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How to respec skills in Borderlands 4

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Borderlands is back with a new sequel after six years, and it’s got four fun new Vault Hunters for players to run around and blow shit up with.

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In Borderlands 4, you have the choice between Rafa the Exo-Soldier, Vex the Siren, Amon the Forgeknight, or Harlowe the Gravitar, and they all have their own unique skill trees and abilities to combo with the game’s seemingly never-ending supply of different guns.

Like previous games in the series, BL4 has the option to respec your skills so you can experiment with builds and different abilities, or to simply change up your character’s skillset if you get bored with their play style after a while. It’s up to you.

Here’s what you need to know about how to respec your skill tree in Borderlands 4.

How to respec skills in Borderlands 4

Borderlands 4 Respec Machine up close
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In Borderlands 4, you can respec your skills at any time, if you’ve got the money. These respec stations can be found at a number of the game’s Safehouses or towns, next to Lost Loot machines, banks, or Vending Machines.

If you open up your map, you can look for the respec machines by their icon (seen below), which also appears on your compass when one is nearby:

Borderlands 4 Respec Machine HUD and map icon
Screenshot by Destructoid

To respec your skills, you will need some money. It will cost a percentage of whatever cash you currently have, and it works out to be about 10 percent of your total. For example, in the image above, it cost me $122,000 to respec while I had $1,222,514 in my inventory.

When you approach the respec machine, it will open up for you like in the image above. From a distance, it looks quite different, though, and here is how it appears:

Borderlands 4 Respec Machine from a distance
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You must hold down the interact button to enter the respec screen, at which point you’ll pay the money, and you can respec your entire build to try out different Action Skills or abilities, or to perfect your current build with some minor tweaks.


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