Sword Art Online - Stats - How Do They Work?

So, I can't remember exactly. But is there a point in canon where the levels, experience, skills and HP Recovery Ability are explained at all?

The most I can remember is that each new level takes much more experience than the last, while the experience from monsters goes down with each level, and that each skill maxes out at 1,000.

 

I feared as much. I think I vaguely remember the experience from level 1 to 2 being 83 or something like that though. Or maybe I'm remembering that from a story?

 

There are two attributes, strength and agility which you can invest points in every time you level up. Except for them increasing your character's abilities they also let you ude items with certain requirements, for example Kirito needed to level for a while to have a high enough strength stat to wield his main sword. You can normally level up by gaining XP, either through killing monsters, completing quests or succefully using certain skills like Smithing. Every Level up gives you three points to spend.

Players start with two skill slots, in those you can put skills from a list. Those Skills level with use and if they reach a high enough level can unlock other related skills(one handed sword skill letting you choose the Katana Skill for example). Skills are maxed out at level one thousand. By leveleling up your character you slowly unlock more skill slots, Kirito at Level 96 had about a dozen skill slots. You can remove a skill at any time from the slot and take another on, but you lose your level in it by doing this and have to start over if you select it again. Though there is a special item that can store the experience of a single skill. Weapon skills also give you access to their Sword Skills(the thing where you perform special moves where the weapon glows).

HP seems to increase with each level up, though certain skills can also affect it, like Kirito had a skill that allowed him to slowly regenerate health and the player Schmitt used several such skills and items to became the player with the highest HP. It seems that without Skills, potions or special items HP doesen't regenerate at all.

I dont think a explicit number was mentioned, though we see Kirito level up for the first time after killing a few boars with Klein and then eleven plant mobs near the neighbouring town.

 

The Author actually mentioned the names of a few others in a Q&A from the perspective of Kayaba. Though nothing in particular about them.

 

How to tell that that the MMO you signed up for is secretly a death game, sign number 38.

 

true,Sao would have been written before the release of Wow and Reiki had no knowledge of video games at that time, let alone writing .
the first time he played, he was so disgusted by the behavior of his guild that he transposed it to Sao!

 

It isn't explained all that much. I'd recommend using the games for any data about the stats.