Stats

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

See also: Wikipedia: Statistic (role-playing games)

Attributes

Primary Attributes

Primary attributes directly control most of the other character related stats. They can be increased by talking to the Fire Keeper in the Firelink Shrine and spending souls to level up. A character's level is the sum of its primary attributes minus 89 (e.g. a level one character, starting with the Deprived class, has a combined total of 90 points distributed over all primary attributes).

List of Primary Attributes

Attribute	Icon	Description
Vigor		Controls HP and Frost resistance.
Attunement		Controls FP and Attunement Slots
Endurance		Controls Stamina, Lightning defense, and Bleed resistance.
Vitality		Controls Equip Load, Physical defenses, and Poison resistance.
Strength		Controls weapon damage and Fire defense. Determines which weapons can be equipped.
Dexterity		Controls weapon damage, cast speed, and falling damage. Determines which weapons can be equipped.
Intelligence		Controls spell damage and Magic defense. Determines which weapons and spells can be equipped.
Faith		Controls spell damage and Dark defense. Determines which weapons and spells can be equipped.
Luck		Controls Item Discovery and Bleed, Poison, and Curse resistances.

Item Modifiers

Item	Primary Attribute Modification
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

Secondary/Derived Attributes

Attribute	Icon	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.

Special Attributes

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.

Diminishing Returns

Stat	Soft Cap
Vigor	27, 40
Attunement	35
Endurance	40
Vitality	99
Strength	40
Dexterity	40
Intelligence	60
Faith	60
Luck	40

Stat-Affecting Items

Item Name	Stat Effect
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.

Notes

• 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.

External Links

• Stat gain graphs from 11 to 99: https://unkindler.github.io/caps

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