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Not to be confused with Humanity (item).

Humanity Icon Humanity is a gameplay mechanic in Dark Souls.

In-Game Description

Number of black sprites within one's bosom. Symbolizes human nature and determines item discovery and resistance to curses.

Overview[]

Humanity is required to revert to the unhollowed state. Upon death, players lose all Humanity and souls and revert to near-Hollow status. Recovering bloodstains allow players to regain all lost Souls and Humanity (although they do not become unhollowed).

Humanity increases the item discovery value; the more Humanity players have (up until 10 humanity), the higher the value is.

Humanity also increases the power of Chaos weapons (up to 10 humanity) and Curse resistance (up to 30 humanity).

Gaining Humanity[]

Players may use the item Humanity and the similar Twin Humanities to gain one or two points of humanity, respectively. Humanity is randomly acquired in an area up to a predetermined amount as long as players haven't killed the area boss or helped the host defeat the area boss as a White Phantom. Red Phantoms leave a bloodstain worth one humanity upon defeat, with the exception of Marvelous Chester (AotA). The Dark Hand's strong attack steals humanity from other players and some NPCs.

Method Amount Gained
Humanity Item 1
Twin Humanities 2
Darkhand strong attack NPC Depends on NPC
Buy Depends on Shop
Defeating Enemies Up to 10 in each area
White Phantom boss kill 1
Red Phantom bloodstain 1
Invade as Red Phantom defeat Opponent 1
Defeat summoned Phantom or Invading Phantom 1
Dark Hand strong attack Depends on Covenant Rank

Using Humanity[]

Humanity can be spent at bonfires to reverse Hollowing or to kindle bonfires. Reversal of hollowing allows players to summon other players and invade worlds; kindling increases the maximum amount of Estus Flask charges a bonfire provides. Humanity is also needed to level up in the Chaos Servant and Darkwraith Covenants. Having a higher Humanity count increases resistance to Curses and increases attack power with Chaos weapons. However, only 1-10 humanity will affect the attack power of Chaos weapons.

Usage Consumed
Kindling 1: Up to 3 times
Reverse Hollowing 1
Cure Curse 1
Darkwraith Covenant 1
Chaos Servant Covenant 1
Chaos weapons changes 1-10
Spell changes 1-10

Item Discovery values[]

Humanity Icon Humanity 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+
Item Discovery Icon Item Discovery 100 150 158 165 173 180 186 192 198 204 210

Liquid Humanity Defense/Resistance boosts[]

Humanity Level            Defense/Resistance Increases
Regular Defense Magic Defense Fire Defense Lightning Defense Curse
1 1 1 1 2 10
5 6 6 6 8 50
10 13 13 12 15 90
15 20 19 19 22 98
20 26 25 25 30 105
25 33 31 31 37 113
30 39 37 37 44 120
40 52 50 49 58 120
50 65 61 61 72 120
60 77 73 73 85 120
70 88 84 84 97 120
80 99 94 94 105 120
90 104 101 102 110 120
99 109 106 106 116 120

Notes[]

  • Defense/Resistance gained from increasing the liquid Humanity count by 1 is identical to the amount gained from leveling Vitality or Attunement by 1 point.
  • Prior to patch 1.04, item discovery scaled up to 30 humanity.
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