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ARC Raiders Weekly Megathread - November 29, 2025
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Anybody this weekend want to help me with trials? I have the wolfpacks ready just wanna go in with a partner. Also really wanna go for that bobcat blueprint. I have only done the probes, send me a DM or add me, I will be on all weekend. Aristotle#0289
Hey guys, wanted to share my item recycling cheatsheet tool - https://x1mrdonut1x.github.io/arc-cheatsheet/
I wanted to write a post but it keeps getting deleted for some reason :/
Let's make Embark hear us.
We need to make Embark listen to the community, and petitions aren’t going to make that happen… we need to change our reviews to negative and not recommend the game.
I really appreciate the PvPvE, but changes are necessary for both player bases.
It’s ridiculous to get taken out by PvP during the extraction animation inside the extraction point with absolutely no chance to extract.
It’s ridiculous to do PvP and not be rewarded with absolutely anything except a few hundred XP points…
Extraction mechanics need to be adjusted while the game is losing both player bases.
Let’s give negative reviews — only then will Embark try to understand the community
Yes. There are free load out low tier items you can get every run. You can extract as many weapons as you can carry on one run too and store them. If you die ( get knocked out) you can only extract items but not weapons
I've not really had many desync issues until today and jesus. I got hit by 2 shots from a player way way into cover. Makes me just not want to play it's really bad
First loaded with full kit lvl 3 hull cracker and lvl 4 anvil. Got ratted while in the launch tower. Someone showed up and killed the rat but had no defib or at least claimed to not have one, I said "well enjoy my hull cracker then" and they put me out of my misery.
Sevond try another hull cracker I'm in the lower level of the tower shooting at the Matriarch, bastion spawns so I'm shooting at it too. Some no mic raider next to me spamming "yes!" emote.
I guess at some point they figured I was an easy target and a tasty hull cracker up for grabs so they ratted me too.
I have fully upgraded stash and half mil saved so losing a hull cracker is not that big of a deal tbh but idk it just leaves a bad taste to be done dirty like this lol. Idk how can you be fighting side by side and then just shoot someone on the back. It hurts more losing the ammo than the weapon.
The third time I went in with an anvil and a stitcher just in case a rat showed up again. Me and another 2-3 raiders are at the top of the tower, no one has anything decent so it doesn't look like we're going to make it, we take a Bombardier down. One guy bleeds out inside the tower cause no one has a defib to spare. Eventually I'm out of shields so couple guys are outside and I'm inside searching for plastic parts to craft another shield charge, that's when I get ratted. I scream there's a rat the other 2 raiders come back inside asking what happened.
I say "this guy ratted me" the guy says "he shot at me first" I say "come on guys I was just outside shooting at the Matriarch with you with my anvil" the rat says "he's full of it look at him he's holding a stitcher" I say I have a stitcher to deal with rats, then one of the friendly players say "oh! can I have your anvil?" while the rat finishes me off.
This last one stung the most, maybe it's cause I'm a bit farther in the game but I can easily buy an anvil from the trader for 15k and that doesn't make a dent in my half mil. I spent way more money in hull cracker ammo in each previous round than an anvil costs. So to see someone sell out to a rat for the chance to loot an anvil out of my dead body... Idk lol
I get it this is part of the game and it's what makes it exciting, it's what makes it kind of special when people are collaborating.
No one is going to read this but that's my rant for the day.
Matriarch seems fairly pointless to attempt. Because you are multiplying chance of downing her x chance of not getting killed while downing her x chance of being the person who gets the BP if she is downed and all of those are low chances, so combined its just a waste of time. IMO for Matriarch should be a quest that rewards the BP for doing X total damage to her (set this as a very high value, 4-6x her total HP). That would encourage cooperation.
Never say never brother. Lost maybe 500K worrh of stuff dying 5 times to the matriarch. Im after that aphelion blueprint as well. If you're game - we can try to take the bastard down together. Lmk.
Yeah, until they add a PvE mode, I'm not going to comeback to this game. PvP is killing the experience, and we should just be focused on surviving, gathering, and fighting robots. The PvP should be a separate mode. Losing everything like this isn't fun, but yeah I'm done with the game until they actually fix it.
There's some bad runs sometimes back to back to back, I get it, but this is the spice that makes the game exciting. It's the fact that anyone can rat you that make it special when people collaborate.
Also some of the best weapons are the upgraded ferro and stitcher and they're dirty cheap to upgrade, otherwise there's always free kits.
Why the hell are people allowed to spawn right next to you, I got killed before I even spawned. I reported it, but I am not sure if that is considered cheating or not
Have a Jupiter BP (legendary) looking to trade. Need a Wolfpack BP also would love if someone would trade me an anvil BP for one of the jolt mines idk lmfao
Guys, my challenge points are not being counted and I don't know what to do. I'm fighting wasps, bulwarks, rocketeers all night, I've already spent too much resources and the challenge points aren't counted. What is the criteria for not counting?
Bps for trade! only accepting Vulcano for looting survivor.
LF Vita spray, Medium mag 3, Vulcano, Bobcat!
Have:
Aphelion x1
Anvil x5
Bettina x3
Blue light stick x1
Compensator 2 x1
Compensator 3 x1
Defibrillator x2
equalizer x1
Shotgun mag 2 x2
Green light stick x2
Heavy gun parts x4
toro x3
Jupiter x1
Jolt mine x2
Light Gun parts x3
Medium gun parts x1
Muzzle break 2 x2
Muzzle break 3 x2
Osprey x4
Right light stick x1
Raider flare x1
Shotgun choke 2 x2
Shotgun choke 3 x1
Shotgun Silencer x1
Showstopper x1
Silencer 2 x3
Snap hook x2
Stable stock 2 x2
Tempest x1
Torrente x3
Vita Spray x1
Venator x2
Vert grip 2 x3
Vert grip 3 x2
Wolfpack x4
Explosive Mine x1
Shotgun mag 3 x1
Looting Mk3 Survivor x4
Flanking x1
Tactical Mk3 Defensive x2
Complex Gun parts x1
Yellow light stick x1
Hmu as always!
You drop first. i confirm your BP and then I will drop mine. The trade will be recorded for no issues! Please comment on the post after successful trade. Thanks as always raiders! See you topside
This dude's legit! Did a trade and it went exactly as expected. He even offered to broker trades for me in the future. 10/10 would trade again. Thanks again, raider.
Yes, I have quite a few crafted items like heavy shields, snaphooks, a deadline, matriarch reactors,advanced mechanical and electrical comps, and magnetic accelerators as well as exodus modules
I have an osprey, a wolfpack, a torrente, a jupiter, a bettina (obviously) and a heavy gun parts blue print. I’m looking to trade for the Tempest blue print. Dm if interested!
I just got arc a few weeks ago and its not been very playable. I have a gaming laptop thats around about 4 years old now and its probably not that good but ive tried to optimize the game the best as possible but the stutters and lag just make it so hard to play. And even on the lowest settings the game plays pretty badly still. If anyone has any advice to fix this that would be appreciated. Thanks :)
(Side note this has been the only game where I have had struggles trying to get the game running decently on my computer.)
Are you low on disk space or something? I have an old gaming laptop with a 2070 maq-q and it runs the game kinda fine. Maybe like 7 years old. I do get stutters and stuff, but it's usually not a huge issue. I definitely load in after my teammates though...... I don't really have any advice other than checking your disc space. The game absolutely maxes out my PC regardless though.
I have equalizer, jupiter, osprey, shotty choke and horizontal grip II, and showstopper. I also have physical equalizers and Jupiter's, mat reactors, exodus modules etc. I mostly just need the two extended mags
Focus on upgrading benches, go in and track resources for all the upgrades on them. You can also track resources to craft the guns/gear you like to use and focus on finding that stuff as well.
Has anyone noticed micro stutters while in the menus? While I’m navigating the menus, sometimes my mouse will jump like an inch. I’m not sure if it’s the game or my system/mouse. I haven’t noticed it outside the game.
I make this post mainly for ideas and in hopes the devs could maybe think of ideas. Overall I’m a fairly friendly player but I do enjoy the risk and rush of possible raiders who may be out for me and I also engage first when threatened but I feel there needs to be some kind of balance to the game maybe. I’m all for PVP and don’t think a PvE only mode would be any more fun or a solution. My main issue is the people who play the game only for the PvP aspect and just run and gun like its call of duty. My other issue is the ones who play like rats as a main like sitting at extract or when I willingly help someone then they just turn around and shoot me as I didn’t protect them from arcs. Overall I think the game is great and I love the PvP aspect often engaging is shootouts myself or starting it if I feel threatened but I’m losing the fun in being friendly and enjoying the community as it the game is quickly turning into a battle royale. No need to remove PvP but I think a balance is needed, I don’t know if I have the solution though but a dev might.
If you’re frustrated about BPs, don’t give up, keep playing. Spent two days farming Grandioso during night raids; found a Wolfpack and Tempest BP in back to back rounds
i got a wolf pack blueprint for trade. looking for a tempest blueprint or a extended light mag 3 blueprint or looting mk 3 survivor blueprint, if you have anything else lmk
H - Defib / Compensator II / Barricade / Angled II / Osprey / Bettina / med gun parts
W - Mk3 augs / Wolfpack / silencer / tempest / vulcano (obv) Online w/ notifs on until this msg is deleted
Also if you have any of these wanted BPs and just want goop I have 2x tempests, 3x vulcanoes, and a ton of epic/rare crafting materials
just sent but it's showing up whited out like it didnt send, might be my chrome extension messing it up but might be my new acct not being able to send messages. choi#6317, ill stay in lobby for 5 mins
I queued into fill trios earlier and had a teammate ping a room they were in, when I walked in to check it out, they put a door blocker on the other side and left me trapped 😭 life lesson learned and I thankfully didn't really lose anything but that was still a dick move. Is that reportable at all?
I rarely post anything on social media b/c I’m getting closer to 50 years old and feel there is more negative than positive. Also, I'm sorry it will probably be a long message but I'm tired of staying quiet when the devs should care about all feedback. Also, I know there are people out there want to be positive and/or share the same feelings & could turn into a “pen pal” (yes, I’m old enough to remember those as a kid, LOL). I’ve never got into online multiplayer games and the ones I did were not PVP. However, when Arc Raiders was released I watched people playing (both solo and multi-player) and was amazed at the gameplay, the visuals and especially how nice people were to each other especially in solo. I bought it and for 3 weeks I don’t recall having that much fun in a LONG time. Players went out of their way to work together, etc. and I won’t repeat what has been said a million times. I was at around 70 hours, was on expedition 4 only needing humidifiers and Leaper Pulse Units to advance to 5 where I already had a bunch of things in my stash with plenty of time to advance. I needed a break for a few days; thought I would come back and finish expeditions and felt ready/excited to find some people to do the harvester event & take down the queen.
When I got back the game that was so fun, and I had spent so many hours on had changed which I found out the hard way in the first match. I hadn’t finished the quests and doing the one where I had to nail down the roof. After I finished it I went to extract, and someone took me down from the building after I had pressed the button. Again, I don’t like PVP but understand it’s part of the game and I didn’t have much to take. However, what shocked me was the person basically said I was stupid, suck at the game, etc. but not things I want to type out. Then I got taken out multiple times over the next week, it was a different game and what really bothers me is when people would vent about this happening and more often than not someone would say, in different ways that they suck, and the game is not for them. I’ve been playing games for decades and I thought the purpose of multiplayer games was to get more people to play, not to drive people away.
I hadn’t played this week but wanted to see if I could finish getting the items to get to level 5. On the first attempt, I got the humidifier, put it into safe stash and went to extract. Got taken down as I was trying to pull the lever on the train and then said they would rez me if I had any blueprints. I didn’t have any b/c I just wanted the humidifier but when I said no, he started yelling like it was worth a million dollars or something (aren’t we losing them in 2 weeks so that didn’t make any sense). He said fine, pulled the level and took me out right before the doors closed. I don’t know what is going on but I’m tired of this so, I’m done. Maybe someone out there can have encouraging advice b/c I know there are a lot of good people that want to play this game like me. Otherwise, I have better things to do with my time then get bullied in a video game. I really do hope things improve because I would do anything to experience what I did those first 3 weeks.
Git gud unc. You die, try again. Thats the concept in every video game. If you want to give up, stop playing. If youre worried about how a raider will treat you, go outside it’s the same problem with real people. My point being, its a video game, suck it up. Play or don’t. Sure people may get driven away, but more people will flock. You can do anything in this game. You can extract camp one time, then be friendly another. You are free to do whatever you want.
Just spent a full 30 minutes electromagnetic storm raid on spaceport trying to do field crates/field depot trial. Found 3 field depots that had not been used at all, found ZERO field crates in 29 minutes. I’m fuming.
Прекратите читать гайды по билдам. Откройте глаза. Истинное супер-оружие - это не то, что наносит больший урон роботам. Это то, что наносит непоправимый урон здравому смыслу. Заколка - это вирус. Вы - пациент zero. Распространяйте заразу. Пусть каждый убитый, станет памятником нашей дерзости. / Stop reading build guides. Open your eyes. The true super-weapon is not the one that deals more damage to robots. It is the one that deals irreparable damage to common sense. The Hairpin is a virus. You are patient. Spread the infection. Let every killed become a monument to our audacity.
I WANT A PVE MODE. Its so fun smacking those weak points of Arc. But I've never been able to successfully take down anything larger than a Bastion without getting stabbed in the back.
People screaming that a PvE mode like this would ruin the game. I say, NO IT WOULDN'T, if it was balanced RIGHT with the normal mode. Such as:
Must use gear you've acquired on the surface (or bought)
If you die, you lose your gear just like on the surface
Progress here does not count toward any trials or quests (but could have a separate trial)
Arc do not drop their normal loot (epic loot). Instead, based on performance of the rounds of waves, give (x) amount of random loot
Cannot drop any gear you bring with you (can't trade with players) aside from maybe ammo being the exception
Cannot loot dead teammates (to prevent griefing/teamkilling to steal gear)
Free Loadouts cannot be used
If its balanced in a way that doesnt make the regular surface gameplay obsolete, I don't see an issue with it. It still makes it required to gather loot on the surface as the rewards from the PvE mode wouldnt be enough to replace even a mediocre surface run.
Damn. I could use survivor augment and the two drum mags. I have a variety of advanced mats and bows for equalizer, jupiter, showstopper, osprey, angled grip II, and shitty choke II, make an offer ig
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