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Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader – how to respec characters

Surviving in the Koronus Expanse means staying flexible

Marco Wutz

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader – how to respec characters
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader – how to respec characters /

Being the titular merchant autocrat in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a hard life and you’ll have to face many dangers and challenges on your way to power, wealth, and glory. The CRPG is offering a wide variety of build options for your Rogue Trader as well as their companions, so it’s easy to go down a path that may not help you very much with overcoming some of the more difficult enemies waiting for you in the Koronus Expanse.

Fortunately, we can tell you how to respec in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader so that you can change up your builds and remain flexible enough to deal with anything the forces of Chaos may throw against you.

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader – how to respec characters

You can respec any playable character in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader as long as they are alive and in your retinue – makes sense, right?

To respec your Rogue Trader or a companion, you need to visit the High Factotum Janris Danrok on the bridge of your voidship. He’s located near the huge holoprojector showing the map of the Koronus Expanse. Engage in a conversation with him and select the following dialog option:

“My retinue and I are in need of training.”

Janris Danrok is the man to talk to when it comes to character respecs / Owlcat

You’ll then be redirected to a screen showing all of your available characters, allowing you to select the ones you’d like to respec. This resets the chosen character to Level 1, enabling you to freely assign new skills and abilities until you hit their previous level once again.

Select any characters you want to respec on this screen and confirm your decision / Owlcat

That’s all there is to it! You can use this feature to refine your character builds or simply mix things up and try something new – both are perfectly valid.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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