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Stats (short for Statistics) is an umbrella term for all quantifiable data related to a Dark Souls III character.

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Attributes

Primary Attributes

Attribute	Icon	In-Game Description
Vigor		Attribute governing HP. Also governs resistance to Frost.
Attunement		Attribute governing FP. Also determines number of attunement slots.
Endurance		Attribute governing stamina. Also governs lightning defense and bleeding resistance.
Vitality		Attribute governing physical defense, though this is also affected by other attributes. Also governs maximum equip load and poison resistance.
Strength		Attribute required to wield powerful and heavy weapons. Also governs fire defense and improves attack strength.
Dexterity		Attribute required to wield advanced weapons. Also improves attack strength, reduces spell casting time and reduces damage taken when falling.
Intelligence		Attribute required to cast sorceries and pyromancies. Increases spell potency. (Pyromancy is affected by both faith and intelligence.) Magic defense is also calculated from this attribute.
Faith		Attribute required to cast miracles and pyromancies. Increases spell potency. (Pyromancy is affected by both faith and intelligence.) Dark defense is also calculated from this attribute.
Luck		Attribute governing item discovery. Increases bleeding and poison capabilities. Also governs resistance to curses.

Attribute	Icon	In-Game Description
Level		Value indicating the general strength of one's combined attributes. Use souls to level up.
HP		One's mettle, or will to live. Character dies when this reaches zero. Use the Estus Flask, or rest at a bonfire to replenish.
FP		Required to use spells and Skills. Use the Ashen Estus Flask, or rest at a bonfire to replenish.
Stamina		Required for various actions. Depletes when actions are taken, but recovers automatically.
Equip Load		Total weight of equipped weapons and armor. Movement slows as load increases. Exceed the rightmost number and movement slows dramatically.
Poise		The ability to withstand attacks without breaking form.
Item Discovery		Governs likelihood of finding items on the corpses of defeated enemies.
Attunement Slots		Number of attunement slots for spells. Spells take the form of sorceries, pyromancies, and miracles.

Attribute	Icon	In-Game Description
Hollowing		The degree to which this character is cursed. The character will turn hollow if the curse grows too severe.

Item Name	Stat Effect
Carthus Milkring	+3 Dexterity
Prisoner's Chain	+5 Vigor, Endurance and Vitality
Knight's Ring	+5 Strength
Hunter's Ring	+5 Dexterity
Scholar Ring	+5 Intelligence
Priestess Ring	+5 Faith
Havel's Ring	+15/16.5/18% Equipment Load for the base, +1 and +2 variants.
Ring of Favor	+3/4/5% HP, +8/9/10% Stamina, +5/6/7% Equip Load for the base, +1 and +2 variants.
Life Ring	+5.5/6.5/7.5/8.5% HP for the base, +1, +2, and +3 variants.

As of Patch 1.03, Defenses are determined by the character Level and the stated Attribute value, so a higher level character with a given Attribute value will have greater Defense than a lower level character with the same Attribute value. Similarly, Resistances are primarily determined by the character Level and secondarily by the stated Attributes but only when those Attributes are above 30. So, for example, Luck only increases Curse Resistance when Luck is greater than 30.