Soft cap on Elden Ring, how does it work?

 Elden ring has a statistics system that allows you to improve your character's skills, each stat is accompanied by its soft cap.

Elden Ring  the 2022 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware, published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, and directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki with world-building provided by fantasy writer George RR Martin.

The game was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on February 25, 2022.

What are the soft caps of all Elden Ring stats? 

Soft caps affect how much your stats will increase each time you put a point into them. When you have reached the soft cap, the returns generated by your point investments decrease until they become almost ineffective. 

And that's why knowing the soft caps of each stat is most important in games like Elden Ring. They will allow you to invest your points as intelligently as possible to be sure to benefit from the maximum bonus.

Soft cap of vigor

Vigor Level	Health points gained per level
1 to 40 stitches	from 4 to 48 hit points
41 to 60 points first soft cap	from 26 to 13 hit points
61 to 99 points second soft cap	from 6 to 3 hit points

 

Soft cap of the Spirit 

Spirit Level	Mana points gained per level
1 to 50 stitches	from 3 to 6 mana points
51 to 60 points first soft cap	from 6 to 4 mana points
61 to 99 points second soft cap	from 3 to 2 mana points

Endurance soft cap

Stamina Level	Stamina points gained per level
1 to 15 stitches	from 1 to 2 points alternately
16 to 30 first soft cap	from 1 to 2 points alternately
31 to 50-second soft cap	from 1 to 2 points alternately
51 to 99 third soft cap	1 point for every 3 points invested

Stamina Level	Maximum portable equipment.
1 to 25 stitches	from 1.5 to 1.6
26 to 60 points first soft cap	from 1 to 1.5
61 to 99 points second soft cap	from 1 to 1.1

Soft cap of Strength and Dexterity

Strength and Dexterity have the same thing in common, they both improve the damage inflicted by your weapons. They increase the damage according to the scaling of the weapon going from E up to S, E being the lowest value and S the maximum value.

• 1st Soft Cap: level 20
• 2ᵉ Soft Cap: level 80
• 3ᵉ Soft Cap: level 90
• Hard Cap: Level 99

Soft cap of Intelligence and Faith and Esotericism

The same problem as Strength and Dexterity, Intelligence and Faith share the same soft caps.

• 1st Soft Cap: level 20
• 2ᵉ Soft Cap: level 80
• 3ᵉ Soft Cap: level 90

Esotericism, on the other hand, has these soft caps:

• 1st Soft Cap: level 20
• 2ᵉ Soft Cap: level 80
• 3ᵉ Soft Cap: level 90

What is Hard Cap? 

The hard cap is the maximum value that your statistics can reach on Elden Ring, your stats cannot exceed the value 99.