How to respec and unlock respecing in Rise of the Ronin
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Creating your character and deciding the build you’re running is a big moment in Rise of the Ronin and the game enforces, but the game encourages experimentation by offering you the possibility to respec.
Like many other games with progression systems based on levels and skill trees, in Rise of the Ronin you have the chance to customize the character you play with. The combination of skills and attributes determines how you approach combat in the game as well as the tools available to you.
Since it’s difficult to predict if a combination of skills will be effective or if you will the ending result, Rise of the Ronin has a respec system. In this piece, you learn how to respec and how to unlock respecing in Rise of the Ronin.
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How to unlock respecing in Rise of the Ronin
Before you can start tinkering with your character, you need to unlock the respeccing system of the game. To do so, you need first to progress through the main quest to unlock the longhouse.
After visiting the Pleasure District for the first time during the Follow Your Blade Twin quest, Ryoma Sakamoto invites you to check the longhouse. Visit the location indicated on the map to unlock the place where you can respec.
Longhouses work as safe places where you can meet characters you have established bonds with, talk to them and give them gifts. In addition, you can store items and even change the appearance of your equipment and character.
How to respec in Rise of the Ronin
Although unlocking the longhouse and having access to the respecing system is not difficult, you can’t simply reset the stats and skills for free. First, you need a Brush Kit. You can buy this item from the Black Marketeer, the one outside the longhouse.
Once you have the Brush Kit, you need to visit the longhouse and, in the Relax menu, select the Blade Repair option. You have the chance to reset your character’s Blade Sharpening Origin, which is basically the character class. Doing so, restore all the Skill Points spent and reset the special skills you’ve acquired.
At the early stages of the game, you can’t respec your character constantly because Brush Kit costs Silver Coins. Earning more of this specific currency becomes easier as you go through the main quest and complete side contents. However, in the first hours of the game, you don’t have enough to start spending on Brush Kits.
Now experiment with new builds and find the perfect combination in Rise of the Ronin.