the astronomical cost.

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Use Truth Embers to optimize your items after you finish crafting. This randomizes the values for all modifiers on the item.

• The Affixes remain the same.
• The Tiers don't change.

Some modifiers have a small range, such as the 26%-30% Elemental Damage. Others like T0 Gear Armor (2,881-3,456) have a much wider range. It's more difficult to optimize the values for Affixes with a wider range.

• One-Handed Weapons, and most Gear has up to 61 Energy.
• Two-Handed Weapons and Chest pieces roll up to 122 Energy.
• Trinkets like Belts, Rings, and Amulets cannot have Energy.