Arcana cards

The five slots

Every slot comes in a Vigor card and a Magic card. The Vigor and Magic cards give different main stats and count toward different sets.

Slot	Vigor card (main stat)	Magic card (main stat)	Skill levels it can roll
Chalice	Time [Siel]: Combat Speed, Double Resist	Space [Israphel]: Move Speed, Block	Any of your skills, active or passive
Parchment	Life [Yustiel]: HP, Regeneration	Destiny [Marchutan]: MP, Endurance	Your first group of 6 active skills
Compass	Freedom [Vaizel]: Accuracy, Evasion	Death [Triniel]: Critical Hit, Regeneration Penetration	Your second group of 6 active skills
Bell	Justice [Nezekan]: Defense, Perfect	Destruction [Zikel]: Attack, Perfect Resist	Stances and core passives
Mirror	Illusion [Kaisinel]: Cooldown Reduction, Endurance Penetration	Wisdom [Lumiel]: MP cost, Double Chance	Other passives

Sets: why 4 Vigor + Bell of Magic

Set	2 cards	4 cards
Primal Vigor	+60 PvE Attack while HP is 70% or more	+150 PvE Attack while HP is 70% or more
Magic Armor	Restores 1,500 MP when MP drops to 20% or less (30s cooldown)	+1,000 PvE Defense while MP is 50% or more

• Four Vigor cards turn on the full +150 PvE Attack.
• The fifth card is the Bell of Magic, because its Destruction stat gives Attack, which beats the defensive Bell of Vigor.
• On Global, the Chalice of Vigor is the most-worn card for every class among top players.

Grades

Grade (color)	Item level	Main stat	Skill rolls	Upgrade cap
Common (grey)	20	8	1	+2
Rare (green)	40	12	2	+3
Legend (blue)	60	16	3	+4
Unique (gold)	80	20	4	+5

Each upgrade level adds item level and main stat.

Skill rolls

• Each card rolls random skills from its slot's pool, for your class only.
• Upgrading levels those skills up, each to at most +4. Once a card has all its skill rolls, every upgrade raises one of them at random (equal odds).
• Card skill levels stack with Daevanion skill nodes and gear. That's how top players reach skill level 16 to 20.

What each card can roll, for every class▾

The Chalice can roll everything in the other four lists.

Class	Parchment	Compass	Bell	Mirror
Gladiator	Keen Strike, Leaping Slam, Overhead Slam, Ankle Slice, Aerial Snare, Ruinous Blow	Rending Blow, Mocking Blade, Rush Strike, Crushing Wave, Sword Aura Rampage, Defiance	Survival Stance, Blood Absorption, Attack Preparation, Destructive Impulse, Survival Willpower	Protection Armor, Identify Weakness, Impact Hit, Experienced Counterstrike, Murderous Burst
Cleric	Earth's Retribution, Debilitating Mark, Chain of Torment, Condemnation, Radiant Recovery, Bolt	Judgment Thunder, Divine Aura, Light of Regeneration, Healing Light, Lightning Strike Scattershot, Defiance	Warm Benediction, Empyrean Lord's Grace, Immortal Veil, Prayer of Concentration, Survival Willpower	Empyrean Lords' Benediction, Healing Enhancement, Heal Block, Radiant Benediction, Earth's Grace
Sorcerer	Flame Arrow, Firestorm, Blaze, Frost Burst, Wish of Concentration, Hellfire	Ice Chain, Bittercold Wind, Frost, Winter's Shackles, Flame Scattershot, Defiance	Fire Mark, Cold Snap, Robe of Cold, Grace of Resistance, Revitalization Contract	Robe of Earth, Robe of Flame, Absorb Essence, Grace of Enhancement, Vitality Evaporation
Templar	Vicious Strike, Poach, Annihilate, Judgment, Debilitating Smash, Punishment	Pummel, Shield Smite, Shield Rush, Warding Strike, Flash Rampage, Defiance	Enhance Health, Punishing Benediction, Guarding Seal, Insulting Roar, Fury	Warding Shield, Ironclad Defense, Impact Hit, Survival Willpower, Block Pain
Assassin	Quick Slice, Shadowstrike, Heart Gore, Whirlwind Slice, Shadow Fall, Insignia Explosion	Ambush, Savage Roar, Infiltrate, Flash Slice, Storm Rampage, Defiance	Heightened Sixth Sense, Apply Poison, Assault Stance, Ambush Stance, Revitalization Contract	Exploit Weakness, Rear Smite, Impact Hit, Defense Break, Determination
Ranger	Snipe, Snare Shot, Drill Dart, Burst Arrow, Explosion Trap, Tempest Shot	Deadshot, Marking Shot, Suppressing Arrow, Gale Arrow, Arrow Scattershot, Defiance	Vigilant Eye, Wind Vigor, Hunter's Resolve, Rooting Eye, Revitalization Contract	Concentrated Fire, Focused Eye, Unyielding Resolve, Melee Fire, Hunter's Soul
Spiritmaster	Cold Shock, Summon: Fire Spirit, Jointstrike: Curse, Summon: Earth Spirit, Dimensional Control, Elemental Fusion	Combustion, Summon: Water Spirit, Soul's Cry, Summon: Wind Spirit, Rapid Scattershot, Defiance	Spirit Strike, Spirit's Descent, Spirit Revitalization, Spirit Communion, Element Unification	Spirit Protection, Corrode, Mental Focus, Consecutive Countercurrent, Revitalization Contract
Chanter	Onslaught, Rushing Smash, Wave Blow, Heat Wave Blow, Dark Crush, Spinning Strike	Incandescent Blow, Impactful Crush, Tremor Crush, Recuperation, Gust Rampage, Defiance	Blessing of Life, Protection Circle, Attack Preparation, Raging Spell, Survival Willpower	Crossguard, Inspiring Spell, Impact Hit, Earth's Promise, Wind's Promise

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Where cards come from

Cards drop in the weekly Transcendence dungeons, three slots per dungeon:

Dungeon	Slots
Deus Research Base	Chalice, Compass, Bell
Shattered Arkanis	Chalice, Parchment, Mirror

Higher stages drop better grades. The Chalice is always one grade behind:

Stage	Item level	Best grade (other slots)	Best grade (Chalice)
1	1,600	Rare	Common
2	1,900	Legend	Rare
3	2,200	Unique	Legend
4	2,500	Unique	Unique

Extracting and Transmuting (crafting)

• Extract cards you don't need to get Mysterious Crystals. Crystals also come from Substance Morph and the season shop.
• Transmute makes a gold (Unique) card of the slot and set you choose:

Transmute	Mysterious Crystals	Kinah
Unique card, random skills	5	2,000,000
+ 1 skill you pick	15	5,000,000
+ 2 skills you pick	25	8,000,000

Upgrading

Feed spare cards or Arcana EXP materials into the card you want to upgrade. The Kinah cost rises each level: a gold card costs 5,000 Kinah for its first level and 98,000 for its last.

Quick plan

1. At level 45, wear any 5 cards for the item level.
2. Every week, run both Transcendence dungeons.
3. Aim for 4 Vigor + Bell of Magic.
4. Extract the extras, then transmute a gold Chalice with your key skill.
5. Upgrade the gold cards you keep.