Attributes

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By Paul (vhayste)

Last Updated: Apr 1st, 2014

Base Attributes

Attribute	Effect
Level	Overall attribute strength. Consumes souls to level up.
Vigor	Determines max HP
Endurance	Determines your maximum stamina
Vitality	Determines the maximum equipment load
Attunement	Governing the number of spells that can be attuned. Boosts spell-casting speed.
Strength	Attribute required to wield heavy, powerful weapons. Also boosts attack.
Dexterity	Attribute required to wield weapons requiring finesse. Also boosts attack.
Adaptability	Raises various attributes to ensure one's survival. Boosts agility and various resistances.
Intelligence	Attribute required for sorceries. Boosts magic DEF and proficiency in sorceries.
Faith	Attribute required for miracles. Boosts lightning DEF and proficiency in miracles.

Notes:

Some weapons require both STR and DEX to wield
Some weapons "scale" up other stats like INT and Faith
The base stats also increase some of the many specific attributes at the same time.

Derived Attributes

These are the other attributes that are raised when you allocate points to your base attributes when leveling up. Take note that some of these doesn't go up every time you allocate points. Aside from Vitality which increases your HP by 30 per level up, all the other attributes increase your HP by 2 in addition to the other derived stats they increase.

Vigor

Petrify resistance

Endurance

Stamina
Physical Defense
Poise

Vitality

Equipment load capacity
Physical Defense
Petrify resistance

Attunement

Sorcery/ Miracle spell slots
Casting speed
Agility

Strength

Physical attack damage
Physical defense

Dexterity

Physical attack damage
Poison bonus damage
Bleeding bonus damage
Physical defense

Adaptability

Resistances
Agility
Poise
Poison Bonus Damage

Intelligence

Casting speed
Magic bonus damage
Fire bonus damage
Dark bonus damage
Magic defense
Fire defense
Dark defense

Faith

Casting speed
Fire bonus damage
Lightning bonus damage
Dark bonus damage
Bleed bonus damage
Fire defense
Lightning defense
Dark defense
Petrify defense

Stat Re-allocation

You can reset spent stat points and redistribute them the way you want them by offering a Soul Vessel to the Fire Keepers in Things Betwixt. Soul Vessels are incredibly rare so make sure you know what stats to raise or not.

Gifts

These are personal preference only. Life Ring is a good equipment while Human Effigy, Healing Wares and Homeward Bone are things you can collect along your gameplay so avoid getting these.

Life Ring	Slighty increases HP when equipped.
Human Effigy	Used to reverse the effects of being hollowed. You can also burn this to prevent invasions temporarily.
Healing Wares	Various poison recovery and healing items
Homeward Bone	Use this to return to a bonfire you last rested at.
Seed of a Tree of Giants	Enemies react to invaders from other worlds
Bonfire Ascetic	Toss it in a bonfire to permanently raise the difficulty of an area around a bonfire. Take note that this is non-reversible and the effects will carry on with the difficulty increase in New Game+
Petrified Something	Gives you a random item when you drop it at the nest near the beginning of the game.