Elden Ring Build Calculator

Q: Why does my weapon show a warning icon next to a stat requirement?

The warning means your current stats are too low to use that weapon properly. Each damage type that scales with a stat you are missing loses its scaling bonus and takes 40% off its base damage instead; the calculator marks those damage types with the same warning. Raise the needed stat, or for Strength turn on two-handed grip to get 1.5× effective Strength.

Q: How is character level calculated?

Character level equals the sum of all eight stats minus 79. For example, if your stats add up to 200, your level is 200 − 79 = 121.

Q: What is the difference between Smithing Stone Level and Somber Smithing Level?

Smithing Stone Level (0–25) is for regular weapons you can infuse with affinities. Somber Smithing Level (0–10) is for unique or special weapons that cannot be infused. The calculator picks the right one for each weapon automatically.

Q: How does the two-handed grip toggle change my build?

Turning on two-handed grip multiplies your effective Strength by 1.5, rounded down. This helps you meet weapon Strength requirements and increases your attack rating on Strength-scaling weapons. Paired weapons do not get the two-handing bonus, and bows can only be two-handed. 3 It does not change your actual Strength stat.

Q: How does PvP mode change the results?

The game applies no general cut to your damage negation in PvP. Some talismans and tears protect you differently against players than against enemies: Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman cuts physical damage from enemies to 80% but damage from players only to 95%. PvP mode shows the player values. Leave it off to see what the game's status screen shows, the values against enemies.

Q: What is equip load and why does it matter?

Equip load is the total weight of your weapons and armor. If your weight is under 30% of your max, you get a fast light roll. Under 70% gives a medium roll. Over 70% gives a slow heavy roll. Over 100% means you can barely move. Raise Endurance or equip load-boosting talismans to carry more. This calculator adds up the weight of your weapons, armor and talismans.

Q: What happens if I pick the same talisman in two slots?

The calculator will apply both bonuses, but in the actual game you cannot equip duplicate talismans. Make sure each talisman slot uses a different talisman for an accurate build.

Q: What are soft caps and why should I care?

Soft caps are stat thresholds where the benefit per level drops. For example, Vigor gives great HP gains up to 40, good gains up to 60, and very small gains after that. For Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Faith and Arcane, the calculator reads the soft caps from the correction curve your Right Hand 1 weapon uses for the damage that scales with that stat. Knowing soft caps helps you stop wasting points on stats that barely improve.

Q: How do Great Runes change my effective stats?

Each Great Rune gives a different bonus when activated. For example, Godrick's Great Rune adds +5 to all eight stats, while Morgott's Great Rune adds 25% to your max HP. Select a rune and check the activate box to apply its effect.

Q: How do I know if I have enough memory slots for my spells?

The calculator counts how many slots your chosen sorceries and incantations use. It shows this as a number like "4 / 10." If the first number is bigger than the second, you see a warning. Add more Memory Stones or remove spells to fix it.

Elden Ring Build Calculator

Introduction

This Elden Ring Build Calculator helps you plan your character before you spend a single rune. Pick a starting class, set your stats, equip weapons, armor, and talismans, then see your full build results right away. The tool shows your HP, FP, stamina, attack rating, defenses, equip load, and more, all in one place.

Every stat you change updates your character level, soft-cap warnings, and scaling grades in real time. You can apply a Great Rune, mix a Wondrous Physick, slot spells, and toggle two-handed grip to see how each choice affects your damage and survivability. A built-in class optimizer tells you which starting class saves the most levels for your chosen stat spread.

For a strength tank, a dex samurai, a faith caster, or an arcane bleed build, this calculator handles the stat math so you can focus on beating the game.

How to Use Our Elden Ring Build Calculator

Enter your class, stats, gear, and weapons below. The calculator will show your HP, FP, Stamina, defenses, Attack Rating, equip load, and more. Press the Calculate button at any time to update your results.

Starting Class: Pick your starting class from the dropdown. This sets the base value for each stat. Your character level updates automatically based on your total stat points.

Optimize Starting Class: Click this button to find which starting class reaches your current stat spread at the lowest level.

Core Stats: Use the + and − buttons or type a number to set your Vigor, Mind, Endurance, Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Faith, and Arcane. Each stat cannot go below your class base or above 99. Color bars show how close you are to soft caps.

Two-Handed Grip: Turn this on to apply the 1.5× Strength bonus used when you hold a weapon with both hands, rounded down. This affects weapon requirements and Attack Rating. Paired weapons do not get the two-handing bonus, and bows can only be two-handed.³

Breakpoint Table: Click "Show Breakpoint Table" to see all soft cap values for every stat in one place.

Smithing Stone Level: Set this from 0 to 25 to match your regular weapon upgrade level.

Somber Smithing Level: Set this from 0 to 10 to match your somber weapon upgrade level.

Scadutree Blessing: Set your DLC blessing level from 0 to 20. This boosts your damage dealt and damage negation in Shadow of the Erdtree areas.

Revered Spirit Ash Blessing: Set this from 0 to 10 to boost your spirit ash summon damage in DLC areas.

Apply Scadutree Blessing Scaling: Turn this off if you do not want DLC blessing bonuses included in your build.

Great Rune: Pick a Great Rune from the dropdown. Then check "Activate Great Rune" to apply its stat boosts or resource bonuses to your build.

Crystal Tears: Choose up to two Crystal Tears for your Flask of Wondrous Physick. Check "Activate Wondrous Physick" to apply their effects to your stats.

Armor Slots: Select armor for your head, chest, arms, and legs from every piece in the game. Armor affects your weight, poise, damage negation, and status resistances.

Talisman Slots: Equip up to four talismans. Talismans can raise your stats, HP, equip load, poise, and more.

Weapon Slots: Choose up to three right-hand and three left-hand weapons from every weapon in the game, grouped by type. Pick an affinity for weapons that can take one; unique weapons have none. The calculator shows each weapon's Attack Rating broken down by damage type, its scaling grades and its requirements.

Memory Stones: Set the number of Memory Stones you own (0 to 8). This controls how many spell slots you have.

Sorceries & Incantations: Pick spells to fill your memory slots. The calculator shows FP cost and slot usage, and warns you if you go over your limit.

PvP Mode: Turn this on to use the protection your talismans and tears give against other players, which for some of them differs from what they give against enemies. Leave it off to see the values against enemies.

Reset: Returns the calculator to the build it opens with.

Elden Ring Build Calculator – Plan Your Perfect Character

Elden Ring is an epic fantasy game created by FromSoftware and Bandai Namco.¹ You explore a huge open world called the Lands Between, fight tough bosses, and level up your character. How you spend your stat points and pick your gear matters a lot. A bad build can make the game feel impossible, while a good build makes you powerful.

This Elden Ring build calculator helps you plan your character before you spend runes in the game. You pick a starting class, set your stats, choose weapons, armor, talismans, spells, and more. The calculator then shows you important numbers like your HP, FP, stamina, attack rating, equip load, defenses, and resistances. It even tells you if you meet the stat requirements for your weapons and spells.

Stats and Soft Caps

Your character has eight core stats: Vigor, Mind, Endurance, Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Faith, and Arcane. Each stat has soft caps. A soft cap is a point where adding more levels gives you less benefit. For example, Vigor gives a lot of HP up to level 40, decent HP up to 60, and very little after that. This calculator shows you exactly where those caps are so you do not waste levels.

Weapons and Attack Rating

Every weapon in Elden Ring has a base damage and stat scaling. Scaling means the weapon gets stronger based on your stats. A weapon with high Strength scaling hits harder when you have high Strength. Affinities like Heavy, Keen, or Magic change which stats a weapon scales with. The weapon figures here are the game's regulation data, extracted from the game for an open-source Elden Ring weapon attack calculator.² Each upgrade level raises a weapon's base damage and its scaling. For each damage type, the bonus from a stat is the base damage times the weapon's scaling in that stat times a correction value read from the game's curve for that stat, and the step-by-step section shows this working for your Right Hand 1 weapon. If the requirements for a damage type are not met, a penalty is subtracted instead of a scaling bonus being added.³ That penalty is 40% of the damage type's base damage.

Armor and Equip Load

Armor gives you poise, defense, and damage negation. Heavier armor protects more but weighs more. If your total gear weight is under 30% of your max equip load, you have a light roll. Under 70% gives a medium roll. Over 70% gives a slow, heavy roll. Going over 100% means you can barely move. Endurance and certain talismans raise your max equip load. Max HP, FP and stamina come from the game's own curves for Vigor, Mind and Endurance, and every bonus from talismans and Great Runes multiplies them.⁵ Defense comes from your level and your stats; armor adds no defense, only damage negation.⁶ This calculator adds up the weight of your weapons, armor and talismans. Armor weights, poise, damage negation and resistances, and talisman weights and effects, come from the dataset of the Haligtree build planning tools, compiled for each item found in the game.⁴

Great Runes, Talismans, and the Wondrous Physick

Great Runes are powerful buffs you get from beating major bosses. When activated, they boost your stats or resources. Talismans are equippable items that give bonuses like extra HP, equip load, or poise. The Flask of Wondrous Physick lets you mix two Crystal Tears for temporary boosts. This calculator factors all of these into your final stats.

DLC Blessings

The Shadow of the Erdtree DLC adds Scadutree Blessings and Revered Spirit Ash Blessings. Scadutree Blessings increase your damage and damage negation inside the DLC areas. Spirit Ash Blessings make your summons stronger. You can set these levels in the calculator to see how they affect your build.

Starting Class Optimizer

Each starting class begins with different base stats. The optimizer checks every class and finds the one that reaches your desired stats at the lowest level. This saves you runes and levels that you can spend elsewhere.

Formulas used

Character Level

\text{Level} = \left(\sum_{i=1}^{8} \text{Stat}_i\right) - 79

Resource from Stat (HP, FP, Stamina, Equip Load)

\text{HP} = \left\lfloor r_{\text{HP}} \times \left\lfloor C_{\text{HP}}(\text{Vigor}) \right\rfloor \right\rfloor, \quad \text{Load}_{\max} = r_{\text{load}} \times C_{\text{load}}(\text{Endurance})

Runes Required for Next Level

R(L) = \left\lfloor x^{2}\left(0.02\,\max(0,\,x-92) + 0.1\right) + 1 \right\rfloor, \quad x = L + 81

Stat Correction Curve

C(s) = g_{k-1} + \left(g_k - g_{k-1}\right) f(r), \quad r = \frac{s - s_{k-1}}{s_k - s_{k-1}}, \quad f(r) = \begin{cases} r^{a} & a > 0 \\ 1 - (1 - r)^{-a} & a < 0 \end{cases}

Weapon Attack Rating per Damage Type

\text{AR}_t = B_t\, u_t(L) \left(1 + \sum_{s} w_s\, v_s(L)\, C_{t}(\text{Stat}_s)\right), \quad \text{or } B_t\, u_t(L)\,(1 - 0.4) \text{ when a stat that scales type } t \text{ is below its requirement}

Two-Handed Effective Strength

\text{Str}_{\text{2H}} = \left\lfloor 1.5 \times \text{Str} \right\rfloor

Frequently asked questions

Why does my weapon show a warning icon next to a stat requirement?

The warning means your current stats are too low to use that weapon properly. Each damage type that scales with a stat you are missing loses its scaling bonus and takes 40% off its base damage instead; the calculator marks those damage types with the same warning. Raise the needed stat, or for Strength turn on two-handed grip to get 1.5× effective Strength.

How is character level calculated?

Character level equals the sum of all eight stats minus 79. For example, if your stats add up to 200, your level is 200 − 79 = 121.

What is the difference between Smithing Stone Level and Somber Smithing Level?

Smithing Stone Level (0–25) is for regular weapons you can infuse with affinities. Somber Smithing Level (0–10) is for unique or special weapons that cannot be infused. The calculator picks the right one for each weapon automatically.

How does the two-handed grip toggle change my build?

Turning on two-handed grip multiplies your effective Strength by 1.5, rounded down. This helps you meet weapon Strength requirements and increases your attack rating on Strength-scaling weapons. Paired weapons do not get the two-handing bonus, and bows can only be two-handed.³ It does not change your actual Strength stat.

How does PvP mode change the results?

The game applies no general cut to your damage negation in PvP. Some talismans and tears protect you differently against players than against enemies: Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman cuts physical damage from enemies to 80% but damage from players only to 95%. PvP mode shows the player values. Leave it off to see what the game's status screen shows, the values against enemies.

What is equip load and why does it matter?

Equip load is the total weight of your weapons and armor. If your weight is under 30% of your max, you get a fast light roll. Under 70% gives a medium roll. Over 70% gives a slow heavy roll. Over 100% means you can barely move. Raise Endurance or equip load-boosting talismans to carry more. This calculator adds up the weight of your weapons, armor and talismans.

What happens if I pick the same talisman in two slots?

The calculator will apply both bonuses, but in the actual game you cannot equip duplicate talismans. Make sure each talisman slot uses a different talisman for an accurate build.

What are soft caps and why should I care?

Soft caps are stat thresholds where the benefit per level drops. For example, Vigor gives great HP gains up to 40, good gains up to 60, and very small gains after that. For Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Faith and Arcane, the calculator reads the soft caps from the correction curve your Right Hand 1 weapon uses for the damage that scales with that stat. Knowing soft caps helps you stop wasting points on stats that barely improve.

How do Great Runes change my effective stats?

Each Great Rune gives a different bonus when activated. For example, Godrick's Great Rune adds +5 to all eight stats, while Morgott's Great Rune adds 25% to your max HP. Select a rune and check the activate box to apply its effect.

How do I know if I have enough memory slots for my spells?

The calculator counts how many slots your chosen sorceries and incantations use. It shows this as a number like "4 / 10." If the first number is bigger than the second, you see a warning. Add more Memory Stones or remove spells to fix it.

What is the runes for next level number?

It shows how many runes you need to go from your current level to the next one. The total runes number shows how many runes it took to reach your current level from level 1. Both use the rune cost formula shown in the step-by-step section.

Does the Wondrous Physick stack with Great Rune bonuses?

Yes. If both are activated, the calculator adds the Great Rune stat boosts and the Crystal Tear stat boosts together. Your effective stats show the combined total, capped at 99 per stat.

Sources

ELDEN RING Starter Guide: Tips to know before playing the game. Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe. Game Environment: Runes; Site of Grace: Mix Wondrous Physick. Accessed September 28, 2026.

Clark T. Elden Ring Weapon Attack Calculator. GitHub. 2026;README. Accessed October 13, 2026.

Clark T. elden-ring-weapon-calculator: src/calculator/calculator.ts. GitHub. 2026;commit b8a1cf8. Accessed October 13, 2026.

Camburgaler. Haligtree. GitHub. 2026;README. Accessed October 13, 2026.

Banon-Labs. Elden Ring player resources, equip load and rune cost. er-mods-rs. GitHub. 2026. Accessed October 13, 2026.

Banon-Labs. ELDEN RING defender mechanics: defense, absorption, damage per hit, resistances, poise. er-mods-rs. GitHub. 2026. Accessed October 13, 2026.

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