Upon defeating 
Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon in Elden Ring's Academy of Raya Lucaria, players will have the opportunity to talk to her. "Rebirth" is one of the options that can be selected during this conversation, and doing so will bring up a prompt that asks fans if they want to use a 
Larval Tear to accept rebirth. Before players agree to this, they may want more information about what will happen if they accept rebirth in Elden Ring, and that is exactly what can be found in this guide.
Elden Ring: Rebirth Guide
Quite simply, players that accept rebirth will be instructed to reassign their levels from "square one." This means that the character's level and attribute points will be reset to what they were at the start of the game, and fans must reallocate their points until they are back at their current level. As such, rebirth functions as a way to respec in Elden Ring, allowing fans to make changes to their builds during a playthrough.
Players cannot respec their characters at any moment, though, as a Larval Tear is needed for every rebirth. Fortunately, there are more than a dozen guaranteed Larval Tears in Elden Ring, which means that fans should feel free to try out numerous builds as they make their way through the Lands Between. That said, players may want to have an extra tear on hand before they perform any major respecs, in case their new build proves to be unsatisfactory.
To note, it is actually possible to cancel rebirth and avoid losing a Larval Tear if a player ultimately decides that they are not ready to respec. This is done simply by pressing the "Back" input, which is shown in the bottom-left corner of the rebirth menu. Fans will receive a prompt upon pressing that input that confirms that they have kept their Tear, and they can return to Elden Ring's Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon and use the item in the future.
One final thing to mention is that players may want to lean a bit about soft caps in Elden Ring before they start using Larval Tears to reallocate their attribute points. For the uninitiated, soft caps are points at which it becomes less beneficial to increase an attribute score, and there are a couple of those points for each stat. While fans can certainly complete the game without paying any mind to soft caps, they are instructive when working to optimize a build.
Elden Ring is available now for PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One and Series X|S.
