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| Method | How It Works | Platform(s) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | An in-game character (a 'respec guy') resets skill points for gold in the Broken World expansion. Available shortly after completing the early parts of the game. | Broken World Expansion | | Mods - One-Click Button | Adds a custom button to the hotbar/powerbar that, when clicked, instantly resets all allocated skill points for the selected character. | Base Game & Broken World | | Mods - Special NPC | Replaces or adds an NPC (e.g., a bartender) to a town, which you can then interact with to reset your character's skills. | Base Game & Broken World | | Mods - Advanced Skill Unassignment | Allows you to right-click individual skills to remove points from them, providing granular control. Note this respects skill tree dependencies (cannot remove a prerequisite skill if a higher-tier skill is still invested). | Base Game & Broken World | | Mods - Respec Potion | Adds a special "Respec Potion" to your inventory when you first load the game. Using it resets the player character's skill tree. | Base Game & Broken World | | Cheat Trainers | Third-party programs that run alongside the game. They can grant features like infinite skill points to freely reallocate, but may flag your save as a "cheater". | Base Game & Broken World | | Console Commands | For PC players, you can use developer console commands like advskill <skill> <number> to directly adjust skill points. This method may also label you as a cheater. | PC (Base Game & Broken World) |
If you are on PC and the limited respec system feels too punishing, you have alternatives:
Several quality-of-life mods on the Steam Workshop and Nexus Mods backport the Broken World respec system into the main campaign. The systems or total conversion mods often add a custom potion or a town NPC that resets skills for free or for a flat, non-scaling gold fee. Strategy: When Should You Reset Your Skills?
Since official options are limited, most players use mods to enable full respeccing: DS2BW-ResetPoints (GitHub) dungeon siege 2 reset skill points work
The NPC rolls back all passive skills except racial abilities.
If you are looking for an "official" way to reset your skills, your options are tied to the game's expansion:
You are confusing level-based skill points with use-based skill points. In Dungeon Siege 2 , skills increase by using them (e.g., swinging a sword raises Melee). A respec resets only the points you manually allocated. Your base skill levels (gained through use) remain. You are not losing anything; you are just reallocating the bonus points.
You can fix a "messed up" build early in the game without restarting. Console Commands Have a respec tip we missed
Hirelings (mercenaries you recruit) have fixed skill builds. The Scroll of Re-specialization only works on player-created characters and story companions like Lothar or Taar. It has no effect on generic mercenaries.
The Japanese Dungeon Siege 2 wiki notes that skill points return to their unspent state, calculated as "points earned from leveling up plus points earned from quest rewards." This means you never lose the total number of points available to your character—only the specific allocations are cleared.
: This NPC resets all passive skills learned and returns the points spent, though it does not reset racial skills. Community Mods
If the gold cost of the official NPC is too high, or if you want to completely wipe your character's class levels, you must use community-made tools. 1. Elixon’s Elys All-i-One Modification Available shortly after completing the early parts of
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Once you pay, all spent skill points are returned to your character pool. You can immediately redistribute them. Note that this , not your core attribute statistics (Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence) or your overall class level. Alternative Methods: Mods and Editors
: If you just assigned a point but haven't clicked "Confirm" yet, you can simply click the Reset button in the Specialties tab to undo your recent changes. Modded & Unofficial Methods (For Vanilla DS2)
If you only need to change a few points, remember that you earn skill points every time you level up your primary combat discipline. Sometimes it is faster to simply grind a few levels in a new area than it is to risk corrupting a save file with an editor.