Stats in Nioh affect the overall combat and effectiveness of the player. Improving their values will improve the player's ability with Weapons, Armor and more. Check here for Stat Breakpoints when planning your Builds.
- Stats can be reallocated by using the consumable item book of reincarnation , the item that has an increasing cost per purchase.
Stats Information
Core Stats
Core Stats in Nioh are basic Stats that affect the player's Life, Ki, what Weapons and Armor they can equip, etc. For more in depth information on each stat please see the appropriate page.
Body
Raises Life and resistance to Poison and Paralysis.
Raises the damage of Weapons, see Scaling Table.
Needed to unlock the passives on Medium Armor.
Needed to unlock the passives on Light Armor.
Unlocks Samurai Skill Points.
Heart
Raises maximum Ki.
Raises the damage of Swords and Bows.
Unlocks Samurai Skill Points.
Stamina
Raises Life and maximum equipment load
Raises the damage of Cannons.
Needed to unlock the passives on Heavy Armor.
Unlocks Samurai Skill Points.
Strength
Needed to unlock the passives on both Heavy Armor and Medium Armor.
Raises the damage of Weapons, see Scaling Table.
Improves Ki Pulse.
Unlocks Samurai Skill Points.
Slightly improves maxium equipment load.
Skill
Needed to unlock the passives on Light Armor.
Raises the damage of Weapons, see Scaling Table.
Improves Ki Pulse.
Unlocks Samurai Skill Points.
Slightly improves Ninjutsu Power.
Dexterity
Determines the power and capacity of your Ninjutsu.
Raises the damage of Weapons, see Scaling Table.
Allows you to learn more Ninjutsu Skills.
Allows you to carry more Ninjutsu Skills.
Magic
Determines the power and capacity of Onmyo Magic.
Raises resistance against Yokai stamina debuffs.
Allows you to learn more Onmyo Magic.
Allows you to carry more Onmyo Magic.
Spirit
Affects the power of your Guardian Spirit.
Unlocks Guardian Spirit passive abilities.
Slightly raises Onmyo Magic Power. Slightly raises resistance against Yokai stamina debuffs.
Determines the rate at which the Amrita Gauge fills (which is required to use Living Weapon)
Level
How much your skills and abilities have advanced.
Amrita
How much Amrita you currently possess.
Life
Your life remaining. When it reaches 0, you die.
Ki
Your Ki energy remaining. Attacks and evasions consume Ki, but it regenerates over time.
Equipment Weight
Total weight of your equipment. Affects Agility.
Agility
How agile your movement is. Changes based on the weight of your equipment.
Gold
How much gold you currently carry.
Battle Stats
Battle Stats in Nioh affect how much damage the player does, how much damage he/she can take and how much Ki is consumed when blocking, etc.
Attack
Affects how much damage your weapon causes on enemies.
Break
Affects how severely an enemy's guard is broken.
Parry
Affects how much Ki is lost when blocking an enemy attack.
Defense
Affects how much damage you take.
VS. Break
Resistance to guard breaks
VS. Fire
Resistance to fire attacks.
VS. Water
Resistance to water attacks.
VS. Wind
Resistance to wind attacks.
VS. Lightning
Resistance to lightning attacks.
VS. Earth
Resistance to earth attacks.
VS. Poison
Resistance to poison.
VS. Paralysis
Resistance to Paralysis.
VS. Yokai Realm
Resistance to the Yokai Realm. Normally, a human's Ki drains at an alarming rate in the Yokai Realm, but this resistance lessens the effect.
Additional Stats
Additional Stats in Nioh cover things such as: Skill Points, skill with weapons, Magic Power, etc.
Ki Pulse
Affects the initial amount of Ki restored by a Ki Pulse.
Familiarity
Indicates how much you have used an item. The higher your familiarity, the more Amrita you will obtain when you offer the item at a shrine.
Samurai Skill Points
Points required to learn this samurai skill.
Ninjutsu Power
The effectiveness of a ninja jutsu.
Ninjutsu Capacity
The amount required to ready a ninja skill. The larger the number, the more you can use.
Ninja Skill Points
Points required to learn this ninja skill.
Onmyo Magic Power
The effectiveness of onmyo magic skill.
Onmyo Magic Capacity
The amount required to ready an onmyo magic skill. The larger the number, the more you can use.
Onmyo Magic Skill Points
Points required to learn this onmyo magic skill.
Guardian Spirit Bond
Indicates how deep your bond is with a Guardian Spirit. The higher it is, the faster the Amrita gauge fills, which is needed to invoke a living weapon. It also shortens the cooldown period of the living weapon after use.
Sword Proficiency
Indicates your battle experience with a katana.
Dual Sword Proficiency
Indicates your battle experience with dual katana.
Spear Proficiency
Indicates your battle experience with a spear.
Axe Proficiency
Indicates your battle experience with an axe.
Kusarigama Proficiency
Indicates your battle experience with a kusarigama.
Odachi Proficiency
Indicates your battle experience with an odachi.
Tonfa Proficiency
Indicates your battle experience with the tonfa.
The table below displays the bonuses from stats to weapon categories - All weapons have secondary stat scaling, that changes depending on what you roll on your weapon. Table sources via annonymous google doc.
| Main passive | Minor Passive | Swords | Dual Swords | Spears | Axes | Kusarigama | Odachis | Tonfas | Bows | Rifles | Hand Cannons | Light Armor | Medium Armor | Heavy Armor | |
| Body | HP | - | B+ | D+ | D+ | C+ | C+ | yes | yes | ||||||
| Heart | Ki | - | B+ | C+ | C | B+ | |||||||||
| Stamina | Equip load | HP | C+ | C | B+ | yes | |||||||||
| Strength | Heavy armor bonuses | Equip Load, Ki pulse | C | D+ | C | B+ | B+ | yes | yes | ||||||
| Skill | Light armor bonuses | Ki pulse, ninjutsu power | C | B+ | C | C+ | B+ | C+ | B+ | C+ | yes | ||||
| Dexterity | Ninjutsu power, skill points, slots | B+ | D+ | D+ | D+ | D+ | |||||||||
| Magic | Magic power, skill points, slots | ||||||||||||||
| Spirit | Guardian Bonuses |
Anonymouswhat is the best method to increase the attack power directly? I'm lvl 225, divine atiga sword +5 but deal only ~1000 dmg
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The table's been updated to include Odachi and Tonfa stat info. Colors are off though. Couldn't find the option to fix that.
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It would be nice to know soft caps for the stats. For example, Dex seems to stop increasing your Ninjutsu capacity once your ninjutsu capacity reaches 40
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:( level 750 and equip weight is still terrible just under 56. Basically u can't wear complete heavy you have to substitute you're with a medium. They really need to increase equip weight by 10 or add accessory that increase by 10 via patch
Oh man I'm so confused... I want to make a OP build, but how? I mean, in soulsborne you just need to focus on 3 or 4 stats and push them to the cap (like VIT40 END40 DEX40 FTH40). But here everything works different... I don't know what stats to focus and lvl up... please help T_T
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Does anyone know how the unlimited ninjustsu stat works? And why If unlimited is there a percentage?
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Anyone know the soft cap for each stat? seems like Body, Heart and Stamina needs to be fully upgraded to soft cap for maximum heath and ki.***** man, complicated
Light Armor: Skill, Body
Medium Armor: Strength, Body
Heavy Armor: Strength, Stamina
Armor stat requirements don't exceed 18.
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