Upgrades and respec: test a build before you commit

This sequence follows Boomstick Gaming’s 2:24–3:16 demonstration. It is not a promise that every old purchase can be refunded for free.

Checked on screen · Oct 25, 2026

2:39–3:11 · 32 sChecking an unlock cost, the Exchange Recents option and an arena test

1. Enter the Gap outside combat and open the weapon upgrades.
2. Inspect an available unlock and its material cost.
3. Try the resulting weapon or finisher in the practice arena.
4. Use Exchange Recents to undo a recent unlock you do not want. Check the menu before leaving the Gap; departure commits the purchases.

In launch hotfix 1.3.3, Remedy permanently lowers respec cost and raises Reset Item stock across vendors. The first Resonant boss now drops two Reset Items rather than one. Check the vendor’s displayed price and your game version before committing; Update 1.4.0 announces a fix for incorrect vendor prices, superseding that September 24 report.

Boomstick Gaming reports reset items among rewards from hostile vending machines. That demonstration supports checking this route when you want a full reset; it does not establish a fixed drop rate or a guaranteed item from every machine.

Before confirming a reset, read the displayed scope and take a note of the loadout you want to rebuild. Costs and reset behaviour should be checked in your own version.

Ebontis’s upgrade tree shows weapon nodes contributing to overall Aberrant Strength, including branches outside the currently equipped form. Compare the contribution and cost on the node rather than assuming an unused form has no value.

Launch hotfix 1.3.3 clarified the English Aberrant Strength and Build Power descriptions. Update 1.4.0 puts Build Power directly on the bottom left of Loadout; opening Stats & Effects is no longer required to find it. Compare your client’s descriptions in your selected language.

▶WATCH VIDEO EXCERPT · 5:16–7:05Find Build Power and damage-type hintsLoad YouTube player

Ebontis warns that recycling an Artifact in his run removed it, and he could not undo the decision through the normal menu. Keep an Artifact if you might use it in another build. This is a creator’s report; reacquisition and New Game Plus exceptions are not established here.

Arktix describes a trial window during the immediate post-Resonant visit to the Gap: compare the offered choices before leaving. He explicitly excludes reset-item use from this advice.