Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Snitch Scanner is one of the most misunderstood items in ARC Raiders. Half the lobby ignores the little recon drones that drop it — right up until The Trife...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
ARC Raiders is retiring Cred — one of its two currencies — and any Cred left on your account expires on October 8, 2026, the day the Frozen Trail update launche...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Wolfpack is one of the hardest-hitting throwables in ARC Raiders, and almost every new Raider hits the same wall: they find the grenade in a Deck or a quest...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Ascending the Mountain is the last Raider Project before Frozen Trail, and it is really a 27-day materials sprint disguised as a story quest. This guide lists a...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
ARC Raiders Update 1.45.0 went live on September 8, 2026 (game version 1.000.055) and it is the last full Live Update before the Frozen Trail expansion on Octob...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Turbine Compressor is one of the ARC Raiders materials players get stuck on first, and for good reason: it doesn't drop from crates, containers, or loose lo...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Vaporizer is one of ARC Raiders' most punishing flying enemies — a laser ARC that patrols ARC Operations, often in small packs, throws up an energy shield t...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Outpost is a new personal base that replaces the Raider Den in ARC Raiders' Frozen Trail update, launching October 8, 2026. Embark describes it as a space y...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
ARC Raiders Update 1.42 lands on August 18, 2026, and it closes out the Phantom Targets Player Project that Embark opened with Store Update 1.40.0. If you start...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Frozen Trail is the next major ARC Raiders update, and Embark Studios is calling it their biggest yet — the largest update they will have released since launch....
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Anvil is the gun half of r/ArcRaiders swears by and the other half can't seem to unlock. Load into any lobby and someone is running one; open the crafting m...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Survivor augment — properly called Looting Mk. 3 (Survivor) — is the augment most Raiders reach for. It carries the highest weight limit in the game (80), p...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
If you just unlocked the Nomadic Envoys and saw the wall of ARC materials Ermal wants, you already hit the question the whole community is asking: buy Stash Exp...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Medium Gun Parts Blueprint is one of the most-searched, least-understood unlocks in ARC Raiders — and for good reason. Medium Gun Parts are the crafting mat...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Kinetic Converter is a Legendary stock mod that moderately raises your gun's fire rate in exchange for more recoil — and it's everywhere right now because i...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Map conditions are scheduled, time-limited modifiers that change a sector's weather, hazards, enemies and loot for a set window — and each of ARC Raiders' secto...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The best items to sell in ARC Raiders are lightweight trinkets and valuables (the diamond-symbol "Misc" items), because they exist only to be sold and have the ...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Tempest is the assault rifle everyone in r/ArcRaiders is chasing — and its blueprint is widely called one of, if not the, rarest drop in the game. If you've...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Converging Paths Project is the season-long objective chain that headlines ARC Raiders Live Update 1.33.0, and unlike the Forgotten Relics event running bes...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Attachments are the cheapest, fastest way to turn a stock gun into a meta gun in ARC Raiders. The same Renegade that sprays all over the screen with no mods bec...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Blueprints are how you go from the free starter kit to the gear that actually wins fights in ARC Raiders. Every weapon worth carrying, every augment that define...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Materials are the real currency of ARC Raiders. Every weapon you craft, every workshop station you upgrade, and every piece of gear you replace after a bad raid...