To me this isn’t about one upping other players. Well at least you recognize and are cool with that not everyone liking a punishing “hardcore” (tryhard) experience The whole ARPG dynamic becomes so ultimately pointless to me, when you can just take 20 mins to reset your skills. I won’t ever shame anyone for liking reclamation features. All this being said, we all enjoy different things for different reasons. Nowadays, people look up a guide, trace out someone elses build and stat placements, play for a day, and get bored. And a strong character was infinitely more rewarding. It made powerful players respected, and someone to aspire to. My early Diablo 2 days (about 11 years ago), I loved trying to improve my characters more and more each time I created one. Also, since we’re on the subject…Īnd this is in no way meant to demerit or insult people who enjoy the reclamation feature, but I personally wish it was never created. I can’t give a guide, it’s not something i’ve messed with. But they would remove basically any excess file for you. This is standard now on closed play, but if you're playing single player or Open and have not updated to 1.13, these respec methods are not available.There are file compare programs, but I have not delved into them. Simply right click the token to consume it and respec.Īlso note, this is only available in Patch 1.13. The Token of Absolution allows a respec exactly the same as through Akara. Note that these are all not 100% drops, and are in fact rather rare (< 10%), so it may take quite a few runs to get all the items you need for a full transmute. Festering Essence of Destruction from Hell Baal.Burning Essence of Terror from Hell Diablo.Charged Essence of Hate from Hell Mephisto.Twisted Essence of Suffering from either Hell Andariel or Hell Duriel.These can be used at any time by starting a game in the appropriate difficulty: one in Normal, one in Nightmare and one in Hell.Īdditionally, you can also create a Token of Absolution by transmuting the following items in your Horadric Cube: You can have one respec per difficulty by completing the Den of Evil quest from Akara in Act 1.

Diablo 2 respec mods