Torchlight/Alchemist

While the Alchemist lacks brute force, he is a very powerful spell-caster. The Alchemist can make the most use out of spells with his high mana and magic ratings.

Magic is considered the key attribute for Alchemists, however, note that Magic only affects your wand damage and some skills (see below). Stacking Elemental damage improvement (e.g. +1% Fire damage, etc.) will be vital if you plan to focus on offensive spells.

Starting attributes

• Strength: 6
• Dexterity: 7
• Magic: 10
• Defense: 5
• Health: 200
• Mana: 30

Each level adds 40 health. Mana gain varies, with 7 points average.

Arcane

Tier 1

• Ember Bolt

Effect: Bolts of ember energy seek out their target.

50% magic

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	0	2	3	5	7	10	13	17	21	26
Mana cost	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	14	16
Bolts	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Poison damage +#	10-14	18-25	21-31	26-37	34-49	47-68	62-89	85-122	110-159	147-211
Knockback +#	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Weapon damage %	10	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

• Magic Weapons Expertise

Effect: Mastery of all wands and staves, and reduced requirements for rings and amulets.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mage equipment requirements -#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mage weapon damage +%	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40

Tier 2

• Iceshock

Effect: Hurl a crystal that detonates with a chilling blast, freezing nearby foes.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	5	6	7	9	11	13	16	19	23	28
Mana cost	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	19
Ice damage +#	25-34	30-41	35-48	44-62	55-77	66-92	85-118	106-148	136-191	180-252
Chance to freeze target for 5 seconds %	63	65	68	73	78	83	90	98	108	120

• Critical Strikes

Effect: Increases the chance and improves the damage of all critical strikes.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Critical damage +%	12	24	36	48	60	72	84	96	108	120
Critical hit chance +#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

Tier 3

• Adventurer

Effect: Improves the potency of potions, increases the rate of experience and fame gain, and reduces resurrection penalties.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Experience gain +%	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20
Fame gain +%	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20
Potion effectiveness +%	8	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80

• Ember Lightning

Effect: Blasts foes with a bolt of ember energy.

100% magic

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	10	11	12	13	15	17	20	23	26	30
Mana cost	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	19	21
Weapon damage %	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Electric damage +#	54-221	60-246	66-270	72-295	86-349	100-409	124-505	150-612	178-726	218-892
Knockback +#	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Weapon damage % (secondary)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

• Offensive Spell Mastery

Effect: Increases the level of all offensive magic spells. Spells can be found or bought, and fall under the spells tab in your inventory.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Attack spell levels +#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

Tier 4

• Ember Lance

Effect: Pierces foes with a shaft of blistering energy.

75% magic

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	15	16	17	18	19	21	23	25	28	31
Mana cost	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36
Fire damage +#	61-152	66-165	71-178	77-192	83-206	94-235	107-266	120-298	141-351	163-407

Tier 5

• Pyre

Effect: Hurls a crystal filled with nether flames - flames burns foes over time.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	20	21	22	23	24	25	27	29	31	33
Mana cost	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36
Fire damage +#	61-152	66-165	71-178	77-192	83-206	94-235	107-266	120-298	141-351	163-407

• Advanced Spellcasting

Effect: Reduces the level requirements of all spells and improves mana recharge rate.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Spell learning requirements -#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mana recovery per second	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	12

Tier 6

• Ember Strike

Effect: A bolt of burning energy from the sky strikes the target location.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Mana cost	30	32	34	36	38	40	42	44	46	48
Weapon damage %	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Fire damage +#	305-488	323-516	340-544	359-574	378-604	396-634	416-666	436-697	457-731	478-764

Lore

Tier 1

• Nether Imp

Effect: Summons Nether Imps from the dormant energies of corpses.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	1	2	3	5	7	10	13	17	21	26
Mana cost	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Imps	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6
Health +%	0	0	20	20	40	40	60	60	80	80
Damage +%	0	0	5	5	10	10	15	15	20	20

Tier 2

• Thorned Minions

Effect: Your minions are imbued with crackling energy that reflects the damage foes inflict on them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	5	6	7	9	11	13	16	19	23	28
Mana cost	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32
Damage reflected back for # seconds %	25 / 10	30 / 12	35 / 14	40 / 16	45 / 18	50 / 20	55 / 22	60 / 24	65 / 26	70 / 30

• Pet Mastery

Effect: Your affinity for animals increases your pet and minion's power and decreases the pet's town-travel time.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Pet and minion damage +%	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40
Pet and minion armor +%	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40
Pet town travel time -%	8	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80

Tier 3

• Summon Alchemic Golem

Effect: Summons an alchemical golem to attack your foes.

Level 2: Golem upgrade has increased damage, armor, and health.

Level 3: Golem upgrade has further increased damage, armor, and health.

Level 4: Golem upgrade delivers new Smash Attack.

Level 5: Golem upgrade has increased damage, armor, and health.

Level 6: Golem upgrade has further increased damage, armor, and health.

Level 7: Golem upgrade delivers new Vortex Attack.

Level 8: Golem upgrade has increased damage, resistances, and health.

Level 9: Golem upgrade has further increased damage, resistances, and health.

Level 10: Golem receives ultimate upgrade.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	10	11	12	13	15	17	20	23	26	30
Mana cost	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38

• Charm Spell Mastery

Effect: Increases the level of all charm magic spells. Spells can be found or bough, and fall under the spells tab in your inventory.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Charm spell levels +#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

Tier 4

• Terror

Effect: Causes enemies within range to flee in mortal terror.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	15	16	17	18	19	21	23	25	28	31
Mana cost	8	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Knockback +#	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24
75% change that target flees for # seconds	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7

• Ranged Weapons Expertise

Effect: Mastery of bows, pistols, crossbows, and rifles.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Ranged equipment requirements -#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ranged weapon damage +%	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40

Tier 5

• Burning Blind

Effect: Your minions are enraged, resulting in improved damage and attack speeds.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	20	21	22	23	24	25	27	29	31	33
Mana cost	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32
Physical & elemental damage for # seconds +%	50 / 15	60 / 17	70 / 19	80 / 21	90 / 23	100 / 25	110 / 27	120 / 29	130 / 31	140 / 33
Faster attack for # seconds %	10 / 15	11 / 17	12 / 19	13 / 21	14 / 23	15 / 25	16 / 27	17 / 29	18 / 31	20 / 33

• Barter

Effect: Reduces the purchase prices at merchants, enchanters, and gamblers. Improves the sale prices of your own goods.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Vendor prices -%	6	12	18	24	30	36	42	43	54	60

Tier 6

• Summon Beam Golem

Effect: Summons a golem to blast your foes with a beam of electricity.

Desummon an alchemical golem.

Levels 2-9: Golem gets upgraded damage, critical hit, and reflects a small static charge on attackers.

Level 10: The golem's ultimate upgrade includes a multi-element beam attack.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Mana cost	40	42	44	46	48	50	52	54	56	58

• Treasure Hunter

Effect: Increases the chance to find magic items, and potency of enchantments. Treasure hunters also find more gold.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Gold find +%	3	5	8	10	13	15	18	20	23	25
Magic find +%	3	5	8	10	13	15	18	20	23	25

Battle

Tier 1

• Ember Shock

Effect: A gauntlet overload delivers a devastating charge to a single target. Power diffuses into nearby foes for lesser damage.

100% magic

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	1	2	3	5	7	10	13	17	21	26
Mana cost	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	28
Weapon damage %	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Electric damage +#	49-77	68-108	88-139	129-205	151-239	216-343	288-459	400-636	528-840	710-1129
Chance to stun for 4 seconds %	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Weapon damage % (secondary)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Electric damage +# (secondary)	3-40	4-56	4-72	5-88	7-123	10-177	14-236	19-327	24-432	33-581
Chance to stun for 2 seconds % (secondary)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

• Armor Expertise

Effect: Mastery of all forms of armor reduces requirements and improves armor absorption.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Armor equipment requirements -#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Armor +%	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40

Tier 2

• Ember Shield

Effect: Envelops you in ember energy, absorbing physical damage.

50% defense, 50% magic

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	5	6	7	9	11	13	16	19	23	28
Mana cost	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	21	23
Damage absorption	129	162	194	226	258	291	323	355	387	420
Knockback resistance %	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

• Martial Weapons Expertise

Effect: Mastery of swords, axes, maces, and polearms.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Martial equipment requirements -#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Martial weapon damage +%	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40

Tier 3

• Infuse

Effect: Imbue your weapons with ember energy for increased damage.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	10	11	12	13	15	17	20	23	26	30
Mana cost	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Melee damage for # seconds +%	30 / 30	35 / 35	40 / 40	45 / 45	50 / 50	55 / 55	60 / 60	65 / 65	70 / 70	75 / 75
Ranged damage for # seconds +%	30 / 30	35 / 35	40 / 40	45 / 45	50 / 50	55 / 55	60 / 60	65 / 65	70 / 70	75 / 75

• Defensive Spell Mastery

Effect: Increases the level of all defensive magic spells. Spells can be found or bough, and fall under the spells tab in your inventory.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Defense spell levels +#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

Tier 4

• Frailty

Effect: Enfeebles Nearby enemies, reducing their armor and elemental resistances, and slowing their attacks.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	15	16	17	18	19	21	23	25	28	31
Mana cost	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Physical & elemental armor for # seconds -%	20 / 6	25 / 7	30 / 8	35 / 9	40 / 10	45 / 11	50 / 12	55 / 13	60 / 14	65 / 15
Slower attack for # seconds %	10 / 6	12 / 7	14 / 8	16 / 9	18 / 10	20 / 11	22 / 12	24 / 13	26 / 14	28 / 15
Slower cast speed for # seconds %	10 / 6	12 / 7	14 / 8	16 / 9	18 / 10	20 / 11	22 / 12	24 / 13	26 / 14	28 / 15
Poison damage for # seconds +#	2 / 6	2 / 7	2 / 8	2 / 9	2 / 10	3 / 11	3 / 12	3 / 13	4 / 14	4 / 15

• Dual Wielding

Effect: Improves damage of all weapons when dual-wielding.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Damage +%	6	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60

Tier 5

• Ember Phase

Effect: Phase to a new location dealing damage as you enter and exit nether space.

50% strength, 50% magic

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	20	21	22	23	24	25	27	29	31	33
Mana cost	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Damage +#	78-155	83-165	88-176	94-187	100-199	105-210	117-234	130-260	143-286	157-314
Knockback +#	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Chance to stun for 2 seconds %	42	44	46	48	50	52	56	60	64	68

• Block and Parry

Effect: Increases the chance to block, either with or without shield.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Chance to block +%	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20

Tier 6

• Ember Sentry

Effect: A sentry crystal blasts nearby enemies with a beam of ember energy.

50% magic

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Level required	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Mana cost	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38
Damage +%	136	141	146	151	156	161	166	171	176	181
Summon duration (seconds)	350	371	393	416	448	472	497	522	559	585