Elden Ring Stat Calculator & Soft Caps

A soft cap is the point where extra points in a stat start giving much less benefit than before. Vigor soft caps at 40 and 60; Mind at 55 and 60; Endurance at 50 and 60; Strength and Dexterity at 54 and 80; Intelligence at 55 and 80; Faith and Arcane at 45 and 80. Past the second breakpoint, almost every stat gives so little that 80 is treated as the practical cap for scaling stats.

Every Soft Cap in One Table

Soft cap breakpoints by attribute
Attribute	First soft cap	Second soft cap	Governs
Vigor (VIG)	40	60	Max HP
Mind (MIN)	55	60	Max FP
Endurance (END)	50	60	Stamina & equip load
Strength (STR)	54	80	Strength weapon scaling
Dexterity (DEX)	54	80	Dexterity weapon scaling
Intelligence (INT)	55	80	Sorcery scaling
Faith (FAI)	45	80	Incantation scaling
Arcane (ARC)	45	80	Discovery, bleed & arcane scaling

Approximate HP, FP & Stamina by Stat Value

These are the approximate values this calculator's stat bars are built from — useful for seeing roughly how much you gain by pushing a stat further.

Vigor → HP · Mind → FP · Endurance → Stamina
Stat value	HP (Vigor)	FP (Mind)	Stamina (Endurance)
1	300	58	80
15	504	132	105
25	650	188	123
40	1,020	270	146
60	1,900	374	170
80	2,002	412	185
99	2,100	450	200

Why Overinvesting Past a Cap Wastes Points

Look at Vigor between 40 and 60: roughly 880 HP gained across 20 points, or about 44 HP per point. Between 60 and 99, the same stat only gains about 200 HP across 39 points — barely 5 HP per point. That's the entire idea of a soft cap: the game doesn't stop you from investing further, it just makes those points far less valuable than putting them into a different stat that's still below its own first breakpoint.

This is exactly what the live stat bars in the Build Planner are built to show — each bar marks its soft caps and turns gold the moment you reach one, so you always know when a stat has stopped pulling its weight.

See every soft cap marked live as you allocate points:

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Soft Cap FAQ

What is a soft cap in Elden Ring?

A soft cap is a stat value where each additional point starts giving noticeably less benefit than the points before it. You can still put points past a soft cap, but the return per point drops sharply, which is why most builds stop investing there and put spare points into another stat instead.

Is 80 a hard cap in Elden Ring?

Effectively, yes, for weapon-scaling stats. Some scaling continues past 80 up to 99, but the gains are small enough that almost every guide treats 80 as the practical stopping point, reserving investment past it only for very specific min-maxed builds.

Should I level Vigor first?

Most guides recommend prioritizing Vigor to at least 40 early on, since HP is what keeps you alive while you learn boss patterns, and its first soft cap gives a very large HP jump (roughly 650 to 1,020) for a relatively small number of points.

Why does my stat bar turn gold on the calculator?

The stat bars in the Build Planner mark each soft cap and turn gold the moment you reach it, so you can see at a glance whether a stat is still worth investing in or has hit diminishing returns.

Every Soft Cap in One Table

Approximate HP, FP & Stamina by Stat Value

Why Overinvesting Past a Cap Wastes Points

Soft Cap FAQ

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