Stats and Attributes

Stats and Attributes determine the player character's gameplay-relevant properties. They can be inspected at the Character Status page, where the game separates them into the following categories:

Attributes[]

These are the 8 attributes that can be increased by leveling up. Some affect base stats.

	Vigor	Determines maximum HP, fire damage negation, Immunity.
	Mind	Determines maximum FP and Focus.
	Endurance	Determines maximum Stamina, Equip Load and Robustness.
	Strength	Determines the bonus damage gained from str-scaling weapons and Physical defense.
	Dexterity	Determines the bonus damage gained from dex-scaling weapons, the casting speed of Spells, and reduces fall damage.
	Intelligence	Determines the bonus damage gained from int-scaling weapons, the damage dealt by Sorcery Spells and Magic defense.
	Faith	Determines the bonus damage gained from fth-scaling weapons and the damage dealt by Incantation Spells.
	Arcane	Determines the bonus damage gained from arc-scaling weapons, Discovery, Holy defense, Vitality, and Status Effects buildup.

Base Stats[]

	HP	health points. When reduced to 0, the character dies.
	FP	focus points. Required to cast Spells, Ashes of War, Ashes, and to use specific consumables.
	Stamina	required to perform most actions.
	Equip Load	influences the character's running speed, jumps and basic dodge roll.
	Poise	determines how easily the character can be staggered by attacks.
	Discovery	item discovery. The chance at which enemies drop rare loot.
	Memory Slots	the number of Spells that can be equipped. Can only be increased by collecting Memory Stones.

Attack Power[]

Depending on the weapon or shield wielded, a specific type of damage is done.

Note that Attack Power and damage dealt is not the same thing, with the latter depending how the former compares with defense. More specifically, if Attack Power is more than eight times as large as defense then damage dealt is equal to 90% of Attack Power while if Attack Power is less than an eighth of defense damage dealt is equal to 10% of Attack Power. If Attack Power is in between these breakpoints damage dealt falls somewhere between these two numbers.

Damage Types
	Standard	Standard Physical Damage refers to physical damage done by standard weapons such as straight swords and axes.
	Strike	Usually effective against heavily armored or stone opponents. Strike Physical Damage refers to damage done by blunt weapons such as maces, hammers, and fists.
	Slash	Usually effective against unarmored opponents. Slash Physical Damage refers to harm done by sharp weapon attacks such as curved swords, katanas , and claws.
	Pierce	Usually effective against light armored or scaled enemies. Pierce Physical Damage refers to harm done by thrusting attacks such as spears and a few lunge attacks done by swords.
	Magic	Magic damage done by weapon upgrades, spells, items, or Ashes of War.
	Fire	Fire damage done by weapon upgrades, spells, items, or Ashes of War.
	Lightning	Lightning damage done by weapon upgrades, spells, items, or Ashes of War.
	Holy	Holy damage done by weapon upgrades, spells, items, or Ashes of War.
Attack Multipliers
	Critical	Increases the damage dealt by critical attacks.
	Range	Increases the range of ranged ranged weapons and items.
	Sorcery Scaling	Increases power of Sorceries.
	Incantation Scaling	Increases power of Incantations.

Guard Damage Negation[]

A weapon or shield's ability to reduce incoming damage when blocking.

	Physical
	Magic
	Fire
	Lightning
	Holy
	Guard Boost	Reduces the stamina drained from successfully blocking attacks.

Defense[]

Damage Negation (obtained through armor or items) and Defense (obtained through stats) both reduce the damage of incoming attacks. Each Damage Type has a corresponding defense stat and damage negation stat that governs its mitigation.

Damage Negation
	Standard	Mitigated by most types of armor.
	Strike	Mitigated primarily by medium or heavy armor.
	Slash	Mitigated primarily by heavy armor.
	Pierce	Mitigated primarily by heavy armor.
	Magic	Mitigated by sorcerer robes and sorcerer armors.
	Fire	Mitigated primarily by heavy armor, and to a lesser extent by sorcerer robes.
	Lightning	Mitigated primarily by robes and garbs, with very few heavy armors offering protection.
	Holy	Mitigated primarily by robes and garbs, with very few armors offering protection.
Physical		Includes Standard, Slash, Strike, and Pierce damage, and excludes all other damage types. Obtained through Spells or Tools.
Non-Physical		Includes Magic, Fire, Lightning, and Holy damage, and excludes all other damage types. Obtained through Spells or Tools.

Status Effects[]

	Frostbite	Deals damage, lowers target's damage absorption and slows stamina recovery.
	Hemorrhage	Take damage equal to percentage of Max HP.
	Madness	Target loses FP, takes health damage, and does an agonizing animation for a few seconds.
	Sleep	Puts the target to sleep; player is stunned and loses FP.
	Poison	Lowers HP in steady increments for a period.
	Scarlet Rot	Greatly lowers HP in steady increments for a period.
	Death Blight	Player dies instantly.

Resistances[]

Determine the character's defense against Status Effects. Can by increased by armors, Talismans, and items.

	Immunity	Poison and Scarlet Rot defense
	Robustness	Frostbite and Blood Loss defense
	Focus	Sleep and Madness defense
	Vitality	Death Blight defense