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18 episodes · two seasons · six acts

Arcane Has 18 Episodes

Arcane has 18 episodes total: 9 in Season 1 and 9 in Season 2. Each season contains three acts of three episodes. Browse all 18 in order below.

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How many Arcane episodes are there?

Arcane has 18 episodes: nine in Season 1 and nine in Season 2. Each season was released as three weekly acts containing three episodes. Season 1 ran from November 6–20, 2021; Season 2 ran from November 9–23, 2024.

Sources: ARC-S023 ARC-S027 ARC-S032
18episodes in the completed series
2seasons, nine episodes each
6weekly acts across both seasons
12h 20mtotal listed episode runtime
Arcane episode and act counts
SeasonEpisodesActs
Season 193
Season 293
Total186

Guide updated ; the episode dataset retains its August 26 review date.

Spoiler boundary This reference is intentionally spoiler-light. It lists official episode metadata and featured vocal tracks, but no plot summaries, character outcomes, twists, or ending explanations. Some episode and song titles may still carry mild contextual spoilers.
What the song field means The song field maps featured vocal tracks to episodes; it is not a list of every underscore cue. The separate Arcane soundtrack guide distinguishes episode songs, season-level score albums, a recurring score motif, and the post-series music video.
Sources: ARC-S025 ARC-S071 ARC-S073
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Complete episode database

Every Arcane episode by season and act

Release dates and rounded runtimes follow the licensed GKIDS episode guide. Song placements follow Netflix's soundtrack documentation, with additional institutional sources retained where a row supports awards or other metadata.

Complete season

Season 1

9 episodes · 370 minutes · November 6, 2021–November 20, 2021

Act I

Episodes 1–3

S1 · E1 43 min
Welcome to the Playground
Featured song
  • Bea Miller — Playground
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025
S1 · E2 40 min
Some Mysteries Are Better Left Unsolved
Featured song
  • Curtis Harding & Jazmine Sullivan — Our Love
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025
S1 · E3 44 min
The Base Violence Necessary for Change
Featured song
  • Ramsey — Goodbye
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025
Act II

Episodes 4–6

S1 · E5 40 min
Everybody Wants to Be My Enemy
Featured song
  • Imagine Dragons feat. JID — Enemy
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025
Act III

Episodes 7–9

S1 · E7 40 min
The Boy Savior
Featured songs
  • Pusha T & Mako — Misfit Toys
  • Denzel Curry, Gizzle & Bren Joy — Dynasties and Dystopia
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025 ARC-S054
S1 · E8 40 min
Oil and Water
Featured songs
  • PVRIS & MIYAVI — Snakes
  • Fantastic Negrito — When Everything Went Wrong
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025
S1 · E9 41 min
The Monster You Created
Featured song
  • Sting & Ray Chen — What Could Have Been
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025
Complete season

Season 2

9 episodes · 370 minutes · November 9, 2024–November 23, 2024

Act I

Episodes 1–3

S2 · E1 40 min
Heavy Is the Crown
Featured songs
  • Freya Ridings — I Can’t Hear It Now
  • Mike Shinoda & Emily Armstrong — Heavy Is the Crown
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025
S2 · E2 39 min
Watch It All Burn
Featured songs
  • Marcus King — Sucker
  • Stefflon Don & Raja Kumari feat. Jarina de Marco — Renegade (We Never Run)
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025
S2 · E3 40 min
Finally Got the Name Right
Featured songs
  • FEVER 333 — Hellfire
  • Woodkid — To Ashes and Blood
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025
Act II

Episodes 4–6

S2 · E4 39 min
Paint the Town Blue
Featured songs
  • Ashnikko — Paint the Town Blue
  • Djerv — Rebel Heart
  • Misha Mansoor — The Beast
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025
S2 · E5 42 min
Blisters and Bedrock
Featured songs
  • ZAND — Cocktail Molotov
  • Mako & Grey — What Have They Done to Us
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025
S2 · E6 39 min
The Message Hidden Within the Pattern
Featured songs
  • d4vd — Remember Me
  • Eason Chan — 这样很好 (Isha’s Song)
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025 ARC-S058
Act III

Episodes 7–9

S2 · E7 41 min
Pretend Like It’s the First Time
Featured songs
  • Mick Wingert — Spin the Wheel
  • Stromae & Pomme — Ma Meilleure Ennemie
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025
S2 · E8 40 min
Killing Is a Cycle
Featured songs
  • King Princess — Fantastic
  • Twenty One Pilots — The Line
Evidence: ARC-S032 ARC-S025

Reading the release record

Why the acts matter

Arcane was neither released all at once nor scheduled one episode per week. Each Saturday brought a complete three-episode act. The format gave each season three release moments while preserving a larger dramatic unit for viewers who watched on release day.

Sources: ARC-S005 ARC-S023 ARC-S027 ARC-S032
What is the longest Arcane episode?

Season 2, Episode 9, “The Dirt Under Your Nails,” has the longest listed runtime at 50 minutes.

Sources: ARC-S032
Are runtimes exact to the second?

No. This database preserves the licensed episode guide's whole-minute runtimes. Platform interfaces and physical editions may display timing differently because of credits, recaps, or rounding.

Sources: ARC-S032
Does the list include every piece of score music?

No. It maps featured vocal tracks by episode. Score albums and selected motif evidence are separated in the soundtrack database rather than padded into the episode rows.

Sources: ARC-S025 ARC-S071 ARC-S073

Continue through Arcane's documented history.

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