How to level up your character in Bloodborne? | FAQ Bloodborne Guide

With 1 Insight point, you animate the doll, which allows you to level up.

Regardless of the Origin that you pick at the very beginning, you receive a character at level 4 or 10. To progress to the next level, you need, at least, 1 Insight point- the fastest way to obtain it is find Cleric Beast (you need to enter the arena) . This animates the doll in Hunter's Dream, who you can talk to (the "Blood Echoes Transfer" option). This will allow you to level up your character. The level goes up by 1, each time you fortify your abilities - this means that it is not the level that goes up and the individual abilities. Your level represents the sum of all the abilities. This means that each successive fortification is going to cost you more, regardless of whether you are raising the level of the ability from 5 to 6, or from 30 to 31. You need to remember that you should not spend too many points on abilities that may not be as useful in this build.

Profitability of upgrades

Due to the "Soft cap" you never get much stronger than your opponents.

While upgrading, you need to remember about "Soft cap" and "Hard cap". They represent the individual boosts that you receive, while upgrading the specific ability. This means that from a certain moment, for each point that you spend on a specific ability, you receive maximum boost (e.g. +25 health points). From a certain point (at which you reach the level of the "Soft cap"), for each point that you spend, the number of health points will be lower, up until you reach the "Hard cap" level, which is the maximum level for the statistic. In Bloodborne, there are two "Soft cap" levels. After you reach the second one, it becomes completely unprofitable to invest in the ability.

Remember - up to the level "Soft cap" 1, you receive maximum bonuses for upgrading a given ability. Between "Soft cap" 1 and "Soft cap" 2, this boost will be lower, and above "Soft cap" 2, it will be nearly imperceptible. "Hard cap" means the maximum level of a given ability.