Best Arcane weapons in Elden Ring

Here are the best Arcane weapons in Elden Ring

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Looking for the best Elden Ring Arcane weapons? Arcane is one of the eight major stats in Elden Ring which weapons can scale with. Although there are fewer weapons in the game that scale with Arcane compared to Intelligence, Strength, Faith and Dexterity, there are a few surprisingly strong weapons that do.

Arcane primarily raises your character’s Discovery Rate, meaning they’re more likely to find item drops. High levels of Arcane will also increase your Holy defence, Vitality and resistance against Death Blight. Along with these perks, Arcane weapons can usually increase status effects like blood-loss buildup, Poison , Sleep and Madness. As such, it is a stat that shouldn’t be overlooked.

Join us as we go through the best Arcane weapons in Elden Ring across a variety of Weapon Skills and types. This includes bows, staffs, axes, katanas and more.

Ripple Blade

The Ripple Blade can be purchased from Pidia the merchant. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware

• Weight: 4.5
• Damage Type: Standard
• Requirements: Strength 11, Dexterity 11, Arcane 20
• Attribute Scaling: Arcane A
• Weapon Skill: Wild Strikes
• Attack Power: Physical 75

With an Arcane scaling of A and the ability to increase status effect buildup, the Ripple Blade is one of the best Arcane weapons in Elden Ring. Effects like Blood Greases, Poison Greases and Soporific Greases are improved when both the weapon and your Arcane stat have been increased.

Classified as an axe, the Ripple Blade cannot be infused with Ashes of War but comes already equipped with the Wild Strikes Weapon Skill. This skill allows players to execute a chain of swing attacks, followed up by a normal or strong attack. Each swing will cause 5-6 stance damage, with the final blow delivering 30-42 if it is a strong attack, or 20-28 if it is a light attack. This makes it particularly effective against guarded foes.

This skill will consume FP, so we recommend buffing out this weapon build by applying Talismans like the Cerulean Seed Talisman which boosts FP regeneration or the Carian Filigreed Crest which lowers the FP consumed by Skills. Marika’s Soreseal is also a powerful Talisman that can raise Mind, Intelligence , Faith and Arcane stats but will increase the damage you take in the process.

How to get the Ripple Blade

You can access the Caria Manor rooftop via the cliffside from the Three Sisters. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware

You can buy the Ripple Blade from Pidia , Carian Servant at Caria Manor . To find this merchant (or his bell-bearing) you need to drop down the cliffside east of the Three Sisters area to the balcony ledge connected to Caria Manor. The balcony will lead to a rooftop hatch and ladders. Descending these will land you on the balcony above the Manor Lower Level Site of Grace , where the merchant awaits.

Ripple Crescent Halberd

The Ripple Crescent Halberd can be picked from certain Albinauric enemies. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware

• Weight: 8.5
• Damage Type: Standard, Pierce
• Requirements: Strength 12, Dexterity 12, Arcane 20
• Attribute Scaling: Arcane B
• Weapon Skill: Spinning Slash
• Attack Power: Physical 86

The Ripple Crescent Halberd offers both range and the same status effect buildup as its sister weapon, the Ripple Blade. This makes it an ideal weapon if you like to experiment with Greases to inflict conditions on enemies.

The Ripple Crescent Halberd cannot be infused with Ashes of War. Instead, it comes with the Spinning Slash Weapon Skill which allows players to emit a large sweeping attack with a heavy follow-up slash. This is particularly effective for crowds of enemies.

Crucially, this skill cannot be parried and can deal up to 33 stance damage to enemies. This was increased via the 1.07 patch making it a long-lasting choice for an Arcane build .

How to get the Ripple Crescent Halberd

The Ripple Crescent Halberd is a random drop when defeating Albinauric enemies equipped with it. These foes spawn around the Academy Gate Town in Liurnia of the Lakes. You may also encounter a group of them equipped with this weapon around the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Site of Grace, also in Liurnia of the Lakes.

Rivers Of Blood

The Rivers Of Blood katana is also one of the best bleed weapons in Elden Ring. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware

• Weight: 6.5
• Damage Type: Slash, Pierce
• Requirements: Strength 12, Dexterity 18, Arcane 20
• Attribute Scaling: Strength E, Dexterity D, Arcane D
• Weapon Skill: Corpse Piler
• Attack Power: Physical 76, Fire 76

We’ve spoken plenty about the Rivers of Blood katana in the past, and for good reason. This katana specialises in blood-loss buildup which can be increased with more points into your Arcane stat. The fire damage it emits can also be increased via this stat.

The Rivers Of Blood katana cannot be infused with Ashes of War but provides an immensely useful Weapon Skill instead, the Corpse Piler . This skill allows players to execute 6 criss-cross slashes that deal stance damage per cut, plus room for additional follow-up attacks.

With physical, fire, stance damage and blood-loss buildup with each slash, the Rivers Of Blood remains a formidable weapon and an ideal choice if you’re looking for a more dexterous Arcane build.

How to get the Rivers Of Blood

To get the Rivers Of Blood katana, you’ll need to defeat Bloody Finger Okina , near the Church of Repose in eastern Mountaintops of the Giants.

Serpent Bow

The Serpent Bow is the only bow that scales with Arcane. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware

• Weight: 3.5
• Damage Type: Standard
• Requirements: Strength 8, Dexterity 15, Arcane 11
• Attribute Scaling: Strength E, Dexterity D, Arcane D
• Weapon Skill: Mighty Shot
• Attack Power: Physicak 75, Ranged 50

The Serpent Bow is the only bow in Elden Ring with Arcane scaling despite the stats ability to increase buildup effects. In the case of the Serpent Bow, Poison buildup is applied to all arrow types equipped with the bow and Poison Arrows are buffed even more.

The more you put into your Arcane stat, the more effective Poison, Bleed and Sleep Arrows will become. To raise the base damage of the bow, however, you’ll also need to invest some stats into Dexterity .

The Serpent Bow cannot be infused with Ashes of War but comes with the Mighty Shot Weapon Skill. This skill allows players to charge up a shot and deliver it across a larger range with increased damage to targets. The shot can also get past enemy shields or blocks.

How to get the Serpent Bow

The Abandoned Cave is filled with Scarlet Rot pools. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware

The Serpent Bow is inside the Abandoned Cave in Dragonbarrow , Caelid. This is located east of the Smoldering Wall Site of Grace. Be careful as the cave is full of pools that will give you Scarlet Rot . We suggest stocking up on Preserving Boluses beforehand, as they can heal you from the condition and stop Scarlet Rot buildup.

You can acquire the recipe for Preserving Boluses from the Armorer’s Cookbook (6) or buy some from the Nomadic Merchant near the Caelid Highway North Site of Grace.

Albinauric Staff

You can build a decent blood mage build with the Albinauric Staff. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware

• Weight: 2.5
• Damage Type: Strike
• Requirements: Strength 6, Intelligence 10, Arcane 12
• Attribute Scaling: Strength E, Intelligence D, Arcane C
• Weapon Skill: N/A
• Attack Power: Physical 17

The Albinauric Staff is the only staff that scales with Arcane in Elden Ring. The draw to this particular staff is that it inflicts added blood-loss buildup from Aberrant sorceries like the Briars of Punishment and Briarts of Sin. This is ideal if you’re going for a blood sorcerer playthrough.

Unfortunately the scale of the blood-loss buildup was scaled back slightly with the 1.09 patch . Despite this, the Albinauric Staff still shows some promise, particularly when paired as an off-hand option to a different bleed weapon like the Rivers Of Blood katana, mentioned above.

How to get the Albinauric Staff

When looting the body for the Albinauric Staff, you’ll also recieve the Albinauric Mask. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware

The Albinauric Staff is located within the Volcano Manor region. From the Prison Town Church Site of Grace, head towards the large church structure within the town. Outside this building and to the right is a ladder. Climb the ladder to get onto the rooftop. From here, head right and jump down onto a balcony below. The staff will be on a corpse in the room adjacent to this balcony.

That rounds off our guide to the best Arcane weapons in Elden Ring. For the best overall weapons in the game across all builds, check out our ultimate best weapons guide or see our guide to the best armour sets in Elden Ring to complete your loadout.

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

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