DAM-01Active
Dam Battlegrounds
- Terrain
- Industrial valley
- Opportunity
- Mixed salvage
- Main risk
- Open approaches
ARC Raiders expedition hubScavenge the surface.
Outsmart the machines.
Explore surface zones, prepare practical loadouts, recognize ARC threats, manage salvage, and return to Speranza with more than you risked.
LAT 44.081LONG 12.562HEADING / SURFACE
Surface telemetry
Read the zone before you deploy.
Weather, machine activity, visibility, and special conditions can change the safest route. These profiles are planning baselines; check current conditions before each expedition.
CITY-02Active
Buried City
- Terrain
- Dense urban ruins
- Opportunity
- Quest locations
- Main risk
- Tight sightlines
PORT-03Active
Spaceport
- Terrain
- Launch infrastructure
- Opportunity
- Technical loot
- Main risk
- Exposed crossings
GATE-04Elevated
The Blue Gate
- Terrain
- Wild frontier
- Opportunity
- Rare resources
- Main risk
- Heavy ARC activity
Recommended start
Prepare for your first expedition.
Learn a repeatable loop before chasing rare salvage: enter with a purpose, make disciplined decisions, and finish by extracting.
First run field manual
Survive the surface before you try to master it.
Start with movement, sound, cover, inventory discipline, machine awareness, and a planned exit. A modest haul in Speranza is worth more than a perfect backpack left topside.
Open the survival briefing01Enter the surface
02Gather basic resources
03Complete early quests
04Upgrade the workshop
05Face greater ARC threats
Mission selector
Choose your expedition objective.
Decide why you are going topside before choosing what to carry. A focused run is easier to route, easier to abandon, and easier to extract.
01
Complete quests
Track objectives, required items, Traders, surface locations, and the next step in a chain.
Intel first02
Gather resources
Find crafting materials, workshop components, valuables, and ARC salvage worth bringing home.
Pack light03
Hunt ARC machines
Read behavior, select useful cover, target vulnerabilities, and avoid multi-threat engagements.
High threat04
Improve the workshop
Prioritize station upgrades, blueprints, repairs, and recipes that support repeatable expeditions.
Long-term value05
Build a loadout
Match weapons, shields, healing, gadgets, and carrying capacity to the job you plan to finish.
Mission ready06
Make a safe extraction
Keep an exit route, manage noise, leave enough time, and know when the haul is already good enough.
Survival winsSurface operations
Every zone changes the plan.
Read terrain, extraction routes, likely objectives, and ARC activity together. The best path is the one that still leaves room to disengage.
Zone status / active
DAM-01
Industrial valley
Dam Battlegrounds
Mixed salvage · Open approaches
Condition: variableRoute: scout first
Zone status / active
CITY-02
Dense urban ruins
Buried City
Quest locations · Tight sightlines
Condition: variableRoute: scout first
Zone status / active
PORT-03
Launch infrastructure
Spaceport
Technical loot · Exposed crossings
Condition: variableRoute: scout first
Zone status / active
GATE-04
Wild frontier
The Blue Gate
Rare resources · Heavy ARC activity
Condition: variableRoute: scout first
Target analysis
Know what is hunting you.
Machine recognition buys time. Identify the role, understand how it controls space, and decide whether the salvage is worth the ammunition and noise.
Class 01Low
Scout
Detection and pressure
Break sightlines and relocate before heavier units converge.
Class 02Elevated
Swarm
Numbers and disruption
Control space, avoid getting surrounded, and preserve an escape lane.
Class 03High
Hunter
Pursuit and burst damage
Use hard cover, coordinate fire, and disengage before Raiders join the fight.
Class 04Severe
Apex threat
Area control
Commit only with a prepared kit, a clear purpose, and a protected retreat route.
Raider fieldcraft
Survival and extraction strategy.
Good expeditions are built on awareness and timing, not constant combat. Use these practical habits to protect the run.
Survival principles
- 01Listen before moving
- 02Carry only what you can risk
- 03Avoid fighting without purpose
- 04Watch the sky
- 05Keep an exit route
- 06Extract before greed takes over
Salvage planning
Loot with an exit in mind.
Compare route styles and risk zones, then choose a path that matches your objective, team size, carrying capacity, and tolerance for contact.
Equipment bay
Carry a kit with a job.
Build around the expedition you intend to finish. Budget, mobility, sustained damage, support, and safe extraction each ask for different tradeoffs.
Speranza operations
Bring the surface home.
The expedition ends underground: turn salvage into repairs, workshop progress, quest completion, stronger equipment, and a clearer plan for the next deployment.
Open the resource directoryTraders and quests
Review objectives and turn-ins before selling useful items.
Workshop
Prioritize upgrades that support the runs you make most often.
Inventory
Keep mission-critical resources visible and free space for recovery.
Raider development
Balance survival, mobility, and conditioning around your playstyle.
Expedition directory
Tools and community resources.
Open interactive maps, databases, guide hubs, live channels, and community destinations without losing your place in the briefing.
Open frequency
ARC Raiders live on Twitch.
Watch an active expedition, learn routes and reactions, and see how experienced Raiders adapt when a clean plan becomes complicated.
Scanning surface frequencies...
Verified transmission
Official ARC Raiders links.
Use official destinations for game information, account access, purchases, announcements, and Embark updates.
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