Arcane Stat Explained: What Does Arcane Do?

Arcane is one of the stat categories in Elden Ring. Read on to see what the Arcane stat does, including what it affects and how to increase it.

Arcane Bug is Fixed!

As of version 1.03, the recurring Arcane bug has been fixed! All weapons that have multiple scaling with an Arcane scaling stat no longer gets reduced damage from more stats invested into Arcane!

Version 1.03 Patch Notes

What Does Arcane Do?

Affects Blood Loss Buildup

Leveling up Arcane increases the Blood Loss Buildup for weapons that scale with Arcane. While the amount of damage done when Bleed is applied to an enemy will not change, you will be able to apply Bleed much faster.

Arcane Governs Discovery (Luck) and Death Resistance

Arcane directly affects Discovery, which influences the items that drop from enemies. Basically, the higher your Arcane, the better your chances of getting a rare item after defeating an enemy! In the Dark Souls series, this stat was known as Luck.

In addition to increasing your odds of finding rare items, the Arcane stat also affects death resistance, which is an equipment stat that prevents you from insta-death. In other words, the higher your death resistance, the less likely you are to die from enemy attacks that cause instant death.

Scales with Some Weapons and Spells

There are some weapons and spells in the game that also have Arcane stat requirements in order to be leveled up and equipped.

Scales with Debuffs

Arcane scales with most debuffs such as Bleed, Poison, Frostbite, and etc. Weapons that deal these debuffs and have Arcane scaling will have an increased buildup amount the higher the stat.

Increases Holy Defense

Holy Damage is one of the types of damage in Elden Ring, and, naturally, Holy Defense reduces this kind of damage.

All Weapons that Scale with Arcane

Arcane Scaling Weapons

Reduvia	Serpent Bow	Regalia of Eochaid
Eleonora's Poleblade	Ripple Blade	Bloody Helice
Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear	Dragon Communion Seal	Varre's Bouquet
Marais Executioner's Sword	Rivers of Blood	Morgott's Cursed Sword
Ripple Crescent Halberd	Clinging Bone	Albinauric Staff

How to Increase Arcane

As one of the main stat categories in Elden Ring, you can increase Arcane the same way you increase all stats: by spending Runes at a Site of Grace.

Should You Level Up Arcane?

Arcane is Great for Bleed Builds

While Arcane was initially not recommended due to a bug that prevented stat scaling bonuses, it has now been fixed. Arcane is a great stat for Bleed builds who aim to proc Hemorrhage on enemies. Arcane is also required for Dragon Incantations, power spells that can be acquired at Dragon Communion sites.

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