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ARMS Institute is a fan-maintained wiki dedicated to the Nintendo Switch game, ARMS. Since May 2017, we've written 468 articles on all things ARMS!

News 2022-11-14 Version 5.4.1 is released, addressing issues to improve gameplay experience. 2022-08-28 Alistair wins EU ARMS Challenge 100 with Raziel placing 2nd and Mr. Adal getting 3rd. This marks the third ARMS tournament series, and first European-only series, to get to 100 events. 2022-08-21 T3kn0 wins The Biweekly Procrastination 100 with ALUMOX getting 2nd and Glyph placing 3rd. This marks the second ARMS tournament series to get to 100 events.

Featured Page Hedlok Hedlok is a boss character in several modes in ARMS. When fought, it attaches itself to a fighter and uses its six ARMS in total to unleash devastating attacks. Hedlok was created by ARMS Laboratories as part of their "Wearable Weapons" project, the purpose of which was to create powerful sparring partners for fighters to hone their skills against. It is the follow-up to a prototype armor of sorts that fit over the body, which can still be seen in the background of the DNA Lab stage; however, Dr. C, the overseer of the project, believed that ordinary humans would not be able to effectively control all the ARMS the prototype offered, so Hedlok was constructed instead, with the ability to override the mind of its wearer. Hedlok subsequently escaped containment and went on a rampage; though possessing a mind of its own, its objectives are unclear. Read More...

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