charstats

The 9-row table that defines what makes each class mechanically different at character creation and through level-up. Every "how much life does my Barb get per vit?" or "what does the Sorceress start with?" question terminates here.

8 playable classes (Amazon, Sorceress, Necromancer, Paladin, Barbarian, Druid, Assassin, Warlock) plus a sentinel Expansion row that visually separates Classic from Expansion classes in the .txt source. The sentinel has all data columns blank.

83 columns total — the schema spans starting attributes, per-level growth rates, per-attribute scaling, baseline movement and recovery, class-specific potion scaling, default skills, the 10-slot starting-inventory loadout, and the string-table keys that drive tooltip text on class-restricted items.

The "in fourths" convention — read this first

Six columns store quarter-values, not literal numbers. Divide by 4 to get the displayed value:

• LifePerLevel, StaminaPerLevel, ManaPerLevel
• LifePerVitality, StaminaPerVitality, ManaPerMagic

The *Comment column carries the literal text The following are in fourths to mark this for editors. Per locbones: "Calculated in fourths and is divided by 256" — the /4 is the file convention, the /256 is engine internal precision (stats track to 1/256 ticks of life/mana/stamina, so a 12 in LifePerVitality is engine-stored as 768 sixteenth-of-a-life ticks per vit point, displayed as +3 life per vit).

If you see surprising-looking numbers like 12 or 16 in those six columns, they're quartered. The Barbarian's LifePerVitality=16 reads as +4 life per vit, which is the canonical buildcraft answer.

Per-class scaling at a glance

The Barbarian's +4 life per vit is the highest in the game; he also has the lowest mana per energy (+1, half a Sorceress's). The Assassin is the only class with non-1 stamina per vit (+1.25), reflecting her kick-build identity. Block factor differs by 5–10% across classes — Paladin has the highest baseline at +30, casters at +20.

Starting attributes

Every class spends differently on its 60-point starting attribute budget plus per-class life/mana/stamina baselines:

Note on int: the column is named int but represents the player-facing Energy attribute. Classic D2 design called it Intelligence; the in-game UI relabeled.

Per-level growth (in fourths)

Per-attribute scaling (in fourths)

The column most users actually want is LifePerVitality — see the canonical table at the top of this page. The full set:

Stat / skill awards

Movement and recovery

Uniform across all classes except RunDrain and a small Assassin variation:

Class-specific potion scaling

The asymmetric scaling means a single Super Healing potion goes much further on a Barb than a Sorc, and a Super Mana Potion gives the Sorc twice the mana it gives the Barb. Practical consequence: hot-bar potion budgeting is class-specific.

Default skills and starting inventory

The 10 starting-inventory slots (item1–item10) are 4-tuples each:

• itemN — item code (e.g. jav=Javelin, buc=Buckler, hp1=Minor Healing Potion, tsc=Town Portal Scroll, isc=Identify Scroll).
• itemNloc — equip slot. rarm = right arm/main-hand, larm = left arm/off-hand, blank = goes in inventory.
• itemNcount — quantity (relevant for stackables: 4 Healing Potions).
• itemNquality — quality flag (always 2 = normal).

Most classes fill 5–6 slots; trailing slots carry the placeholder 0/(blank)/0/2 no-op pattern.

String-table keys for tooltip text

These columns hold the keys the engine looks up in the string tables to render class-specific tooltip lines. They never display directly.

Cross-references

• playerclass — class → 3-letter-code lookup (Amazon → ama). Other tables (skills, weapons class-restriction, etc.) key on the short code, not the display name.
• skills — charclass column references the 3-letter codes; combine with charstats' per-attribute scaling to compute build-specific math (max life from N vit, etc.).
• plrmode — animation-mode token vocabulary referenced when the engine plays per-class animations.