In Elden Ring, you can respec your character and reset your stats. You need to unlock that ability first though. We will show you how to respec and redistribute your attributes in Elden Ring.
Elden Ring offers players incredible freedom. And not only thanks to the excellent open world, no, also in terms of your builds. You can literally do what you want. Strength build with a fat sword? No problem! Bleed build with the Rivers of Blood? Sure! Fat tank with Magic? Why not? With so much freedom and so many different weapons and items with different requirements, (we recommend the Moonveil Katana, btw), it can of course happen that you skill your character in a wrong way, or you suddenly realize that a pure Mage build just isn't that much fun and you'd rather go into melee. No worries, because you can respec your character in Elden Ring and reset your stats.
For a small price, you can redistribute all your skill points and undo mistakes or try completely new builds. In this guide, we'll show you how and where to do that and what you need to do for a respec in Elden Ring.
Elden Ring Respec: How To Reset Your Attributes & Stats
In order to respec, you must first reach a certain point in the game. To be precise, you must have defeated the boss Rennala. The lady in question is located in Liurnia of the Lakes and is the boss at the end of the Raya Lucaria Academy. Luckily for you, we already have a detailed guide on how to defeat Rennala.
If you haven't reached that point in the game yet, just follow that guide and then come back here.
Talk To Rennala
After you defeat Rennala, she will sit in this room for the rest of the game with a mysterious egg in her arms. When you talk to her, you can select the "Rebirth" option to reset all your attributes to their base value and respec (these base values will be different, depending on which character you started the game with).
The so-called rebirth is not free, however, but costs you one larval tear each. The larval tears are particularly rare items that you can find in the course of the game or that are dropped by certain enemies. But don't worry, they're rare, but you'll find enough to repec at least a few times per run even if you don't explicitly look for them.
Where You Can Find Larval Tears
To make it easier for you to respec, we have marked a few places on the following picture where you can find larval tears quite early in the game:
At these four spots, you can find Larval Tears early in the game:
- Agheel Lake South: Run up the rock wall and kill the human enemy, who then transforms into a Rune Bear and drops a Larval Tear.
- Fallen Ruins of the Lakes: South of the Site of Grace, you will find a big lobster that also transforms and drops a Larval Tear.
- Village of the Albinaurics: Behind a coffin in the village, you will find a Larval Tear.
- Abandoned Merchant in Siofra: Travel underground via the well to Siofra and search for the Abandoned Merchant, who will sell you a Larval Tear for 3000 souls.
Of course, there are many more Larval Tears in Elden Ring and new ones are found all the time. An overview of all known locations can be found at fextralife.
That's all you need to know to respec your character. What is your best build and have you ever had to call on Rennala for help? If you're still looking for a good spirit ash, here's a guide to find the Mimic Tear. Or maybe you want to upgrade your Flasks even further? Then check out these guides: