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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

Discovery Increase per Level of Arcane

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