Leveling up and progressing a character in Diablo IV takes time, more so if they aim to reach the level cap. Since skill points are primarily tied to character level, it only makes sense that players looking to experiment will just want to reset their skill points to try out a new build.
Players should be aware that there are more ways than just leveling to earn skill points in Diablo IV. The reason this is important is that resetting skills costs gold, a hard-earned resource that should be spent carefully. Furthermore, the price goes up with the player's level.
How to Reset Skill Points In Diablo IV
Diablo IV offers a lot of granularity when it comes to resetting skills, a breath of fresh air compared to the old standard of just resetting everything. That's still an option, as players will notice thanks to the 'Refund All' button at the bottom of their Skill Tree. Pressing and holding this button will clear out the entire list of chosen skills, at a cost.
There are five playable classes in the Diablo IV Beta, and every one of them has a sprawling network of skills for players to invest their points. If a player wants to tweak their build and not start over completely, they can spend a little bit of gold to reset a specific skill. However, this does come with a few caveats players should be aware of.
First, the price of gold for a respec goes up fast, at level 7 it only costs 1 gold to reset a Skill, but at level 25 that price has shot up to 222 gold just for that one skill, and by that point, the player will have dozens of different skills. On top of that skills can't be refunded if their dependencies are active. Every class in Diablo IV, whether rogue or barbarian has skills that unlock access to other skills, and they cannot be reset without resetting those other skills further down the tree.
Unless high-level players want to spend all their earnings in Diablo IV, they should try and settle on a build quickly.
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