All Elden Ring Stats & Levelling [Fully Explored]

Stats in Elden ring are skills that you can assign your levels into. Stats include vigor, endurance, mind, strength, dexterity, intelligence, faith, and arcane. Stats are the center of your playthrough. Builds in these games center around stats, weapons scale with stats, your ability of various things, from stamina to item discovery, to fall damage all are created by stats.

All Stats, Leveling, And Effects

Here is a summary table for all the main stats and their leveling systems for Elden Ring:

No.	Stats	Levels	Effect
1	Vigor	Levels 1-40	HP gain increases from +4 to +48.
		Levels 41-60	HP gain decreases from +26 to +13.
		Levels 61-99	HP gain decreases by +6 to +3.
2	Mind	Levels 1-15	FP gain increases from +3 to +4 (avg: +3.21)
		Levels 16-35	FP gain alternates between +5 and +6 (avg: +5.25)
		Levels 35-50	FP gain decreases from +7 to +6 (avg: +6.67)
		Levels 51-60	FP gain decreases from +6 to +4 (avg: +5.00)
		Levels 61-99	FP gain alternates between +2 and +3 (avg: +2.56)
3	Endurance	Levels 1-15	Stamina gain increases from +1 to +2 (avg: +1.79)
		Levels 16-30	Stamina gain alternates between +1 and +2 (avg: +1.67)
		Levels 31-50	Stamina gain alternates between +1 and +2 (avg: +1.25)
		Levels51-99	Stamina gain alternates between +0 and +1 (avg: +0.31)

For Leveling System:

No.	Stats	Breakpoints For AP	Minor Fall-off in Returns	Primary Breakpoints	Casting Breakpoints
1	Strength	16, 18, 20, 30, 45, 50, 60, and 80.	after 16, 18, and 20.	50, 60, and 80.	30 and 45 (Clawmark Seal and Frenzied Flame Seal both use strength). Each of these values can be divided by 1.5 (rounded up) if you primarily 2h your weapon. Keep in mind that the 2h AP bonus does not apply to ashes of war or critical attacks.
2	Dexterity	16, 18, 20, 30, 45, 50, 60, and 80.	After 16, 18, and 20.	50, 60, and 80.	30 and 45 (Frenzied Flame Seal uses dexterity).
3	Intelligence	20, 30, 45, 50, 60, and 80	After 20.	50, and 80.	30, 45, 60, and 80 depending on the catalyst.
4	Faith	20, 30, 45, 50, 60, and 80.	after 20. (20 for weapons with elemental affinities and innate elemental scaling).	50, and 80.	30, 45, 60, and 80 depending on the catalyst.
5	Arcane	18, 20, 30, 45, 60, and 80.	After 18 and 20	60 and 80.	30 and 45 (Albinauric Staff and Dragon Communion Seal both use arcane).

Freedom of choice and a vast number of stats give the player tremendous choice. Players can choose to allot points in their health pool first, using the first few hours of the game to get a big health bar, others can choose to focus and endurance first.

The sky is the limit when it comes to creative freedom with stats. This guide covers every stat in Elden ring alongside explanations, builds, uses and tips. We hope you find this guide useful. For more Elden Ring and Fromsoft, check out Elden Ring BEST Starting Classes.

How To Level Up Stats In Elden Ring?

n Elden Ring, to allocate stats, you must first meet Melina. Here’s how to do it:

1. Start in Limgrave, where you’ll find a site of grace right in front of you.
2. Proceed straight and avoid the optional boss. Ahead, you’ll come across a broken church-like structure called the Church of Elleh. Trigger the site of grace here.
3. Head to the right and sneak your way until you see a broken battlement-type structure near a massive gate. There, you’ll find the third site of grace.
4. Trigger the third site of grace and rest on it to trigger a cutscene introducing you to Melina.

Once you’ve met Melina, you can use runes as currency to level up your stats and allocate skill points to different stats when resting at a site of grace.

Vigor

Vigor is the most basic stat in every Fromsoft game. It is the stat that directly affects your health pool. More points in vigor mean a larger health pool. Health is known as HP and given the difficulty of the game, a higher HP bar is ALWAYS better than a smaller one, bar none. This means a player can never go wrong with allocating points to vigor. We recommend a vigor level of at least 45-60 by endgame and we recommend prioritizing vigor in the early levels of the game and getting it to 20 ASAP. 

Levels 1-40	Levels 41-60	Levels 61-99
HP gain increases from +4 to +48.	HP gain decreases from +26 to +13.	HP gain decreases by +6 to +3.

Mind

Mind is the new name for the attunement stat in Dark Souls series. Mind directly affects your FP bar and Focus points. Focus Points, FP, are of extreme importance in Elden Ring. In Elden Ring, there are melee builds, and then there are caster builds and melee caster hybrid builds. Caster builds use intelligence and faith to cast magical spells that can do a number of things, ranging from damaging attacks to healing. Elden Ring uses FP a lot more than Dark Souls did with the introduction of Ashes of War, unique weapon abilities that can be allotted to every weapon et cetera. 

Mind is a stat we recommend scaling if you have a build that requires intelligence or faith. If you are a sorcerer or a mage or a melee caster, we recommend a mind of at least 435. Not only will your FP go up, allowing you to use more spells and arts, you will also be able to allot more spells at one time.

Levels 1-15	Levels 16-35	Levels 35-50	Levels 51-60	Levels 61-99
FP gain increases from +3 to +4 (avg: +3.21)	FP gain alternates between +5 and +6 (avg: +5.25)	FP gain decreases from +7 to +6 (avg: +6.67)	FP gain decreases from +6 to +4 (avg: +5.00)	FP gain alternates between +2 and +3 (avg: +2.56)

Endurance

Endurance significantly impacts stamina, robustness (resistance to ailments), and equipment load capacity in Elden Ring, making it a crucial stat. It has remained vital in Souls games, including Demon’s Souls. Given the intense and aggressive combat typical in FromSoftware games, endurance is essential. In melee combat, players rely on either blocking or dodging, both of which consume stamina. Additionally, using weapons depletes stamina. Running out of stamina during a critical moment can be disastrous.

For end-game content in Elden Ring, we recommend maintaining an endurance level of at least 45 and investing points into endurance early in the game. Regardless of your character build, endurance proves invaluable in various situations, from facing PvE bosses to PvP encounters with gank invasions.

Levels 1-15	Levels 16-30	Levels 31-50	Levels51-99
Stamina gain increases from +1 to +2 (avg: +1.79)	Stamina gain alternates between +1 and +2 (avg: +1.67)	Stamina gain alternates between +1 and +2 (avg: +1.25)	Stamina gain alternates between +0 and +1 (avg: +0.31)

Strength

The Strength stat is the most important stat in Elden Ring for Strength builds, alongside this, it is also an essential Elden Ring stat for quality builds, Strength Sorcerer hybrids, Power Mages et cetera. The Strength stat affects your strength in the game. It allows you to wield powerful weapons like ultra greatswords and boosts their damage. The Strength stat also helps you equip heavy armor. It also affects your physical defense by letting you equip powerful armor and heavy shields that block 100% of damage. 

Strength builds are some of the most fun ways to get around a FromSoft title. Being Tanky and powerful, Strength builds make you feel like a boss yourself. While strength weapons often have basic-looking movesets, the damage and aesthetics alone make them worth your time.

Breakpoints For AP	Minor Fall-off in Returns	Primary Breakpoints	Casting Breakpoints
16, 18, 20, 30, 45, 50, 60, and 80.	after 16, 18, and 20.	50, 60, and 80.	30 and 45 (Clawmark Seal and Frenzied Flame Seal both use strength). Each of these values can be divided by 1.5 (rounded up) if you primarily 2h your weapon. Keep in mind that the 2h AP bonus does not apply to ashes of war or critical attacks.

Dexterity 

Much like Strength, Dexterity is another Elden ring Stat that affects melee weapons. Where strength affects bigger, beefier weapons, dexterity affects smaller, tinier weapons. Dexterity builds are some of the most fun ways to play Fromsoft games due to how fun the movesets are and how quick dexterity builds are. Like Strength, Dexterity can also be used for hybrid builds and quality builds alongside pure dex builds. 

Dexterity also affects the nimbleness of your character (literally speaking). From the casting time of spells to the player getting kicked out of their horse during combat to reduced fall damage. Dexterity does this all. Dexterity also boosts the damage of dex weapons alongside letting the player wield them. All in all, Dex is also one of the best stats in Elden Ring. For dex builds, we recommend a dexterity level of at least 50. You can check more on Dexterity through our Best Elden Ring Dex Weapons article.

Breakpoints For AP	Minor Fall-off in Returns	Primary Breakpoints	Casting Breakpoints
16, 18, 20, 30, 45, 50, 60, and 80.	After 16, 18, and 20.	50, 60, and 80.	30 and 45 (Frenzied Flame Seal uses dexterity).

Intelligence

Intelligence is crucial in Elden Ring, especially for caster builds like sorcerers. It enhances sorcery damage, spellcasting weapon damage, and intelligence-dependent weapon damage. Additionally, it reduces sorcery damage received.

Sorcerer builds are popular, making Intelligence essential. We recommend an Intelligence level of at least 50 for sorcerer paths. In Elden Ring, sorceries are known as Glintstone shards and spears. Higher Intelligence means more potent sorceries. Sorcerers excel in both PvE and PvP, with intelligence being pivotal for maximizing your sorcerer build.

Breakpoints For AP	Minor Fall-off in Returns	Primary Breakpoints	Casting Breakpoints
20, 30, 45, 50, 60, and 80	After 20.	50, and 80.	30, 45, 60, and 80 depending on the catalyst.

Faith

Faith builds in Elden Ring are akin to sorcerer builds but focus on casting miracles instead of sorceries. Miracles include potent spells like great lightning arcs and healing abilities. While miracles can be devastating, they lack the offensive quantity of sorceries and consume substantial FP, leading to Faith builds often being Melee Hybrids.

The Faith stat is exceptionally powerful, ranking among the best in terms of pure damage output. We recommend a faith level of at least 35 and above for those seeking to maximize the potential of this stat. Faith enhances the damage of Miracles/Incantations and weapons that rely on the Faith stat, making it a key attribute for Faith builds.

Breakpoints For AP	Minor Fall-off in Returns	Primary Breakpoints	Casting Breakpoints
20, 30, 45, 50, 60, and 80.	after 20. (20 for weapons with elemental affinities and innate elemental scaling).	50, and 80.	30, 45, 60, and 80 depending on the catalyst.

Related: Best Elden Ring Faith Weapons

Arcane 

Arcane is a new stat in Elden Ring, somewhat akin to the Luck stat in previous FromSoftware games. It primarily boosts item discovery but has additional benefits. Arcane enhances resistance against holy damage, which is significant in Elden Ring. It also reduces vulnerability to Instant Death. Some weapons in the game scale with Arcane, amplifying their damage output. While considered a minor stat overall, Arcane can prove useful, particularly for experienced players familiar with Faith Builds.

Breakpoints For AP	Minor Fall-off in Returns	Primary Breakpoints	Casting Breakpoints	Status Scaling Breakpoints
18, 20, 30, 45, 60, and 80.	After 18 and 20.	60 and 80.	30 and 45 (Albinauric Staff and Dragon Communion Seal both use arcane).	40, 45, and 60.