Arcana skill
The Arcana skill (formerly known as Magical Devices) represents the character's academic knowledge of the concepts of magic. While some applications of this knowledge still requires Attunement (for example, memorizing a spell scroll), the skill itself is purely knowledge based and does not presume any magical talent on the character's part. As such, most non-magic users (NMUs) can freely learn and teach it. While the NMU uses of Arcana will be slowly opened to Barbarians in the coming months, please note that as an expression of your guild disadvantage, you may face penalties for being versed in Arcana.
Knowledge of Arcana allows the user to manipulate items imbued with magical energy, such as cambrinth, runestones, constellation jewelry, and wands. Other devices may be found in the Magical Items category.1
Training
- 0 to ~80 ranks - Runestones can be focused repeatedly to train arcana and possibly the sorcery skill. The more difficult the spell, the greater the experience.
- 10+ ranks - Initially difficult at very low ranks, Cambrinth is the main Arcana trainer. For best practices see the Cambrinth page.
- INVOKEing a spell scroll provides a large amount of Arcana experience.
- STUDYing a spell scroll provides an extremely large amount of Arcana experience.
Skill Feats
| Rank | Feat |
|---|---|
| 80 | Able to invoke Ritual foci with about 50% success. |
| 100 | 100% efficiency charging cambrinth. |
| 110 | Able to successfully focus on a cambrinth orb. |
| 150 | Able to utilize wands and rods. |
| ~160 | Able to START charging cambrinth worn, still requires one hand free. Can work if you try multiple times. |
| 180 | Able to charge cambrinth worn, still requires one hand free. |
| 200 | Able to focus mana into rods and wands, increasing their effectiveness. |
| 250 | Able to reliably use Ritual foci |
- Note: All ranks here will vary by the maximum capacity of the cambrinth. These ranks should be accurate for 12 capacity cambrinth. For smaller cambrinth it may take less ranks, for larger cambrinth it may take more ranks. For example, standard 5-mana cambrinth rings can be charged at somewhere between 100 and 110 ranks.
General
- INVOKing a specific amount from cambrinth
- Increasing the time between being warned that a link to cambrinth is about to drop2
Guild Specific Uses
Bard
- Can set cambrinth to contribute a certain amount of mana to every pulse of an enchante, using "focus <cambrinth> #".
- Maximum amount is 3 + (Arcana ranks)/50.
Cleric
- Reduces interaction time with Osrel Meraud orb.
- Allows the Cleric to place more spells into the OM orb.
Moon Mage
- Requirement for Moon Mage Enchanting.
- Astoshe's Eclipse, also known as "inviso rings" can be recharged by Moon Mages once they reach 300 ranks.
- Advanced manipulation of Moonblade and Shape Moonblade.
Warrior Mage
- Used to shape Magnetic Ballista to reduce magnetic area-effect.