In ARC Raiders, many items require Blueprints to craft, making them essential for every player. Following Riven Tides update at the end of last month, a new round of Expeditions began in the game.
As experienced players know, participating in Expeditions grants a large number of weapons and new clothing, but it also resets most of your character's level 2 resources. Therefore, you'll need to collect Blueprints again.
If you're a new player or unfamiliar with Blueprint locations, this guide will help you quickly find various Blueprints in the game.
Preparation
As ARC Raiders is a PvPvE game, you're at risk of being attacked and having your Blueprints stolen by other players while collecting them.
Therefore, you'll need to prepare an item called a Safe Pocket beforehand. As long as you put Blueprints or other loot into a Safe Pocket, they will safely accompany you home, whether you're torn apart by ruthless ARC enemies during your extraction or ambushed by other players hiding in the shadows.
Therefore, when you find the most valuable Blueprints or rare weapons on the map, the first thing you should do is put them in a Safe Pocket, just in case.
However, not having a Safe Pocket won't affect your Blueprint collection; you just need to be more careful during the collection process to avoid being killed.
Dam Battlegrounds
The first recommended location is Dam Battlegrounds in ARC Raiders. This map is relatively barren overall, with a low item drop rate bonus, but that doesn't mean it's useless. On the contrary, Testing Annex on this map is an often underestimated gem.
The biggest advantage of Testing Annex lies in this: because it's often underestimated by players, you'll face less competitive pressure and are less vulnerable to ambushes like on popular maps.
Deep within Testing Annex, in the medical area, there's a high chance of finding medical-type ARC Raiders Blueprint and Augment Blueprints. Therefore, when you rush into Testing Annex, your first action should be to head straight to the second floor, sprint into the medical area, quickly search all interactive containers, and immediately put any Blueprints you find into your Safe Pocket.
In this medical area, there are two easily overlooked tips:
First, many players focus only on searching the large chests on the ground, often neglecting the blind spots behind the tables against the walls. However, behind those tables, there might sometimes be extra secret containers that also have a chance to spawn Blueprints and advanced crafting materials. Don't miss them due to carelessness.
Second, although Arc enemy Shredder frequently appears in this area, it's unlikely to relentlessly pursue you if you don't bother it. Selectively avoiding ARC enemy attacks will speed up your Blueprint collection.
The Blue Gate
The second location is The Blue Gate, the most popular and challenging spot on the entire map. Every ARC Raiders player knows that since the game's launch, regardless of updates, this location has always contained Blueprints.
The key to searching The Blue Gate lies in Confiscation Room located at the bottom of the map - the mysterious room requiring a Blue Gate Confiscation Room Key for entry. Augment Blueprints have a very high chance of spawning inside this room.
However, I call it "most challenging" because the competition is fierce. Entering this room almost guarantees an attack from hordes of enemy players. Therefore, to loot ARC Raiders Blueprint here, you need to follow two things:
First, utilize your spawn point. When your spawn point is near Reinforced Reception, you can quickly slide down Zip Line and approach Confiscation Room. If your spawn point is far off-center, exit the map and re-enter.
Second, don't easily provoke the patrolling Shredders after entering. There are many Shredders roaming this area. You don't need to kill them; instead, sneak into rooms when they're not looking and quickly loot.
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Stella Montis
The next location is the lobby area of Stella Montis. The first and fourth floors are key areas for regular players. Note that there's a locked room near the first floor. If you want to get high loot on this floor, be sure to bring the corresponding key to open this locked door. According to multiple players, this locked room usually has a very high probability of containing Augment Blueprints.
In addition, the small cubicles on the fourth floor are also worth a special trip - even if you don't have the key, just farming that small area on the fourth floor still gives you a good chance of getting Blueprints.
Buried City
The last location is Buried City, or more precisely, Buried City under Hurricane map condition.
Why emphasize Hurricane map condition? Because under this condition, most players will scour the map for Hurricane Caches, leaving the hospital in Buried City as a neglected area.
However, the main building of this hospital is teeming with Blue Containers and other types of containers, and Augment Blueprints primarily spawn in these containers. If you thoroughly search the entire building and familiarize yourself with all Blue Container spawn locations, clearing the entire hospital usually yields an astonishingly high reward.
This concludes my guide on quickly farming Blueprints in ARC Raiders, mainly introducing the spawn locations and methods on four maps. You can choose to try different methods based on your needs and preferences.
