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Arcana is a Crafting Trade Skill in New World. Arcana is a Crafting skill focused on crafting Magical Weapons such as Staves. Additionally, Arcanists can craft Potions and Tinctures which are consumables that can provide a variety of effects such as health and mana restoration, buffs and removal of harmful effects such as Poison. Trade Skills are a variety of non-combat skills that the player can invest in and master. Trade Skills belonging to the Crafting category focus on creating a large variety of items ranging from Weapons and Consumables to ammunition and furniture. 

 

New World Arcana

Arcana is an expansive Crafting skill that covers a very large variety of items including magical weapons such as Fire Staves and Ice Gauntlets, Potions, Weapon Coatings and Tinctures. Arcanists can also perform Elemental Infusions, combining Elemental Essences into more powerful ones. Arcana uses resources and materials obtained from skills in the Gathering and Refining lines. A higher level in Arcana will allow players to create better, more powerful weapons and consumables, as well as improving the Gear Score range of craftable weapons.

Arcana is performed at an Arcane Repository which can be found in Settlements. Arcane Repositories have a Tier level which can be increased by taking on Town Projects. Note that each weapon has a tier level requirement in order to craft. This tier level corresponds to the Arcane Repository's tier level. If your settlement's Arcane Repository level does not meet the requirement, you will need to either raise it or find another settlement with a Arcane Repository of a higher tier. Crafting in the Arcana line requires the player to be of the appropriate Arcana level as well. Leveling up in Arcana is a straightforward process. Players simply need to continuously craft weapons and consumables raise their level in the skill. Collecting resources, however, is more involved and can prove more difficult.

 

Arcana Related Skills

Arcana is a skill that relies heavily on the following skills for resources and materials and as such, they are strongly recommended companion skills:

• Harvesting
• Mining
• Smelting
• Logging
• Wood Working

Arcanists have two major sources of elemental resources in Mining and Harvesting and both are essential for getting the most out of this trade skill.

Note that materials for any Crafting skill can be obtained from other players as well by trading, so players can still be successful in Arcana even if they invest in other skills, but this requires playing the game's economy system.

 

Arcana Weapons Perks

While Crafting a weapon, it has a small chance of gaining one or more Perks or an Empty Gem Socket. While these outcomes are random, players can use the special resource Azoth during the crafting process to improve the chances of getting perks, a socket or both. Additionally, there are a number of special materials that can be gathered in the world that, when used during the crafting process, can dictate what Perk is added to the weapon. However, there are still no guarantees that a Perk or Gem Socket will indeed be added to the piece of equipment but the chance increases as the Crafting skill level increases.

Check the Perks page for a full list of possible weapon perks and the resources needed to imbue them onto crafted weapons.

 

New World Arcana Guide

 

The Arcana crafting process begins by interacting with an Arcane Repository which are crafting stations found in Settlements. Within the crafting UI, you can see all your learned recipes on the left panel for all Crafting skills associated with the crafting station. Selecting a recipe displays the item and its required materials in the middle panel while displaying a preview of the potential result on the right.

 

Recipe Panel

Displayed in the left panel are all available crafting recipes. Items displayed in White indicate that you meet all the requirements to craft the item. Items displayed in Red indicate that you do not meet one or more of the crafting requirements (Resources, Skill Level, etc.). The small icon to the right of each item displays the crafting skill used and the numerical value represents the minimum level required in the skill in order to craft the item.

 

Materials Panel

The materials panel in the middle displays the required materials in order to craft the item. In the case of Weapons, each crafted item requires one type of Primary material and at least one or more types of Secondary materials. In addition, crafters can add a Special Resource to predetermine the first Perk that will be added onto the item. Azoth can also be added to increase the chances of adding an Attribute, Perk or Gem Slot.

 

Primary Materials

Primary Materials are comprised of the main refined material used in a given crafting recipe. For example, melee weapons crafted by Weaponsmithing will predominantly be composed of metals such as iron or starmetal. A primary material's tier will always correspond to the crafted item's tier. Lower tier primary materials cannot be used to craft items of a higher tier. However, using a rarer Primary Material of the appropriate tier will boost the potential Gear Score of the resulting item. This is also true for weapons crafted via Arcana.

In the case of Consumables crafted via Arcana, there is huge flexibility in the Primary Materials used. Each type of consumable allows the crafter to use any material within the appropriate category and tier. For example, the recipe for Strong Angry Earth Ward Potion calls for 1x Tier 3 Protective Reagents as a Primary Material. This means you can use any of the following to fulfill the requirement: Fungal Spores, Toadstool Fringe, Freezing Lodestone, Loamy Lodestone, Earthspine Leaf or Rivercress Leaf. When choosing materials to craft consumables, higher tier materials will increase your yield but will not affect the quality or potency of the resulting item. Refer to the results panel on the right for an estimate of the bonus chance.

Secondary Materials

Unlike Primary Materials, Secondary Materials used in a crafting recipe can be of any tier within the same category. For example, the Weaponsmithing recipe for the Starmetal Great Axe calls for Refined Wood as one of the secondary materials. The crafter can use any of the following to fulfill the requirement: Timber, Lumber, Wyrdwood Planks, Ironwood Planks, Petrified Wood, Glittering Ebony, Whisperwood, Quillbark, Ebonwood, Wildwood, Barbvine or Animal Horn. In the case of Secondary Materials, using a material of a higher Tier such as Ironwood Planks will raise the resulting item's Minimum Gearscore. Meanwhile, using a material of a higher Rarity such as Barbvine can raise both the Minimum and Maximum Gearscore. Using better materials in combination with raising your crafting skill level is the key to creating the most powerful equipment and items.

In the case of Consumables, Secondary Materials can be of any tier within the same category. However, as Consumables do not have Gear Scores, using rarer materials will increase the chance of yielding more items upon crafting successfully.

Note that certain items such as named or unique Weapons and Armor will have set material requirements that cannot be altered. However, these items usually provide much better or unique bonuses to counteract this lack of flexibility.

When crafting items, it is important to note that the crafting station will draw from your pool of resources in both your Inventory as well as any Storage Sheds you possess within the Settlement so it is not necessary to clog up your inventory with crafting materials if you have a storage shed in the current settlement. Note that Storage Sheds are not shared between Settlements. Items you have in storage in Windsward cannot be used for crafting in First Light, for example. However, you can transfer items between storage sheds from the storage menu.

Special Resources and Azoth

Crafted items have a chance to gain one or more Perks during the crafting process. However, the Perks added are completely random and the chances any are added at all are rather low until you get to higher levels of crafting. Even then, the chances are not guaranteed.

Special Resources such as Chunk of Sparkmetal can be added during the crafting process to predetermine one of the added Perks. Note that this still does not guarantee that the chosen Perk is added at all. In order to raise the chances of a crafted item gaining a Perk, players can add Azoth during the crafting process. Azoth can be added in increments of 15, up to a maximum of 75. In general, the more Azoth you spend, the higher the chances of getting Perks. However, lower tier items will have a lower max threshold for Azoth infusion.

In the case of Consumables, Special Resources and Azoth cannot be added.

Results Panel

 

Gear Score & Item Yield

Leveling up Arcana in New World improves your crafted equipment's Minimum and Maximum Gear Score by tiers. Improving the Maximum Gear Score allows for the potential for better items while improving the Minimum Gear Score shortens the Gear Score range, making it easier to craft items at the higher end. 

 

Leveling up in Arcana will also improve your chances of creating additional items per craft. This bonus chance only applies to Consumables and other Arcana crafted items such as the infused higher-tier Elemental Motes. This does not apply to crafted Weapons.

The chance improves in increments of 0.10% per level, maxing out at 20.00% at level 200. However, note that many crafted items have a Base Extra Items Chance with a negative rate. For example, the Tier III Strong Health Potion has a base chance of -2% and crafting it with an Arcana skill level of 100 (10% Extra Items Chance) will provide an 8% chance of yielding additional items per craft. 

The chance of creating additional items can also be improved by using higher-tier or rarer materials where possible during the crafting process. There are also equipment you can wear which provide a boost to crafting yield.

 

New World Arcana Leveling Tips

Leveling up in Arcana allows for crafting of better, more powerful weapons with higher base Gear Scores and also improves chances of imbuing them with Perks or a Gem Socket. It also allows you to craft better, more potent consumables and perform higher tier Elemental Infusions. Leveling up in Arcana unlocks more recipes as well as more powerful versions of existing recipes. 

 

 

• New Leveling Guide to be added due to Patch 1.1 changes to Crafting XP requirements.

 

Making Money from Arcana

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Arcana Recipes

 

 

 

 

Arcana Notes and Tips

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