As you go out exploring in Echoes of Aincrad to enjoy the feeling of being in a Sword Art Online game, you'll be gaining experience through combat and venturing in the form of Growth Points, awarded for pretty much every kind of quest you could possibly undertake.

Using these Growth Points at your nearest Chest is the best way to ensure your character is powered up and built the way you'd like them, with seven stats in the Growth category that can be raised or altered in some way by spending Growth Points to change them, empowering your character massively.

What Are Growth Points?

As you explore the world in Echoes of Aincrad, you'll find all kinds of ways to level up your character, making them stronger according to how you're trying to build them to best suit your gameplay.

As such, you'll notice that you earn Growth Points (GP) every time you level up in Echoes of Aincrad, with higher earnings coming at higher levels as you progress through the game. Anytime you're back in a main city, you should be sure to visit yourChest to spend these Growth Points, since you'll earn all kinds of bonus stats and extra boosts as you allocate them throughout the game.

There are seven attributes you'll need to level up throughout Echoes of Aincrad, each offering a slew of bonuses as you go, but how you choose to allocate your growth points should be decided based on your weapon of choice, with attention paid to the three stats that boost your regenerative abilities as well.

The seven attributes are:

  • Vitality, which relates to your HP and the effectiveness of your healing.
  • Endurance is how you'll improve your Stamina consumption and regeneration.
  • Mind ability boosts help you regenerate SP in battle.
  • Strength is all about brute force, improving your Attack and Defense stats, making you more battle-ready overall.
    • Fans of heavy weaponry like Maces or Two-Handed Axes should spec most of their Growth Points into Strength.
  • Dexterity is finesse in combat, so you'll see improvements to Dodges and Parrying, as well as your Sword Skill damage output.
    • If you're looking to focus on using any kind of Swords, whether one-handed weapons to use with a shield or claymores that require both hands, Dexterity is a must.
  • Agility focuses on how quickly you move and decides everything about your speed, both in sprinting and in combat.
    • Smaller, quicker weapons like Rapiers or Daggers benefit from Agility boosts the most.
  • Intelligence impacts your character growth overall, improving things like EXP gained, Cols earned, and more.

As you spend your GP in Echoes of Aincrad, you'll unlock bonus modifiers for each stat along the way as you hit benchmark totals of points invested. Hitting these milestones will unlock the modifiers for this character, and you'll be able to keep them unless you choose to reallocate your GP later on. The bonus modifiers do stack, so you'll see some pretty impressive results before long if you keep spending your GP on the same stat!

Below, we've broken down every one of the seven attributes that can be leveled up in Echoes of Aincrad, and we've included a look at what each benchmark Growth Point investment will give as well.

Vitality Bonus Modifiers

GP Spent

Bonus Modifier

5

HP +10

10

HP +5

20

HP +5

30

Healing Crystal Power +100

40

HP +5

50

HP +5

60

HP +25

70

HP +5

80

HP +5

90

HP +10

Endurance Bonus Modifiers

GP Spent

Bonus Modifier

5

Stamina +10

10

Stamina +5

20

Stamina +5

30

Stamina Consumption +5%

40

Stamina +5

50

Stamina +5

60

Stamina +25

70

Stamina +5

80

Stamina +5

90

Stamina +10

Mind Bonus Modifiers

GP Spent

Bonus Modifier

5

SP +10

10

SP +5

20

SP +5

30

SP Consumption +5%

40

SP +5

50

SP +5

60

SP +5

70

SP +5

80

SP +5

90

SP +10

Strength Bonus Modifiers

GP Spent

Bonus Modifier

5

Attack +2%, Defense +3%

10

Attack +3%

20

Defense +5%

30

Down Rate +20%

40

Attack +3%

50

Defense +5%

60

Attack +3%, Defense +5%

70

Attack +2%

80

Defense +3%

90

Attack +2%, Defense +3%

Dexterity Bonus Modifiers

GP Spent

Bonus Modifier

5

Sword Skill Damage +3%, Parry/Perfect Dodge Window +3%

10

Sword Skill Damage +5%

20

Parry/Perfect Dodge Window +5%

30

Slash Damage +20%

40

Sword Skill Damage +5%

50

Parry/Perfect Dodge Window +5%

60

Sword Skill Damage +5%, Parry/Perfect Dodge Window +5%

70

Sword Skill Damage +3%

80

Parry/Perfect Dodge Window +3%

90

Sword Skill Damage +3%, Parry/Perfect Dodge Window +3%

Agility Bonus Modifiers

GP Spent

Bonus Modifier

5

Normal Attack Speed +3%, Sprint Speed Increase +3%

10

Normal Attack Speed +5%

20

Sprint Speed Increase +5%

30

Dodging Invincibility Window +10%

40

Normal Attack Speed +5%

50

Sprint Speed Increase +5%

60

Normal Attack Speed +5%, Sprint Speed Increase +5%

70

Normal Attack Speed +3%

80

Sprint Speed Increase +3%

90

Normal Attack Speed +3%, Sprint Speed Increase +3%

Intelligence Bonus Modifiers

GP Spent

Bonus Modifier

5

Status Effect Resistance +20%

10

Experience Gained +5%

20

Col Acquired +5%

30

Items Carried +1

40

Experience Gained +5%

50

Col Acquired +5%

60

Status Effect Resistance +30%

70

Experience Gained +3%

80

Col Aquired +3%

90

Status Effect Resistance +20%