Resistance

Uses

• Increases Physical Defense
• Increases Fire Defense
• Increases Poison Resist

Notes

• Putting points in Resistance doesn't increase additional Magic or Lightning resistances beyond the standard increases granted for any level increase
• Armor does not scale with Resistance, all effects are additive
• Fire Defense can not be properly determined by Resistance alone, as it also is affected by the total amount of stats + Humanity
• Fire Defense and Magic Defense use identical equations
• Major break points after 15 and 30 Resistance with the Resistance increase awarded per level being reduced by approximately half at each break
• The consensus among Dark Souls players is that it's a waste to level up this stat, as doing so doesn't provide enough benefits. If the player wants to mitigate damage, better alternatives would be to invest in Vitality (to increase Hit Points), or Endurance (to wear heavier, more protective armor while keeping dodge speed). Poison and Fire Defense can be more practically increased by wearing armor that is high in those values
• Unlike every other stat, Resistance isn't factored into initial Soul Level for starting classes. This means high starting Resistance for a class has no disadvantages, even if leveling it is not intended
• This also means each class' highest possible Soul Level can be calculated by starting Resistance. For instance, Wanderer with 12 Resistance has a max level of 709. Knight on the other hand, with 10 Resistance, can level up a total of two more times, for a max soul level of 711, while Sorcerer, with 8 Resistance, can level up an additional two times to the highest possible level of 713

Exact Values

Resistance Poison Resistance 08 26 09 28 10 30 15 60 20 73 30 100 40 107 50 114 60 122 70 129 80 136 90 143 99 150

Enemy Resistances

This table lists all known enemy resistances. Note that negative modifiers for Slash, Strike and Thrust resistances means that this enemy is especially weak against those types of attack.
Humanoid enemies (Forest Protectors, Darkmoon Soldiers, etc.) do not have hard set values. Instead they gain resistances from their attributes and equipment like the player. They always use max. upgraded gear.

Enemy	Physical Defense	Physical Defense Slash	Physical Defense Strike	Physical Defense Thrust	Magic Defense	Fire Defense	Lightning Defense	Poison Resistance	Toxic Resistance	Bleed Resistance
Armored Hollow	85	-	-	-	64	60	64	72	72	72
Armored Tusk	248	25	-30	-	238	178	34	75	75	Immune
Balder Knight	118	-	-	-	86	89	77	78	78	104
Balder Knight (Crossbow)	108	-	-	-	79	81	70	78	78	104
Basilisk	83	-	-	-	66	50	62	111	111	93
Bat Wing Demon	92	-	-	-	88	68	208	100	100	100
Black Knight	128	-	-	-	85	95	106	145	145	245
Bloathead	77	-	-	-	64	68	62	80	80	72
Bloathead Sorcerer	72	-	-	-	96	64	66	199	199	72
Blowdart Sniper	84	-	-	-	78	68	78	66	66	66
Bone Tower	136	-	-30	25	105	92	150	Immune	Immune	Immune
Bounding Demon of Izalith	64	-	-	-	45	320	28	Immune	Immune	Immune
Burrowing Rockworm	146	25	-	-	102	292	110	94	94	220
Butcher	81	25	-25	-	61	81	61	76	76	72
Chained Prisoner	127	25	-10	-30	188	223	110	250	250	250
Channeler	128	-	-	-	256	77	77	107	107	107
Chaos Bug	47	-	-	-	28	235	47	96	96	96
Chaos Eater	73	-25	25	-	47	73	58	203	203	86
Cragspider	98	-	-	-	76	540	81	103	103	103
Crow Demon	102	-25	-	-	77	61	77	120	120	73
Crystal Butterfly	102	-	-	-	128	61	82	Immune	Immune	Immune
Crystal Golem	135	-	-25	-	270	108	88	Immune	Immune	Immune
Crystal Lizard	184	25	-	-	162	152	162	Immune	Immune	Immune
Darkwraith	119	-	-	-	89	77	83	200	200	200
Demonic Foliage	96	-	-	-25	77	38	86	88	88	Immune
Demonic Statue	152	-	-	-	99	304	304	Immune	Immune	Immune
Drake	136	-	-	-	109	82	272	242	242	120
Egg Carrier	68	-25	-	-	51	68	51	103	103	103
Engorged Zombie (Unarmed)	77	-25	-	-	58	54	58	92	92	92
Engorged Zombie (Torch)	77	-25	-	-	58	62	58	92	92	92
Flaming Attack Dog	83	-	-	-	54	415	62	150	150	100
Frog-Ray	76	-25	-	-	57	49	57	88	88	53
Gargoyle	105	-	-	-	81	66	102	220	220	220
Ghost (Male)	81	-	-	-	61	41	162	Immune	Immune	Immune
Ghost (Female)	83	-	-	-	62	42	166	Immune	Immune	Immune
Giant Leech	58	-	-	-	41	46	44	440	440	87
Giant Mosquito	32	-	-	-	24	22	24	360	360	360
Giant Skeleton (All)	146	-	-30	25	112	99	152	Immune	Immune	Immune
Giant Stone Knight	248	25	-60	-	198	198	496	Immune	Immune	Immune
Giant Undead Rat	78	-25	-	-	59	47	59	280	280	72
Giant	90	-	-	-	56	81	68	94	94	94
Golden Crystal Golem	145	-	-25	-	725	145	94	Immune	Immune	Immune
Great Feline	73	-	-	-	62	44	55	135	135	135
Heavy Knight	128	-	-	-	93	102	77	72	72	190
Hollow	77	-	-	-	58	54	58	66	66	66
Hollow (Dormant)	10	-	-	-	8	7	8	66	66	66
Hollow (Torch)	77	-	-	-	58	62	58	66	66	66
Humanity Phantom	67	-	-	-	101	117	109	Immune	Immune	Immune
Hydra (Both)	108	-	-	-	86	65	86	Immune	Immune	Immune
Infested Barbarian	65	-25	25	-	49	52	49	165	165	70
Infested Ghoul	71	-25	-	-	53	57	53	105	105	75
Large Undead Rat	72	-25	-	-	54	43	54	190	190	60
Lesser Sanctuary Guardian	100	-	-	-	256	160	352	250	250	100
Man-Eater Shell	140	25	-50	-	126	98	112	78	78	Immune
Mass of Souls	73	-	25	-	55	47	55	213	213	108
Mimic	99	-	-	-	69	59	84	230	230	230
Minor Capra Demon	115	-	-	-	75	98	75	130	130	130
Minor Taurus Demon	98	-	-	-	64	83	64	110	110	110
Mushroom Child	43	-25	25	-	39	26	86	173	173	173
Mushroom Parent	57	-25	25	-	51	34	114	212	212	212
Necromancer	73	-	-	-	55	58	55	94	94	69
Painting Guardian	97	-	-	-	78	65	73	115	115	95
Parasitic Wall Hugger	112	-25	25	-	67	112	67	156	156	73
Phalanx	75	-25	25	-	64	49	56	104	104	104
Pinwheel Servant	84	-	-	71	67	55	200	200	200	200
Piscia	67	-25	25	-	44	40	44	112	112	54
Piscia (Sisters)	92	-25	25	-	60	55	60	112	112	54
Possessed Tree	100	-	-	-	80	50	90	84	84	Immune
Prowling Demon	168	-	-	-	120	120	106	Immune	Immune	Immune
Scarecrow	88	-10	-	-	80	40	110	77	77	Immune
Sentinel	125	25	-	-	88	100	100	116	116	116
Sentinel (Royal)	142	25	-	-	99	121	114	116	116	116
Serpent Mage (Sen's)	146	-	-	-	74	65	62	145	145	74
Serpent Mage (Duke's)	146	-	-	-	77	65	62	145	145	74
Serpent Soldier (Sen's)	154	-	-	-	79	69	66	145	145	74
Serpent Soldier (Duke's)	154	-	-	-	82	69	66	145	145	74
Silver Knight	128	25	-	-	102	86	128	95	95	160
Skeleton	128	-	-30	25	99	87	138	Immune	Immune	Immune
Skeleton Baby	76	-	-30	25	59	52	96	Immune	Immune	Immune
Skeleton Beast	124	-	-30	25	95	84	144	Immune	Immune	Immune
Skeleton Wheel	116	-	-30	25	89	79	122	Immune	Immune	Immune
Slime	898	-	-	-	292	45	292	Immune	Immune	Immune
Small Undead Rat	68	-25	-	-	51	41	51	190	190	60
Snow Rat	74	-25	-	-	56	44	56	340	340	60
Stone Guardian	248	25	-35	20	200	212	501	Immune	Immune	Immune
Tree Lizard	78	-25	-	-	59	47	59	106	106	68
Undead Assassin	95	-	-	-	71	62	71	125	125	98
Undead Attack Dog	79	-	-	-	59	47	59	150	150	100
Undead Crystal Soldier (Sword)	214	25	-25	-	111	111	111	180	180	220
Undead Crystal Soldier (Bow)	166	25	-25	-	108	108	108	180	180	220
Undead Dragon	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	Immune	Immune	Immune
Undead Soldier	103	-	-	-	77	72	72	76	76	76
Vagrant	136	-	-	-	102	95	136	135	135	Immune
Vile Maggot	74	-	-	-	56	74	56	94	94	94
Wisp	22	-	-	-	17	22	17	Immune	Immune	Immune