Vitality

"Health", "Hitpoints", "Life" and "HP" redirect here.

Vitality is a stat in Dark Souls. It affects the player's and enemy's max HP level, and whether they are alive.
Also known, as Health, HP, Life Points, or LP, the player's current health is indicated by a red bar in the top left of the HUD.

Parameter determining HP.
-Vitality menu description

Information

Vitality is the main stat that determines whether an entity is alive or dead. Once a player, enemy, or NPC's health reaches 0, they will die. Health bars for the player are visible in the top left of the screen, and above most enemy's heads or as an overlaid bar towards the lower half of the screen in the case of Bosses.

Vitality gives the most rewards when upgraded at lower levels, as leveling Vitality past certain points (see Soft Cap and Scaling sections) gives diminishing returns on souls invested.

Soft cap

Vitality is soft capped at levels 30 and 50. After level 30, the player's health gains per level will begin to slowly decline, then beyond level 50 each Vitality increase grants the player less than 10 HP.

(Table continued in Scaling section)

Modifiers

• Cursed status: decreases max HP by 50%.
• Ring of Favor and Protection: increases max HP by 20%.
• Tiny Being's Ring: increases max HP by 5%.
• Mask of the Mother: increases max HP by 10%.
• Dusk Crown Ring: decreases max HP by 50%.

Scaling