Elden Ring Soft Caps [Patch 1.08] (April 2024)

Here’s our complete Elden Ring soft caps guide. Learn about what the soft cap is in Elden Ring and what you should do once you hit it.

FromSoftware games tend to have various soft caps that stop the player from putting points into one stat excessively and becoming too strong. If you keep leveling your strength stat, you’ll hit the soft cap after a while and your stats won’t increase as much as they normally do. The same can be said about the latest release, Elden Ring. That is why this guide will explain the exact Elden Ring soft caps so that you are familiar with them.

If you are curious to know what exactly the soft cap does and what you should do once you hit it, continue reading to find out. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the Elden Ring soft caps guide.

Guide Contents

What is a Soft Cap in Elden Ring?

Before we talk about each of the stats, let’s find out what Elden Ring soft caps are and what it does exactly. After players hit a soft cap, they will not receive the attributes that they did previously by upgrading their stats. If you were getting +10 attributes, now, you’ll get around 5 or 6 depending on which soft cap you hit.

All FromSoftware games have this mechanic but Elden Ring gives a bit of leeway to the players. This allows you to complete your builds at a higher level and have stronger stats than previous Souls games.

However, once you reach level 99, you will hit a hard cap. This is where you will not gain any benefits even if you upgrade your stats. This is done to prevent players from spamming points into one stat and becoming too strong for the game to handle.

Elden Ring Vigor Soft Cap

Leveling the Vigor stat will allow you to increase your HP. This, in turn, allows you to take more damage without dying. If you want to play aggressively, leveling the Vigor stat will greatly help you. With that said, here are the soft caps for it:

Level 40 – First Cap
Level 60 – Second Cap
Level 90 – Third Cap (You’ll gain 4 or 5 points of HP per level after this)

Elden Ring Mind Soft Cap

The Mind stat will increase your mana pool, allowing you to cast more spells and use more magic. If you are a magic user, leveling this stat is a must. Here are the soft caps for it:

Level 20 – First Cap
Level 50 – Second Cap
Level 55 – Third Cap
Level 60 – Fourth Cap (After level 60, you will only gain 2 or 3 FP per level)

Elden Ring Endurance Soft Cap

The Endurance stat will help you increase your stamina. Not only that, but it also assists you in increasing your equipment load so that you do not become over-encumbered after carrying a few items. Here are the soft and hard caps for Endurance:

Level 12 – First Cap
Level 18 – Second Cap
Level 32 – Third Cap
Level 50 – Fourth Cap (You’ll get 1 point of stamina for every three levels)

Elden Ring Strength Soft Cap

Strength will allow you to wield colossal and large weapons that deal a lot of damage. It also increases your overall damage, allowing you to take out enemies quickly and easily. Here are the caps for it:

Level 20 – First Cap
Level 55 – Second Cap
Level 80 – Third Cap

Elden Ring Dexterity Soft Cap

This stat is similar to strength, and it allows you to equip Dex-based weapons that are usually swift and deal a good amount of damage. Plus, it also increases your damage as well. Here are the soft caps for this stat:

Level 20 – First Cap
Level 55 – Second Cap
Level 80 – Third Cap

Elden Ring Intelligence (Attack) Soft Cap

Intelligence is your go-to stat if you want to excel in using sorceries and other magic weapons. It will also increase your resistance to various magic attacks as well.

These caps are for weapons that scale with intelligence:

Level 20 – First Cap
Level 50 – Second Cap
Level 80 – Third Cap

Elden Ring Intelligence (Sorcery) Soft Cap

These caps are for spell damage:

Level 60 – First Cap
Level 80 – Second Cap

Faith (Attack) Soft Cap

Like Dexterity, Faith is the second stat you can use to increase your magic prowess. There are tons of Faith-based weapons in Elden Ring that require a certain amount of points into the Faith stat so you can use them effectively. Much like Dexterity, the Faith stat soft caps at the following levels:

Level 20 – First Cap
Level 50 – Second Cap
Level 80 – Third Cap

Faith (Incantation) Soft Cap

Level 60 – First Cap
Level 80 – Second Cap

Arcane (Attack) Soft Cap

Arcane is the luck stat that was found in previous Souls games. Leveling it up will allow you to discover more items easily. Plus, you’ll get more Runes as well after defeating various enemies.

These caps are for weapons that scale with arcane:

Level 25 – First Cap
Level 45 – Second Cap
Level 60 – Third Cap

Arcane (Incantation) Soft Cap

These soft caps are for more unique interactions, such as with Dragon Communion Seal and Albinauric Staff:

Level 15 – First Cap
Level 30 – Second Cap
Level 45 – Third Cap

Elden Ring Soft Caps Cheat Sheet 2023

Here’s the full list of Elden Ring soft caps. Updated for patch 1.08.

Vigor: Level 40, Level 60, Level 90
Mind: Level 20, Level 50, Level 55, Level 60
Endurance: Level 12, Level 18, Level 32, Level 50
Strength: Level 20, Level 55, Level 80
Dexterity: Level 20, Level 55, Level 80
Intelligence (Attack): Level 20, Level 50, Level 80
Intelligence (Sorcery): Level 60, Level 80
Faith (Attack): Level 20, Level 50, Level 80
Faith (Incantation): Level 60, Level 80
Arcane (Attack): Level 25, Level 45, Level 60
Arcane (Incantation): Level 15, Level 30, Level 45

And that concludes our Elden Ring soft caps guide. Are you on the hunt for more Elden Ring guides? Check out these:

Elden Ring is available to play on Steam here.