In order to retire a character, they must be level 30 or greater. The retired character becomes unusable at the point of retirement, so players should be sure to clear inventories and banks. For example, if you pass down an item named 'Bane Sword' with 20 strength for a character named 'Troll,' the passed down item will be 'Troll's Bane Sword' with additional strength. This item takes the name of the retired character and receives statistic bonuses. When a character is retired, they can pass down one item to a new character. Torchlight offers a system where players can 'retire' characters, which provides bonuses to future character development. Main article: Gems (T1) Main article: Enchanting (T1) Character Retirement Torchlight offers item enhancement options in the form of both socketing and enchantment. The game includes large amounts of randomized loot, including unique items and equipment sets. Torchlight is well known for providing the player a pet as a permanent companion, which fights alongside the player and carries loot back to town. Torchlight contains three player classes, each with three distinct skill trees: The second dungeon, a seemingly limitless dungeon with over 100 floors, cycles through the locales at random to provide endless monster-killing and loot-grinding.Д¬haracter classes Main article: Torchlight 1 classes

The main story line takes place in a 35-floor dungeon, which progresses through multiple locales including mines, dark palaces, and underground caverns. Players encounter champion creatures as well, which feature different abilities based on random chance. Torchlight features Diablo-esque dungeon crawler gameplay, where players progress through many floors battling masses of monsters, while completing simple quest lines. You will fight many monsters and champions along the way, while collecting epic loot and hoards of gold.

The main storyline focuses around the player, teaming with Syl the sage, to stop the source of corruption within the dungeon. The prime example of this is seen by the corruption of the alchemist Alric, who turns on his companions and attempts to revive the legendary Ember colossus, Ordrak.

The town is troubled by the recent corruption of the mineral, which can mutate anyone unfortunate enough to come across a corrupt piece. In the nearby mine, a mysterious mineral known as Ember attracts miners, adventurers, and monsters alike. The game is set in the small mining town of Torchlight.

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