Intelligence

Icon	In-Game Description
	Attribute required to cast sorceries and pyromancies. Increases spell potency. (Pyromancy is affected by both faith and intelligence.) Magic defense is also calculated from this attribute.

Description

• Allows the usage of equipment, Sorceries, and Dark Spells with Intelligence requirements.
• Increases Magic attack bonus, which modifies damage on equipment with Magic scaling.
• Increases Fire attack bonus, which modifies damage on equipment with Fire damage.
• Increases Dark attack bonus, which modifies damage on equipment with Dark damage.
• Increases Magic Defense.

Intelligence	Magic Defense
1	0
25	50
50	100
75	150
99	200

Equipment & Spell Requirements

Weapons

Intelligence	Equipment with Intelligence Requirement
10	Handmaid's Dagger, Murky Hand Scythe, Dancer's Enchanted Swords, Nil Blade, Makoto, Gargoyle Flame Hammer, Old King's Great Hammer, Gargoyle Flame Spear, Phosophrescent Pole
12	Rune Sword
15	Witch's Locks
16	Aquamarine Dagger, Blueblood Sword, Onyx Blade
20	Sage's Stiletto, Scholar's Candlestick, Cleric's Candlestick, Crystal Straight Sword, Greatsword of Judgment, Crescent Moon Sword, Demon's Scar, Golden Ritual Spear, Yorshka's Spear, Crucifix of the Mad King, Immolation Tinder, Witch's Staff, Scholar's Bow
25	Moonlight Sword, Velka's Rapier, Heysel Pick
30	Abyssal Blade
40	Moonlight Greatsword, Crystal Sage's Rapier, Moonlight Butterfly Horn, Friede's Great Scythe

Shields

Intelligence	Equipment with Intelligence Requirement
10	Crystalline Shield
11	Dragonhead Shield
20	Rune Shield

Spell tools

Intelligence	Equipment with Intelligence Requirement
10	Heretic's Staff, White Hair Talisman
15	Storyteller's Staff, Pyromancer's Parting Flame
20	Darkmoon Ritual Staff, Preacher's Right Arm, Witchtree Branch, Sunless Talisman, Archdeacon's Great Staff, Murky Longstaff
25	Man-grub's Staff, Fool's Flame
30	Court Sorcerer's Staff, Mendicant's Staff, Chaos Flame, Sorcerous Flame, Abyssal Flame
35	Izalith Staff, Crystal Chime
40	Sage's Crystal Staff, Insanity Catalyst, Tin Banishment Catalyst
50	Logan's Staff, Manus Catalyst

Sorceries

Intelligence	Spells with Intelligence Requirement
10	Cast Light, Farron Flashsword, Great Farron Dart, Hidden Weapon, Shockwave
15	Farron Hail, Soul Arrow, Twisted Wall of Light
18	Aural Decoy, Spook
20	Blinding Light, Chameleon, Crystal Hail, Frozen Weapon, Great Soul Arrow, Hidden Body, Homing Soulmass, Magic Shield, Magic Weapon, Repair, Soul Wave
25	Pestilent Mist, Soul Greatsword
30	Blizzard, Great Magic Shield, Great Magic Weapon, Orbs of Judgment, Soul Focus, Soul Spear
40	Crystal Magic Weapon, Crystal Soul Spear, Homing Crystal Soulmass, Old Moonlight, Soul Stream, Unleash Magic, White Dragon Breath
50	Crystal Storm, Soul Geyser

Dark Spells

Intelligence	Dark Spells with Intelligence Requirement
8	Gnaw
10	Dark Blade, Dark Edge, Dead Again, Deep Protection, Devouring Swarm, Dorhys' Gnawing, Lifehunt Scythe, Vow of Silence
12	Deep Soul
16	Great Deep Soul, Surging Deep
20	Whisper of Despair
24	Writhing Deep
25	Yearning Dregs
28	Abyssal Edge, Affinity
30	Dark Bead
32	Repel
36	Great Soul Dregs
38	Cascading Deep
40	Dreg Torrent, Numbness
50	Climax

Item Modifiers

Item	Primary Attribute Modification
Blackweed Balm	+10 Intelligence
Karla's Pointed Hat	+3 Intelligence and Faith
Old Sorcerer Hat	+5 Intelligence
Scholar Ring	+5 Intelligence

Notes

• Magic Defense is determined jointly by the character Level and Intelligence, so a higher level character with a given Intelligence will have greater Magic Defense than a lower Level character with the same Intelligence.