arcane
Arcane Persistence
At 700 or more armor, incoming damage is capped at 500 per second. You lose shields — Nidus has none, so that clause is free.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
What needs this
42 loadouts slot Arcane Persistence
Item → build → frame. Tick it in Collection and those cards move toward runnable.
Used by 42 loadouts across 15 frames.
- Whiteout — Steel PathArcane
- Whiteout — OptimisedArcane
- Whiteout — EndgameArcane
- Meatball — Steel PathArcane
- Meatball — OptimisedArcane
- Meatball — EndgameArcane
- Scarab Tide — Steel PathArcane
- Scarab Tide — OptimisedArcane
- Scarab Tide — EndgameArcane
- Slow DunesArcane
- Walking WallArcane
- Slow BetrayalArcane
- Status ForestArcane
- Persistence God — Steel PathArcane
- Persistence God — OptimisedArcane
- Persistence God — EndgameArcane
- Teeming CritArcane
- Roar PlagueArcane
- Abundant ScourgeArcane
- Squad Roar — Steel PathArcane
- Squad Roar — OptimisedArcane
- Squad Roar — EndgameArcane
Where do I get it?
Fastest / cheapest / easiest is on the farm card below
- Finish The Old Peace
- Roathe, La Cathédrale · 5 Maphica (The Descendia)
- 1999 / trade
- Roathe, La Cathédrale · 5 Maphica (The Descendia, The Old Peace)
- Roathe · 5 Maphica
How
Get it
The 2026 Nidus identity. Without this, he is a health pool. With it, he is a wall.
What it is
At 700 or more armor, incoming damage is capped at 500 per second. You lose shields — Nidus has none, so that clause is free.
Why you care
The 2026 Nidus identity. Without this, he is a health pool. With it, he is a wall.
- 1Finish The Old PeaceMain quest. After it, Roathe appears in La Cathédrale inside Sanctum Anatomica.
- 2Run The DescendiaEarn Maphica. Fast loop: early Infernums, loot, extract, repeat.
- 3Buy copies from Roathe5 Maphica per unranked copy. Rank 5 needs 21 copies. Rank 5 is the real 500 damage-per-second cap.
- 4Hit 700 armorNidus Prime is 525. One Tauforged Azure Armor shard (+225) = 750. Or Umbral Fiber. Persistence does nothing below 700.
This also randomly appears on Steel Path Descendia weeks. Buying from Roathe is still faster than hoping.