Endurance (Dark Souls)

For other uses, see Endurance (disambiguation).

Endurance is a stat in Dark Souls.

Description[]

Investing in Endurance increases maximum stamina, equipment load, and bleed resistance. In terms of equipment load, Endurance softcaps at 40. It is not usually worth going over this softcap.

Stamina[]

Stamina is represented by the green bar on the top left corner of the screen. One large chunk of the bar is approximately 28.57 stamina. Actions such as dashing and attacking reduce stamina which after a brief pause begins regenerating. If the player runs out of stamina, they temporarily cannot attack or dash.

If a character is blocking and a blow exceeds the amount of stamina needed to absorb the damage, that character is then staggered, left wide open, and takes the excess damage. This mechanic is dependent on stability.

Stamina is capped at 160, which is reached at level 40 endurance; further levels do not increase stamina. Stamina can also be increased by the Ring of Favor and Protection, even if the 40 endurance cap has been reached.

Stamina Regeneration Rate[]

Stamina has a base regeneration rate for all players, regardless of soul level or stats: 45 stamina per second. The regeneration rate can be increased passively while wearing the Mask of the Child, Grass Crest Shield, Cloranthy Ring, consuming a Green Blossom, or casting Power Within. Green blossoms and Power Within do not stack, but all other effects will stack with each other.

Regeneration rate is lowered by 80% while the player has his/her guard up or while climbing a ladder. Wearing heavy armor pieces reduces this regeneration rate by 1-2 stamina per second. If the player is heavily burdened (more than 50%), then stamina will regenerate 20% slowed. If the player is over-burdened, the penalty is 30% instead.

Equipment Load[]

Equipment load determines how much equipment the player can equip before being affected by movement penalties. The softcap for endurance is 40 in terms of carry weight. The Mask of the Father, Havel's Ring, and Ring of Favor and Protection also improve equipment load. Though Mask of the Father is so heavy it usually cancels out its own effect.

When at 25% of equip load or below the player sprint and walk speed will be fast, rolls will be categorized as Fast Rolls.
When at 26% - 50% of equip load player Sprint and walk speed will be reduced to medium, rolls will be categorized as Medium Rolls.
When at 51% - 100% of equip load player sprint and walk speed will be reduced to slow, rolls will be categorized as Slow or Fat Rolls. Stamina regen will be reduced by 20%
When above 100% of equip load player will become unable to sprint and will instead "poop walk", player will be unable to roll. Stamina regeneration will be reduced by 30%

It is generally advised to keep equipment load at or below 25% in order to stay nimble. For more information roll types visit the Rolling page.

Stat Development[]

Endurance	Stamina	Bleed Resist	Equip Load
1	80	10	41
2	-	-	42
3	-	-	43
4	-	-	44
5	-	-	45
6	-	-	46
7	-	-	47
8	88	33	48
9	90	37	49
10	91	40	50
11	93	44	51
12	95	48	52
13	97	52	53
14	98	56	54
15	100	60	55
16	102	63	56
17	104	65	57
18	106	68	58
19	108	71	59
20	110	73	60
21	112	76	61
22	115	79	62
23	117	81	63
24	119	84	64
25	121	87	65
26	124	89	66
27	126	91	67
28	129	95	68
29	131	97	69
30	133	100	70
31	136	101	71
32	139	101	72
33	141	102	73
34	144	103	74
35	146	104	75
36	149	104	76
37	152	105	77
38	154	106	78
39	157	107	79
40	160	107	80
41	160	108	81
42	160	109	82
43	160	109	83
44	160	110	84
45	160	111	85
46	160	112	86
47	160	112	87
48	160	113	88
49	160	114	89
50	160	114	90

Endurance	Stamina	Bleed Resist	Equip Load
51	160	115	91
52	160	116	92
53	160	117	93
54	160	117	94
55	160	118	95
56	160	119	96
57	160	120	97
58	160	120	98
59	160	121	99
60	160	122	100
61	160	122	101
62	160	123	102
63	160	124	103
64	160	125	104
65	160	125	105
66	160	126	106
67	160	127	107
68	160	128	108
69	160	128	109
70	160	129	110
71	160	130	111
72	160	130	112
73	160	131	113
74	160	132	114
75	160	133	115
76	160	133	116
77	160	134	117
78	160	135	118
79	160	136	119
80	160	136	120
81	160	137	121
82	160	138	122
83	160	138	123
84	160	139	124
85	160	140	125
86	160	141	126
87	160	141	127
88	160	142	128
89	160	143	129
90	160	143	130
91	160	144	131
92	160	145	132
93	160	146	133
94	160	146	134
95	160	147	135
96	160	148	136
97	160	149	137
98	160	149	138
99	160	150	139