Question about healing.

[Wizz]

Is there a place to heal for free in the town, or am I forced to use health potions to heal myself?

[BDK]

There's a number of ways to heal yourself *for free*
1) You'll eventually find a healing spell (self heal or mass heal).
2) Socket your weapon to constantly heal you.

Either way though, there's plenty of healing potions and you'll find a whole shipload of them as well.

[Wizz]

thanks

[CompanyofHeroes_thankSpielberg]

In which map do you first find a healing spell? And does that depend on how leveled up your character is?

[HiFive]

Healing spells are random drops. One is just a self-heal spell. Another is a group-heal spell that will heal your entire group, including your pet and minions. It will use up quite a bit of mana when you cast it.

The best self-healing is by socketing a Core Ember gem into your weapon. That gem will heal you continously. The "cut" or "polished" size ones are best when you reach the higher character levels.

Some weapons will also steal health with every hit.

If the game gives you one of the random beginner dungeons that has a pool or two to fish from, you can sometimes catch a Fish Scale that can be socketed into a piece of armor for a small amount of continuous healing. Rarely do I ever get a fish scale from a fishing pool in a higher-level dungeon, but it can happen. In my many years of Torchlight play, I don't think I've ever gotten a Fish Scale from the stream in town. The chances to get one are much better in fishing pools located in the first three dungeon levels.

The chance to get Fish Eyes is much higher in those lower level pools as well. The Fish Eyes, when used, will increase your experience gain for a set duration.

[CompanyofHeroes_thankSpielberg]

Is it true that once you socket a gem (or a fish scale) into a weapon, the only way to extract that gem is to break the weapon?

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Originally posted by Orthodox:

Is it true that once you socket a gem (or a fish scale) into a weapon, the only way to extract that gem is to break the weapon?

You can either extract the socketable at the cost of the item or destroy the socketable to free up a space in the item for a new socketable.

Spell scrolls are found as random drops or can be purchased from the vendor, they have a randomly generated stock that refreshes over time. I find utility spells most useful (haste, heals, summons, etc.) and avoid direct damage spells.

[HiFive]

Originally posted by Orthodox:

Is it true that once you socket a gem (or a fish scale) into a weapon, the only way to extract that gem is to break the weapon?

True. You cannot keep both. Either you lose the weapon to keep the gem, or you lose the gem to keep the weapon. The 2 ugly guys near the horse at the town entrance will take of this for you.