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Wisdom is one of the six basic stats of DDO.

Wisdom (WIS)

Wisdom describes a Player Character’s willpower, common sense, perception, and intuition. While Intelligence represents one’s ability to analyze information, Wisdom represents being in tune with and aware of one’s surroundings.

Wisdom is the most important ability for Clerics, and it is also important for Favored Souls, Paladins, Rangers, Druids and Monks. If you want your character to have acute senses, put a high score in Wisdom. Every creature has a Wisdom score.

You apply your Player Character’s Wisdom modifier to:

Clerics, Paladins, Druid and Rangers get bonus spell points based on their Wisdom scores. The minimum Wisdom score needed to cast a Cleric, Paladin, or Ranger spell is 10 + the spell’s level.

Wisdom may be used to hit with Shortbows and Longbows if using the Zen Archery feat. To use Wisdom as attack and/or damage modifier in melee, use Flame Blade or some of the named items, for example Scepter of Healing.


Feat Prerequisites[edit]

The following Feats have a minimum Wisdom Requirement:

Note: Feat Pre-reqs Only take into account the following bonuses:

  • Base Stat value at Character Creation
  • Level-Up stat point raises
  • Inherent Bonuses from Ability tomes


Raising Wisdom Scores[edit]

You can raise your Wisdom score from different sources, among them:

Base[edit]

  • During character creation, you can add up to 10 points to your basic Wisdom score, which means:
    • A Deep Gnome and Aasimar character can start with a Wisdom of up to 20
    • A Bladeforged or Warforged character can have a Wisdom of up to 16.
    • All other races can start with a Wisdom of up to 18
  • At the 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 24th, and 28th, you are allowed to raise a single ability by 1 point.
  • The Stat point raises are often referred to as "level-ups". These increases count towards Feat Pre-requisites.

Inherent bonus[edit]

Inherent bonuses stack with all other bonuses and also count towards Feat Pre-requisites.

  • A Manual of Understanding will raise the Wisdom score by the appropriate value. For more information, refer to Tomes. These bonuses will show on your character sheet in the Feat section.

Feat bonus[edit]

Unless noted otherwise, Feat Bonuses stack with each other and other sources of bonuses.

  • Class Feats
    • Monk Water Stance provides a +2/+3/+4 Bonus to Wisdom when centered and in Water Stance.
    • Inspire Excellence Epic Feat provides Bard Song that gives +2 Competence Bonus to All Statistics. Does not stack with other Competence bonus.
    • Aureon's Instruction Level 6 Deity feat for Follower of Aureon provides +4 Wisdom for limited duration (24 seconds + 6 seconds per Religious Lore feat).
    • Ever Watchful Level 6 Deity feat for Follower of Helm provides +4 Wisdom for limited duration (24 seconds + 6 seconds per Religious Lore feat).
    • Luck of Olladra Level 6 Deity feat for Follower of Olladra provides +1d6 Wisdom for limited duration (24 seconds + 6 seconds per Religious Lore feat).
  • Epic Destiny Enhancements -
    • Divine Crusader Tier 1 - 6 Stat Increase - You can select a +1 Wisdom increase at each level for 2 EDP. Maximum of +6 total.
    • Exalted Angel Tier 1 - 6 Stat Increase - You can select a +1 Wisdom increase at each level for 2 EDP. Maximum of +6 total.
    • Grandmaster of Flowers Tier 1 - 6 Stat Increase - You can select a +1 Wisdom increase at each level for 2 EDP. Maximum of +6 total.
    • Primal Avatar Tier 1 - 6 Stat Increase - You can select a +1 Wisdom increase at each level for 2 EDP. Maximum of +6 total.
    • Primal Avatar Spirit Boon - +2 primal bonus to Wisdom while toggled on. Tier 5 Enhancement. Will not stack with other Primal Bonuses.
    • Fatesinger Echos of the Ancestors - Primal - Provides a +1 bonus to Wisdom for the Primal Avatar selector.
    • Fury of the Wild Acute Instincts - Provides a +2 bonus to Wisdom while raging.
    • Shiradi Champion Tier 1 - 6 Stat Increase - You can select a +1 Wisdom increase at each level for 2 EDP. Maximum of +6 total.
    • Shiradi Champion Audience with the Queen Can provide Pleasure of the Queen for a +4 Royal Bonus to Statistics or Joy of the Queen - Love for a +10 Royal Bonus. 5 minute duration.

Items[edit]

Unless noted otherwise, bonuses within a single category do not stack.

  • Enhancement Bonus
    • Random Loot Items may come with the enhancement bonus of +1 - +17.
    • Named items Items may come with the enhancement bonus of +1 - +18.
    • Cannith Crafting Items may come with the enhancement bonus of +1 - +15.
    • Slave Lords Crafting Items may come with an enhancement bonus of +5(heroic) or +17(Legendary) in the Prefix (Blue) Slot.
    • Colorless Augment Slots can be slotted with a Wisdom augment with an enhancement bonus of +1 - +8
  • Artifact bonus
    • Set bonuses Slave Lord's Sorcery Set provides +1 Artifact Bonus (Heroic 5 Piece Set) and +2 Artifact Bonus (Legendary 5 Piece Set)

Named weapons that use Wisdom for attack/damage[edit]

Name ML Type Attack mod Damage mod
Stave of the Seer 8 Quarterstaff INT, WIS INT, WIS
Staff of Inner Sight 10 Quarterstaff INT, WIS, CHA INT, WIS, CHA
Scepter of Healing 10 Heavy Mace WIS, CHA WIS, CHA
Forgotten Light (Level 16) 16 Heavy Mace STR, WIS STR, WIS
Forgotten Light (Level 17) 17 Heavy Mace STR, WIS STR, WIS
Forgotten Light (Level 18) 18 Heavy Mace STR, WIS STR, WIS
Forgotten Light (Level 23) 23 Heavy Mace STR, WIS STR, WIS
Forgotten Light (Level 24) 24 Heavy Mace STR, WIS STR, WIS
Forgotten Light (Level 25) 25 Heavy Mace STR, WIS STR, WIS
Raellia, the Frostblade 29 Dagger WIS WIS
Valorius, the Flameblade 29 Scimitar WIS WIS
Rauven of the Frost 29 Long Sword WIS WIS
Mirana of the Flame 29 Falchion WIS WIS

Spells[edit]

Bonuses from spells will not stack with bonuses of the same type from other sources

  • Enhancement Bonus

Temporary bonuses[edit]

Unless otherwise noted, Temporary bonuses will not stack with bonuses of the same type from other sources.

  • Stacking bonuses - These bonuses are all temporary and seem to be Untyped and stack with all other sources
    • Yugo Pot bonus - The Yugoloth Favor Potion, Essences of Despair, adds a +2 bonus to Wisdom for 15 minutes.
    • Long Lasting Elixir of Owl's Wisdom - Found in the DDO Store or the Monster Hunter Vendor, provides a +2 bonus to Wisdom.

Theoretical maximum[edit]

NOTE: This is accurate through U37

The theoretical Sustainable maximum for Wisdom for a caster is 130/121 (Situational/Sustainable) in Primal Avatar using a Deep Gnome Cleric(or Druid or FvS) 18/ Monk 2.
The theoretical Situational maximum for Wisdom for a caster is 138/129 (Situational/Sustainable) in Shiradi Champion using a Deep Gnome Cleric(or Druid or FvS) 18/ Monk 2.

The Breakdown is as follows:

  • 20 Base (Spend 10 build points to get max possible for Race)
  • +7 Level-up
  • +8 Tome
  • +2 Racial Enhancement (6 AP)
  • +10 Class Enhancements
  • +2 Racial PL Feats for Human and Aasimar
  • +2 Racial Completionist
  • +2 Completionist Feat
  • +4 Epic Feat (Great Ability x4)
  • +5 Twists (+3 twisted in from EDs, +1 twisted in from Epic Completionist bonus +1 Twisted in with Level 30 bonus Twist)
  • +22 Item Enhancement Bonus (Item)
  • +10 Insightful(Item, Random loot (Legendary Greensteel +7 max)
  • +2 Exceptional(Legendary Greensteel)
  • +5 Quality (Legendary Chieftain)
  • +2 Festive (Augment, e.g. Diamond of Spooky Wisdom +2)
  • +4 Artifact (Legendary Slave Lords Sorcery Set)
  • +2 Guild Airship Buffs
  • +6 Epic Destinies (e.g. +6 from Primal Avatar/Shiradi Champion for +6 Tier 1-6)
  • +11 Sentient Weapons
  • +4 Profane(Abishai Bonus. +2 Sustainable from Well Rounded or Litany)
  • +4 Alchemical (+2Alchemical Weapon or +3 from Deneith Pot)
  • +2 Competence (Bard Inspire Excellence song)
  • +2 Yugoloth
  • +2 DDO Store Potion
  • Now pick one of two destinies - Primal Avatar for Sustainable Max. Shiradi Champion for Situational Max. You cannot be in two destinies simultaneously.
    • +2 Primal Avatar +2 from Spirit Boon (Sustainable) OR
    • +10 Royalty (+10 from Audience with the Queen Shiradi bonus, lasts 5 minutes)(Not Sustainable)


The theoretical Sustainable maximum for Wisdom for a non-Caster Character is 135/126 (Situational/Sustainable) in Primal Avatar using a Deep Gnome Fighter 12/Monk 8.
The theoretical Situational maximum for Wisdom for a non-Caster Character is 143/124 (Situational/Sustainable) in Shiradi Champion using a Deep Gnome Fighter 12/Monk 8.
The only difference will be the Class & Patron Enhancements.

  • +18 Class Enhancements
    • +10 from Kensai (23 AP, Power Surge +8 Wisdom, Tier 3 & 4 Wisdom +2)
    • +6 from Shintao (22 AP, Tier 3 & 4 Wisdom +2, +4 Ultimate Water Stance)
    • +2 from Ninja Spy (22 AP, Tier 3 & 4 Wisdom +2)


This yields a +8 Wisdom difference from the Cleric 18/ Monk 2 version above.
Note: This option only requires 4 levels of Monk, technically. You can obtain the necessary Adept/Master/Grandmaster of Forms Feats without 8 Monk levels. Thus you could do any number of build variations.

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