If you’ve finished Arcane and want to stay in the world of Runeterra a little longer, you have more options than just waiting for the next series. This overview shows you what to watch, read or play next – from the upcoming follow-up series through music and books to games where you’ll find the same characters you got to know on screen. We don’t invent anything that isn’t officially confirmed, and where something is unconfirmed, we say so.
More series from Runeterra
Riot Games has confirmed that Arcane was planned from the start as a closed two-season story and that there will be no third season. Instead of continuing the story of Piltover and Zaun, however, the company is preparing further animated projects set in other parts of Runeterra, the fictional world behind Arcane. How many series there will be, which regions exactly they will cover and when you’ll get to see them had not been officially confirmed by Riot Games at the time this article was written. If you’re curious which regions of Runeterra are in play and why they in particular could get their own story, read the article about the world of Runeterra and its regions – it gives you an overview of the whole map, not just the Piltover and Zaun you know from the show.
The reason Riot Games moved on to more series is visible in Arcane itself – its success with viewers who had never played the game showed that a single region of Runeterra can carry a full-fledged TV story without depending on whether you know the rest of the lore. Until the next series arrives, the best way to prepare for it is to get your bearings on the map of Runeterra – when, say, Noxus or Ionia gets its turn, you’ll already know why these regions have tense relations and what is typical for each of them.
Music that lives on outside the series
The Arcane soundtrack is worth listening to on its own, not just as a backdrop to the visuals. The song “Enemy” by Imagine Dragons and JID, which has accompanied the series since the first season, became an international hit with a life of its own on the music charts. The second season added more songs made specifically for it – among the most prominent are “Remember Me” by D4vd and “Ma meilleure ennemie” (French for “My Best Enemy”) by Stromae and Pomme, both released as standalone singles for the second season at the end of 2024. You’ll find the complete soundtrack for both seasons on streaming services under the title Arcane: League of Legends. Besides the so-called “hits”, the series also features an instrumental score in the background that shapes the atmosphere of individual scenes, so the soundtrack deserves attention even if you’re not the kind of viewer who puts on the official singles after finishing a show.
Comics and books from the world of Runeterra
If you’d rather keep reading, you can choose from official material straight from Riot Games. The book The Art and Making of Arcane (Insight Editions, December 2024) takes you through the making of the series from early concepts to final animation – it’s a good fit if, besides the story, you’re also interested in how the unique visual style of the Fortiche studio came about.
Outside of Arcane itself, Riot Games has also released the novel Ruination (Anthony Reynolds, 2022, Orbit), the first official book set in the world of Runeterra. It follows General Kalista and the catastrophe that forever scarred the Shadow Isles region. It isn’t about the characters from Arcane, but it’s a good introduction to how dark and detailed the lore that Arcane is built on really is. Riot Games keeps releasing further official comics and companion material on its own website dedicated to the League of Legends universe.
Riot games for when you want to play, too
Arcane was created around League of Legends, and if the story has left you wanting to try playing it, Riot Games offers more than one way in. Characters like Vi, Jinx or Viktor aren’t tied to just one game – you’ll find them across Riot’s whole portfolio, each time in a different genre and with a different emphasis on story. Which title to try first mostly depends on whether you want a match lasting a few minutes, an hour, or something other than action altogether.
League of Legends
The core game the whole story came from – a five-versus-five battle in which you pick one of dozens of champions and try to destroy the enemy base together with your team. Most of the characters you know from Arcane (Vi, Jinx, Caitlyn, Jayce, Viktor and others) are directly playable, so you have an obvious choice of who to try first. An overview of all champions is in the article All LoL champions, and a download and installation guide is in the article How to download and install League of Legends.
Teamfight Tactics
An auto battler derived from League of Legends in which you don’t play a single champion directly, but assemble and upgrade a whole team on a chessboard-style arena while the fights play out automatically. It’s a different genre from classic LoL, but it shares characters and visual style with it, so you may well run into Jinx or Viktor in a completely different role than the one they play in Arcane. More in the article Teamfight Tactics: what it is and how to get started.
Wild Rift
A version of League of Legends adapted for mobile and partly for consoles – shorter matches, controls built for a touchscreen, but the same basic principle of a five-versus-five battle for the enemy base. It’s a good fit if you want to try the game but don’t sit at a computer regularly. You’ll find the details in the article Wild Rift: League of Legends on mobile.
Riftbound
Riot Games’ collectible card game set in the world of Runeterra – if deck building and card-by-card tactics appeal to you more than action combat, it’s the newest way to stay in the same universe through a completely different kind of play. What exactly Riftbound is and how to get into it is covered in the article Riftbound: what it is and how to play.
Where to start if you’ve never played the game
The easiest way in is through the characters you already know from the series – try Vi, Jinx, Caitlyn, Jayce or Viktor in League of Legends and see how much, or how little, their playstyle matches the way they behave on screen. If classic LoL puts you off with its match length or the fact that it needs a computer, try Wild Rift on mobile or Teamfight Tactics instead, where you don’t have to handle the mechanics of one character with a whole team around you at once. None of these games is a requirement for feeling at home in the world of Runeterra, though – feel free to stick with the series, the music and the books and leave the game for later, or skip it entirely.
If you do decide to give League of Legends a try, expect a steeper learning curve than most games – dozens of champions, its own vocabulary (jungle, lane, ward, CS) and matches that commonly last over half an hour. That’s not a bad thing, it’s just worth knowing in advance so it doesn’t put you off the first time you play. An overview of how champions are divided into roles and how to choose which one to start with is right in the article about all LoL champions.
FAQ
Riot Games has confirmed there will be no third season of Arcane and is instead preparing further animated projects from other parts of Runeterra. Specific titles, regions and release dates have not been officially confirmed yet.
No. Books like Ruination and the upcoming series are written to work on their own, just like Arcane itself.
It depends on what you’re looking for. If you want short matches on mobile, try Wild Rift. If you want strategy without having to control a single champion in real time, try Teamfight Tactics. If you want the full experience the whole Arcane story started with, go straight to League of Legends.
The book The Art and Making of Arcane, with concept art and a behind-the-scenes look at the production, was released directly for the series. A direct comic continuation of the Arcane story had not been officially released at the time this article was written.
Riftbound is a card game set in the same world of Runeterra and features characters you know from the series, but it’s a standalone game with its own rules, not a continuation of the Arcane story.
Details verified on 21 August 2026. The overview of games, music and books is based on titles officially confirmed by Riot Games as of that date. Before you move on to more content, check out the main guide to the Arcane series or the plot breakdown of the second season if you haven’t read it yet. The world where it all takes place is described in the article Runeterra: how the world and its regions work, and you’ll find the champion overview in All LoL champions. The rest of our content on the game and the series is in the League of Legends section.