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	Demon's Souls	Dark Souls 1	Dark Souls 2	Dark Souls 3	Bloodborne	Sekiro	Elden Ring
Healing	Consumables, spells	Estus, miracles, consumables (limited)	Estus, miracles, consumables	Estus, miracles, consumables (limited)	Consumables, ripostes (unlockable), spell (choir bell)	Estus (gourd), consumables, ripostes (unlockable)	Estus (vial), incantations, consumables, ripostes (unlockable)
Improving		Spend humanity at bonfire to increase number of estus vials it provides, consumable increases strength	Consumables ncrease estus number/strength	Consumables increase estus number/strength	Equip increases consumable strength	Consumable increases estus number, leveling increases strength	Consumable increases estus number/strength
Humanity	Human form vs soul form	Human form vs hollow	Human form vs hollow (scaling)	Enkindled vs Unkindled	None	Normal vs dragonrot (scaling)	Arc rune vs normal
Activate	Kill boss, kill other players, consumable (limited)	Kill boss, kill other players, kill black phantoms, kill many mobs before killing the local boss, consumables (limited)	Assist when summoned, consumable (limited), altar in Shrine of Amana	Kill boss, consumable (limited)		Consumable (limited)	Consumable (limited)
Conusmable heals	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		No	Yes
Effects	2x soul form health, can summon, can be invaded, cannot be summoned, cannot invade, can change world tendency	Can summon, can invade, can be invaded, and more	Hollow form reduces max HP by 5% per death, up to -50%	+30% health, can summon, can be invaded, can fight NPC phantoms		NPCs with dragonrot cannot progress quests, each NPC with dragonrot decreases % chance of retaining resources on death	Configurable
Bonfires	Archstones	Bonfires	Bonfires	Bonfires	Lanterns	Sculptor's Idols	Sites of Grace
Level up	Central	Any	Central	Central	Central	Any	Any
Fast travel	Yes, via nexus	With Lordvessel, only to certain Bonfires	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	From anywhere in overworld
Durability	Weapons/Armor	Weapons/Armor/Rings	Weapons/Armor/Rings	Weapons/Armor	Weapons	No	No
Repair	NPC, consumable	NPC, bonfire with Repairbox, consumable, spell	Bonfire (automatic if >0%), NPC, consumable, spell	Bonfire (automatic if >0%), NPC, consumable, spell	Workshop
Cost	Souls	Souls	Free if >0%, souls otherwise	Free if >0%, souls otherwise	Souls
Effect	-30% effectiveness at 30% durability, -50% at 0%	-30% at 30%, -85% at 0%	Armor and rings lose all effect at 0%, weapons are much less effective	-30% at 30%, -50% at 0%	-30% at 30%, -50% at 0%
Weapons
Can equip without meeting stat reqs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No stat reqs	Yes
Illusory Walls	Attack	Attack or roll (except Sen's Fortress, which must be attacked)	Action button	Attack or roll	Attack or roll (chalice dungeons only)	Wall hug	Attack or roll
Jump	None	Run and tap dodge	Run and tap dodge	Run and tap L3	Run and tap dodge	Dedicated button	Dedicated button
New Game Plus	Mandatory	Mandatory	Optional	Optional	Mandatory	Optional