Stat Scaling | Dark Souls 2 Wiki

Leveling up your character in Dark Souls II requires careful attention to both stats and attributes. This page covers the progression of each stats bonuses as you invest points into them, with this you can plan an effective build that covers whataver defensive prowess or attack power you need. Dark Souls II features a total of 9 distinct Attributes, complemented by numerous secondary stats. These factors collectively influence your character's development and performance across diverse situations.

Stat Scaling in Dark Souls 2

HP in Dark Souls 2

At 0 Vigor, players have 500 max HP
From level 0 to 20, Vigor raises max HP by 30 points per attribute point
From level 21 to 50, Vigor raises max HP by 20 points per attribute point
From level 51 to 99, Vigor raises max HP by 5 points per attribute point
From level 0 to 20, any stat besides Vigor raises max HP by 2 points per attribute point
From level 21 to 50, any stat besides Vigor raises max HP by 1 point per attribute point
From level 51 to 99, any stat besides Vigor raises max HP by 0 points per attribute point

Equipment Load in Dark Souls 2

Determines how much equipment you can wear without penalties
If your equipment load is over 70%, you will "fat roll"; if your equipment load is over 100%, you can't run, backstep, or roll.
If your equipment load is less than 40% you will fast roll.
From 40% to 68% is considered mid-rolling.
The lower your equipment load, the faster you regain stamina and the longer your rolls are (though invincibility frames are unaffected)
At 0 Vitality players have 38.5 equipment load
From level 0 to 29 Vitality raises equipment load by 1.5 points per attribute point
From level 30 to 49 Vitality raises equipment load by 1 point per attribute point
From level 50 to 70 Vitality raises equipment load by 0.5 points per attribute point
From level 71 to 98 Vitality raises equipment load by 0.5 points per two attribute points
Level 99 Vitality raise equipment load by 0.5 points

Cast Speed in Dark Souls 2

Reduce the wind-up time before casting spells (more information needed)
Scales with Attunement, Intelligence and Faith
Every other Attunement point gives a tick and every fourth Faith and Intelligence point gives a tick
(Need information for under 10 ticks)
At 10 ticks you have 55 Cast Speed and get 2 Cast Speed per tick until you have 115 Cast Speed at 40 ticks
After that you gain 1 Cast Speed per tick until you have 126 Cast Speed at 51 ticks
After that you gain 1 Cast Speed every other tick (as far as I could test, am only level 210)

Bleed Bonus in Dark Souls 2

Determines how much extra bleed damage you deal with bleed weapons
Scales with Dexterity and Faith in the exact same way as Poison Bonus scales with Dexterity and Adaptability
Start at 50 with 0 Dexterity and Adaptability

Magic Bonus in Dark Souls 2

Determines how much extra damage you do with magic-infused and enchanted-infused weapons, as well as Sorceries
Start at 50 with 0 Intelligence
From level 0 to 10 Intelligence raises Magic Bonus by 3 points to 53 total Magic Bonus
From level 11 to 20 Intelligence raises Magic Bonus by 53 points to 106 total Magic Bonus
From level 21 to 30 Intelligence raises Magic Bonus by 4 points to 110 total Magic Bonus
From level 31 to 40 Intelligence raises Magic Bonus by 30 points to 140 total Magic Bonus
From level 41 to 50 Intelligence raises Magic Bonus by 15 points to 155 total Magic Bonus
From level 51 to 60 Intelligence raises Magic Bonus by 7 points to 162 total Magic Bonus
From level 61 to 70 Intelligence raises Magic Bonus by 8 points to 170 total Magic Bonus
From level 71 to 80 Intelligence raises Magic Bonus by 15 points to 185 total Magic Bonus
From level 81 to 90 Intelligence raises Magic Bonus by 7 points to 192 total Magic Bonus
From level 91 to 99 Intelligence raises Magic Bonus by 8 points to 200 total Magic Bonus

Lightning Bonus in Dark Souls 2

Determines how much extra damage you do with lightning weapons and miracles
Start at 50 with 0 Faith
From level 0 to 10 Faith raises Lightning Bonus by 7 points to 57 total Lighting Bonus
From level 11 to 20 Faith raises Lightning Bonus by 23 points to 80 total Lightning Bonus
From level 21 to 30 Faith raises Lightning Bonus by 22 points to 102 total Lightning Bonus
From level 31 to 40 Faith raises Lightning Bonus by 38 points to 140 total Lighting Bonus
From level 41 to 50 Faith raises Lightning Bonus by 15 points to 155 total Lightning Bonus
From level 51 to 60 Faith raises Lightning Bonus by 7 points to 162 total Lightning Bonus
From level 61 to 70 Faith raises Lightning Bonus by 8 points to 170 total Lightning Bonus
From level 71 to 80 Faith raises Lightning Bonus by 15 points to 185 total Lightning Bonus
From level 81 to 90 Faith raises Lightning Bonus by 7 points to 192 total Lightning Bonus
From level 91 to 99 Faith raises Lightning Bonus by 8 points to 200 total Lightning Bonus

Poison Bonus in Dark Souls 2

Determines how much extra poison damage you do with poison weapons (and poison spells?)
Scales with both Dexterity and Adaptability in a similar manner to Fire Bonus's scaling with both Intelligence and Faith
Dexterity gives a larger bonus than Adaptability which makes it hard to map out the Poison Bonus (please someone make a 99 times 99 matrix with the Poison Bonus)
Start at 50 with 0 Dexterity and Adaptability
Is easy to raise to around 140, after which the Poison Bonus requires huge attribute investments for little gain

Magic Defence in Dark Souls 2

Reduces magic damage taken by 0.11% per Magic Defence, 900 total Magic Defence makes you immune to magic
Scales with Intelligence
Start with 0 and gain 6 Magic Defence per Intelligence between level 1 and 10, total 60 Magic defence at 10 Intelligence
Between 11 and 20 Intelligence you gain 8 Magic Defence per level, total 140 Magic Defence at 20 Intelligence
Between 21 and 60 Intelligence you gain one Magic Defence per level, total 180 Magic Defence at 60 Intelligence
Between 61 and 99 Intelligence you gain one Magic Defence every other levelfor a total of of 200 Magic Defence at 99 intelligence

Lightning Defence in Dark Souls 2

Reduces lightning damage taken by 0.11% per Lightning Defence, 900 total Lightning Defence makes you immune to lightning
Scales with Faith
Start with 0 and gain 6 Lightning Defence per Faith between level 1 and 10, total 60 Lightning Defence at 10 Faith
Between 11 and 20 Faith you gain 8 Lightning Defence per level, total 140 Lightning Defence at 20 Faith
Between 21 and 60 Faith you gain one Lightning Defence per level, total 180 Lightning Defence at 60 Faith
Between 61 and 99 Faith you gain one Lightning Defence every other level for a total of of 200 Lightning Defence at 99 Faith

Bleed Resistance in Dark Souls 2

Reduce bleed build up (need information on how)
Immunity is reached at 1000 Bleed Resistance, so doubling your resistance also doubles the amount of buildup needed to inflict Bleed
Scales with Faith and Adaptability
Every fourth Faith point will increase Bleed Resistance by one tick, three out of four Adaptability points will increase Bleed Resistance by one tick
Start with 0 Bleed Resistance and gain 6 Bleed Resistance per tick between 1 and 10 ticks, total 60 Bleed Resistance at 10 tricks
Between 11 and 20 ticks you gain 8 Bleed Resistance per tick, total 140 Bleed Resistance at 20 ticks
Between 21 and 60 ticks you gain one Bleed Resistance per tick, total 180 Bleed Resistance at 60 ticks
Between 61 and 99 ticks you gain one Bleed Resistance every other tick for a total of of 200 Bleed Resistance at 99 Faith and 99 Adaptability

Petrify Resistance in Dark Souls 2

Reduce Petrify build up (need information on how)
Immunity is reached at 1000 resistance, so doubling your resistance also doubles the amount of buildup needed to inflict Petrification
Scales with Vigor and Adaptability
Every fourth Vigor will increase Petrify Resistance one tick, three out of four Adaptability will increase Petrify Resistance one tick
Start with 0 Petrify Resistance and gain 6 Petrify Resistance per tick between 1 and 10 ticks, total 60 Petrify Resistance at 10 tricks
Between 11 and 20 ticks you gain 8 Petrify Resistance per tick, total 140 Petrify Resistance at 20 ticks
Between 21 and 60 ticks you gain one Petrify Resistance per tick, total 180 Petrify Resistance at 60 ticks
Between 61 and 99 ticks you gain one Petrify Resistance every other tick for a total of of 200 Petrify Resistance at 99 Vigor and 99 Adaptability

Curse Resistance in Dark Souls 2

Reduce Curse build up (need information on how)
Immunity is reached at 1000 resistance, so doubling your resistance also doubles the amount of buildup needed to inflict Curse
Scales with Attunement and Adaptability
Every fourth Attunement will increase Curse Resistance one tick, three out of four Adaptability will increase Curse Resistance one tick
Start with 0 Curse Resistance and gain 6 Curse Resistance per tick between 1 and 10 ticks, total 60 Curse Resistance at 10 tricks
Between 11 and 20 ticks you gain 8 Curse Resistance per tick, total 140 Curse Resistance at 20 ticks
Between 21 and 60 ticks you gain one Curse Resistance per tick, total 180 Curse Resistance at 60 ticks
Between 61 and 99 ticks you gain one Curse Resistance every other tick for a total of of 200 Curse Resistance at 99 Vigor and 99 Adaptability

Dark Defence in Dark Souls 2

Reduces dark damage taken by 0.11% per Dark Defence, 900 total Dark Defence makes you immune to dark
Scales with the lower stat of Intelligence and Faith (referred to as "Dark" below)
Start with 0 and gain 6 Dark Defence per Dark between level 1 and 10, total 60 Dark Defence at 10 Dark
Between 11 and 20 Dark you gain 8 Dark Defence per level, total 140 Dark Defence at 20 Dark
Between 21 and 60 Dark you gain one Dark Defence per level, total 180 Dark Defence at 60 Dark
Between 61 and 99 Dark you gain one Dark Defence every other level for a total of of 200 Dark Defence at 99 Faith and 99 Intelligence

Poison Resistance in Dark Souls 2

Reduce poison build up (need information on how)
Immunity is reached at 1000 Poison Resistance, so doubling your resistance also doubles the amount of buildup needed to inflict Poison
Scales with Vitality and Adaptability
Every fourth Vitality will increase Poison Resistance one tick, three out of four Adaptability will increase Poison Resistance one tick
Start with 0 Poison Resistance and gain 6 Poison Resistance per tick between 1 and 10 ticks, total 60 Poison Resistance at 10 tricks
Between 11 and 20 ticks you gain 8 Poison Resistance per tick, total 140 Poison Resistance at 20 ticks
Between 21 and 60 ticks you gain one Poison Resistance per tick, total 180 Poison Resistance at 60 ticks
Between 61 and 99 ticks you gain one Poison Resistance every other tick for a total of of 200 Poison Resistance at 99 Vitality and 99 Adaptability

Stamina in Dark Souls 2

At 0 Endurance players have 80 max stamina
From level 0 to 20 Endurance raises max stamina by 2 points per attribute point
From level 21 to 98 Endurance raises max stamina by 1 point per attribute point
Level 99 Endurance raises max stamina by 2 points

Slots in Dark Souls 2

Determines how many spells you can attune
Start at 0 slots
You gain one extra Attunement slot at Attunement level 10, 13, 16, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 75

Attack Strength in Dark Souls 2

Determines how much extra damage you do with Strength weapons
Start at 50 with 0 Strength
From level 0 to 10 Strength raises Attack Strength by 7 points to 57 total Attack Strength
From level 11 to 20 Strength raises Attack Strength by 23 points to 80 total Attack Strength
From level 21 to 30 Strength raises Attack Strength by 22 points to 102 total Attack Strength
From level 31 to 40 Strength raises Attack Strength by 38 points to 140 total Attack Strength
From level 41 to 50 Strength raises Attack Strength by 15 points to 155 total Attack Strength
From level 51 to 60 Strength raises Attack Strength by 7 points to 162 total Attack Strength
From level 61 to 70 Strength raises Attack Strength by 8 points to 170 total Attack Strength
From level 71 to 80 Strength raises Attack Strength by 15 points to 185 total Attack Strength
From level 81 to 90 Strength raises Attack Strength by 7 points to 192 total Attack Strength
From level 91 to 99 Strength raises Attack Strength by 8 points to 200 total Attack Strength

Attack Dexterity in Dark Souls 2

Determines how much extra damage you do with Dexterity weapons
Start at 50 with 0 Dexterity
From level 0 to 10 Dexterity raises Attack Dexterity by 7 points to 57 total Attack Dexterity
From level 11 to 20 Dexterity raises Attack Dexterity by 23 points to 80 total Attack Dexterity
From level 21 to 30 Dexterity raises Attack Dexterity by 22 points to 102 total Attack Dexterity
From level 31 to 40 Dexterity raises Attack Dexterity by 38 points to 140 total Attack Dexterity
From level 41 to 50 Dexterity raises Attack Dexterity by 15 points to 155 total Attack Dexterity
From level 51 to 60 Dexterity raises Attack Dexterity by 7 points to 162 total Attack Dexterity
From level 61 to 70 Dexterity raises Attack Dexterity by 8 points to 170 total Attack Dexterity
From level 71 to 80 Dexterity raises Attack Dexterity by 15 points to 185 total Attack Dexterity
From level 81 to 90 Dexterity raises Attack Dexterity by 7 points to 192 total Attack Dexterity
From level 91 to 99 Dexterity raises Attack Dexterity by 8 points to 200 total Attack Dexterity

Fire Bonus in Dark Souls 2

Determines how much extra damage you do with fire weapons and pyromancy spells
Scales with both Intelligence and Faith equally, soft-capping at INT + FTH = 60
For example, 5 Intelligence and 55 Faith, 30 Intelligence and 30 Faith, and 55 Intelligence and 5 Faith all result in 147 Fire Bonus
Start at 50 with 0 Intelligence and Faith
Each point of Fire BNS is worth roughly 1.6 damage given S scaling on your flame. The average might be slightly higher or lower with a larger sample size.

Scaling of Fire BNS with Int/Faith:
Your Fire BNS only goes up with every 2 points total between Int and Faith. The numbers given will be 10 points apart & the bonus per point will be average, Formula is as follows. (FTH+INT)/2.

10 points total: 61 Fire BNS; 1.1 average Fire BNS per point.
20 points total: 72 Fire BNS; 1.1 average Fire BNS per point; no change in scaling from previous 10 points.
30 points total: 94 Fire BNS; 1.47 average Fire BNS per point; 2.2 Fire BNS per point when compared to previous 10 points.
40 points total: 117 Fire BNS; 1.68 average Fire BNS per point; 2.3 Fire BNS per point when compared to previous 10 points.
50 points total: 132 Fire BNS; 1.64 average Fire BNS per point; 1.5 Fire BNS per point when compared to previous 10 points.
60 points total: 147 Fire BNS; 1.62 average Fire BNS per point; no change in scaling from previous 10 points.
Now, here's where the scaling drops off hugely, so let's jump forward a bit...
100 points total: 162 Fire BNS; 1.12 average Fire BNS per point; 0.38 Fire BNS per point when compared to all previous sets.
You will see the largest gains in Fire BNS, and therefore Pyromancy damage, every two points between 20 and 40 total Int/Faith.
Past 60 total Int/Faith, scaling drops off massively, making any points past here extremely inefficient.

Pyromancy damage gains are calculated entirely by Fire BNS in relation to your Flame scaling regardless of the spell's base damage. Most efficient Fire BNS gains are between 20 and 40 total Int/Faith, with (by far) the least efficient gains being after 60 total Int/Faith.

Dark Bonus in Dark Souls 2

Determines how much extra damage you do with dark weapons and hexes
Scales with the lower stat of Intelligence and Faith
For example, 10 Intelligence/20 Faith and 55 Intelligence/10 Faith both result in 72 Dark Bonus
Start at 50 with 0 Intelligence or Faith
Dark in the following list is the lowest of your Intelligence and Faith
From level 0 to 10 Dark raises Dark Bonus by 22 points to 72 total Dark Bonus
From level 11 to 20 Dark raises Dark Bonus by 35 points to 117 total Dark Bonus
From level 21 to 30 Dark raises Dark Bonus by 45 points to 162 total Dark Bonus
From level 31 to 40 Dark raises Dark Bonus by 8 points to 170 total Dark Bonus
From level 41 to 50 Dark raises Dark Bonus by 7 points to 177 total Dark Bonus
From level 51 to 60 Dark raises Dark Bonus by 8 points to 185 total Dark Bonus
From level 61 to 70 Dark raises Dark Bonus by 3 points to 188 total Dark Bonus
From level 71 to 80 Dark raises Dark Bonus by 4 points to 192 total Dark Bonus
From level 81 to 90 Dark raises Dark Bonus by 4 points to 196 total Dark Bonus
From level 91 to 99 Dark raises Dark Bonus by 4 points to 200 total Dark Bonus

Fire Defence in Dark Souls 2

Reduces fire damage taken by 0.11% per Fire Defence, 900 total Fire Defence makes you immune to fire
Scales with Faith and Intelligence at the same rate
Start with 0 and gain 6 Fire Defence every other Faith and/or Intelligence between level 1 and 20, total 60 Fire Defence at 20 Faith and/or Intelligence
Between 21 and 40 Faith and/or Intelligence you gain 8 Fire Defence every other level, total 140 Fire Defence at 40 Faith and/or Intelligence
Between 41 and 120 Faith and/or Intelligence you gain one Fire Defence every other level, total 180 Fire Defence at 120 Faith and/or Intelligence
Between 121 and 198 Faith and/or Intelligence you gain one Fire Defence every fourth point for a total of of 200 Fire Defence at 99 Faith and 99 Intelligence

Poise in Dark Souls 2

Reduce and/or prevent stagger when hit by enemy attacks
Reduced to a third of your total Poise if you aren't in an animation
Scales with the lower stat of Endurance and Adaptability
Starts at 0 and is increased by 0.3 per level until level 30, total 9 poise
Level 31 to 50 you gain 0.2 poise per level, total 13 poise at level 50
Level 51-99 you gain 0.1 poise per level for a total 18 poise at 99 Endurance and 99 Adaptability

Physical Defence in Dark Souls 2

Reduce the damage taken from physical attacks by around 1 per 12 points of armor to respective damage type (tested in PvP using exact data), but will never reduce the attacks to zero
Increase both the base physical defence and physical defence bonus on armor
Scales with the total of Endurance, Vitality, Strength and Dexterity
Increases every 4th level initially, is most effective between level 84 and 160 and gives very little return after 200 levels
Total 20 points give 67 physical defence (lowest possible)
Total 24 points give a +3 increase for 70 total physical armor
Total 28 points give a +2 increase for 72 total physical armor
Total 32 points give a +3 increase for 75 total physical armor
Total 36 points give a +2 increase for 77 total physical armor
Total 40 points give a +3 increase for 80 total physical armor
Total 44 points give a +1 increase for 81 total physical armor
Total 48 points give a +1 increase for 82 total physical armor
Total 52 points give a +1 increase for 83 total physical armor
Total 56 points give a +1 increase for 84 total physical armor
Total 60 points give a +1 increase for 85 total physical armor
Total 64 points give a +1 increase for 86 total physical armor
Total 68 points give a +1 increase for 87 total physical armor
Total 72 points give a +2 increase for 89 total physical armor
Total 76 points give a +1 increase for 90 total physical armor
Total 80 points give a +1 increase for 91 total physical armor
Total 84 points give a +2 increase for 93 total physical armor
Total 88 points give a +2 increase for 95 total physical armor
Total 92 points give a +2 increase for 97 total physical armor
Total 96 points give a +2 increase for 99 total physical armor
Total 100 points give a +3 increase for 102 total physical armor
Total 104 points give a +2 increase for 104 total physical armor
Total 108 points give a +2 increase for 106 total physical armor
Total 112 points give a +2 increase for 108 total physical armor
Total 116 points give a +2 increase for 110 total physical armor
Total 120 points give a +3 increase for 113 total physical armor
Total 124 points give a +2 increase for 115 total physical armor
Total 128 points give a +2 increase for 118 total physical armor
Total 132 points give a +3 increase for 121 total physical armor
Total 136 points give a +3 increase for 124 total physical armor
Total 140 points give a +3 increase for 127 total physical armor
Total 144 points give a +3 increase for 130 total physical armor
Total 148 points give a +3 increase for 133 total physical armor
Total 152 points give a +3 increase for 136 total physical armor
Total 156 points give a +3 increase for 139 total physical armor
Total 160 points give a +3 increase for 142 total physical armor
Total 164 points give a +1 increase for 143 total physical armor
Total 168 points give a +2 increase for 145 total physical armor
Total 172 points give a +2 increase for 147 total physical armor
Total 176 points give a +2 increase for 149 total physical armor
Total 180 points give a +2 increase for 151 total physical armor
Total 184 points give a +1 increase for 152 total physical armor
Total 188 points give a +2 increase for 154 total physical armor
Total 192 points give a +2 increase for 156 total physical armor
Total 196 points give a +2 increase for 158 total physical armor
Total 200 points give a +2 increase for 160 total physical armor
Total 204 points give a +0 increase for 160 total physical armor
Total 208 points give a +0 increase for 160 total physical armor
Total 212 points give a +1 increase for 161 total physical armor
Total 216 points give a +0 increase for 161 total physical armor
Total 220 points give a +0 increase for 161 total physical armor

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