Save Legendary hunting for high-level areas
The guide associates Legendary drops with New Game Plus and high-level Mapworks, so early campaign farming is a weaker route for that goal.
Torchlight II FARMING GUIDESKnow what to farm.
Know what to farm.
And where to go.
Torchlight II’s loot loop shifts to high-level areas after the campaign. Mapworks maps add repeatable floors and boss chests; Phase Beast challenges, gambling, and Boon the Collector offer other routes. Legendary drops are associated with high-level play, so early campaign farming rarely matches endgame value.
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What matters before you farm
Unlock requirements, costs and tips to help you get started.
Use Phase Beast challenges for chests
Phase Beast portals lead to challenge rooms with loot chests; the Sundered Battlefield’s Avoid the Lava challenge offers a chest-focused route.
Sources & fact checks
Find Boon’s Scroll before planning a merchant run
Boon is summoned with a rare scroll; the listed sources include Grand Regent, the Frosted Hills Nether Brute challenge, and urns in high-level Mapworks maps.
Sources & fact checks
Farm with a purpose
Prioritizes useful endgame loot routes and distinct challenge rewards, then Mapworks and New Game Plus progression, followed by evergreen gold and dungeon farms.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Run high-level Mapworks for Legendary gear
A repeatable endgame route for pursuing level-appropriate equipment, including the high-level pool associated with Legendary…
Gold and gambling
Farm Boon the Collector
Seek Boon’s rare summon scroll through named late-game sources, then use it to open a scaled merchant inventory.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Defend crystals in the Frosted Hills challenge
Complete the Frosted Hills crystal-defense Phase Beast challenge to earn blue chests for crystals you protect.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Run Sundered Battlefield’s Avoid the Lava challenge
Turn the Sundered Battlefield Avoid the Lava challenge into a chest-focused Phase Beast activity when that portal appears.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Choose Mapworks scrolls for level and monster set
Make each Mapworks purchase fit your current level and the kind of enemies you want to fight.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Repeat the Phase Beast challenge portal
A repeatable activity that turns an overworld Phase Beast into a challenge encounter and a loot reward.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
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Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Run high-level Mapworks for Legendary gear
A repeatable endgame route for pursuing level-appropriate equipment, including the high-level pool associated with Legendary…
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Defend crystals in the Frosted Hills challenge
Complete the Frosted Hills crystal-defense Phase Beast challenge to earn blue chests for crystals you protect.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Run Sundered Battlefield’s Avoid the Lava challenge
Turn the Sundered Battlefield Avoid the Lava challenge into a chest-focused Phase Beast activity when that portal appears.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Choose Mapworks scrolls for level and monster set
Make each Mapworks purchase fit your current level and the kind of enemies you want to fight.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Repeat the Phase Beast challenge portal
A repeatable activity that turns an overworld Phase Beast into a challenge encounter and a loot reward.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Use Phase Beast portals for gold and uniques
Use region-specific challenge portals as an alternate combat and chest route while collecting randomized loot.
High-level equipment
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High-level equipment
Target armor in Mapworks drops
Use repeatable, level-appropriate Mapworks runs to look for armor upgrades while filtering results by the stats your build needs.
High-level equipment
Farm high-level champion packs
Add dangerous elite encounters to high-level Mapworks clears for more combat drops while pursuing endgame equipment.
High-level equipment
Collect set pieces in New Game Plus
Continue campaign progression into a higher character-level band and look for set equipment that improves or completes your build.
Gold and gambling
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Gold and gambling
Farm Boon the Collector
Seek Boon’s rare summon scroll through named late-game sources, then use it to open a scaled merchant inventory.
Gold and gambling
Gamble for high-level uniques
Spend accumulated gold on random equipment offers when your character can access the item tier you want.
Gold and gambling
Sell unwanted loot to fund gambling
Convert surplus equipment from map and dungeon runs into gold for gambling or additional Mapworks scrolls.
Boss and dungeon loot
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Boss and dungeon loot
Loot the final Mapworks boss chest
Complete a Mapworks scroll through its boss encounter and collect the end-of-route reward opportunity.
Boss and dungeon loot
Farm boss dungeons after resetting zones
Reuse campaign or endgame boss routes for another chance at enemy and chest loot after the area instance resets.
Boss and dungeon loot
Clear Shadow Vault floors for repeatable loot
Use post-campaign Shadow Vault progression to collect loot while testing how far your build can safely advance.
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Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Run high-level Mapworks for Legendary gear
A repeatable endgame route for pursuing level-appropriate equipment, including the high-level pool associated with Legendary…
Gold and gambling
Farm Boon the Collector
Seek Boon’s rare summon scroll through named late-game sources, then use it to open a scaled merchant inventory.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Defend crystals in the Frosted Hills challenge
Complete the Frosted Hills crystal-defense Phase Beast challenge to earn blue chests for crystals you protect.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Run Sundered Battlefield’s Avoid the Lava challenge
Turn the Sundered Battlefield Avoid the Lava challenge into a chest-focused Phase Beast activity when that portal appears.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Choose Mapworks scrolls for level and monster set
Make each Mapworks purchase fit your current level and the kind of enemies you want to fight.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Repeat the Phase Beast challenge portal
A repeatable activity that turns an overworld Phase Beast into a challenge encounter and a loot reward.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Use Phase Beast portals for gold and uniques
Use region-specific challenge portals as an alternate combat and chest route while collecting randomized loot.
Mapworks and Phase Beasts
Find another Phase Beast after an overworld reset
Use overworld map resets to encounter another Phase Beast and roll a fresh challenge portal.
High-level equipment
Target armor in Mapworks drops
Use repeatable, level-appropriate Mapworks runs to look for armor upgrades while filtering results by the stats your build needs.
High-level equipment
Farm high-level champion packs
Add dangerous elite encounters to high-level Mapworks clears for more combat drops while pursuing endgame equipment.
Boss and dungeon loot
Loot the final Mapworks boss chest
Complete a Mapworks scroll through its boss encounter and collect the end-of-route reward opportunity.
High-level equipment
Collect set pieces in New Game Plus
Continue campaign progression into a higher character-level band and look for set equipment that improves or completes your build.
Gold and gambling
Gamble for high-level uniques
Spend accumulated gold on random equipment offers when your character can access the item tier you want.
Boss and dungeon loot
Farm boss dungeons after resetting zones
Reuse campaign or endgame boss routes for another chance at enemy and chest loot after the area instance resets.
Boss and dungeon loot
Clear Shadow Vault floors for repeatable loot
Use post-campaign Shadow Vault progression to collect loot while testing how far your build can safely advance.
Gold and gambling
Sell unwanted loot to fund gambling
Convert surplus equipment from map and dungeon runs into gold for gambling or additional Mapworks scrolls.
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