Eye of Grell Farming in Torchlight 2

The Eye of Grell is an interesting socketable item I found during my third or fourth time through the Grell boss at the bottom of the Wellspring Temple dungeon. This is one item well worth farming. Why do you want this item? It offers a +3% critical hit chance when socketed to a weapon, but that's not particularly amazing. The proper use for Eye of Grell is in armor and trinkets, where it offers a 3% reduction to all damage taken. This is a literal life saver in HCE, especially when you use multiple eyes together. The game caps you at 75% damage reduction, but that's a lot of eyes. How do you farm them all?

1. Re-roll your world in a LAN or Internet game.
2. Warp to the Temple Steppes in Act 1.
3. Run to the Wellspring Temple. It's always located on the edge of the Temple Steppes map. I usually find it to the southeast of the entrance to the area. It's typically - but not always - located near Skull Hollow.
4. Enter the Wellspring Temple and blitz through the top two floors until you reach General Grell. Depending on your level it may not be worth killing any enemies. I usually stop only to kill Elites so I can pick up their Fame.
5. Defeat General Grell and hope he drops the Eye of Grell. Place it in your shared stash and repeat from step 1. Note: the non-hardcore shared stash is different from the hardcore shared stash. Make sure you farm as a hardcore character if you intend to use the eyes in hardcore.

General Grell

The game seems to drop the Eye of Grell roughly 20% of the time, so it's well worth farming for a few hours.  Equip some magic find gear to improve your chances (fortunately, Grell frequently drops a 9% magic find helmet). The amount of defense your character will gain by stacking 10+ eyes is phenomenal and it makes HCE much more survivable.