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How to respec in Avowed

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Avowed is a very flexible game in terms of letting you use any weapon or piece of armor you want. Having a variety of offensive options is one of the best tips and tricks we can give you, but skills are slightly different. You will be investing points into your stats, to unlock abilities, and unlock companion abilities as you earn XP and level up. These skills will completely change how your game plays both in and out of combat, but you don't have to stick with whatever direction you picked first if you end up regretting it. Here's how you can respec your character in Avowed.

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Difficulty

Easy

Duration

5 minutes

What You Need

  • Gold

A character sheet in Avowed.
Obsidian

How to respec

You can respec your skills, abilities, and companion abilities individually in Avowed. There is a cost associated with doing so, but it is so small that it should never be a barrier.

Step 1: Pause the game and go to either your Character, or Abilities tab.

Step 2: If you want to refund your character points, which determine your stats and dialogue options, hold Y on controller or press R on PC to spend 100 gold to reset your spent points.

Step 3: If you are resetting abilities, you will need to go to the Ability tab and press the same button.

You cannot reset a single skill tree, however. If you reset your ability points, every ability tree will be reset.

Step 4: Finally, you can go to the Companion tab in the Abilities menu to reset each individual companion's skills.

Respecing initially costs 100 gold, but the price increases the higher level you get. Again, it never becomes too big of a barrier to do, but be aware that you won't be able to do it as much as you want later in the game.

Jesse Lennox
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