Stats

Attributes

Icon	Stat	Effect	Soft Cap(s)1	Effect of soft cap
	Level	Physical Defense UP	544	The total value of a hunter's overall attributes. Use Blood Echoes to level up.
	Vitality	Max HP up	30/50	The amount of max HP gained is 25 per level from 1 - 30 The amount of max HP gained per level is reduced to 20 at 31 The amount of max HP gained per level is reduced to 8-9 after 50.
	Endurance	Max Stamina up Max Slow Poison RES up Max Rapid Poison RES up	15/40	Increases Slow and Rapid Poison resistance by 4-6 per level from 8 to 15 and 2 or less after 15. Increases max Stamina by 2-3 per level. The amount of max Stamina gained per every 6 levels is reduced to 1 after 40 (≅0,16 per level at 41).
	Strength	Meets Strength requirements for equipment Increases damage on equipment with STR scaling	25/50	Contribution to Attack Rating gets stronger the more points you put into it. Increases total attack with STR scaling weapons and items. Total Attack is multiplied by your equipment's scaling value.
	Skill	Meets Skill requirements for equipment Increases damage on equipment with SKL scaling	25/50	Contribution to Attack Rating gets stronger the more points you put into it. Increases total attack with SKL scaling weapons and items. Total Attack is multiplied by your equipment's scaling value.
	Bloodtinge	Meets Bloodtinge requirements for equipment Increases damage on equipment with BLT scaling.	25/50	Increases damage of Bloodtinge-scaling weapons, firearms and hunter tool. Total Attack is multiplied by your equipment's scaling value.
	Arcane	Max Discovery up Meets Arcane requirements for equipment Increases damage on equipment with ARC scaling	99	Increases damage of Arcane-scaling weapons, firearms, hunter tools and items. Total Attack is multiplied by your equipment's scaling value. Increases Item Discovery.

• All stats increase Physical DEF by 2-3 points for each level until BL69, by 1-2 points until BL138, by ≅0.5 points until BL143 and by ≅0.1 points until BL544.

Other Stats

Icon	Stat	Hardcap	Effect
	Insight	99	Level of Insight, or depth of inhuman knowledge. Needed to ring special bell, but induces frenzy.
	Blood Echoes	999999999	The total number of held Blood Echoes. You can use them to trade with the messengers or to level up.
	Physical DEF	352	Reduces damage from physical attacks that are not blunt or thrust.
	Slow Poison	926	Resistance to slow poisoning. The higher this attribute, the more resistant you are.
	Rapid Poison	952	Resistance to rapid poisoning. The higher this attribute, the more resistant you are.
	Frenzy	320	Resistance to frenzy. The higher this attribute, the more resistant you are.
	Beasthood	320	Resistance to beasthood. The higher this attribute, the more resistant you are.
	Blunt DEF	320	Reduces damage from blunt attacks.
	Thrust DEF	290	Reduces damage from thrust attacks.
	Blood DEF	360	Reduces damage from blood attacks.
	Arcane DEF	370	Reduces damage from arcane attacks.
	Fire DEF	380	Reduces damage from fire attacks.
	Bolt DEF	370	Reduces damage from bolt attacks.
	Discovery	439	Governs chances of enemies dropping items when defeated. The higher this attribute, the more you will find.

Oroboro's stat/build guide

Level Costs

Level Before	Level After	Required Blood Echoes	Difference
10	11	829	N/A
11	12	847	18
12	13	1039	192
13	14	1238	199
14	15	1445	207
15	16	1660	215
16	17	1883	223
17	18	2114	231
18	19	2353	239
19	20	2601	248
20	21	2857	256
21	22	3122	265
22	23	3396	274
23	24	3678	282
24	25	3970	292
25	26	4271	301
26	27	4581	310
27	28	4900	319
28	29	5229	329
29	30	5567	338
30	31	5915	348
31	32	6273	358
32	33	6641	368
33	34	7019	378
34	35	7407	388
35	36	7805	398
36	37	8214	409
37	38	8634	420
38	39	9064	430
39	40	9505	441
40	41	9957	452
41	42	10420	463
42	43	10894	474
43	44	11379	485
44	45	11876	497
45	46	12384	508
46	47	12904	520
47	48	13436	532
48	49	13979	543
49	50	14535	556
50	51	15103	568
51	52	15683	580
52	53	16275	592
53	54	16880	605
54	55	17497	617
55	56	18127	630
56	57	18770	643
57	58	19426	656
58	59	20095	669
59	60	20777	682
60	61	21472	695
61	62	22181	709
62	63	22904	723
63	64	23640	736
64	65	24390	750
65	66	25154	764
66	67	25932	778
67	68	26724	792
68	69	27530	806
69	70	28351	821
70	71	29186	835

Documented by Fyrein, Math'd by Ilkar
Actual maths for next level is: Blood echoes required = 10.871 * Level ^ 1.8526 (this is a 'Power' series and can be found by curve fitting in Excel).

Stamina values when including Runes

Anticlock-wise Metamorphosis (2)

Endurance	Base Stamina	15% Stamina Runes
8	88	101
15	100	114
20	110	126
25	121	139
30	133	152
35	146	167
40	160	184

Anticlock-wise Metamorphosis (3)

Endurance	Base Stamina	20% Stamina Runes
8	88	105
15	100	120
20	110	132
25	121	145
30	133	159
35	146	175
40	160	192

Anticlock-wise Metamorphosis (2) + Anticlock-wise Metamorphosis (3)

Endurance	Base Stamina	20% + 15% Stamina Runes
8	88	121
15	100	138
20	110	151
25	121	166
30	133	183
35	146	201
40	160	220

Footnotes

1. Leveling the stat over the Soft Cap is not recommended due to diminishing returns.