You can increase your health in Elden Ring by raising your Vigor or using HP-boosting items and equipment. Learn more about how to increase your health, how to raise your HP fast, and what the Max HP is!

How to Increase Your Health

Add Points to Vigor to Increase HP

Increase your HP permanently by leveling up your Vigor at any Site of Grace after meeting Melina. Your base survivability relies on your Vigor stat as it determines your maximum health, immunity, and fire resistance.

All Stats and Attributes

Vigor Soft Cap and Hard Cap

The soft cap for Vigor is level 40, while the hard cap is level 60. Upgrading your Vigor further is not worth the Runes as the health increase is significantly low.

Vigor level 40 is the soft cap because HP gains diminish significantly at 41 and higher. Pushing through Vigor Level 40 is only manageable until level 60, the hard cap. Vigor upgrades beyond 60 are no longer recommended due to low HP increase and high Rune cost.

To optimize your build, it's best to reach Vigor level 40 or 60 and simply use items and armor that increase your max health.

Use Health-Boosting Talismans and Armor

Radagon's Soreseal (Talisman)	Raises Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dexterity by 5 each, but increases damage taken. How to Get: ・Found inside Fort Faroth in Caelid.
Crimson Amber Medallion +2 (Talisman)	Raises maximum HP, stamina, and equip load. How to Get: ・Found near the entrance of the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds (Leyndell, Capital of Ash)
Crimson Amber Medallion +1 (Talisman)	Raises maximum HP, stamina, and equip load. How to Get: ・Found on a body near the Prison Town Church in Volcano Manor.
Crimson Amber Medallion (Talisman)	Raises maximum HP, stamina, and equip load. How to Get: ・Choose as starting Keepsake. ・Bought from Nomadic Merchant in the Weeping Peninsula.
Erdtree's Favor +2 (Talisman)	Raises maximum HP, stamina, and equip load. How to Get: ・ Found on top of the Large Branch in Leyndell, Capital of Ash.
Erdtree's Favor +1 (Talisman)	Raises maximum HP, stamina, and equip load. How to Get: ・Found in Mohg's Boss Room in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds
Erdtree's Favor (Talisman)	Raises maximum HP, stamina, and equip load. How to Get: ・Found inside the Fringefolk Hero's Grave
Radagon's Scarseal (Talisman)	Raises Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dexterity by 3 each, but increases damage taken. How to Get: ・Obtained by defeating the Ancient Hero of Zamor at the Weeping Evergaol.
Crimson Hood (Armor)	Raises Vigor by 1. How to Get: ・Found near the Grafted Scion in Stormveil Castle.

There are numerous Talismans and Armor in the game that help you increase your health. Some of the best are obtained from high-level areas of the game, but most of these also have base versions that are obtainable during early game.

Use the Crimsonspill Crystal Tear

Crimsonspill Crystal Tear	Temporarily increases max HP. How to Get: ・Obtained by defeating the Giant Wormface in Altus PlateauAltus Plateau Walkthrough.

The Crimsonspill Crystal Tear temporarily increases your maximum HP. You'll need to mix Crystal Tears into your Flask of Wondrous Physick and consume the flask to gain its effects.

How to Get Flask of Wondrous Physick

Utilize Great Runes that Increase Health

Morgott's Great Rune	Greatly increases maximum HP. How to Get: ・Defeat Morgott and activate his Great Rune at the Divine Tower of East Altus.
Radahn's Great Rune	Raises maximum HP, FP, and Stamina. How to Get: ・Defeat Radahn and activate his Great Rune at the Divine Tower of Caelid.
Godrick's Great Rune	Increases All stats by 5. How to Get: ・Defeat Godrick and activate his Great Rune at the Divine Tower of Limgrave.

There are also Great Runes that grant temporary increases to your HP until your character dies. Obtaining Great Runes requires you to defeat specific Bosses and activate their Runes from their respective Divine Towers.

How to Activate Great Runes

Use the Grafted Blade Greatsword Buff

Grafted Blade Greatsword	Oath of Vengeance (Unique Skill) Increases All Stats by 5 for 60 seconds. How to Get: ・Defeat Leonine Misbegotten at Castle Morne.

The Grafted Blade Greatsword's unique skill allows you to increase Vigor and other stats, providing an increase to HP, FP, and damage. Unlike other health-boosting buffs, the Oath of Vengeance is best used during combat due to its 1-minute time limit.

What is the Max HP?

Varies to Each Player and Build

There is no Max HP set in Elden Ring as it varies according to each player's build. The maximum Vigor level is 99 which gives you a total of 2100 health, from there you can simply stack on Talismans and buffs to increase your health further.

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