Torchlight 3 offers you several ways to specialize your character but changing your Active and Passive skills is a little different from previous games. For starters, it is important to know that Relics cannot be changed once selected.
This means that if you plan to build a Bane Relic Railmaster to make your enemies feel the pain of the Bane Train, you cannot later switch to another Relic like Blood Drinker. This could potentially change in the future, but for now, it is a permanent part of your character, so choose carefully.
Head to Your Fort
Your Fort is where all the action happens. Each class has its own space to access skill changes, and these are provided early on while adventuring and are placed like any other decoration:
- Dusk Mage – Arcanum
- Sharpshooter – Arms Card
- The Forged – Automation Shop
- Railmaster – Workshop
Accessing your character-appropriate station will bring up the same screen as though you were selecting a new skill. Changing skills requires the use of Respectacles, a rare-quality item found while adventuring. At low levels, these are hard to come by, and finishing the main story for the first time will net you around 15-20, which does not seem like a lot considering that the total number of skill points at max level is 70.
As a result, you should be careful with how you spend points early on. Check out some build guides on the official Torchlight 3 Discord channel, watch some YouTube videos, or simply theory craft for yourself. Another good idea is not to always spend points right as you get them. It is quite easy to progress and save points, and gear can often provide skill ranks to abilities as though you had dumped those previous points in.
Luckily, changing skills is far easier at the endgame, which involves farming gear through Fzeer’s Dun’djinn. Respectacles are far easier to find there, and they also become common once you complete any of the main Contracts. These include Adventurer, Craftsman, and Homesteader, which resemble Battle Pass tiers and are levelled by accumulating Fame. Once complete, they all “loop” around forever with ten tiers of items, which is another source of Respectacles.
Best of luck to everyone as they begin their adventures in Torchlight 3!