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FromSoftware games often have one stat that doesn’t seem particularly useful but serves a vital role in fun builds. InElden Ring, many players have been left wondering what the Arcane stat actually does.
Many of the stats inElden Ringare straightforward in terms of their use and fit into established RPG conventions. Strength helps players with heavy weapons, Dexterity boosts weapons like katanas, Vigor increases HP, and so on. Then there are Intelligence and Faith, which govern the two primary types of magic in the game; Sorceries and Incantations.
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Off on the side is Arcane, which doesn’t serve an obvious purpose to players and isn’t considered in many spells or weapons. Arcane is still an important stat and is necessary for using some of Elden Ring’s best weapons.
What Does Arcane Do In Elden Ring?
In Elden Ring,the Arcane stat’s primary function is governing item discovery. This influences how frequently normal enemies drop items after being killed. On top of this, leveling up Arcane also increases resistance to Holy damage and resistance to buildup of the Death Blight status condition.
These attributes are rarely useful as Holy Damage isn’t particularly common and only a few enemies and weapons are capable of afflicting the player with thehorrifying Death Blight status effect. Arcane also helps with scaling a number of different sorceries and incantations, which makes it vital for some players.
Weapons That Scale With Arcane
There are 15 different weapons in Elden Ring that scale off the Arcane stat. These weapons tend to deal blood loss buildup or fire damage, but that isn’t always the case. Here is the complete list of weapons that use Arcane:
Ripple Blade and Ripple Crescent Halberd are generally conventional weapons that happen to scale off the player’s Arcane stat rather than Strength or Dexterity. The Albinauric Staff and Dragon Communion Seal function similarly to most staves and seals, but with added Arcane scaling.
Beyond these are a number of unique weapons that scale with Arcane. How these weapons use the Arcane stat varies, as some have a general damage increase while some use it for their Ash of War. Most notable among them isRivers of Blood, one of the best PVP weaponsin Elden Ring.
Sorceries and Incantations That Use Arcane
There are many powerful Incantations that use the Arcane stat in Elden Ring, as well as two Sorceries.Most of the Incantationsassociated with Arcane are Dragon Communion Incantations, obtained by beatingbosses like Flying Dragon Agheel, with the remainder being associated with blood loss buildup.
The full list of Arcane incantations includes:
The Dragon Communion Incantations are meant to be paired with the Dragon Communion Seal, which also incorporates Arcane into its scaling. Ekzykes’s Decay andRotten Breath are among the most popular tools in PVPfor afflicting opponents with the Scarlet Rot status condition, which quickly melts through their health bar.
There are also two Sorceries that use the Arcane stat:
These two spells are categorized as Claymen Sorceries but while other subcategories of spells like Dragon Communion Incantations have special items that boost them, Claymen Sorceries do not have a larger network of items or mechanics.
Elden Ringis available now on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
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