The Arcane skill allows players to wield Arcane Staves, a unique weapon class designed for pure mage builds. Arcane enhances spellcasting, provides bonuses to Arcane Runes, and enables the use of Arcane Codex Stances and Finishers.
- Players using **followers or Barding skills** within the last 60 seconds will lose:
* Arcane Buildup
* Arcane Codex Stances and Finishers
* Arcane Staff Weapon Abilities
- Players with the Arcane skill can select Arcanist as their Paperdoll skill title.
- The Arcane skill increases the benefits of Arcane Runes and Arcane Buildup.
- A player's chance to **hit/defend** with an Arcane Staff is based on their Arcane skill, but is **capped by their Wrestling skill**.
- Players with at least 80 Arcane and 80 Wrestling can **cast spells while wielding an Arcane Staff**.
- See Arcane Staves for detailed combat mechanics.
PvM Bonuses
- Players have a **(Effective Arcane Skill / 100%)** chance to **avoid Spell Interruption** from creature/environmental damage while casting with an Arcane Staff equipped.
- Players with the Arcane skill receive a **(25% * (Arcane Skill / 100))** bonus to the effectiveness of nearby Arcane Runes.
Arcane Codex
| Arcane Codex Stances, Finishers and Abilities
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| Type
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Name
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Description
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| Stance
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Leech
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Has a 3% chance per rank on hit to restore 10 mana
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| Stance
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Shield
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Weapon swings increase your damage resistance by 4% per rank for 5 seconds (does not stack)
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| Stance
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Scatter
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Deals an additional 2% of damage per rank to 3 additional random targets within 3 tiles, with each target hit having a 1% per rank chance to be hindered for 3 seconds
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| Stance
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Fracture
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Damage is increased by 2% per rank for every 25 armor rating target still has active (to a max of 8% per rank)
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| Stance
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Surge
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Damage is increased by 10% per rank if player has triggered an aspect special in the last 15 seconds
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| Finisher
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Drain
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Inflicts 250% of damage to target and restores 40 mana
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| Finisher
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Catalyst
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Inflicts 300% of Damage on target and consumes all Arcane Buildup, increasing Damage by (7% * Arcane Buildup Consumed)
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| Weapon Ability
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Seeking
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For next 15 seconds accuracy increased by 25% and attack speed increased by 15%
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| Weapon Ability
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Leyline
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For next 15 seconds player recovers 5 mana every 3 seconds
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| Weapon Ability
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Soulfire
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Immediately applies maximum arcane buildup
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Training
- Players gain Arcane skill when making **Melee Attacks** or **Casting Spells** while wielding an Arcane Staff.
| Skill |
Training Method
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| 0-50 |
Train from NPC
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| 50-80 |
Passively gained by attacking with an Arcane Staff or casting spells while equipped with an Arcane Staff in the New Player Dungeon
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| 80-100 |
Passively gained by attacking with an Arcane Staff or casting spells while equipped with an Arcane Staff
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