Stats

Icon	Stat	Effect	Soft cap1	Effect of soft cap
	Vitality	Max HP UP	50	The amount of max HP gained per level is reduced to 8 or 9
	Attunement	Attunement Slots UP	50	You no longer gain any Attunement Slots from levelling this stat
	Endurance	Max Stamina UP Equip Burden UP Bleed Resist UP	40	You no longer gain any max Stamina points (max Stamina caps out at 160)
	Strength	Meets Strength requirements for equipment Increases damage on weapons with STR scaling	40 and 50 Check the page for weapon requirement	Contribution to Attack Rating scaling drops drastically after each soft cap
	Dexterity	Meets Dexterity requirements for equipment Increases damage on weapons with DEX scaling Increases the casting speed of pyromancies, sorceries and miracles	40, 45, and 50 Check the page for weapon requirement	Contribution to Attack Rating scaling drops drastically 40, and again at 50 Cannot cast spells any faster past 45
	Resistance	Physical Defense UP Fire Defense UP Poison Resist UP	15 and 30	Only gives 7 poison resist per 10 levels of resistance
	Intelligence	Meets Intelligence requirements for equipment and sorceries Increases damage on weapons with INT scaling Magic Adjustment UP for most catalysts	40, 45, and 50 Check the page for spell/weapon requirement	Contribution to Attack Rating scaling drops drastically after 40, and again after 50 Contribution to Logan's Catalyst's MagAdjust drops drastically past 45
	Faith	Meets Faith requirements for equipment and miracles Increases damage on weapons with FTH scaling Magic Adjustment UP for most talismans Magic Defense UP	50 Check the page for spell/weapon requirement	Contribution to all talismans' MagAdjust drops drastically after 50
	Humanity	Item Discovery UP All Defenses UP Curse Resist UP Increases damage on weapons with Humanity scaling	10 and 30	No longer gain points in Item Discovery past 10 Bonus damage for weapons with Humanity capped at 10 No longer gain Curse resistance past 30
	Soul Level	All Defenses UP	10, 100, and 200	You may meet players with much higher level than you in Battle of Stoicism past each soft cap

Diminishing Returns

Diminishing Returns is a common concept in RPGs, meaning that for a given investment, i.e. one point in a stat, you receive a smaller benefit, e.g. fewer hit points per point in the HP stat. Most stats provide a constant benefit until they've reached 30-40 points; See the table above for details on each stat.

Note: Enemies do not scale based on your Soul Level. Leveling up will not make enemies harder, only completing the game and entering successive levels of NG+ will make the enemies harder. By the same token, your character will never grow weaker with additional investment in a stat, it will simply gain a smaller benefit.

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Footnotes

1. Levelling the stat over this number is not recommended due to diminished returns.