The Alchemist

Overview

The Alchemist is a magic-focused class in Torchlight. He specializes in magic and summoning, and gains 40 HP and around 7 MP per level. His three skill trees are: Arcane, Lore, and Battle, and he starts with a point in Ember Bolt.

Starting Stats

• HP: 200
• MP: 30
• Strength: 6
• Dexterity: 7
• Magic: 10
• Defense: 5

Skill Trees

Character levels are the only requirement to unlock any skill. All skills have 10 ranks, but only 1 is needed to activate the skill.

Arcane

Lvl Requirement	Skill 1	Skill 2	Skill 3
Start	Ember Bolt Fires 2 bolts that seek out enemies	Magic Weapons Expertise (passive) Increases damage from magical weapons
Lvl 5	Iceshock Throws an exploding ice crystal	Critical Strikes (passive) Increases chance and damage of criticals
Lvl 10	Adventurer (passive) Increases EXP gain and potion effectiveness	Ember Lightning Shocks enemies with electricity	Offensive Spell Mastery (passive) Increases level of offensive spell scrolls
Lvl 15	Ember Lance Channels a beam of pure energy
Lvl 20	Pyre Throws a crystal containing flames to cause fire damage.	Advanced Spellcasting Reduces level requirements to spells
Lvl 25	Ember Strike Strikes an area with a bolt of energy

Lore

Lvl Requirement	Skill 1	Skill 2
Start	Nether Imp Summons a number of imps from corpses
Lvl 5	Thorned Minions Reflects damaged done on minions	Pet Mastery Increases pet damage and armor
Lvl 10	Summon Alchemical Golem Summons a melee golem	Charm Spell Mastery (passive) Increases level of charm spell scrolls
Lvl 15	Terror Causes enemies to flee	Ranged Weapons Expertise (passive) Increases damage from ranged weapons
Lvl 20	Burning Bind Increases minion damage and attack speeds	Barter (passive) Better buying and selling prices
Lvl 25	Summon Beam Golem Summons a ranged golem	Treasure Hunter (passive) Increases gold and items gained

Battle

Lvl Requirement	Skill 1	Skill 2
Start	Ember Shock Shocks a single enemy	Armor Expertise (passive) Increases armor
Lvl 5	Ember Shield Casts a protective shield to absorb damage	Martial Weapons Expertise (passive) Increases damage from melee weapons
Lvl 10	Infuse Increases weapon damage	Defensive Spell Mastery (passive) Increases level of defensive spell scrolls
Lvl 15	Frailty Weakens nearby enemies	Dual Wielding (passive) Increases damage of weapons while dual wielding
Lvl 20	Ember Phase Teleports and damages enemies around entry and exit	Block and Parry Increases chance to block
Lvl 25	Ember Sentry Sets a sentry crystal to attack enemies

Torchlight II

The Alchemist returns in Torchlight II, although he is not a playable character.