Torchlight
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Superstar
Achieve maximum fame
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How to unlock the Superstar achievement in Torchlight - Definitive Guide
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You should be around level 19-20 fame simply by playing through the story mission and the side quests offered throughout your journey. After killing the final boss, a bonus dungeon will open along with another 3 quests.
This dungeon is full of tougher enemies and great loot. Each floor has at least 2 champion monsters on it, so couple this with the 3 quests you'll get on each floor, and that's thousands of fame per floor. I got the achievement on floor 9 so didn't really have to grind much at all. Plus you level up very fast and get some great gear.
It can be very advantageous to put 10 points into the "Adventurer" skill that increases the amount of XP and fame you get early on to cut down on further grinding time. The achievement unlocks when you reach level 33 fame (though the maximum level of fame is actually level 55).
This dungeon is full of tougher enemies and great loot. Each floor has at least 2 champion monsters on it, so couple this with the 3 quests you'll get on each floor, and that's thousands of fame per floor. I got the achievement on floor 9 so didn't really have to grind much at all. Plus you level up very fast and get some great gear.
It can be very advantageous to put 10 points into the "Adventurer" skill that increases the amount of XP and fame you get early on to cut down on further grinding time. The achievement unlocks when you reach level 33 fame (though the maximum level of fame is actually level 55).
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To clarify I just did this July 2022. If anyone is reading through this thread like me the post about using the new dungeon that unlocks and killing elites and doing the quests is a terrible way to get to max fame (lvl 33)
As others said the far and away best method is buying map scrolls(20-??) And resetting. Few important points I didn't read before starting. If you leave on level one it closes forever, and if you get to level 2 and take the portal is closes forever. The trick is getting from level one to level two and resetting by traveling between the two. There is almost always 3 elites on the small second level so you kill them, travel back to level one, reset, and go back to two.
Important note to save you time as I learned hard way. You cannot town portal out of this place. I recommend coming with like 250 Identify scrolls and send you pet to sell stuff. Also be warned if you're like me and think ah I'll just go to town and upgrade my stuff and start a new map scroll and come back and do this I would advise against. I started first one at level 30 and got about 14 levels in span of 45-60 mins. I decided at 31 fame to go to town. However next map I stead of being level 30 the monsters were now 43. I got double the fame but it took me 3-4x longer to kill them. If you're going for this achievement as fast as possible I'd recommend maxing your build early ao you can do it quickly and just stay in one map the entire time. Obviously 20 might be too low to stay down there forever. The first map when they were low 30s and were giving 3500 fame for fast kills was a sweet spot.
As others said the far and away best method is buying map scrolls(20-??) And resetting. Few important points I didn't read before starting. If you leave on level one it closes forever, and if you get to level 2 and take the portal is closes forever. The trick is getting from level one to level two and resetting by traveling between the two. There is almost always 3 elites on the small second level so you kill them, travel back to level one, reset, and go back to two.
Important note to save you time as I learned hard way. You cannot town portal out of this place. I recommend coming with like 250 Identify scrolls and send you pet to sell stuff. Also be warned if you're like me and think ah I'll just go to town and upgrade my stuff and start a new map scroll and come back and do this I would advise against. I started first one at level 30 and got about 14 levels in span of 45-60 mins. I decided at 31 fame to go to town. However next map I stead of being level 30 the monsters were now 43. I got double the fame but it took me 3-4x longer to kill them. If you're going for this achievement as fast as possible I'd recommend maxing your build early ao you can do it quickly and just stay in one map the entire time. Obviously 20 might be too low to stay down there forever. The first map when they were low 30s and were giving 3500 fame for fast kills was a sweet spot.
By JustDLeigh on 24 Jul 2022 17:03
Thats exactly how I got it last night. Just wanted to add the name of that talent that increases fame is called Adventurer, and it increases XP gain and potion effectiveness as well. But I recommend maxing that out early as well.
By Bordozo on 10 Mar 2011 17:57
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Through the main storyline, i ended up having 17 fame, which left me halfway there with Fame, this is with me maxing out "Adventurer" as soon as possible.
I tried being as fast as possible with skipping the biggest amount of mobs as possible, and focusing the champion mobs; and this put me at 8 hours and 20 minutes ingame when the achievement popped.
As ponypo2001 mentioned, the achievement will unlock at level 33 fame, and the main storyline should take about half the time of the entire playthrough.
At first i went with the standard "extra" dungeon, that only has 2 champion mobs in it, and after going through 10 levels i felt like i needed a change. I went with buying the "20-???" portal scrolls, and that was a lot faster. These levels consists of 2 levels, that has 5-9 champions mobs on it, and with Adventurer skill, i got a level up on fame per run, leaving me at buying 11 scrolls in total. I managed to run through the two levels in about 10 minutes, and id recommend anyone doing it this way.
It is worth mentioning that i did not complete the associated quests with each level of the "extra" dungeon, it might be faster with doing those
I was level 46 when i popped the achievement
I tried being as fast as possible with skipping the biggest amount of mobs as possible, and focusing the champion mobs; and this put me at 8 hours and 20 minutes ingame when the achievement popped.
As ponypo2001 mentioned, the achievement will unlock at level 33 fame, and the main storyline should take about half the time of the entire playthrough.
At first i went with the standard "extra" dungeon, that only has 2 champion mobs in it, and after going through 10 levels i felt like i needed a change. I went with buying the "20-???" portal scrolls, and that was a lot faster. These levels consists of 2 levels, that has 5-9 champions mobs on it, and with Adventurer skill, i got a level up on fame per run, leaving me at buying 11 scrolls in total. I managed to run through the two levels in about 10 minutes, and id recommend anyone doing it this way.
It is worth mentioning that i did not complete the associated quests with each level of the "extra" dungeon, it might be faster with doing those
I was level 46 when i popped the achievement
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Nice, I didn't know the dungeons scroll system. Good work!
By Eleith on 21 Mar 2011 11:25
Where do you buy these scrolls?
By FishyOutOfWater on 30 Mar 2011 23:33
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The other solutions are great. I did the "20-???" portal scrolls and banged it out pretty quickly. Here are some tips for the grind:
- If you are reading this before starting the game, play on easy. I played on medium and, at that difficulty, the grinding levels will be full of these wizard things that can kill you pretty quickly (see below). You can't switch difficulty after starting the game :(
- While playing the game, pick a weapon class and stick with it. This allows you to dogpile all your ability points into one ability, maximizing your damage. You might need to put a few points into the other abilities in order to use some armor or weapons, but it won't be much (20-30 points, maybe). As far as I can tell, they are only used for combat with particular weapon types and don't affect anything else (e.g. strength doesn't affect how much you can carry, etc.).
- As mentioned in the other solutions, you want to have Adventurer maxed. Use a potion of respec if you need to reassign your points. Have a friend gift you one and it'll be free.
- Whether you are using the special dungeon or 20-??? portal scrolls, ignore as many of the grunts as you can manage and hunt down the larger, fame-giving monsters. You can drastically cut down on the time it takes to grind out the achievement doing this. I also ignored most treasure pickups unless they were close.
- Make haste one of your spells. You can cover ground much more quickly that way and run past a lot of the mobs when looking for the fame monsters. This is useful for the main game as well.
- Give your pet a summon spell as one of its spells. The creatures it brings in make nice distractions for the mobs while you hammer on the fame monsters. Your pet will use it fairly often.
- Try to keep your pet from fleeing by using the "heal all" spell when its health gets low. Pets are pretty much worthless in combat but make convenient distractions. The heal all spell is almost identical to the heal self spell except for a trivial increase in mana cost.
- Your main weapon should restore health on hits. It's best if this is a natural enchantment of the weapon (either when you bought/acquired it or via the enchanter). You can use a gem in a socket for this but it takes a loooong time to get even a decent gem and it will be nowhere near as much health as an enchantment.
- Gems are a waste of time. Just sell them. If you get an item with sockets, buy whatever the gem seller has to fill them. You can get much better results from the enchanter (just remember to quit to dash if you get hosed).
- The better/worse arrows in the inventory are not reliable when you have a lot of enchantments on a piece of equipment. I think they just consider DPS and armor value. Be careful of that when replacing things. Also, you will never complete an equipment set, so don't even bother trying.
- Be careful of the wizard things that summon little skeleton guys at high levels (I forget the name - "dark" something or other). They summon little fast-moving little skeleton guys and cast powerful spells. One at a time they are not that bad but they can be deadly in groups.
- The little energy ball things can also be unexpectedly deadly in large groups. Their attacks make the screen really busy so it's hard to tell when you are getting mobbed.
- Clear out the mobs around a fame monster before tackling it, especially spawners like the gravedigger. If you don't do this, you can get unexpectedly mobbed and it's frustrating to have to run back to where you died.
- Make sure you keep an eye on your health. The game is crazy easy on medium difficulty except for when you get mobbed by tons of baddies and when this happens, you can die surprisingly quickly. When things get hairy, pop off a push-back spell or haste to a safe spot to heal up. Also, don't be afraid to use health potions when you need them since there a lot of them throughout the game.
- If you are doing the bonus dungeon, make sure to complete both quests from the guys by the door, or three if you managed to finish the ember guy quests so you can do them in the bonus dungeon. Before going down the staircase at the end of a level, use a town portal to return to town and complete the quests. When you get new ones, they will be for the next level (which you are about to start).
Happy grinding!
- If you are reading this before starting the game, play on easy. I played on medium and, at that difficulty, the grinding levels will be full of these wizard things that can kill you pretty quickly (see below). You can't switch difficulty after starting the game :(
- While playing the game, pick a weapon class and stick with it. This allows you to dogpile all your ability points into one ability, maximizing your damage. You might need to put a few points into the other abilities in order to use some armor or weapons, but it won't be much (20-30 points, maybe). As far as I can tell, they are only used for combat with particular weapon types and don't affect anything else (e.g. strength doesn't affect how much you can carry, etc.).
- As mentioned in the other solutions, you want to have Adventurer maxed. Use a potion of respec if you need to reassign your points. Have a friend gift you one and it'll be free.
- Whether you are using the special dungeon or 20-??? portal scrolls, ignore as many of the grunts as you can manage and hunt down the larger, fame-giving monsters. You can drastically cut down on the time it takes to grind out the achievement doing this. I also ignored most treasure pickups unless they were close.
- Make haste one of your spells. You can cover ground much more quickly that way and run past a lot of the mobs when looking for the fame monsters. This is useful for the main game as well.
- Give your pet a summon spell as one of its spells. The creatures it brings in make nice distractions for the mobs while you hammer on the fame monsters. Your pet will use it fairly often.
- Try to keep your pet from fleeing by using the "heal all" spell when its health gets low. Pets are pretty much worthless in combat but make convenient distractions. The heal all spell is almost identical to the heal self spell except for a trivial increase in mana cost.
- Your main weapon should restore health on hits. It's best if this is a natural enchantment of the weapon (either when you bought/acquired it or via the enchanter). You can use a gem in a socket for this but it takes a loooong time to get even a decent gem and it will be nowhere near as much health as an enchantment.
- Gems are a waste of time. Just sell them. If you get an item with sockets, buy whatever the gem seller has to fill them. You can get much better results from the enchanter (just remember to quit to dash if you get hosed).
- The better/worse arrows in the inventory are not reliable when you have a lot of enchantments on a piece of equipment. I think they just consider DPS and armor value. Be careful of that when replacing things. Also, you will never complete an equipment set, so don't even bother trying.
- Be careful of the wizard things that summon little skeleton guys at high levels (I forget the name - "dark" something or other). They summon little fast-moving little skeleton guys and cast powerful spells. One at a time they are not that bad but they can be deadly in groups.
- The little energy ball things can also be unexpectedly deadly in large groups. Their attacks make the screen really busy so it's hard to tell when you are getting mobbed.
- Clear out the mobs around a fame monster before tackling it, especially spawners like the gravedigger. If you don't do this, you can get unexpectedly mobbed and it's frustrating to have to run back to where you died.
- Make sure you keep an eye on your health. The game is crazy easy on medium difficulty except for when you get mobbed by tons of baddies and when this happens, you can die surprisingly quickly. When things get hairy, pop off a push-back spell or haste to a safe spot to heal up. Also, don't be afraid to use health potions when you need them since there a lot of them throughout the game.
- If you are doing the bonus dungeon, make sure to complete both quests from the guys by the door, or three if you managed to finish the ember guy quests so you can do them in the bonus dungeon. Before going down the staircase at the end of a level, use a town portal to return to town and complete the quests. When you get new ones, they will be for the next level (which you are about to start).
Happy grinding!
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When I go back up, and then down nothing respawns
By MrNoLuckFox on 07 Feb 2023 19:09
As Bellatrixz said, use the level 20-?? Scroll, but here's the thing I learned after running about 5 or 6 of them.
When you finish the downstairs floor, DO NOT exit the scroll through the portal, just go back upstairs and then back down stairs and the enemies reset! I would just do the bottom floor over and over with anywhere from 1 to 4 champion monsters. I got fame level 27-33 in about 30-40 minutes. Where as 22-27 took me like 6 full runs of 10 minutes each.
When you finish the downstairs floor, DO NOT exit the scroll through the portal, just go back upstairs and then back down stairs and the enemies reset! I would just do the bottom floor over and over with anywhere from 1 to 4 champion monsters. I got fame level 27-33 in about 30-40 minutes. Where as 22-27 took me like 6 full runs of 10 minutes each.
By Lareves on 12 Jul 2020 05:35
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I unlocked this by hitting Fame Tier 55. I did try and look it up to find out the maximum for the achievement, but randomly got it while playing. Have read since there are ways to shortcut the process, not sure from personal experience.
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To achieve the maximum fame, it must be level 33 (Demigod). You can still gain more levels in fame even though the achievement calls it maximum. This will require you earn 756,000 fame experience points. You earn fame by defeating Champions (rare monster who have specific names). They're usually either bigger than other enemies, or glowing (or both). You should see a couple of them a floor, especially in higher numbered floors. As you level enemies level, as will the fame you get per Champion monster killed. You'll be getting around 10k for each Champion you kill once you're a specific level.
Each class has a specific skill that grants you more experience and fame. You will want to max out right away to save time. This skill is called Adventurer. You'll have to kill roughly 200+ champions to get the max fame level. You can check how many you have killed in your stats screen. You will be able to get this skill, with any class, at level 10.
