Torchlight 2, one of the best dungeon crawling loot fests on PC, has a lively modding community, adding tons of new content and balancing the game. These mods range from minor, like a slight change to your UI, to enormous changes, like dozens of hours of new content.
To the gamers out there versed in modding their games, like the fans of Fallout and Skyrim used to having over 150 mods working at once, Torchlight is a different change of pace. Torchlight, due to technical limitations, has a limit of 10 mods running at once. That’s why this list includes mod-packs as opposed to specific mods within those packs, that way you can get the most bang for your buck!
Additionally, Twinfinite has tested the compatibility of all 10 of these mods working at the same time, resulting in very few bugs and no game crashes, however every gaming rig is different and results may vary. This list was ordered to show which mods you should download first, but always make sure to check the description of every mod you use to make sure the order in which you load the mods in-game is correct!
Synergies Mod
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This is probably the most important mod on this list, because it is enormous. The Synergies mod might as well be considered an expansion pack for the game, considering it adds a ludicrous amount of original content while also reworking vanilla content. In addition to three new classes, the mod adds new towns, new dungeons, and even revamps new game plus, adding new content to the higher tiers of playthroughs, such as unique legendary weapons, new awesome looking armors, and even new bosses.
Of all the mods on this list, this is objectively the most important, because without it you’re missing out on a lot of crazy cool content. However, this mod may be problematic for some, because it makes the game quite a bit harder, being balanced around the harder difficulties. Additionally, this mod may kill a lot of players’ framerate, because you’ll often run into literal hordes of enemies ranging in the dozens, which, unless you have a crazy powerful computer, is going to bring the game to a halt at times. If you don’t have a moderately strong computer, you might have no choice but to skip this one.
Nevertheless, if you don’t have framerate issues, mowing down tons of enemies is incredibly fun and makes the combat a much more satisfying experience.
This post was originally written by Babak Abrishamchian.
Torchlight 2 Essentials
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This does a lot, but unlike Synergies, this mod is all about improving your Torchlight experience by bundling other mods together as opposed to Synergies, which makes it a whole new game. The Torchlight 2 Essentials modpack is a collection of, well, essential mods. The mods in this pack are all heavy in content, such as new classes, new dungeons, and new pets, but are still
Most of these are very good quality-of-life mods like Minimalist Loot Borders, which aims to unclutter the screen when tons of loot is scattered around the ground, or the Respec / Restat potions which let you reset your character’s stats by purchasing an item in-game. However others are much more substantial, and make noticable changes to gameplay. Examples include Arkham’s Armory, which adds tons of new unique weapons to the game, or Blank’s Landmarks which adds tons of new dungeons with new layouts.
BAGMOD
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One of the best things about dungeon crawlers is loot, selling that loot, and getting even better loot! Sometimes, or rather all the time in Torchlight, you’ll run out of bag space and would rather not send your pet back to town to sell your junk gear. BAGMOD fixes this, by increasing the size of your inventory, stash, and shared stash by adding tabs for organization.
By having three pages worth of inventory space, you can focus less on managing your loot and waiting for your pet to come back from town, and get back to hacking and slashing!
JPCC’s HUD Pack
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An important part of dungeon crawlers is a clean, cohesive UI. Torchlight 2 doesn’t have a bad UI, but there’s nothing wrong with improving on it. JPCC’s HUD pack mod mixes tons of mods to improve the game’s HUD, making it easier to see what you’re doing. This makes improvements on your toolbar, portraits and their information, and even improves the appearance of your inventory without affecting the BAGMOD mod.
StarterPets Extended
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See, its great to have a ferret, but what about a Dragon, or a Warbeast? The mod StarterPets Extended gives players this option. Yes, it could be considered cheating to let you start with what’s essentially an end-game pet buff, but don’t act like you wouldn’t love to have a flying Dragon right from the get-go?
Using the mod, it doesn’t take you out of the experience as much as you’d first think, as you eventually get used to the unique pet being less of an actual pet and more of an ally.
The Endless Dungeon
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Its all in the title with this mod, because the Endless Dungeon is exactly that. Well, not really its actually a 26-floor dungeon but that’s still the longest the game has to offer. Every time you go into the dungeon, the order of those 26 floors is different. On top of that, the enemies in the dungeon start at your level, and get tougher as you get deeper in. To put it simply, its the end-game dungeon the game was missing before.
8 Player Multiplayer
Best Torchlight 2 Mods
This is the mod for the madmen, and the social. Imagine playing Torchlight with 8 of your friends all using the Synergies mod, hacking and slashing through hordes of enemies in a flurry of spells and other attacks. Now, actually assembling 8 people to play Torchlight 2 together may be difficult, but it would undeniably be legendary.
Do be warned though, if you’re going to take the plunge into an 8 player LAN party, make sure you and your friends have beefy computers, because this is going to cost a lot of computing power.
Blank’s Landmarks
Best Torchlight 2 Mods
Now, if you read the Torchlight 2 Essentials, you’d notice the Blank’s landmarks mod was already a part of this list. The problem, is that if you want to run both Synergies Mod and Torchlight 2 Essentials, you’ll need to install Blank’s Landmarks standalone. This is because of minor incompatibility issues, but if you download this mod on its own, you shouldn’t run into any bugs. Dungeon crawlers can get very repetitive, especially if you’re playing on your own. That’s where Blank’s Landmarks come in! This adds tons of new layouts for dungeons, meaning dungeons you’ve visited before will have new areas you haven’t seen in the game.
They’re very creative and make a huge difference when exploring dungeons.
Awesome Classes
Best Torchlight 2 Mods
Sick of playing the game’s original 4 classes? This mod adds a whopping seven unique classes, all with unique skills and skill trees. Although they all use weapons already in the game, the weapon mods included in Synergies and Torchlight 2 Essentials should help with variety in customization. There are some crazy fun and interesting classes in here, namely the Dragon Prince and Dread Pirate.
The Dragon Prince mixes the toughness of berserkers with the fire and summoning of mages and necromancers. Its a very easy-to-play class that has some really interesting skillsets. The Dread Pirate is easily the most unique class in this mod, focusing on using a sword and a gun, which no other class does. Crazy skills for the class include throwing barrels of gunpowder at your opponent, or summoning skeleton pirates to help you. You can expect as much variety in the other five classes for this mod!
Ultimate Boss Chests
Best Torchlight 2 Mods
This mod completely revamps the rewards for beating bosses. When you beat a particularly strong boss, you expect a mountain of loot to come raining out from either the boss, or the chest they were guarding. Sometimes in Torchlight 2, you get to the end of a dungeon, beat the boss, and you’re just kind of disappointed. Sometimes the loot isn’t very interesting, or maybe there isn’t enough of it. There’s nothing worse than digging through dozens of pieces of loot and realizing nothing in there is better than the gear you already have.
Ultimate Boss Chests basically upgrades all the loot you’ll be getting from beating a boss. This may be interpreted as cheating for some, which is understandable, but if you’re playing with the Synergies mod at the highest level, you’re both going to need and deserve the better loot you’re getting from those tougher bosses.
Have any mods you like that didn’t show up on this list? Let us know in the comments below!
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