Character Weight

Character Weight is a game mechanic in Dragon's Dogma that affects the appearance and the stats of a character, with significant influence on the character's speed, stamina consumption, stamina regeneration and carrying weight. As a general guide, light characters can perform actions and recover stamina faster, but heavier characters can perform actions with less stamina consumption and carry more weight.

Character weight is affected by Character Height as well as the build or musculature selected doing character creation. Most people ignore this factor during the initial start-up, but you may re-design your character by purchasing Secret of Metamorphosis from the Rift Shop using 10,000 Rift Crystals.

Effects of Character Weight

Character Weight	Weight Class	Stamina Restoration	Stamina Consumption	Movement Speed	Knockback Resist	Maximum Encumbrance
Under 50 KGs	SS	18 Secs	110%	Very Quick	Very Small	40 KG
50 - 69 KGs	S	19 Secs	105%	Quick	Small	50 KG
70 - 89 KGs	M	25 Secs	100%	Moderate	Moderate	65 KG
90 - 109 KGs	L	29 Secs	95%	Slow	High	75 KG
Over 109 KGs	LL	34 Secs	90%	Very Slow	Very High	100 KG

Encumbrance Limit	SS	S	M	L	LL
Very Light	<10 kg	<10 kg	<15 kg	<20 kg	<20 kg
Light	10 kg	10 kg	15 kg	20 kg	20 kg
Average	20 kg	30 kg	25 kg	40 kg	45 kg
Heavy	30 kg	40 kg	45 kg	55 kg	70 kg
Very Heavy	35 kg	45 kg	55 kg	65 kg	85 kg
Overencumbered	40 kg	50 kg	65 kg	75 kg	100 kg

Tips

Heavier classes have many benefits, including:

Can grapple and immobilize targets more effectively
Air-bound enemies such as harpies cannot lift heavier builds
Heavier builds can travel in Windoworn Valley easier as they are less affected by the wind
Heavier classes gain more maximum stamina. Character will gain 20 stamina for each weight class above M.
Heavier classes benefit more from Leg-Strength skill points as it is more effective for L and LL classes.
Run speed is affected by encumbrance, which larger classes have an easier time with as they can carry more by default.