Is there a respec in Gothic 1 Remake?

No. Every Learning Point you spend is permanent for that run. You cannot refund a point or reassign an attribute, so focus on one build early instead of spreading points thin.

How do you spend Learning Points?

You cannot spend them from a menu. You have to visit the right NPC trainer in the world, who teaches a skill or raises an attribute in exchange for Learning Points plus a fee in ore.

What should I spend my first Learning Points on?

Weapon mastery for the weapon you actually use first, since it changes your animations and damage the most, then your primary attribute, Strength for melee or Dexterity for ranged, then one income or survival skill.

Gothic 1 Remake Leveling & Skills Guide: Learning Points, Trainers, and What to Spend First

Leveling up does almost nothing by itself

This trips up everyone coming from modern RPGs. In Gothic 1 Remake, hitting a new level is not the reward. When you level, you get a flat 12 HP and 10 Learning Points, and that’s it. No stat goes up on its own. No skill unlocks automatically. The level number is just a counter that tells you how many Learning Points you’ve earned to spend.

Everything that makes your character stronger comes from those Learning Points, and from one more thing the game does not explain well: you cannot spend LP from a menu. You have to physically walk up to the right NPC trainer and pay them, usually in Learning Points plus a fee in ore. If you’ve been sitting on a pile of LP wondering why you still feel weak, that’s why. Go find a trainer.

The rule that punishes spreading thin: no respec

There is no respec in Gothic 1 Remake. Every Learning Point you spend is locked in for the rest of that run. You cannot refund a point, reassign an attribute, or undo a skill you regret.

The practical lesson: do not dabble. New players love to put a little into Strength, a little into Dexterity, a point into lockpicking, a point into a bow, and end up mediocre at everything. Pick a lane early and feed it. A focused character at level 10 wrecks a scattered one at level 15.

Strength vs Dexterity, in plain terms

Two attributes carry most builds:

Strength raises your melee damage and lets you wield heavier swords, axes, and maces. Most weapons have a minimum Strength requirement, so you train Strength partly to hit harder and partly just to hold the better gear.
Dexterity raises your ranged damage and gates bows and crossbows the same way. It is the spine of an archer build, and it also feeds the faster, lighter melee weapons.

You raise both at a trainer. Early on, Diego near the castle entrance in the Old Camp can bump your Strength and Dexterity for a small LP cost, which makes him the most convenient first stop while you settle on a direction.

The trainers worth knowing early

You don’t need all of them. You need the one that fixes your current problem. A few names to remember:

Diego (Old Camp, near the castle entrance): Strength and Dexterity bumps. The default early trainer.
One-handed weapon trainers: take these if melee feels clumsy and your hits are glancing off. One-handed mastery tiers are the backbone of a sword build.
Fingers: lockpicking, if you keep running into chests you can’t open.
Huno: blacksmithing, which doubles as an income skill because you can forge and sell weapons.
Drax and the hunters: skinning and hunting skills that turn killed animals into sellable trophies.
Cavalorn / Wolf: bow training for a Dexterity archer.

Which of these you can reach depends partly on your camp, which is the other half of the build puzzle. If you haven’t committed yet, read the camp decision guide first.

How to spend your first Learning Points

A safe order that works for almost any melee or ranged build:

Weapon mastery first. Put points into the tier for the weapon you actually use, one-handed for sword builds, bow for archers. This is the single biggest jump in combat feel, because mastery changes your animations and damage, not just numbers.
Then your primary attribute. Strength for melee, Dexterity for ranged. Train enough to clear the requirement on the next weapon you want, then keep feeding it.
Then one survival or income skill. Pick exactly one that matches your loop: smithing for money, hunting for trophies, lockpicking if you’re a looter.

Resist the urge to grab a second attribute or a flashy skill “just in case.” Because of the no-respec rule, those scattered points are the difference between a character that carries you through the mid-game and one that stalls.

The short version

Levels hand you 12 HP and 10 LP and nothing else. LP only matters when you carry it to a trainer and pay the ore. You can’t undo a point, so commit to one weapon type and one attribute and pour everything in before you branch. Diego gets you started, your weapon trainer keeps you strong, and a single income skill keeps the ore flowing for the next bump. Once you’ve got a build in mind, the best builds guide lays out the full paths.