Humanity (gameplay mechanic)

Not to be confused with the item "humanity".

Overview
Humanity is required to revert to unhollowed form. 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 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.

Gaining Humanity
Players may use the item Humanity and the similar Twin Humanities to gain 1 or two points of humanity, respectively. Humanity is randomly acquired in an area up to a pre-determined amount as long as players haven't killed the area boss, or help the host defeat the area boss as a white phantom. Red Phantoms leave a bloodstain worth one humanity upon defeat. The Dark Hand's strong attack steals humanity from other players and some NPCs.

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 Flasks a bonfire provides. Humanity is also needed to level up in the Chaos Servant and Darkwraith Covenants. Having a higher Humanity count will increases resistance to Curses and increases attack power with Chaos weapons. However only 1-10 humanity will affect the attack power of Chaos Weapons.