What Does Arcane do in Elden Ring on Steam Deck

Arcane is one of the eight stats in Elden Ring that govern the character and the available arsenal’s attributes. To attain certain builds in the game, you must fully know about every stat that the game offers. 

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While most of the other stats are similar to previous souls games, Arcane is a new stat term that has confused many players. 

To help players out, we prepared a handy guide that shares details on what Arcane does in Elden Ring. 

What Does Arcane do in Elden Ring?

The Arcane stat in Elden Ring influences the Discovery stat and weapons that scale with Arcane. 

It is one of the stats that help you get better loot drops from enemies and in general. The more Arcane you have, the better loot you get by killing foes. 

Secondly, there are magic and other weapons in the game that scale with the Arcane stat. So, if you want to deal high damage with one such weapon, you have to increase your Arcane stat. But, make sure not to overdo it. 

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Similar to other souls games, Elden Ring stats also have a bottleneck when it comes to increasing a weapon or character’s attributes. Once you have reached the bottleneck for Arcane, you should focus on related stats, say, Intelligence, for example. 

Elden Ring is a roleplaying game currently available on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, and PC platforms.