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Basic Information

Icon	Stat	Description	Soft cap	Soft cap	Hard cap	Soft caps effect
	Arcane	Attribute governing power of arcane ATK. Determines whether or not you can use certain equipment.	25	50	99	Damage of arcane items UP Total Attack based on weapon's scaling Increases Item Discovery

Similar to other stats, arcane is a requirement to use some weapons, and also increases the power of certain weapons, but it has a couple of other interesting points. First of all, most weapons have arcane scaling but don't actually use it by default. Instead, many weapons will only benefit from their natural arcane scaling when fitted with an elemental gem. Secondly, arcane scaling doesn't affect the physical damage of weapons; instead it will improve a weapon's arcane, fire, and bolt damage. Player raises this stat if he goes for elemental weapons.

Increasing arcane stat also raises Discovery. This helps find more items after defeating enemies. It's not strictly required, but it does help with finding supplies while running Chalice Dungeons. Other option how to increase Discovery, without leveling up arcane, is to equip an Eye Caryll Rune. Current hypothesis is that Item Discovery may simply alter the loot tables of SOME enemies given certain minimum thresholds are met. More on Eye Runes and Item Discovery research here: [Reddit] More Than Meets The Eye (Rune) and another study Bloodgem Rating and Discovery conducted by Lake of Mud.

Finally, the arcane stat governs the usage of Arcane items. Arcane Items require a minimum level of the arcane stat to be used. Unlike weapons, these items can be equipped in your quick inventory and used via the square button. Additionally, they don't disappear from your inventory after being used like normal items do; instead, they consume Quicksilver Bullets. These items provide a number of extra combat options and are a perk of using an arcane build that relies on elemental weapons. Additionally, having a high arcane stat increases the effects of many Arcane Items.

Diminishing Returns is a common concept in RPGs, meaning that for a given investment, i.e. one point in a stat, you receive a smaller benefit, e.g. fewer hit points per point in the HP stat.

Arcane Equipment & Item Requirements

Requirement	Weapons	Requirement	Firearms	Requirement	Arcane Items
8		8	Flamesprayer, Rosmarinus	8
10	Logarius' Wheel	10		10	Messenger's Gift
14	Holy Moonlight Sword	14		14
15		15		15	Beast Roar, Empty Phantasm Shell, Old Hunter Bone
16		16		16	Blacksky Eye
18		18		18	Augur of Ebrietas
20	Kos Parasite	20		20	Executioner's Gloves, Choir Bell
25		25		25	Tiny Tonitrus
30		30		30	Accursed Brew
40		40		40	A Call Beyond

Arcane Equipment Scaling

Arcane Items Blacksky Eye, Augur of Ebrietas, Executioner's Gloves, Choir Bell, Tiny Tonitrus, Accursed Brew and A Call Beyond which do benefit from arcane stat all have S scaling.

Weapon	Scaling Base (+0)	Scaling Max (+10)		+0	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8	+9	+10
Amygdalan Arm	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	C
Beast Claw	D	D	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Beasthunter Saif	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C
Beast Cutter	E	D	Detail ►	E	E	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Blade of Mercy	D	B	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	C	B	B
Bloodletter	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C
Boom Hammer	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	C
Burial Blade	D	B	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	C	B	B
Chikage	D	D	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Church Pick	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C
Flamesprayer	D	B	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	B	B
Holy Moonlight Sword	C	A	Detail ►	C	C	B	B	B	B	B	A	A	A	A
Hunter Axe	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C
Hunter's Torch	B	B	Detail ►	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
Kirkhammer	D	B	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	B	B	B
Logarius' Wheel	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C
Ludwig's Holy Blade	D	A	Detail ►	D	D	D	C	C	B	B	B	B	B	A
Rakuyo	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C
Reiterpallasch	D	B	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	C	B
Rosmarinus	B	S	Detail ►	B	B	B	B	A	A	A	A	S	S	S
Rifle Spear	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C
Saw Cleaver	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C
Saw Spear	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	C
Simon's Bowblade	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C
Stake Driver	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	C
Threaded Cane	D	B	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	C	B
Tonitrus	D	D	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Torch	D	-	Detail ►	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Whirligig Saw	D	B	Detail ►	D	D	C	C	C	C	B	B	B	B	B

Note: For more detailed information visit the Scaling wiki page.

Discovery Increase per Level of Arcane

Arcane	Item Discovery	Arcane	Item Discovery	Arcane	Item Discovery	Arcane	Item Discovery	Arcane	Item Discovery
6	100	15	122	24	150	33	176	42	194
7	100	16	125	25	154	34	178	43	195
8	100	17	128	26	157	35	180	44	197
9	103	18	131	27	160	36	182	45	200
10	106	19	135	28	163	37	184	46	202
11	109	20	138	29	166	38	186	47	204
12	112	21	141	30	170	39	188	48	206
13	115	22	144	31	172	40	190	49	208
14	119	23	147	32	174	41	192	50	209

No increase in Item Discovery past level 50 of Arcane stat.