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Stamina states describe the two functional states of the stamina bar in Windrose. Normal stamina regenerates quickly between actions, while the Winded debuff, triggered by fully depleting the bar, temporarily removes access to dodging and sprinting.

Normal Stamina

Stamina drains with every action that costs it: attacks (light and heavy), dodges, sprints, jumps, and holding block under sustained pressure. When the bar is not empty, stamina regenerates automatically as long as you are not actively spending it. The only continuous action that prevents regeneration is holding block; releasing block immediately resumes regen.

The Winded State

Fully depleting stamina triggers the Winded debuff. While Winded:

• You cannot sprint

• You cannot dodge

• You can still walk, attack with light strikes, and block (at a heavy cost)

• Stamina regenerates more slowly than from a partial empty, because the bar has to cross a short recovery threshold before it is usable again

Winded typically lasts a short, fixed period (precise duration numbers are not published by the developer; community reports put it in the 1 to 3 second range before the bar starts refilling at a normal rate). Players describe it as the single most dangerous state in any serious fight, because committed enemy attacks cannot be dodged while it is active.

Avoiding Winded

• Never empty the bar. The Soulslite combat loop is built around leaving at least one small segment of stamina in reserve at all times. Community advice: keep an eye on the bar and use dashes rather than sprints to reposition when the gauge drops below one-third

• Drop the block between absorbed hits. Holding block while stamina is empty is a silent trap: no stamina regenerates while block is held, so panic-holding block locks you in the vulnerable state longer. Tap block, do not hold it

• Endurance matters. Each point of Endurance raises the maximum stamina pool by a fixed amount (5 points per Endurance invested). Endurance-heavy builds empty the bar later, which widens the safety margin in extended fights

• Stamina food buffs. Foods that raise Endurance stack on top of attribute points. Spicy chicken and similar bonuses can add 10 to 20 effective Endurance during a boss fight, enough to shift a "Winded by mistake" fight into a manageable one

• The Marathon Runner talent. This Toughguy branch Tier 0 talent reduces stamina drain while moving. It is one of the single most impactful first-talent-picks in the game for any build

Perfect Block and Stamina

A successful Perfect Block returns a small amount of stamina immediately on the parry, making parry-focused builds much more stamina-efficient than raw-block builds. Missed timing windows still cost stamina as if a normal block had been held. Against Drowners and similar slow-windup enemies, a handful of Perfect Blocks per fight can extend your effective stamina pool by 20 to 30 percent.

See Also

• Stamina Management deeper dive into optimizing stamina loops

• Combat where stamina fits into the broader combat model

• Soulslite Combat the Windrose interpretation of Soulslike combat

• Perfect Block the parry mechanic that refunds stamina

• Talent System talents that modify stamina drain and pool

Rested Buff and Base Comfort

Standing inside the glow of a Bonfire applies the Rested buff, which accelerates stamina regeneration after you leave camp. The base duration is short, but it scales with your base's Comfort score.

Comfort is built by placing one item from each furniture sub-category: seating, tables, lighting, and beds. The game only counts one placement per category, so five beds do not stack; a stool plus a table plus a candle plus a bed multiplies the Rested duration far more than four of the same item. At maximum Comfort, Rested can last up to 30 minutes of real time, which covers most exploration trips without a return.

Stamina-Reducing Talents

Beyond Marathon Runner, two additional Toughguy-adjacent talents reshape stamina consumption enough to be worth early priority.

• Agile: Reduces the stamina cost of dash and jump actions. Ranks scale to 15%, then 25%, then 40% reduction, which turns kite-heavy builds into near-infinite reposition loops.

• Perfected Form: Reduces the stamina cost of two-handed attacks by 10%, 17.5%, or 25% per rank. Mandatory for greatsword, halberd, and two-handed club users; without it, the third swing in any committed string eats the rest of the bar.

Stamina-Supporting Gear

Two equipment pieces are commonly cited as the highest-impact stamina upgrades outside of talents.

The Marksman's Rig two-piece bonus reduces sprint, dash, and jump stamina consumption by 30%; the four-piece instead adds +15% ranged damage. Combined with Agile, it makes high-mobility builds essentially stamina-free for movement, which lets gunslingers kite heavy enemies indefinitely.

The Prospector's Ring reduces the stamina cost of tool-based resource gathering by 35% at its base tier, scaling up to 70% at its highest upgrade. Mining and wood-cutting runs that would otherwise empty the bar after three nodes can instead clear a full deposit cluster without pause.

Stamina-Focused Meals

The cooking system includes two recipes that target stamina directly and stack with the one-buff-per-slot food system.

Coconut Soup is the entry-level option. It requires two Sweet Potato and one piece of raw Meat, and grants a paired Agility and Endurance boost. It is the first meaningful stamina meal most players cook because the ingredients drop constantly in the starting biome.

Hearty Egg Broth is the stronger upgrade. It combines four Sweet Potato, one Dodo Egg, and two Bird Meat for a longer-duration Endurance buff. The Dodo Egg requirement gates it behind a small hunting loop, but it outlasts Coconut Soup meaningfully and is the standard stamina dish for extended dungeon runs.