Torchlight: Infinite Season SS14 Tartarus Adds Netherrealm Prison System on October 15

Torchlight: Infinite's next major content update, Season SS14 Tartarus, goes live on October 15, developer XD Inc. announced. The new season asks players to manage a 16-cell Netherrealm prison full of inmates they will eventually have to fight themselves—a process that seems designed to test how badly you can mismanage a facility before paying for it directly.

The Tartarus system unfolds across three distinct phases. First, players hunt down runaway prisoners across the world to collect their nameplates. From there, you populate a circular prison layout, pitting inmates against each other or training them against wild beasts to raise their stats. After 20 turns of construction, those exact prisoners transform into the hostile bosses guarding three distinct prison floors across six difficulty settings, with rewards scaling based on how many you defeat and how strong you made them.

Beyond the prison management loop, SS14 introduces a new Hero Trait for Spacetime Witness Youga built around automated spell cycles. His Clockwork Core triggers Entanglement skills automatically, while critical strikes reduce skill cooldowns. Youga's progression branches into three development paths: Spacetime Dictator for projectiles and time manipulation, Spacetime Conqueror for mobility and damage-linking via Time-Rift Traversal, and Spacetime Dominator for spell enhancements through Spacetime Overload.

The update also adds animal Followers from four distinct tribes: wolves, rats, lions, and elephants. Recruited using Letters of Introduction, these companions provide active and support skills including combat buffs, shield protection, and enemy debuffs, with higher Netherrealm difficulty tiers unlocking better abilities.

The details

• Launch date: October 15
• Platforms: iOS, Android
• Core features: 16-cell Tartarus prison mode, Spacetime Witness Youga hero trait, animal follower system

Building your own endgame boss fights is certainly one way to handle seasonal content, provided you don't accidentally construct something you can't actually defeat.