Torchlight III: Relic skills and perks guide
Torchlight III has relics such as Bane and Coldheart, each with unique skills and upgrades. Here's our guide to help you out.
Bane (poison)
The Bane relic was the first one I unlocked in Torchlight III and it remained quite useful while leveling. This was primarily due to the connection issues I experienced while playing the campaign.
Since the Bane relic had a passive that spawned spiderlings (Eight-legged Allies), these provided a worthwhile distraction for mobs. Despite the horrendous lag, those little critters prevented me from being swarmed by enemies all the time.
Main ability: Miasma – 55% chance to poison for 50% weapon damage for 4 seconds; poison storm cloud also does a damage-over-time (DOT) effect for 50% weapon damage; +25% damage buff for all allies within range
- Critical Striker – Increased critical hit chance while Bane is active; max 25%.
- Increased Toxicity – Increased chance to poison enemies on-hit while Bane is active; max 100%.
Active skill: Venomous Maw – Summons an ancient spider spirit that moves forward in a straight line; causes 140% weapon damage on impact and an additional 140% weapon damage DOT effect for 4 seconds.
- Deadly Maw – Increases the damage of Venomous Maw.
- Endless Maw – Lowers the cooldown of Venomous Maw.
Passive 1: Spread of Death – Hitting a poisoned enemy has a 35% chance to spawn missiles that do an additional 45% damage.
- Deadlier Bolts – Increases the damage of procced missiles.
- Kiss of Death – Increases the chance of missiles spawning.
Passive 2: Eight-legged Allies – 40% chance to spawn poison spiderlings when you kill a poisoned enemy; can have up to six spiders that last 10 seconds.
- Egg Clusters – Increased chance to summon spiderlings.
- Arachnid Army – Increases the number of spiderlings that can be summoned; +1 spider per rank-up.
Passive 3: Contagion – Miasma now spreads to enemies.
Not a fan of the Bane relic’s poisons? How about the Coldheart relic’s frosty capabilities?
