Curated from the latest Arc Raiders community guides: rare material routes, Expedition Project checklists, puzzle solutions, and November balance changes. Everything here ties back to the items, recycling, maps, and workshop data on this site so you can act fast in 2025 raids.
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Fastest Mushroom route: sprint to the north-east Spaceport trench by Trench Hatch (East), loot 3 guaranteed Mushrooms, safe-pocket them, then surrender to reset in minutes.
Fast Dam Battlegrounds loop for the Damage Leapers Trial: anchor at the Control Tower base, rotate to Water Treatment, then reset to keep spawns rolling.
Dam Battlegrounds loop that chains First Wave Husk clusters during Electromagnetic Storm so you can hit 4,000 score quickly.
Great Mullein farming route for Trials. Solo runs excel in Buried City Galleria, while squads can split Spaceport for fast clears.
Press 14 hidden red buttons in order, return to the Music Room, and hit the final button to open the secret door and claim the Guitar.
Complete the Blue Gate Locked Gate event: find four security codes, activate the Gate Control Room, and loot the underground for the Bobcat blueprint.
Complete the single-run Spaceport quest: grab the Staff Room key in the Departure Building, drop into tunnels, and override the Flushing Terminal to earn the Warden outfit.
Hit the Fuel Control and Arrival Building Magnetic Decryptors in one Spaceport run to finish the quest and earn Defibrillators and Trailblazer Grenades.
Stage 4/6 Outfitting needs five Humidifiers. This loop prioritizes Buried City’s Red Tower lockers with a quick Metro extract, with Dam Battlegrounds as a low-traffic backup.
Lightbulbs are electrical loot for Expedition 3/6 – Framework. Focus electrical zones and chain short clears to stack five quickly.
Cooling Fans gate Expedition Project Part 2. The fastest pulls come from tech-heavy buildings with stacked server racks.
Scrappy upgrades need comfort items that only spawn in residential interiors. Buried City delivers the best density.
Small but important patch: the quick gun swap exploit is gone and locked-room cheese was fixed. Relearn timing on weapon swaps and locked caches.
Weapon tuning and ARC tweaks, with Venator power reined in and ammo adjustments. Loadouts shift slightly toward burst rifles and utility grenades.
Community unlock event plus new ARCs, guns, grenades, mines, and a big balance sweep. Early-game routes shift with new loot tables.
Breakdown of the “Breaking New Ground” community event, Stella Montis map beats, and new Matriarch enemy behaviors.
All four antenna activations, bunker access, and data download steps explained so you can finish the event without wipes.
Rare medical component needed for Medical Station 3. The Testing Annex on Dam Battlegrounds is the go-to farm.
Reagents upgrade the Explosives Station to Level 3. They drop in medical zones with the best odds at Dam’s Testing Annex and Plaza Rosa pharmacies.
Three Rocketeer Drivers are needed for Explosives Station 3. The Husk Graveyard event lets you loot husks safely instead of fighting live Rocketeers.
Priority pulls
Fastest, low-risk paths for Expedition Project parts and Scrappy upgrades pulled straight from the reference guides.
Dec 31, 2025
Fastest Mushroom route: sprint to the north-east Spaceport trench by Trench Hatch (East), loot 3 guaranteed Mushrooms, safe-pocket them, then surrender to reset in minutes.
Dec 24, 2025
Fast Dam Battlegrounds loop for the Damage Leapers Trial: anchor at the Control Tower base, rotate to Water Treatment, then reset to keep spawns rolling.
Dec 24, 2025
Dam Battlegrounds loop that chains First Wave Husk clusters during Electromagnetic Storm so you can hit 4,000 score quickly.
Dec 24, 2025
Great Mullein farming route for Trials. Solo runs excel in Buried City Galleria, while squads can split Spaceport for fast clears.
Expedition project
Everything you need for Expedition Project steps and crafting stations, with fallback routes if the main spot is contested.
Dec 9, 2025
Stage 4/6 Outfitting needs five Humidifiers. This loop prioritizes Buried City’s Red Tower lockers with a quick Metro extract, with Dam Battlegrounds as a low-traffic backup.
Dec 7, 2025
Lightbulbs are electrical loot for Expedition 3/6 – Framework. Focus electrical zones and chain short clears to stack five quickly.
Dec 6, 2025
Cooling Fans gate Expedition Project Part 2. The fastest pulls come from tech-heavy buildings with stacked server racks.
Dec 4, 2025
Scrappy upgrades need comfort items that only spawn in residential interiors. Buried City delivers the best density.
Nov 7, 2025
Rare medical component needed for Medical Station 3. The Testing Annex on Dam Battlegrounds is the go-to farm.
Nov 7, 2025
Reagents upgrade the Explosives Station to Level 3. They drop in medical zones with the best odds at Dam’s Testing Annex and Plaza Rosa pharmacies.
Nov 6, 2025
Three Rocketeer Drivers are needed for Explosives Station 3. The Husk Graveyard event lets you loot husks safely instead of fighting live Rocketeers.
Patch & event intel
Loadout-impacting changes and event beats pulled from 1.2.0, 1.3.0, and 1.4.0 notes plus the North Line deep dive.
Small but important patch: the quick gun swap exploit is gone and locked-room cheese was fixed. Relearn timing on weapon swaps and locked caches.
Weapon tuning and ARC tweaks, with Venator power reined in and ammo adjustments. Loadouts shift slightly toward burst rifles and utility grenades.
Community unlock event plus new ARCs, guns, grenades, mines, and a big balance sweep. Early-game routes shift with new loot tables.
Breakdown of the “Breaking New Ground” community event, Stella Montis map beats, and new Matriarch enemy behaviors.
Puzzles & events
Solve the Hidden Bunker sequence, clear the Locked Gate event, crack the Buried City music puzzle, and keep your squad alive during timed events.
Dec 19, 2025
Press 14 hidden red buttons in order, return to the Music Room, and hit the final button to open the secret door and claim the Guitar.
Dec 18, 2025
Complete the Blue Gate Locked Gate event: find four security codes, activate the Gate Control Room, and loot the underground for the Bobcat blueprint.
Nov 8, 2025
All four antenna activations, bunker access, and data download steps explained so you can finish the event without wipes.