In New World, the Arcana crafting profession offers the ability to craft weapons and potions. For weapons, this includes the fire staff, life staff, and ice gauntlet.
The leveling guide has been designed to utilize the lowest level items possible in each Tier of crafting. In many cases, it is possible to substitute lower-level resources with higher-quality ones. This will increase the minimum gear score possible from the items you craft but will not allow you to gain more profession experience.
If you’re just looking to get from 0-200 as fast as possible, check out this post instead.
The leveling guide has been built assuming you will gather all the raw resources yourself, however you’re free to purchase refined materials from the Trading Post to speed up your leveling experience. Just be aware that if you purchase refined materials at lower levels, but choose to gather higher level raw resources, you may not have the required refining profession skill. For example, if you buy all your Iron Ingot and Steel Ingot, you may not have the required smelting skill if you decide to gather Starmetal Ore for smelting into Starmetal Ingot.
The way you choose to level Arcana will largely depend on:
- Your preference for gathering
- Which resources are readily available on your server/town Trading Post
- Town crafting station upgrades
- Scarcity of the items you choose to craft and ultimately sell on the Trading Post
The leveling guide will be split into four sections to simplify gathering materials. It will involve leveling 0-50, 50-100, 100-150, and 150-200. It is best to gather materials for each of the sections separately – you are unlikely to be able to store the resources you need for the 0-200 leveling process in one location anyway.
Importantly, you need to make sure the town you are in has the appropriate upgrades for the crafting stations you will need to use. This may mean you need to move to other towns to refine material or to craft Arcana items. It is also useful to pick a location where the town taxes on crafting are low so that you don’t deplete your gold pile unnecessarily.
There are four different leveling guides included below:
- Health Potion (Gathering)
- Mana Potion (Gathering)
- Fire Staff (Mining/Logging)
- Life Staff (Mining/Skinning)
Feel free to mix and match these guides as you need.
Method 1 – Health Potions (Gathering)
There is no minimum profession level required for these prior to starting the Arcana leveling process.
Levels 0-50 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Hyssop | 1,855 |
Water | 1,855 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out this gathering guide for Hyssop. [Coming Soon]
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 2
Levels 50-100 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Halibut Viscera/Gleaming Lodestone/Sculpin Scales/Lifebloom Leaf | 959 |
Petalcap/Earth Mote/Earthspine Stem | 959 |
Water | 959 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Tier 3 Medical Reagents and Tier 2 Earth Reagents. [Coming Soon]
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 3
Levels 100-150 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Lifebloom Flower | 1,325 |
Petalcap/Earth Mote/Earthspine Stem | 1,325 |
Soulsprout Stem/Soul Mote | 1,325 |
Water | 1,325 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Tier 4 Medical Reagents, Tier 2 Earth Reagents, and Tier 2 Spirit Reagents. [Coming Soon]
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 4
Levels 150-200 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Azoth Water/Lifemoth Eyes/Poison Sac | 2,225 |
Petalcap/Earth Mote/Earthspine Stem | 2,225 |
Soulsprout Stem/Soul Mote | 2,225 |
Water | 2,225 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Tier 5 Medical Reagents, Tier 2 Earth Reagents, and Tier 2 Spirit Reagents. [Coming Soon]
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 5
Method 2 – Mana Potions (Gathering)
There is no minimum profession level required for these prior to starting the Arcana leveling process.
Levels 0-52 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Briar Buds | 2,030 |
Water | 2,030 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out this gathering guide for Briar Buds. [Coming Soon]
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 2
Levels 52-102 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Mushroom Fins/Frogfish Tail/Crystalline Lodestone/Snail Slime/Paddlefish Gills/Catfish Whiskers/Soulsprout Leaf | 1,028 |
Twistcap Spiral/Air Mote/Shockbulb Stem/Suncreeper Tendril | 1,028 |
Water | 1,028 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Tier 3 Magical Reagents and Tier 2 Earth Reagents. [Coming Soon]
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 3
Levels 102-152 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Soulsprout Flower | 1,410 |
Twistcap Spiral/Air Mote/Shockbulb Stem/Suncreeper Tendril | 1,410 |
Soulsprout Stem/Soul Mote | 1,410 |
Water | 1,410 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Tier 4 Magical Reagents, Tier 2 Air Reagents, and Tier 2 Spirit Reagents. [Coming Soon]
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 4
Levels 152-200 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Soulwyrm Tongue/Dragon Fish Jaw | 2,184 |
Twistcap Spiral/Air Mote/Shockbulb Stem/Suncreeper Tendril | 2,184 |
Soulsprout Stem/Soul Mote | 2,184 |
Water | 2,184 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Tier 5 Magical Reagents, Tier 2 Earth Reagents, and Tier 2 Spirit Reagents. [Coming Soon]
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 5
Method 3 – Fire Staff (Mining/Logging)
This leveling guide will also level up your Smelting from level 0-200. There is no minimum profession level required for these prior to starting the Arcana leveling process.
Levels 0-50 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Iron Ore | 1,968 |
Green Wood | 205 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Iron Ore.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 2
Smelter: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 492x Iron Ingot
Note: You may receive bonus items that proc when you refine materials. You can keep these for use in the subsequent sections.
Levels 50-100 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Iron Ore | 24,000 |
Green Wood | 6,625 |
Fire Mote | 750 |
Sand Flux | 1,500 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Iron Ore, Mote, and Sand Flux.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 3
Smelter: Tier 3
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 6,000x Iron Ingot
- 3,000x Charcoal
- 1,500x Steel Ingot
Note: You may receive bonus items that proc when you refine materials. You can keep these for use in the subsequent sections.
Levels 100-150 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Starmetal Ore | 16,920 |
Iron Ore | 90,240 |
Green Wood | 35,015 |
Fire Mote | 1,410 |
Sand Flux | 8,460 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Starmetal Ore, Iron Ore, Fire Mote, and Sand Flux.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 4
Smelter: Tier 4
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 22,560x Iron Ingot
- 16,920x Charcoal
- 5,640x Steel Ingot
- 2,820x Starmetal Ingot
Note: You may receive bonus items that proc when you refine materials. You can keep these for use in the next section.
Levels 150-200 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Orichalcum Ore | 37,152 |
Starmetal Ore | 55,728 |
Iron Ore | 297,216 |
Green Wood | 131,967 |
Fire Mote | 2,322 |
Sand Flux | 32,508 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Orichalcum Ore, Starmetal Ore, Iron Ore, Fire Mote, and Sand Flux.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 5
Smelter: Tier 5
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 74,304x Iron Ingot
- 65,016x Charcoal
- 18,576x Steel Ingot
- 9,288x Starmetal Ingot
- 4,644x Orichalcum Ingot
Method 4 – Life Staff (Mining/Skinning)
This leveling guide will also level up your Smelting from level 0-200 and Leatherworking from level 0-93. There is no minimum profession level required for these prior to starting the Arcana leveling process.
Levels 0-50 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Iron Ore | 1,968 |
Rawhide | 820 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Iron Ore and Rawhide.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Arcane Repository: Tier 2
Smelter: Tier 2
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 492x Iron Ingot
Note: You may receive bonus items that proc when you refine materials. You can keep these for use in the subsequent sections.
Levels 50-100 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Iron Ore | 24,000 |
Green Wood | 6,000 |
Rawhide | 2,500 |
Life Mote | 750 |
Sand Flux | 1,500 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Iron Ore, Rawhide, Life Mote, and Sand Flux.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 3
Smelter: Tier 3
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 6,000x Iron Ingot
- 3,000x Charcoal
- 1,500x Steel Ingot
Note: You may receive bonus items that proc when you refine materials. You can keep these for use in the subsequent sections.
Levels 100-150 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Starmetal Ore | 16,920 |
Iron Ore | 90,240 |
Green Wood | 33,840 |
Rawhide | 4,700 |
Life Mote | 1,410 |
Sand Flux | 8,460 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Starmetal Ore, Iron Ore, Rawhide, Life Mote, and Sand Flux.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 4
Smelter: Tier 4
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 22,560x Iron Ingot
- 16,920x Charcoal
- 5,640x Steel Ingot
- 2,820x Starmetal Ingot
Note: You may receive bonus items that proc when you refine materials. You can keep these for use in the next section.
Levels 150-200 Raw Materials Required:
Raw Resources | Quantity |
---|---|
Orichalcum Ore | 37,152 |
Starmetal Ore | 55,728 |
Iron Ore | 297,216 |
Green Wood | 130,032 |
Rawhide | 7,740 |
Life Mote | 2,322 |
Sand Flux | 32,508 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Orichalcum Ore, Starmetal Ore, Iron Ore, Rawhide, Life Mote, and Sand Flux.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Camp or Arcane Repository: Tier 5
Smelter: Tier 5
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 74,304x Iron Ingot
- 65,016x Charcoal
- 18,576x Steel Ingot
- 9,288x Starmetal Ingot
- 4,644x Orichalcum Ingot