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How to Respec Passives

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Path of Exile 2 - How to Respec Passives
Visit the Hooded One to respec your passive skill points in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Read on to see how to unlock skill respec, how to respec and refund your passive skill points, and when is the best time to respec them!

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How to Respec List of Passives

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How to Respec Passives

Follow these steps if you wish to respec your Passive skills:

  1. Talk to The Hooded One
  2. Choose a Passive and Apply Refund

Talk to The Hooded One

How to Respec
Talk to The Hooded One at the Clearfell Encampment and select "Refund Passives" in order to respec. In order to unlock The Hooded One, you must first complete The Mysterious Shade quest as part of Act 1.

Doryani Refunds Passives in the Endgame

After finishing Cruel Mode and unlocking the Atlas, Doryani replaces The Hooded One as the NPC that can refund your Passives. Even if you can put The Hooded One in Hideouts, it is currently not working!

List of Hideout and Decorations

Choose a Passive and Apply Refund

Apply Refund
On the skill screen, choose the Passive you wish to refund and hit Apply Refunds to spend some Gold and complete the respec. After doing so, you can allocate skills with your newly acquired points.

However, keep in mind that each refund instance will increase the amount of gold needed to refund, so plan out what you want to refund beforehand in conjunction with the amount of gold you have.

Furthermore, if you want to remove an attribute instead of changing it, it is only possible if the attribute is not connected to other nodes, meaning you can only remove them if they are at the end of the tree.

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How to Unlock Skill Respec

Finish The Mysterious Shade Quest

Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) Witness the Revival of the Hooded One

You can unlock the ability to respec by completing the quest The Mysterious Shade and witnessing the revival of The Hooded One. This NPC will be the one you need to talk to in order to respec your Passives.

The Mysterious Shade Quest Walkthrough

Best Time to Respec

During the Early Game

By having the ability to respec, Path of Exile 2 gives the player more agency and freedom during the early game by having the ability to experiment with different build paths without much pressure!

During Build Experimentation Phase

There will come a time when you will feel like the current build you are playing is not resonating with your playstyle or lacking in strength. During these moments, it should be in your best interest to respec your passive skill tree and try something different!

Improvements on the Original

With the previous title, if you do not have the necessary experience or refrain from following a guide, progressing the game becomes significantly challenging. With the newer passive skill tree system, gameplay will become much more lucrative for all players, old or new!

Latest Patch Changes

Refund All Passives

As of Patch 0.2.1, you now have an option to Refund All Passives whenever you have enough Gold to respec all of them at The Hooded One. This makes respeccing your character much easier in the late game, especially when you want to try out different builds.

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1 Anonymous Anonymous 11 months

Cannot respec attributes (Strength, Dexterity, or Intelligence) on console (ps5). Help me please. Instead of erasing this node it offers to re-select the attribute (

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