How to respec in Path of Exile 2

You can respec in Path of Exile 2, a process that allows you to refund your passive skill tree points

The massive and winding skill tree of Path of Exile 2 will leave you with a seemingly limitless amount of choices to make when designing your builds. It’s very easy to get lost and choose passive skills that might not be as optimal for your build, which is why respeccing is so vital.

Here’s when you unlock respec and how to respec in Path of Exile 2.

How to respec in Path of Exile 2

To respec in Path of Exile 2, you must first complete the “Sorrow Among Stones” quest in Act 1 to revive The Hooded One at Clearfell Encampment. Reaching this point in Path of Exile 2 can take a couple hours if you’re rushing, or roughly five hours if you’re taking your time.

Once The Hooded One has been revived, you can interact with them to respec your skill points in exchange for gold.

Respeccing can be very costly early on, as you won’t have a lot of gold on your first character and the gold cost scales exponentially per level. Luckily, your gold will carry onto your other characters, so you will rack up a ton of gold as long as you’re not playing hardcore or solo self-found.

Additionally, ascendancy skill points cost five times the amount of gold as a passive skill point, so be extra careful when choosing your ascendancy skill points as they may be even more costly down the road.