Soul Edge[]
Fight through 11 stages. Cervantes is the sub-boss and Soul Edge is the boss.
Soulcalibur[]
Fight through 8 stages. The 7th stage is the player's character's Destined Battle with Inferno as the boss.
Soulcalibur II[]
Same as Soulcalibur, but there also exists an Extra Arcade Mode where the player's character can use other weapons with weapon effects.
Soulcalibur IV[]
Fight through 8 stages without equipment and weapon effect. The final score will be ranked.
Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny[]
In Trial of Defense mode, the player will fight against Algol as the final boss, Nightmare or Siegfried as the second-to-last boss, and Kratos and Dampierre as mid-bosses. The player will fight characters in the following order:
- Kilik, Maxi, Dampierre, Xianghua, Zasalamel, Kratos, Nightmare, Algol
- Taki, Mitsurugi, Dampierre, Rock, Yoshimitsu, Kratos, Nightmare, Algol
- Ivy, Raphael, Dampierre, Amy, Cervantes, Kratos, Nightmare, Algol
- Cassandra, Astaroth, Dampierre, Tira, Sophitia, Kratos, Siegfried, Algol
- Talim, Seong Mina, Dampierre, Setsuka, Yun-seong, Kratos, Siegfried, Algol
- Hilde, Lizardman, Dampieere, Taki, Voldo, Kratos, Siegfried, Algol
In Trial of Attack, the player will find random sets of routes with ordered set of characters in 5 stages like Trial of Defense. Kratos and Dampierre serve as random mid-bosses in stage 2 or stage 4, while Siegfried or Nightmare serve as the final boss in Trial of Attack. In this mode, the only character that the player will not fight is Algol. The following is a list of random routes in Trial of Attack:
- Taki, Dampierre, Mitsurugi, Kratos, Nightmare
- Setsuka, Dampierre, Yoshimitsu, Kratos, Siegfried
- Kilik, Dampierre, Maxi, Kratos, Nightmare
- Kilik, Dampierre, Xianghua, Kratos, Siegfried
- Talim, Dampierre, Yun-seong, Kratos, Siegfried
- Talim, Dampierre, Zasalamel, Kratos, Nightmare
- Yun-seong, Dampierre, Seong-Mina, Kratos, Siegfried
- Rock, Dampierre, Astaroth, Kratos, Nightmare
- Raphael, Dampierre, Amy, Kratos, Nightmare
- Ivy, Dampierre, Cervantes, Kratos, Siegfried
- Hilde, Dampierre, Cassandra, Kratos, Siegfried
- Sophitia, Dampierre, Tira, Kratos, Nightmare
- Canssandra, Dampierre, Sophitia, Kratos, Siegfried
- Lizardman, Dampierre, Voldo, Kratos, Nightmare
Soulcalibur V[]
The player must find their way through 6 consecutive stages. Much like Soulcalibur IV, the player's clear time will be ranked.
Route:
- Standard: This is the basic route (with Nightmare as the final boss)
- Stage 5 is a Destined Battle (for custom characters, the opponent is Aeon)
- Europe: Characters from Europe appear in this route (with Cervantes as the final boss)
- Characters are fought in the following order:
- Pyrrha, Ivy, Viola, Hilde, Z.W.E.I., Cervantes
- Characters are fought in the following order:
- Asia: Characters from Asia appear in this route (with Kilik as the final boss)
- Characters are fought in the following order:
- Leixia, Xiba, Natsu, Yoshimitsu, Maxi, Kilik
- Characters are fought in the following order:
- Leaderboard: Route for leaderboards (with Siegfried as the final boss)
- Stage 5 is Ezio Auditore
- Characters are fought in the following order:
- Patroklos, Tira, Mitsurugi, Astaroth, Ezio, Siegfried
- Extra: Face 6 random opponents in a different camera angle (Algol, Α Patroklos, Cervantes, Edge Master, Elysium, Ezio Auditore, Kilik, Nightmare, Pyrrha Ω and Siegfried serve as a random sub-boss and final boss)
Soulcalibur VI[]
Fight through 8 stages in Arcade. The mid-boss and final boss will vary depending on the difficulty selected.
- Easy: Siegfried (mid-boss), Nightmare (final boss)
- Normal: Grøh (mid-boss), Geralt, Amy, Cassandra, Hilde, Setsuka or Hwang (final boss)
- Hard: Nightmare or Geralt (mid-boss), Grøh (final boss)
- Very Hard: Geralt, Amy, Cassandra, Hilde, Setsuka or Hwang (mid-boss), Azwel (final boss)
- Legendary: Kilik, Mitsurugi, Grøh, Azwel (mid-boss), Zasalamel, Cervantes, Nightmare, Inferno (final boss)
Trivia[]
- Soulcalibur III is the only game that does not have an arcade mode. Instead, a similar mode called Quick Play can be played within the Soul Arena.