Series guide
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Action
- Steampunk
- Creators
- Christian Linke · Alex Yee
- Stars
- Hailee Steinfeld · Ella Purnell · Kevin Alejandro
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Where to watch Arcane
Both seasons — all 18 episodes — are on Netflix in the US, included with any plan.
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Seasons 2
Arcane episodes 18
Season 1 · 9 episodes · 9 aired · Nov 6, 2021 to Nov 20, 2021
S1.E1 ·
Welcome to the Playground
Two orphaned sisters find a found family in the undercity of Zaun, until a heist chasing a stash of strange magical crystals spirals into something none of them can control.
Directed by Pascal Charrue & Arnaud Delord · Written by Christian Linke & Alex Yee
S1.E2 ·
Some Mysteries Are Better Left Unsolved
The stolen crystals trace back to an ambitious young inventor risking everything on forbidden technology, while tension rises in Zaun over who actually pulled off the robbery.
Directed by Pascal Charrue & Arnaud Delord · Written by Nick Luddington
S1.E3 ·
The Base Violence Necessary for Change
A rescue attempt goes catastrophically wrong, and the fallout tears one family apart for good.
Directed by Pascal Charrue & Arnaud Delord · Written by Ash Brannon
S1.E4 ·
Happy Progress Day!
Years later, Piltover celebrates its inventor's breakthrough in style, while down in Zaun a changed version of someone thought lost starts making a name for herself, violently.
Directed by Pascal Charrue & Arnaud Delord · Written by David Dunne
S1.E5 ·
Everybody Wants to Be My Enemy
A prisoner gets an unexpected second chance to hunt the city's most dangerous new criminal, while that criminal cements her place in Zaun's underworld.
Directed by Pascal Charrue & Arnaud Delord · Written by Amanda Overton
S1.E6 ·
When These Walls Come Tumbling Down
An inventor's dangerous new research accelerates just as two searchers reunite with someone who ran from them, only for a third faction to crash the reunion.
Directed by Pascal Charrue & Arnaud Delord · Written by Alex Yee
S1.E7 ·
The Boy Savior
A resistance leader pushes back against Zaun's chem-baron rule, and a deadly standoff puts him face to face with the woman he's been trying to stop.
Directed by Pascal Charrue & Arnaud Delord · Written by Nick Luddington
S1.E8 ·
Oil and Water
An injury forces a desperate ally to a dangerous chemist for help, a breakthrough in forbidden research goes wrong, and someone important is taken.
Directed by Pascal Charrue & Arnaud Delord · Written by Ben St. John & Mollie St. John
S1.E9 ·
The Monster You Created
A fragile peace deal hangs on one impossible ask, and when it breaks down the consequences reach all the way to Piltover.
Directed by Pascal Charrue & Arnaud Delord · Written by Christian Linke & Alex Yee
Season 2 · 9 episodes · 9 aired · Nov 9, 2024 to Nov 23, 2024
S2.E1 ·
Heavy Is the Crown
In the aftermath of Piltover's darkest night, the survivors scramble to hold the city together and decide how far they'll go to catch whoever is responsible.
Directed by Arnaud Delord, Bart Maunoury, Pascal Charrue, Etienne Mattera · Written by Amanda Overton
S2.E2 ·
Watch It All Burn
Zaun's power brokers start fighting each other for control, and an unlikely bond forms between a hunted woman and a child who needs protecting.
Directed by Arnaud Delord, Bart Maunoury, Marietta Ren · Written by Nick Luddington
S2.E3 ·
Finally Got the Name Right
The hunt for Zaun's most wanted closes in, a reunion turns into a confrontation, and the city's rulers respond with force.
Directed by Arnaud Delord, Bart Maunoury, Christelle Abgrall · Written by Henry Jones
S2.E4 ·
Paint the Town Blue
Occupying forces tighten their grip on Zaun, sending its most wanted further into hiding, and into a rescue mission that goes somewhere no one expected.
Directed by Arnaud Delord, Bart Maunoury, Marietta Ren · Written by Graham McNeill
S2.E5 ·
Blisters and Bedrock
A fractured partnership drives one fighter into the undercity's brutal pits, while a presence from the past starts closing in on someone who thought she'd already lost everything.
Directed by Arnaud Delord, Bart Maunoury · Written by Kristina Felske, Giovanna Sarquis
S2.E6 ·
The Message Hidden Within the Pattern
An investigation into a corrupted magical force turns up uncomfortable answers, while two estranged allies finally work together again.
Directed by Arnaud Delord, Bart Maunoury · Written by Alex Yee
S2.E7 ·
Pretend Like It's the First Time
A trip into an alternate version of the city shows what might have been, while back home a vision of the future raises the stakes for everyone left standing.
Directed by Arnaud Delord, Bart Maunoury · Written by Amanda Overton
S2.E8 ·
Killing Is a Cycle
An arrest forces a reckoning, two people long at odds find their way back to each other, and new power awakens in someone who never asked for it.
Directed by Arnaud Delord, Bart Maunoury · Written by Alex Yee, Amanda Overton
S2.E9 ·
The Dirt Under Your Nails
As outside forces move against the city, old loyalties and hidden betrayals collide in a final push that changes Zaun and Piltover for good.
Directed by Arnaud Delord, Bart Maunoury · Written by Alex Yee, Christian Linke
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A two-season story that was always going to end at season 2, and the better reason to start with the show, not the game
Arcane is not a trailer for League of Legends; it’s the thing that made people who have never opened the game care about it. The series follows sisters Vi and Powder from a childhood heist gone wrong through years of escalating war between the wealthy city of Piltover and the undercity of Zaun, and it assumes nothing about the source game. If anything, the show taught Riot’s own universe new things: several characters, like Jinx herself, only became playable in League of Legends after proving themselves here.
The two seasons are not evenly paced. Season 1’s nine episodes, released across three weeks in November 2021, are a slow-burn tragedy about two sisters drifting apart. Season 2, three years later, compresses a much bigger war — occupation, political assassination, at least one trip to a parallel universe — into the same nine-episode, three-week structure, and it moves noticeably faster as a result. Both halves were made by the French studio Fortiche for Riot, the same team for the whole run, which is part of why the animation doesn’t dip between them.
Riot has said plainly that Arcane was written as a two-season story and ruled out a season 3, so season 2’s finale is the actual ending, not a cliffhanger waiting on a renewal. Other shows set in the same world (Noxus, Ionia and Demacia have all been mentioned) are in development but unannounced, so there’s nothing to wait for before watching this. The production record is the place a new project would surface first. Everything else we track by release date is in our watch guides.
Arcane cast 12
Hailee SteinfeldViolet / "Vi"
Ella PurnellPowder / Jinx
Kevin AlejandroJayce Talis
Katie LeungCaitlyn Kiramman
Jason SpisakSilco
Toks OlagundoyeMel Medarda
Mick WingertCecil B. Heimerdinger
Amirah VannSevika, Silco's right-hand woman and chief enforcer- Brett TuckerDr. Corin Reveck / Singed, Viktor's former mentor
J. B. BlancVander
Harry LloydViktor
Miles BrownEkko
- Creator
- Christian Linke, Alex Yee
- Director
- Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord
- Writer
- Ash Brannon
- Studios
- Riot Games, Fortiche
Photos via Wikimedia Commons. Hailee Steinfeld: Original: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America / Derivative work: Danyele, CC BY-SA 2.0; Ella Purnell: Fandomuniverse, CC0; Kevin Alejandro: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0; Katie Leung: German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0; Jason Spisak: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0; Toks Olagundoye: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0; Mick Wingert: Art of Comics, CC BY 3.0; Amirah Vann: EthicalComics, CC BY-SA 4.0; J. B. Blanc: Ronald Woan, CC BY-SA 2.0; Harry Lloyd: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kstatelibrarian/, CC BY-SA 2.0; Miles Brown: thepaparazzigamer, CC BY 3.0.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I watch Arcane?
On Netflix in the US with any subscription, checked October 21, 2026.
How many episodes of Arcane are there?
18 across two seasons of nine. Season 1 premiered November 2021 and season 2 in November 2024, both released across three weekly batches rather than all at once.
Is there a season 3 of Arcane?
No. Riot and Netflix have said the show was conceived as a two-season story and have ruled out a third season, though other projects set in the same world are in development.
Do I need to have played League of Legends to follow Arcane?
No. The series tells its own story about two sisters and two rival cities and assumes no familiarity with the game.
