Arcade

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 will be your character's Destined Battle with Inferno as the boss.

Soulcalibur II[]

Same as Soulcalibur, but there also exists an Extra Arcade Mode where your 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.

In Trial of Defense mode you will have Algol as the final boss, Nightmare or Siegfried as the second last boss, and Kratos and Dampierre will serve as mid-bosses. You would 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, you would find random sets of routes with ordered set of characters in 5 stages like Trial of Defense. Kratos and Dampierre will serve as random mid-bosses in stage 2 or stage 4, while Siegfried or Nightmare will serve as the final boss in Trial of Attack. In this mode, the only chatacter you would not fight is Algol. The following is a list of random routes in trial of attack (note Dampierre or Kratos may not be in the order below as you play and same may go for Siegfried or Nightmare below):

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[]

Fight your way through 6 consecutive stages. Much like Soulcalibur IV, your clear time will be ranked.
Route:

Standard: This is the basic route (with Nightmare as the final boss)
- Stage 5 will be Destined Battle (for custom characters, Aeon)
Europe: Characters from Europe will appear in this route (with Cervantes as the final boss)
- Characters would be fought in the following order:
  - Pyrrha, Ivy, Viola, Hilde, Z.W.E.I., Cervantes
Asia: Characters from Asia will appear in this route (with Kilik as the final boss)
- Characters would be fought in the following order:
  - Leixia, Xiba, Natsu, Yoshimitsu, Maxi, Kilik
Leaderboard: Route for leaderboards. (with Siegfried as the final boss)
- Stage 5 will be Ezio Auditore.
- Characters would be 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 will serve as a random Sub Boss and Final Boss)

Soulcalibur VI[]

Fight through 8 stages in Arcade. The mid-boss and final boss will change, depends on which difficulty you 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 arcade mode. Instead, a similar mode called Quick Play can be played within the Soul Arena.