What exactly changes when you level up?

[lazymagpie]

See title.
Health is increased by fragments, damage is buffed by upgrading spirits, your healing also becomes stronger via finding items. There's also no resistance stat.I have no clue what leveling up actually does, besides making the number in the top left go up.

[Zenobian]

leveling does increase your attack stat. Considering there are some rather spooky achievements tied to leveling it might have a story impact as well.

(this could be wishful thinking on my part)

[RE:Deemer]

Originally posted by Zenobian:

leveling does increase your attack stat. Considering there are some rather spooky achievements tied to leveling it might have a story impact as well.

(this could be wishful thinking on my part)

...honestly, I was thinking the same thing. I know that the trailers were mocked up, probably with some kind of developer console, but I couldn't help but notice that in some of the gameplay, Lily appears to have a few boss wins under her belt- like say, Garrod's or Eleine's attacks, even though her level appears to be 2. Could it be possible to beat the game without actually killing that many monsters?

Hell, the first things you fight don't even really do anything except stay in place and fold their skeletal hands together, as if in prayer. I kinda felt bad about killing them.

[Zenobian]

I've completed a "pacifist" run already, only defeating the bosses. Actually a pretty fun way to play. You end up around level 5 even with just boss kills. Would be cool to get some achievements based around this.

[幻想乐园]

aggressivity. When you open the overview, you will find that your strength has increased

[Xanzibareus]

Zenobian is correct that basic attack strength increases with player level - every enemy defeated helps fill the gauge. I can't comment on their other conjectures, though! You'll have to wait for v1.0 to find that out.

[BlitzKruger]

SPOILER WARNING I think the higher your level is might affect the story. I noticed that as your level increases, Lillie's appearance starts to change to make her look more blighted. I am level 35 and have started to notice this.

[Lilith]

I thought it was from when you killed bosses, and took their souls.
Side note: it feels like everything scales up when you kill a boss too? I stopped one tapping a lot of mobs after 2 boss kills.

[Zenobian]

Think about leveling in every other game you've played. Bright flashes of golden light as fanfare plays in the background.

What is leveling like in this game? A sinister black aura and a terrifying groan like something monstrous is being awoken.

If I correctly understand 幻想乐园 one of the posters above "attack" in the stats menu may be mistranslated and could instead be translated as "aggression" instead.

Leveling is a bad thing in this game and likely indicates a corrosion of Lily's gentle spirit hence more damage. She is holding herself back less and less as her level increases.

[Lilith]

So, kinda like the Undertale eh? Sweet. BLOOD BATH RUN GOOOOOO!

[StoneofTriumph]

Yeah, this did feel like one of those "multiple endings" games, but I do hope that the devs will show some restraint when setting the ending conditions. I've played video games for too long to deal with "you need to have a guide or be a perfect player" for the umpteenth time- It's just tedious to me now.

[Recursive Gamer]

Well spoilers:
Leveling up increases your damage by 2. So at max corruption level of 100, you deal an extra 200 damage.
It does not effect the story, as only a hidden item does.
You unlock two items that either display the fully corrupted form, or the fully pure form after finishing the required endings.