Progressing the Netherrealm

The Netherrealm is your primary endgame farming system in Torchlight Infinite. You complete Beacons across 5 different planes in order to progress your timemark and reach the mysterious Realm Lord. This system unlocks once you have completed the Main Story Chapters 1-3, which most players do around level 58. As you complete different Planes and defeat their Watchers (Bosses) collect The Beginning or The End and use 4 of these keys to challenge The Realm Lord Traveler.

This progression guide helps you have a better understanding of the basics of the Netherrealm and provides some helpful tips to guide you in completing the Netherrealm smoothly.

Story Quest Progression

The main story of Torchlight Infinite brings you into the Netherrealm around level 58. You need to progress through the Netherrealm by defeating The Watchers and collecting Starshards.

Remember to collect your Talent Points for completing these Quests.

• Glacial Abyss Watcher Timemark 2.
• Steel Forge Watcher Timemark 3.
• Thunder Wastes Watcher Timemark 4.
• Voidlands Watcher Timemark 5.
• The Realm Lord (Traveler) for two Quests:
  • Timemark 6 on your first character, Timemark 7 for all other characters.
  • Timemark 8.

Netherrealm Planes

There are 5 Planes in the Netherrealm: Glacial Abyss, Blistering Lava Sea, Steel Forge, Thunder Wastes and Voidlands, each with their own Watcher. These Watchers provide a unique challenge and have exclusive rewards.

You begin with 2 Planes unlocked and need to open the other 3 Planes by defeating Watchers. As you progress through the Netherrealm, you gain access to new higher Timemarks that come with increased rewards and difficulty.

When progressing your Netherrealm you can complete any Stage within the Plane to draw the Attention of that Plane's Watcher. After defeating the Watcher, you move on to a different Plane or increase the current Plane's Timemark.

Be sure to stay in the Timemark range that you can comfortably play without dying repeatedly. Once you defeat enough Watchers, you unlock the Realm Lord Traveler and Void Rift, gaining access to the game's pinnacle bosses.

Void Chart

Your Void Chart is a talent tree for the Netherrealm. This provides more loot, easier access to Seasonal mechanics and much needed control over your farming. When you first enter the Netherrealm, there aren't any bonuses but as you clear Stages and defeat bosses you gain more points to spend.

Void Chart Constellations

• There are generic Void Chart trees, these effect Legendary items, drop quantity, gear and Compasses.
• Void Chart trees also enhance the Six Gods gameplay by providing a wealth of ways to enhance your farming.
• Many Seasonal mechanics also have an associated Constellation. This gives you easy access to them without using a Compass, or greatly enhances the rewards you can collect.
• After defeating Traveler 7, you begin gaining Prime Star Talents which greatly increase the difficulty and rewards from your stages.

From the Void Chart menu you can switch between several Plans, share your setup or reset your points.

Finishing Timemark 7

Remember to check your Resistances as you progress through the Netherrealm, higher Timemarks have more dangerous enemies making it essential to reach the Resistance cap of 60%. Prepare for this by Crafting new items, or purchasing them on the Trade House.

Continue your progression by conquering the two additional difficulty options that are Timemarks 7-1 and 7-2. They're more rewarding and more difficult than the original Timemark 7, but not massively so. You unlock 7-1 for each Plane defeating the Timemark 7 watchers and then defeating a 7-1 Watcher unlocks 7-2 for that Plane.

Progression Tips

If you run out of Beacons while progressing the Netherrealm, you can spend Netherrealm resonance to buy them in town. Early on your options are limited, but higher Rank Beacons become available as you level up. For example, to purchase Rank 4 Beacons you need to be level 88. Edwin sells a limited number of Rank 1-3 Beacons, and an unlimited number of Rank 4 Beacons.

This makes it easy for players to farm Timemark 7, as you should drop more Netherrealm resonance by clearing a Beacon than you spent to purchase it. Rank 5 Beacons are used to challenge Timemark 8, these are not available from the vendor.

Chaos Invasion

Your randomly rolled Chaos Invasion Cards play a big role in shaping how rewarding a Beacon is.

• Chaos Confusion Cards grant powerful bonuses to specific Stages.
  • These appear randomly on your Netherrealm Stages. Select them to activate a uniquely rewarding bonus for the number of stages show on the card. All cards also grant 100% additional Drop Quantity, making it mandatory to run maps with a Confusion Card present whilst farming for loot.
  • Running Chaos Cards yields massively increased rewards, but feel free to ignore them in favor of a better Stage layout as you progress.

Timemark 8

Defeating the Traveler on Timemark 7 unlocks Timermark 8, allowing you to enter Timemark 8 and opening up the use of Rank 5 Beacons.

Timemark 8 Beacons have up to 60% additional drop quantity. The 3rd Compass slot is unlocked and Priceless Gear begins to drop, which is required to craft gear with Ultimate Affixes.

To activate Timemark 8 click the Purple Icon at the bottom left of the screen, then select Timemark 8.

Profound Timemark 8

After defeating the Timemark 8 Traveller you can progress into Profound Timemark 8. This uses the exact same Rank 5 Beacons as Timemark 8.

Profound Timemark 8 provides the following benefits;

• Unlocks the 4th Compass Slot
• Additional 100% Drop Quantity
• Deep Space Beacons begin to drop
• Plane-Exclusive Fluorescent Memory drop rates are increased.
• Priceless Non-Legendary Gear with Base Affixes begin to drop.

Deep Space

Deep Space is the most rewarding Timemark for players who want to push their build to the absolute limit. It has greatly increased difficulty but provides a massive 200% additional Drop Quantity as well as a significant drop rate increase to Plane-Exclusive Fluorescent Memories.

This Timemark requires specific Deep Space beacons that can only be farmed in Profound Timemark 8 or via specific encounters, Confusions Cards and Void Chart Constellation choices.