A bug in Remnant 2 is letting you literally dodge the game's respec cost

A hero from Remnant 2 stands face-to-face with a vicious enemy, wielding an enormous axe, amidst a burning village. — (Image credit: Gunfire Games)

Remnant 2's respec costs have been a sore spot, post-release. For those not in the know, to respec in Remnant 2, you need to buy an Orb of Undoing from Wallace to reallocate your traits—you only get 60 trait points, so it's vital to have a way to shuffle them around when tinkering with your build.

Unfortunately, this costs three lumenite crystals and 2,500 scrap, which is a lot, especially in the early to mid-game. One savvy player, however, has found a way to dodge the respec tax. Literally.

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"All you have to do is use the orb and spam dodge immediately after," NonHeroJC wrote, "On controller, I just spam the A Button. The Orb's effects go through, but the animation that removes it from your inventory is cancelled."

It also looks like it works with a mouse and keyboard, as user Sleepingpeaks has confirmed. Though it's recommended to set both your use and dodge roll keys to the same keybind to ensure success.

While a patch for this exploit may be imminent—especially as it seems to be working on other items, like a necklace which gives you a damage boost after using a healing relic—said respec cost won't be around for long regardless. As a developer has commented, adjustments to it are inbound.

For the time being, however, you can literally frame-perfect dodge Remnant 2's respec cost, though you do need to buy the Orb of Undoing at least once. As user DafaleHeight commented: "Bro found a way to iframe taxes." As with all bugs of this nature, it's not a sure thing—make sure you actually want to respec before you take it for a whirl yourself.

Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia. He made his start as a freelancer, writing for websites like Techradar, The Escapist, Dicebreaker, The Gamer, Into the Spine—and of course, PC Gamer. He'll sink his teeth into anything that looks interesting, though he has a soft spot for RPGs, soulslikes, roguelikes, deckbuilders, MMOs, and weird indie titles. He also plays a shelf load of TTRPGs in his offline time. Don't ask him what his favourite system is, he has too many.