One of the biggest decisions a player has to make when they're building their Exile in Path of Exile 2 is what Ascendancy to pick. This is a defining feature of a build and has a massive impact on viability.
Thankfully, GGG allows players to respec their Ascendancy and reroll their character into a different build. However, unlike the passive skill tree and the Atlas Skill tree, which only require a small gold amount per node, the process of respeccing an Ascendancy is a lot more involved. Here is how it works.
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How to Respec Ascendancy in PoE 2
The process of respeccing an Ascendancy is quite similar to unlocking Ascendancy classes in Path of Exile 2. All players need to do is reattempt a Trial of the Sekhemas or a Trial of Chaos to change their Ascendancy. However, the process is slightly different depending on your character's level of Ascension. Here are the patch notes:
- Redoing an Ascendancy Trial now allows you to respec which Ascendancy Class you have chosen at the Ascension device, but only if the Trial would grant you the number of points you already have.
- In order to respec your Ascendancy class, you must have zero points allocated in it, but you can now talk to Balbala or The Trialmaster to Refund Passive Points.
- Trials of Chaos that have 7 chambers and thus grant up to 4 Ascendancy Passive Skill Points now can be attempted from level 55, down from 60.
- Trials of Chaos that have 10 chambers and thus grant up to 6 Ascendancy Passive Skill Points can now be attempted from level 65, down from 75.
Completing an Ascendancy Trial for the second time (Trial of the Sekhemas or Trial of Chaos) will allow players to change their character's Ascendancy selection. However, this option will only be available if the Trial you have completed corresponds to the amount of Ascendancy points you have.
So, if you have a character who has only unlocked their first two Ascension points, i.e., they've only completed the Trial at the lowest difficulty, they will be able to change their Ascendancy easily. However, if you have a character who has unlocked all eight Ascension points and has completed the 4th Ascendancy Trial at the highest level (e.g., by defeating Zarokh, the Temporal), they will only have the option to change their Ascendancy if they complete a Trial of the same level, with a level 75+ Inscribed Ultimatum (Trialmaster) or a Level 75+ Djinn Barya (Zarokh). Even if these max Ascension level characters complete a lower-level variant of the Ascendancy Trial, they will not see the option to change Ascendancy.
Secondly, in order to change Ascendancy, players will first have to remove any allocated points from their Ascendancy-exclusive Skills before interacting with the Ascension Device. Luckily, you will not need to travel back to your hideout to do so; Balbala in the Trial of the Sekhemas and Trialmaster in the Trial of Chaos will appear next to the device and allow you to remove these points.
Make sure you have enough Gold to remove your Ascendancy points before venturing into a Trial for a respec. The Gold cost can get staggeringly high at later levels.
Path of Exile II
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 88 /100 Critics Rec: 100%
- Released
- December 6, 2024
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Nudity, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Language, Users Interact, In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items)
- Developer(s)
- Grinding Gear Games
- Publisher(s)
- Grinding Gear Games
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG, Hack and Slash, MMORPG
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC
