No Rest for the Wicked effortlessly combines its beautiful hand-painted world with a wide range of systems that have been a part of many other genres over the last few years. Inspired by games such as Dark Souls, Diablo, and Terraria, Moon Studios is trying to create the perfect ARPG, and the early access release shows us that they are willing to iterate and improve their game based on player feedback. One of the systems that is heavily inspired by the soulslike genre is the stats, with staples such as Health, Stamina, and a range of offensive stats that scale based on your weapon type.
With No Rest for the Wicked being in early access and the game not being fully complete in terms of content, you might be wondering if there is a way to respec your stats and try a different weapon. Here is everything you need to know!
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No Rest for the Wicked: Can You Respec Your Stats?
There is currently no way to respec your stats in the No Rest for the Wicked early access build. The developers have mentioned that they could add this feature in the future, but they will make it either very limited or they will gate it behind a significant in-game cost. We currently have no information on when this change might happen, but based on how fast Moon Studios responded to the initial backlash to the durability system of the game, it could be a lot sooner than expected.
The combination of weapons requiring and scaling based on your stats and there being no way to reset those points makes a lot of players hold on to them for extended periods of time. Investing all of your points into Strength and finding an amazing pair of Dexterity-based daggers just a few minutes later is likely going to frustrate a lot of players. This is why we currently recommend investing some of your earlier points into Stamina, Health, and Equip Load, so you have more time to explore and find the perfect weapon before you commit to a certain build.
It will be interesting to see where the studio draws their line in terms of the weight of choice and player agency during the next few months of early access. Some players are really enjoying the initial difficulty of the game and were quite disappointed when the developers released the first hotfix, which made the game a lot more accessible. Others did not enjoy how "sweaty" No Rest for the Wicked felt for an ARPG and left negative reviews on Steam, with the game still standing as Mixed.
That is everything you need to know about whether or not you can respec your stats in No Rest for the Wicked. If the developers do add a way to reset or change your stats, we will do our best to keep you up-to-date, as this feature might make or break the game for some players. For more No Rest for the Wicked content, check out the rest of our website!
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