Complete Guide on Soft Caps Elden Ring [2022 Update]

Like most RPG games, Elden Ring too has a soft cap hidden within the leveling mechanics of the game. From Software encourages players to explore the secrets of the Elden Ring, thus providing vague and confusing instructions. In terms of level caps, players can change their skill points by using Larva tear to reallocate their stats. 

There are a total of eight attribute points that go up to level ninety-nine. This content will help you know all the soft caps of Elden from Vigor to Arcane. Learning about the soft caps will help you reallocate and distribute skill points with maximum efficiency. 

What is Soft Cap ?

After reaching a certain level, the increment for gaining additional bonuses depletes drastically. If one is gaining plus fifteen power after each level and reaches a level where power gain is decreased down to five or seven then the point is called soft caps. 

Complete Guide on Soft Caps Elden Ring

We will be going into details about attribute points and their soft caps further down this content. Each attribute in the Elden ring behaves differently when it comes to soft capping their levels. 

Players might be overwhelmed by viewing the Level Up menu of the game but know that Base Stats, Body, Attack Power, Defense Power are determined by eight various aspects under Attribute Points. They are:-  

• Vigor 
• Mind
• Endurance
• Strength 
• Dexterity 
• Intelligence
• Faith 
• Arcane

Some level soft caps are really confusing as they fluctuate from high to lows. Nevertheless, there is always a point in levels for radical changes. 

Vigor

Vigor determines the max health of your characters and they increase vastly giving you thirty to forty amounts of base health. But the number of increased health depletes after level forty.

We can say Level Fourty is the soft cap of Vigor. There is also another soft cap when you reach level Sixty. It is basically worthless to put skill points on vigor after level sixty as it gives you six base health. 

Level	Total HP	Increase
9	396	+18
10	414	+18
11	434	+20
12	455	+21
13	476	+21
14	499	+23
15	522	+23
16	547	+25
17	572	+25
18	598	+26
19	624	+26
20	652	+28
21	680	+28
22	709	+29
23	738	+29
24	769	+31
25	800	+31
26	833	+33
27	870	+37
28	910	+40
29	951	+41
30	994	+43
31	1037	+43
32	1081	+44
33	1125	+44
34	1170	+45
35	1216	+46
36	1262	+46
37	1308	+46
38	1355	+47
39	1402	+47
40	1450	+48
41	1476	+26
42	1503	+27
43	1529	+26
44	1555	+26
45	1581	+26
46	1606	+25
47	1631	+25
48	1656	+25
49	1680	+24
50	1704	+24
51	1727	+23
52	1750	+23
53	1772	+22
54	1793	+21
55	1814	+21
56	1834	+20
57	1853	+19
58	1871	+18
59	1887	+16
60	1900	+13
61	1906	+6
62	1912	+6
63	1918	+6
64	1924	+6
65	1930	+6
66	1936	+6
67	1942	+6
68	1948	+6
69	1954	+6
70	1959	+5
71	1965	+6
72	1971	+6
73	1977	+6
74	1982	+5
75	1988	+6
76	1993	+5
77	1999	+6
78	2004	+5
79	2010	+6
80	2015	+5
81	2020	+5
82	2026	+6
83	2031	+5
84	2036	+5
85	2041	+5
86	2046	+5
87	2051	+5
88	2056	+5
89	2060	+4
90	2065	+5
91	2070	+5
92	2074	+4
93	2078	+4
94	2082	+4
95	2086	+4
96	2090	+4
97	2094	+4
98	2097	+3
99	2100	+3

Mind

Mind is the FP(Focus Points) of the game, or it can also be called mana because it is essential for using an incantation, spells, summon, and ashes of war.

Increasing the Mind level also raises focus, building a strong stance that is not easily breakable. Mind is never enough for magic build users; that is why we have Estus flasks for Mind and Vigor as well.

Level	Total FP	Increase
10	78	+3
11	82	+4
12	85	+3
13	88	+3
14	91	+3
15	95	+4
16	100	+5
17	105	+5
18	110	+5
19	116	+6
20	121	+5
21	126	+5
22	131	+5
23	137	+6
24	142	+5
25	147	+5
26	152	+5
27	158	+6
28	163	+5
29	168	+5
30	173	+5
31	179	+6
32	184	+5
33	189	+5
34	194	+5
35	200	+6
36	207	+7
37	214	+7
38	221	+7
39	228	+7
40	235	+7
41	242	+7
42	248	+6
43	255	+7
44	262	+7
45	268	+6
46	275	+7
47	281	+6
48	287	+6
49	293	+6
50	300	+7
51	305	+5
52	311	+6
53	317	+6
54	322	+5
55	328	+6
56	333	+5
57	338	+5
58	342	+4
59	346	+4
60	350	+4
61	352	+2
62	355	+3
63	357	+2
64	360	+3
65	362	+2
66	365	+3
67	367	+2
68	370	+3
69	373	+3
70	375	+2
71	378	+3
72	380	+2
73	383	+3
74	385	+2
75	388	+3
76	391	+3
77	393	+2
78	396	+3
79	398	+2
80	401	+3
81	403	+2
82	406	+3
83	408	+2
84	411	+3
85	414	+3
86	416	+2
87	419	+3
88	421	+2
89	424	+3
90	426	+2
91	429	+3
92	432	+3
93	434	+2
94	437	+3
95	439	+2
96	442	+3
97	444	+2
98	447	+3
99	450	+3

Endurance

Endurance represents the stamina bar of the player. It also determines the total equipment load for the player to carry. Leveling up Endurance will increase stamina as well as equip load. The soft level cap for both Stamina and Load is very basic and occurs differently from one another. 

The soft level cap for Samina is Fifty, whereas, for Equip load, we have two soft caps. One is at level twenty-five and the other at level fifty. You can see we need two skill points(sometimes three) for stamina to increase just for an additional one. I think it’s not worth spending skill points for stamina after level fifty.  

Level	Stamina	Equip Load
10	92	+1	48.2	+1.6
11	94	+2	49.8	+1.6
12	95	+1	51.4	+1.6
13	97	+2	52.9	+1.5
14	98	+1	54.5	+1.6
15	100	+2	56.1	+1.6
16	101	+1	57.7	+1.6
17	103	+2	59.3	+1.6
18	105	+2	60.9	+1.6
19	106	+1	62.5	+1.6
20	108	+2	64.1	+1.6
21	110	+2	65.6	+1.5
22	111	+1	67.2	+1.6
23	113	+2	68.8	+1.6
24	115	+2	70.4	+1.6
25	116	+1	72	+1.6
26	118	+2	73	+1.0
27	120	+2	74.1	+1.1
28	121	+1	75.2	+1.1
29	123	+2	76.4	+1.2
30	125	+2	77.6	+1.2
31	126	+1	78.9	+1.3
32	128	+2	80.2	+1.3
33	129	+1	81.5	+1.3
34	131	+2	82.8	+1.3
35	132	+1	84.1	+1.3
36	134	+2	85.4	+1.3
37	135	+1	86.8	+1.4
38	137	+2	88.1	+1.3
39	138	+1	89.5	+1.4
40	140	+2	90.9	+1.4
41	141	+1	92.3	+1.4
42	143	+2	93.7	+1.4
43	144	+1	95.1	+1.4
44	146	+2	96.5	+1.4
45	147	+1	97.9	+1.4
46	149	+2	99.4	+1.5
47	150	+1	100.8	+1.4
48	152	+2	102.2	+1.4
49	153	+1	103.7	+1.5
50	155	+2	105.2	+1.5
51	155	0	106.6	+1.4
52	155	0	108.1	+1.5
53	155	0	109.6	+1.5
54	156	+1	111	+1.4
55	156	0	112.5	+1.5
56	156	0	114	+1.5
57	157	+1	115.5	+1.5
58	157	0	117	+1.5
59	157	0	118.5	+1.5
60	158	+1	120	+1.5
61	158	0	121	+1.0
62	158	0	122.1	+1.1
63	158	0	123.1	+1.0
64	159	+1	124.1	+1.0
65	159	0	125.1	+1.0
66	159	0	126.2	+1.1
67	160	+1	127.2	+1.0
68	160	0	128.2	+1.0
69	160	0	129.2	+1.0
70	161	+1	130.3	+1.1
71	161	0	131.3	+1.0
72	161	0	132.3	+1.0
73	162	+1	133.3	+1.0
74	162	0	134.4	+1.1
75	162	0	135.4	+1.0
76	162	0	136.4	+1.0
77	163	+1	137.4	+1.0
78	163	0	138.5	+1.1
79	163	0	139.5	+1.0
80	164	+1	140.5	+1.0
81	164	0	141.5	+1.0
82	164	0	142.6	+1.1
83	165	+1	143.6	+1.0
84	165	0	144.6	+1.0
85	165	0	145.6	+1.0
86	166	+1	146.7	+1.1
87	166	0	147.7	+1.0
88	166	0	148.7	+1.0
89	166	0	149.7	+1.0
90	167	+1	150.8	+1.1
91	167	0	151.8	+1.0
92	167	0	152.8	+1.0
93	168	+1	153.8	+1.0
94	168	0	154.9	+1.1
95	168	0	155.9	+1.0
96	169	+1	156.9	+1.0
97	169	0	157.9	+1.0
98	169	0	159	+1.1
99	170	+1	160	+1.0

Strength 

Strength increases the overall base attack and defense power of heavy weapons. Leveling up strength allows the player to wield powerful weapons that do a lot of damage. There is a minor boost in strength along with weapon damage and physical defense when leveling. The table below represents soft caps of Strength levels in bold letters. 

Level	Max Strength	Increase
10	113	+1
11	115	+2
12	116	+1
13	117	+1
14	119	+2
15	120	+1
16	122	+2
17	124	+2
18	125	+1
19	127	+2
20	128	+1
21	129	+1
22	130	+1
23	131	+1
24	132	+1
25	133	+1
26	134	+1
27	135	+1
28	135	+0
29	136	+1
30	137	+1
31	138	+1
32	139	+1
33	140	+1
34	140	+0
35	141	+1
36	142	+1
37	143	+1
38	144	+1
39	144	+0
40	145	+1
41	146	+1
42	147	+1
43	147	+0
44	148	+1
45	149	+1
46	150	+1
47	150	+0
48	151	+1
49	152	+1
50	152	+0
51	153	+1
52	154	+1
53	154	+0
54	155	+1
55	156	+1
56	156	+0
57	157	+1
58	157	+0
59	158	+1
60	158	+0
61	159	+1
62	159	+0
63	160	+1
64	160	+0
65	161	+1
66	161	+0
67	162	+1
68	163	+1
69	163	+0
70	164	+1
71	164	+0
72	165	+1
73	165	+0
74	166	+1
75	166	+0
76	167	+1
77	168	+1
78	168	+0
79	169	+1
80	169	+0
81	169	+0
82	170	+1
83	170	+0
84	170	+0
85	170	+0
86	171	+1
87	171	+0
88	171	+0
89	171	+0
90	171	+0
91	172	+1
92	172	+0
93	172	+0
94	172	+0
95	172	+0
96	173	+1
97	173	+0
98	173	+0
99	173	+0

Dexterity 

Dexterity in Elden Ring governs the overall strength and defense of your player. Dexterity is most useful when welding lightweight and fast weapons. Leveling up dexterity will increase the damage of such weapons.

The soft level cap for dexterity is similar to strength with a miner boost with every skill point invested. You can find the level cap with bold font in the table below.

Level	Max Dexterity	Increase
10	105	+1
11	107	+2
12	108	+1
13	110	+2
14	112	+2
15	113	+1
16	115	+2
17	117	+2
18	119	+2
19	121	+2
20	122	+1
21	123	+1
22	124	+1
23	125	+1
24	126	+1
25	127	+1
26	128	+1
27	129	+1
28	130	+1
29	131	+1
30	132	+1
31	133	+1
32	134	+1
33	135	+1
34	136	+1
35	137	+1
36	138	+1
37	139	+1
38	140	+1
39	140	+0
40	141	+1
41	142	+1
42	143	+1
43	144	+1
44	145	+1
45	146	+1
46	146	+0
47	147	+1
48	148	+1
49	149	+1
50	150	+1
51	150	+0
52	151	+1
53	152	+1
54	152	+0
55	153	+1
56	154	+1
57	154	+0
58	155	+1
59	156	+1
60	156	+0
61	157	+1
62	157	+0
63	158	+1
64	158	+0
65	159	+1
66	160	+1
67	160	+0
68	161	+1
69	162	+1
70	162	+0
71	163	+1
72	163	+0
73	164	+1
74	165	+1
75	165	+0
76	166	+1
77	167	+1
78	167	+0
79	168	+1
80	168	+0
81	169	+1
82	169	+0
83	169	+0
84	169	+0
85	170	+1
86	170	+0
87	170	+0
88	170	+0
89	171	+1
90	171	+0
91	171	+0
92	171	+0
93	172	+1
94	172	+0
95	172	+0
96	172	+0
97	173	+1
98	173	+0
99	173	+0

Intelligence

Leveling up Intelligence allows the player to cast Sorceries different from the incantation spell. Unlike Faith which uses status effect spells, Intelligence uses the Glintstone staff to cast spells. Using weapons that scale up to Intelligence also uses stamina, so invest your skill point in Endurance.

Changes in Intelligence increases are noticed at level twenty, so the particular level can be considered the soft cap. You can view all the increases and decreases in the table below. 

Level	Max Intelligence	Increase
11	131	+3
12	134	+3
13	137	+3
14	139	+2
15	142	+3
16	145	+3
17	148	+3
18	150	+2
19	153	+3
20	156	+3
21	157	+1
22	159	+2
23	160	+2
24	161	+1
25	162	+1
26	164	+2
27	165	+1
28	166	+1
29	167	+1
30	169	+2
31	170	+1
32	171	+1
33	172	+1
34	174	+2
35	175	+1
36	176	+1
37	177	+1
38	179	+2
39	180	+1
40	181	+1
41	182	+1
42	182	+0
43	183	+1
44	184	+1
45	185	+1
46	185	+0
47	186	+1
48	187	+1
49	188	+1
50	188	+0
51	189	+1
52	190	+1
53	190	+0
54	191	+1
55	192	+1
56	193	+1
57	193	+0
58	194	+1
59	195	+1
60	195	+0
61	196	+1
62	197	+1
63	197	+0
64	198	+1
65	199	+1
66	199	+0
67	200	+1
68	201	+1
69	201	+0
70	202	+1
71	203	+1
72	203	+0
73	204	+1
74	205	+1
75	205	+0
76	206	+1
77	207	+1
78	207	+0
79	208	+1
80	209	+1
81	209	+0
82	210	+1
83	211	+1
84	212	+1
85	212	+0
86	213	+1
87	214	+1
88	215	+1
89	216	+1
90	217	+1
91	218	+1
92	219	+1
93	220	+1
94	221	+1
95	222	+1
96	223	+1
97	224	+1
98	225	+1
99	226	+1

Faith 

Faith governs the overall magical damage of players. Just like Dexterity and strength deal with physical attack and defense, Faith deals with Incantation spells and status effect negation. Intelligence has two soft caps that decrease the bonus increase.

Level	Max Faith	Increase
11	131	+3
12	134	+3
13	137	+3
14	139	+2
15	142	+3
16	145	+3
17	148	+3
18	150	+2
19	153	+3
20	156	+3
21	157	+1
22	159	+2
23	160	+2
24	161	+1
25	162	+1
26	164	+2
27	165	+1
28	166	+1
29	167	+1
30	169	+2
31	170	+1
32	171	+1
33	172	+1
34	174	+2
35	175	+1
36	176	+1
37	177	+1
38	179	+2
39	180	+1
40	181	+1
41	182	+1
42	182	+0
43	183	+1
44	184	+1
45	185	+1
46	185	+0
47	186	+1
48	187	+1
49	188	+1
50	188	+0
51	189	+1
52	190	+1
53	190	+0
54	191	+1
55	192	+1
56	193	+1
57	193	+0
58	194	+1
59	195	+1
60	195	+0
61	196	+1
62	197	+1
63	197	+0
64	198	+1
65	199	+1
66	199	+0
67	200	+1
68	201	+1
69	201	+0
70	202	+1
71	203	+1
72	203	+0
73	204	+1
74	205	+1
75	205	+0
76	206	+1
77	207	+1
78	207	+0
79	208	+1
80	209	+1
81	209	+0
82	210	+1
83	211	+1
84	212	+1
85	212	+0
86	213	+1
87	214	+1
88	215	+1
89	216	+1
90	217	+1
91	218	+1
92	219	+1
93	220	+1
94	221	+1
95	222	+1
96	223	+1
97	224	+1
98	225	+1
99	226	+1

Arcane

Arcane is one of the attributes that increase the item discovery with the increase of Arcane level. This Attribute primarily affects Holy damage, and leveling up Arcane allows you to wield weapons that scale up with Arcane. 

There is not much increase in arcane, but Max’s discovery is constantly increased by one. 

Level	Max Arcane	Increase	Max Discovery	Increase
11	57	0	111	+1
12	57	0	112	+1
13	57	0	113	+1
14	57	0	114	+1
15	57	+1	115	+1
16	58	0	116	+1
17	58	0	117	+1
18	58	0	118	+1
19	58	0	119	+1
20	58	0	120	+1
21	58	0	121	+1
22	58	0	122	+1
23	58	0	123	+1
24	58	0	124	+1
25	58	+1	125	+1
26	59	0	126	+1
27	59	+1	127	+1
28	60	0	128	+1
29	60	+1	129	+1
30	61	+1	130	+1
31	62	0	131	+1
32	62	+1	132	+1
33	63	0	133	+1
34	63	+1	134	+1
35	64	0	135	+1
36	64	+1	136	+1
37	65	0	137	+1
38	65	+1	138	+1
39	66	+1	139	+1
40	67	0	140	+1
41	67	+1	141	+1
42	68	0	142	+1
43	68	+1	143	+1
44	69	0	144	+1
45	69	0	145	+1
46	69	1	146	+1
47	70	0	147	+1
48	70	0	148	+1
49	70	0	149	+1
50	70	0	150	+1
51	70	1	151	+1
52	71	0	152	+1
53	71	0	153	+1
54	71	0	154	+1
55	71	0	155	+1
56	71	0	156	+1
57	71	1	157	+1
58	72	0	158	+1
59	72	0	159	+1
60	72	0	160	+1
61	72	0	161	+1
62	72	0	162	+1
63	72	0	163	+1
64	72	0	164	+1
65	72	0	165	+1
66	72	0	166	+1
67	72	0	167	+1
68	72	0	168	+1
69	72	0	169	+1
70	72	0	170	+1
71	72	0	171	+1
72	72	0	172	+1
73	72	1	173	+1
74	73	0	174	+1
75	73	0	175	+1
76	73	0	176	+1
77	73	0	177	+1
78	73	0	178	+1
79	73	0	179	+1
80	73	0	180	+1
81	73	0	181	+1
82	73	0	182	+1
83	73	0	183	+1
84	73	0	184	+1
85	73	0	185	+1
86	73	0	186	+1
87	73	0	187	+1
88	73	0	188	+1
89	73	0	189	+1
90	73	0	190	+1
91	73	0	192	+2
92	73	0	192	+0
93	73	0	193	+1
94	73	0	194	+1
95	73	0	195	+1
96	73	0	196	+1
97	74	1	197	+1
98	74	0	198	+1
99	74	0	199	+1

Some Attributes like Vigor are affected greatly with soft level caps while others such as Arcane and Faith are not much affected by this mechanic. Knowing which attributes to level up with your skill points is crucial as the number of Runes is increased with the cost of each skill point. 

What is Hard Cap?

Hard Cap is the ultimate level and players can’t level further. The limit for leveling up every attribute in Elden Ring is ninety-nine, thus making level ninety-nine a hard cap. Soft caps on the other hand change from one level to another.