100 Starter Tips & Strats for ARC Raiders

[UPDATE 28 Oct 2025: Updated to reflect the changes to the game as of the Server Slam. Any information is subject to change upon release and future updates.]

This guide is based on the 100+ hours Death spent in the ARC Raiders Tech Test 2 and the Server Slam. Death also has 10K+ hours of experience in extraction shooters like Hunt: Showdown 1896 and Escape from Tarkov.

Here are 100 tips & strats to get you started in ARC Raiders (2025).

GENERAL

1. What is ARC Raiders?—ARC Raiders is a full-feature extraction shooter with a robust looting system, unique customizable weapons, and intense PvPvE combat. The game is set in an expansive, beautiful world in a distant post-apocalyptic future Earth. AI machines called ARC have wiped out most of humanity, and those that remain have been forced below the surface.

   You play as a raider from the underground colony of Speranza. You're sent to the surface to scavenge for any remaining supplies to keep the colony going. You'll need to avoid deadly ARC and other human raiders as desperate as you. Use any means necessary to secure the loot you need and extract. 
   

   

2. What is the play loop for ARC Raiders?—Put simply, you acquire loot and use that loot to acquire even more loot. As an extraction shooter, ARC Raiders accommodates many different play styles. You can play ARC Raiders in trios, duos, or solo. Whether you're looking to kill everyone on the map or stealth your way to riches, how you play is up to you.

3. Playing extraction shooters—If all you've ever played are traditional shooters, extraction shooters can be a bit intimidating, at first. The PvPvE format and gear systems can be a big turn off for newer players. Overcome the learning curve by focusing on if you learn, rather than if you win. Consistent play will improve your skills. Extraction shooters aren’t for everyone, and that’s okay. Don’t force yourself to play something you don’t want to . However, if you want to try the sub-genre, ARC Raiders is a great game to start with.

4. Progression in ARC Raiders—Progression in extraction shooters isn't linear. Leveling, trader quest lines, the skill tree, raider decks are all ways to progress in ARC Raiders. However you define it, building a reliable stash value is an essential component of progression. 

5. Extracting is profitable—Apparently extracting in an extraction shooter is a great way to make money. Traders are expensive. Use them in your workshop to augment your loadouts, but remember that extracting is your primary source of wealth and resources.

6. Raider den—Your raider's living space, or raider den, will visually change as you acquire more stash value, gaining more amenities and luxuries. I wonder how far this goes?

   

7. Feats—Feats are challenges which reward Cred, the currency used to level up your Raider Deck, the game’s version of a battle pass. The Raider Deck contains in-game rewards like weapon attachments and cosmetics. You can see available feats in-raid under the Feats tab, or in the top left of the lobby screen. Also, your friends' actions count towards your feats, so work together to finish them quickly. 

8. Projects—Project are timed special events that award exclusive cosmetics for those who complete them. The first project in ARC Raiders is the Expedition Project, the game's take on character progression resets, or wipes, similar to what you would find in Escape from Tarkov (2025). Raiders contribute resources to projects over time. Projects are then finalized by a specific date, and then raiders receive their rewards.

   

9. Leveling—Earning XP allows you to level up, which awards you skill points for enabling new skills in the skill tree. You earn XP for almost any action you take in a raid, including scavenging. Search every container and body you find to maximize the XP you earn in a raid. Searching raider bodies awards just as much for downing them. You still earn XP for searching containers your teammates have searched. 

10. The skill tree—The skill tree is extremely important. It provides critical buffs to your character's mobility, carrying capacity, survivability, and more. Leveling up the right skills early on can make a big difference in the long run.

    MOVEMENT

11. Always keep moving—As with all shooters, standing still will get you killed. Move randomly in the four cardinal directions, forward, back, left, and right if you're unaware of the enemy's location. Only stand still if you're in cover or absolutely sure if no one can get an easy headshot on you. 

    

12. Move faster on ladders—You can climb and descend ladders faster with the shift button. Climbing faster will consume stamina. Descending faster consumes no stamina. 

13. Run faster while unarmed—Putting your weapon away allows you to run faster. Stow your guns to zoom in and out of the action. Use this ability to make your rotations faster, but be careful not to run into enemies unarmed. 

14. Sliding—The slide mechanic is great for moving down hills fast and coming around corners while shooting, but slides cannot be canceled. You can dodge roll out of a slide, but the inertia-based movement system in ARC Raiders prevents you from stopping in your tracks. Use caution or you may slide into difficult situations. Use caution or you may slide into difficult situations. 

15. Environmental Ziplines—You’ll find Ziplines all over the world of ARC Raiders. Use them to get to high ground or enter high-value loot areas. Be careful on Ziplines around teammates. They can easily get knocked off and fall to their death. Yes, I find this hilarious as well.

16. Extracting while downed—You can still activate the extract if you're in a downed state. Also, the animation is pure cinema. Never ever give up. 

17. Prioritize stamina skills—Being able to move faster and further than your enemy is a huge advantage in ARC Raiders. Prioritize maxing out youthful lungs and marathon runner first in the mobility branch of the skill tree. 
    

    

18. Conserve stamina—Even if you max out all stamina skills in the skill tree, take care not to drain your stamina bar, especially in danger areas like open fields and roads. Running out of stamina when in the sight of ARC or other players is usually a death sentence. Always be thinking of escape routes and save enough stamina to use them.

19. Nimble climber—Nimble climber allows you to climb walls and vault railings faster. Max out this skill early and use it to survive dangerous situations. 

20. Simultaneous actions—Unlike some other games, ARC Raiders is able to walk and chew gum at the same time. You can perform most actions even if your teammate is interacting with you. For example, if your partner is downed and they're activating the extract, you can revive them at the same time.

    OPERATIONS

21. Vision during daytime—Seeing into buildings is easier than seeing out during the day. Use cover near windows to avoid being spotted by enemies outside that you cannot see. Get closer to windows to improve your vision.

    

22. Explore the maps—You naturally learn the world of ARC Raiders as you play, but being more familiar with your surroundings than your enemy is a huge advantage. Explore unfamiliar areas when you have time and look for unlikely flanking routes or firing positions in the high ground. Use them to surprise your foes the next time you're in the area. 

23. Solo play—As a solo, the odds are stacked against you. Do what it takes to win. Finish-off downed opponents, disengage for better positioning, third-party fights, or use stealth and deception to ambush enemies from the shadows. Use proximity chat to gain your enemy’s trust and sink a dagger in when the opportunity presents itself. It is just you against the world, so do whatever is necessary to secure victory.

    

24. Have a backup plan—Mike Tyson once said, "Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth." Set secondary goals to accomplish in raid in case your primary goal cannot be completed. This allows you to get something out of a raid even if it all goes to hell, which it probably will.

25. Teams spawn in waves—Not all players spawn at the same time. Teams enter raids in successive waves at timed intervals. Keep this in mind, since you may have fresh teams arriving at the worst possible time. Spawning early means you can loot high-value areas first, but you will have to fight your way out to the extract. Spawning late means you may miss some of the best loot, but you're more likely to survive. 

    

26. dapt to the changing situation—Exercise sound judgment and fire discipline when in contact with the enemy. Hold fire if raiders would have the advantage on you or a member of your team is not combat operational. Use decisive violence of action to gain the initiative and be ruthless maintaining it. Knowing how to act takes time and practice, so value your losses and the lessons they contain. 

27. Balance risk and reward—You don't have to kill everything in a raid to make a profit. Yes, the dopamine flows when the bodies start dropping, but extracting with a valuable quest item or a rare weapon will serve you better in the long term. Learn to recognize when it's time to take risks or cut your losses. 

28. Cover and concealment—Cover blocks vision and fire. Concealment only blocks vision. Know the difference. Fire into suspect concealed positions to root out enemies. Use grenades on suspected positions of cover. Avoid engaging the enemy without adequate cover. Do not fall for the false sense of security that concealment offers. 

29. Aim—Obviously, aim is a fundamental skill in shooters like ARC Raiders. Even if you're a God-tier strategic genius who could out-flank Sun Tzu himself, at some point, you will need to shoot the enemy before they shoot you. Aim is a function of reaction time, accuracy, and volume.

    Work on improving your aim, even if you feel confident about it. Use aim trainers like Aim Labs or even websites like aimtrainer.io. Warm up in the shooting range before your first raid of a session. Make sure that you have a light mouse and a wide desktop area to use it on. Do your research on the best settings for your equipment and setups. 

30. Fire positions—The surest way to get downed by your enemy is to keep using the same fire position over and over. Use a fire position once, then move on. Avoid using a fire position that your teammate just used. Only reuse a fire position if enough time has passed or the tactical situation leaves you no other options. 

31. Never hold angles in ADS—Holding angles in third person differs from first person. In third person, awareness is more important than beating the enemy to the shot. To effectively hold an angle, stay behind cover, keep your weapon down and reticle in line with where you suspect the enemy to be. When your opponent peeks, move out and take the shot. Corners can block your weapon in ADS if you're not careful. Give yourself time to master this skill if you usually play FPS games. 

32. Quick swapping—Switch to your secondary weapon instead of automatically reloading while in close contact with the enemy. Quick swapping allows you to maintain pressure in a fight while reloading gives your enemy a chance to respond. When it's time to reload, find cover and reload your weapons fully.

    

    If you're an OG Hunt Showdown degenerate like myself, you can map the ‘Q-key’ to next weapon and leave previous weapon empty. Now you can quick swap back and forth like it's 1.3 all over again.

33. Always be rotating aggressively—Seeing around corners in third person perspective allows you to catch enemy raiders off-guard if you position correctly. Inexperienced players tend to hold position when they become aware of an enemy's location. Avoid tunneling on a specific location and aggressively rotate to find new arcs of fire. Never stay in one area too long, or you risk being slowly cut off from other fire positions.

34. Grenade corners before pushing—Third person view allows players to see around and over cover without exposing themselves. Make sure to grenade areas where you suspect enemies to be before pushing to avoid being caught in the open. 

35. Avoid danger areas—A danger area is any area that could expose your team to effective enemy fire without cover. Rivers, roads, doors, windows, hallways, and more are examples of danger areas. Coordinate with your team to provide covering fire when crossing danger areas to minimize the risk of a teammate being downed in the open. 

36. Team spacing—Maintain distance in open areas. This provides awareness of enemy actions over a greater range and lessens the effectiveness of weapons like grenades and machine guns. Keep closer in buildings. This will allow you to concentrate fire and support your teammates faster. But, never stay too close for too long, as a single grenade could take out your entire team. Always try to keep your teammates in view, no matter the terrain. 

37. Stay with your team—Nothing can hinder a team more than someone getting downed while out of position. It's important to take risks, but there's only so much you can do to detect an enemy ambush. If you're unaware of the enemy's location, use caution and stay with your team. Move as a team to concentrate firepower and overcome your foes. 

38. Sound traps—Everything in ARC Raiders is designed to make noise and draw attention to players in the environment. Simple things like opening containers, being spotted by security cameras, or going through metal detectors, is intended to alert enemies to your location. Enemy raiders and ARC in your vicinity will investigate sounds they hear. Learn to move quietly and avoid detection. Use what you know to detect enemies near you. 

    

    CRAFTING

39. Recycling & salvaging—Right-click an item to recycle or salvage it. Use the materials you get from recycling and salvaging to craft other items in your workshop. You can also salvage items in-raid to condense your inventory. 

40. The Workshop—Buying from traders can be expensive. Level up the crafting benches in your workshop to craft items for cheap with the recipes you find in-game. Prioritize the weapons bench for access to better weapons and weapon attachments. Use the basic bench to craft basic healing items like shield chargers and light shields. Unlock the refiner and always ensure that it is crafting valuable items or  crafting components before starting a raid.

    

41. In-round crafting traits—ARC Raiders was initially developed as a survival game, and some of that DNA has stuck around. There are two traits in the survival branch of the skill tree that allow you to craft items in-raid. In-round crafting gives you the ability to field craft items, while traveling tinkerer unlocks additional items for crafting later on. Use these to augment your free loadout runs and help your team's chances of survival. 

42. Tracked  recipes—You can track recipes from the workshop to help you find specific items while in raid. The recipes you are tracking are listed on the map below your current quests. You will receive a notification when you loot enough of an item. Items you are tracking will have an eye-icon in the top right-hand corner, as well. 

    

43. Salvaging in raid—You can right-click on items to salvage them for basic crafting components in raid. Do this to save inventory space or deny enemies powerful weapons that you cannot extract with. 

44. Carrying capacity—Salvage weapons to free up carrying capacity. Weapons weigh a lot. With basic raider augments, you're limited to about two weapons before you become over-encumbered. Salvage low-tier weapons to free up your carrying capacity.

45. ARC Power Cells and Fabric—Always fill excess slots in your inventory with ARC Power Cells and Fabric as you find them. ARC Power cells can be used to refill shields and will fill 20 charges, which is half of a light shield. If you or your teammate have in-round crafting, you can use the Fabric to make bandages. Fabric restores a small amount of health on its own.

    RESOURCES

46. Traders—Traders specialize in things like security or selling guns, but two are especially important early game, Celeste and Lance: 

    1. Celeste will trade basic crafting materials for seeds, smoothing out your crafting requirements. Seeds are light and can be easily salvaged from plants in raid. Use them to get the materials you need, like metal parts, which you will need a lot of. 

    2. Lance will upgrade free loadout augments into uncommon augments. Bring him any you find to get the Combat Mark I, the Looter Mark I, or the Tactical Mark I. Selling items in your stash.*

       *Current as of the Server Slam. There are more higher rarity augments to come. 

47. Quick selling—Right-click on an item and select sell. No need to visit the traders to look for the best sale price either. Easy. 

48. Rarity & value—Higher rarity does not always mean more valuable. Items that stack are sometimes more valuable than higher rarity items that don't. Assess value based on sale price, not the color of the item.

    

49. Memorize sale prices—Right-click on things in your inventory and practice memorizing their value between raids. This will help you make faster decisions about what to loot. Memorizing is faster, but if you forget the sale price of an item, your inventory's value is listed next to your raider augment slot. Watch this value change as you pick up or drop an item.  

50. Comparing item value—Use sale price and weight to assess the value of an item. Lightweight items that stack are worth more than expensive items that are heavy. If you want to maximize loot during a raid, pay attention to the sale price per kilogram of an item. For example, an Accordion is only worth 667 credits per kilogram, while a full sack of ARC Alloy is worth 1,000 credits per kilogram. Choose accordingly. 

    

51. Max out your Stash early—There are hundreds of items in ARC Raiders, upgrade your stash early will help you sort through them as the come in. 

52. Keep your inventory small and diverse—Keep at least one stack of each unique item on hand unless you're certain something is not needed for a quest or crafting. Sell items you have no immediate need for. 

53. Scrappy, the Rooster—Scrappy is your pet rooster who ‘secures’ items for you while you are away on the surface. Scrappy does his work while you're online and in a raid, not while you're offline. Level him up early, and don't forget to tell him he's a good boy. 

    

54. Claim Scrappy's loot—Scrappy works hard for you, but the items he brings you have a limit. Be sure to collect them before your next raid if you're nearing capacity. 

55. Use the legend on the map—If you're looking for a particular type of item, the in-raid map can tell you where to find it. Loot has a designated type, like commercial, technological, industrial, and more. The corresponding icons are listed on the map. Go to these locations to find what you need. 

56. Hidden raider caches—There’s hidden loot all over the map if you know what to look for. You can find hidden raider caches by looking for the interaction prompt that appears when you get close. The caches also emit a ticking sound during a special event. Loot them fast, or, well… I'll let you figure that out. 

    

57. Field Crates & Field Depots—Field Crates you find on the map can be opened at nearby Field Depots. If you're close by a Field Depot, you'll see the symbol for it on your map.

58. Read the tooltips—It may seem obvious, but a lot of players miss vital information right in front of them. The tooltips in ARC Raiders are very detailed and tell you what an item is and what it can be used for. If you don't know what to do with an item, look in the tooltip and save yourself some time. 

59. Inventory status icon—It’s not always necessary to open your inventory to see if it's full. Picking up an item activates an indicator under your reticle, showing you the status of your inventory. Empty slots have nothing in them. Gray slots have a stackable item with more room. White slots are completely full. Blinking slots indicate where the item you just picked up was placed. Learn to read this indicator to spend less time in your inventory menu and more time scanning for enemies. 

    EQUIPMENT

60. Loadouts are unrestricted—There’s no restriction on the type of weapons or equipment you can take with you into a raid. You can even take backup equipment. Having a full shield in reserve or another weapon can give you the initiative in a fight. Unfortunately, this is incredibly expensive and leaves little room for the loot that you find. Use with caution.

61. Use your flashlight—Thanks to the glory that is Unreal Engine 5, bright and dark areas in ARC Raiders can greatly obscure your vision. Some areas and buildings are incredibly dark, so use your flashlight to illuminate campers sitting in corners with shotguns. 

62. Always carry at least a light shield—Light shields have no movement reduction, and they're relatively cheap to craft. You can also equip them without having to have a raid or augment. 

63. Always carry Ziplines—Use Ziplines to flank unsuspecting enemies in high ground or create escape options when backed into a corner. Always try to carry at least one. Ziplines cannot be recovered once placed, meaning enemies can use them to counter-flank if you don't cover them with mines or observation. Carrying a spare barricade also provides some creative solutions to this problem.

64. Always heal first—In ARC Raiders, shields mitigate damage. They're not an extra health bar. It is possible to be downed with shields remaining, so your health is more important than your shields. Always heal first before refilling your shields. 

    

65. Keep meds in safe pockets—Meds and shield chargers can be expensive, especially in the early game. Keep these in your safe pockets until you find more valuable items to replace them with. 

66. Shield movement reduction—Some shields reduce your movement speed. Heavy shields reduce your movement speed by 15%. Medium shields reduce it by 5%. Light shields have no movement speed reduction. 

    

67. Raider augments—There are four basic types of raider augments, looting, combat, tactical, and free loadout augments. Each of these varies in the type of shield that you can equip, the number of quick use slots, and their weight limits. You cannot swap raider augments while in a raid. Raider augments must be equipped and unequipped in the lobby. If you find a raider augment that's better than the one you have, you must extract with it to use it next time. 

68. Consuming items in raid—Food like Expired Pasta can be consumed for a small amount of health. Fruit like Lemons can be consumed for a small amount of stamina. And items like ARC Power Cells can be used to charge your shields if you find yourself in a desperate situation. 

69. Gain access to locked areas—If it's locked up, it's probably valuable. Use key cards to open doors to high-value loot areas or enter by other… ‘methods.’

70. Raider keys—Raider Keys are very valuable items. They allow you to extract from raider hatches, which are much faster and less risky than normal extracts. Carry one in your safe pockets whenever you deploy with valuable loot. Raider Hatches only open for a short time, so enter immediately to avoid being left behind. 

    

    WEAPONS

71. Low-tier weapon proficiency—Being effective with low-tier weapons will help you immensely in the early game when you're getting your stash built up. Find a cheap gun that fits your play style and learn to love using it. Rely on it like an old friend when the going gets tough. Lower tier guns may be outmatched against higher tier weapons, but they will still down players if you maneuver correctly and hit your shots. 

72. Upgrade your weapons—You can use crafting materials to improve your weapons and get more power from them. Upgrade them if you can afford it. Level IV low-tier weapons are highly effective against most enemies. Upgrade them when you can. 

73. Ammunition—Take a lot of ammo. You're useless without ammo. Try and fill the first row of your loadout's inventory with just ammo. Always fill excess slots in your inventory with ammunition you find in raid. There's no excuse for running out of ammo. 

    

74. Pool your ammo reserve—Carrying weapons that use the same type of ammo allows you to pool the ammo reserve, giving you more flexibility in a fight. If you take weapons of a different ammo type, like a rifle and a shotgun, make sure you take enough ammo for both so that you don't run out. 

75. Durability—Weapons and shields deteriorate with use or when damaged. Make sure you repair your equipment regularly or it will fail to function in raid. Upgrade items to reduce their durability wear when possible.

76. The practice range—The practice range is a great place to experiment with the game's mechanics before you go into a raid. Items or weapons you use in the range will not be consumed or lose durability. There are practice dummies you can beat up on to your heart's content. Basic weapons, attachments, and equipment are available in the range for you to experiment with. 

77. Weapon ballistics—Generally, the travel time and bullet drop for the weapons in ARC Raiders is not too punishing. It is noticeable enough to require your attention, however, especially at long range. Use the practice range to get a feel for each weapon when you have time. Adopt a custom crosshairs that allows you to gage these factors on distant or moving targets.

78. Camera swapping—Third person places the camera behind your character above their shoulder. Make sure to swap from left to right as needed to avoid overexposing your body to the enemy. Map this ability to a button you can always press and let it become second nature like crouching, jumping, or sprinting. 

79. No friendly fire—Tragically, there is no friendly fire in ARC Raiders. You must find other methods to kill your teammates. Yes, I am very sad about this as well. 

80. Melee when possible—Your Raider's hammer is a versatile tool that allows you to travel on Ziplines, breach doors, and open containers. Use it to maintain stealth and save ammo by killing small ARC within reach and disabling sou nd traps. When all else fails, pull out your hammer and charge at your foes. It takes several swings to down an enemy raider with a hammer, but it's exceedingly rewarding when you can pull it off. Put skill points into sky clearing swing and fly swatter in the skill tree to increase your melee damage on drones and turrets. 

    COMMS

81. Communicate quickly & effectively—Hearing the audio in fights is vital, so keep comms as clear as possible. Do not unnecessarily backseat your teammates or offer complaints and excuses.

82. Communicating while downed—When you're downed, your primary objective is to remain silent and find a safe location where you can be revived. Only communicate with your team to convey crucial information that they absolutely need to know. Once you've reached a safe area, observe potential flanking routes. If the tactical situation allows, eliminate downed opposing players who are reporting on you to their team.

83. Use proximity chat—Spontaneous organic interactions with other players are some of the most memorable moments you can have in gaming. Use proximity chat to your advantage. Form ad hoc teams in the heat of battle, or take pressure off your team by getting enemy teams to fight one another. Disable proximity chat if it becomes a distraction to your gameplay. Mute overly toxic people immediately and never become toxic yourself. 

84. Enemy callouts—If you spot an enemy, ping their location and communicate the following to your teammates. Description of the enemy, direction and method of travel, weapons, probable intentions, and your actions and recommendations. Here's an example of a good call out:

    

    Not all of the above information may be necessary, especially if time is short. Use your judgment. Good call outs take practice, so give yourself time to become proficient. 

85. The ping system—You can ping pretty much everything in ARC Raiders. Your character will give a contextual voice line when you ping almost anything while in a raid. You can ping items in the world, consumables, weapons, ARC, buildings, other raiders. You can ping items in your inventory. You can even ping empty slots in your inventory by right clicking on them. Ping other pings to confirm that a ping, your teammate is pinged, has been pinged. Use the ping wheel to provide more context to your pings. 

    

    SETTINGS

86. Sort out your settings—Get comfortable with your settings in the practice range to avoid distractions in your first raid. Make sure your sensitivities are set for your mouse, remap your key binds as desired. Controller players, you're on your own on this one. 

    

87. Custom crosshairs—You can customize your crosshairs in the settings menu. I use a bright green dot with a black outline. The human eye can see more variations of green than any other color, so bright green makes it less likely that I'll lose my reticle in visual noise like foliage. 

88. Maximize your field of vision (FOV)—Awareness in combat is essential. Widen your FOV to see more of the battlefield and find enemies in your peripheral vision. 

89. Quick use hotkeys—ARC Raiders uses a hybrid of a selection wheel and hot keys for your consumables. To use a consumable quickly, press your quick slot use key and then the corresponding number from three to six. You can always select the last item you used quickly by pressing on your quick slot key once. Hopefully, we get the option to remap these keys in a future patch. 

    ARC ENEMIES

90. Deal with ARC or it will deal with you—ARC should never be underestimated. Before starting any engagement, take a moment to assess the ARC threat first. If possible, quietly eliminate ARC in the area so that they don't become an issue during a fight. Some ARC are more deadly than opposing players. Never take them for granted. 

91. ARC will call for reinforcements—Deal with ARC quickly to avoid being overrun. If you're spotted by a snitch, you only have a few seconds to destroy it before it drops ARC on your location. Never linger in an area too long after engaging ARC. ARC has a tendency to swarm and can easily overwhelm your team. 

92. Cut off their limbs—ARC enemies are intricately designed, and use physics for their mobility. Destroying a limb or a thruster will be destabilize them for a short period of time, giving you the opportunity to deal damage to the main body. 

    

93. ARC deaggro while downed—ARC enemies are mean and powerful, but they seem to be nice enough to stop attacking if you go into a down state. They will attack teammates coming to revive you, however. Use caution when assisting downed allies. 

94. ARC armor—Ammo varies in its effectiveness against ARC armor. Light ammo is the least effective, while energy ammo is the best. Always have a way to deal with ARC or you risk being overrun. No matter your primary weapon, carrying a heavy ammo secondary, like an anvil, isn't a bad idea. 

95. Fear—Games like ARC Raiders are designed from the ground up to make you feel fear and ramp up the tension. Focus on relaxing in tense situations, more than on whether you win or lose. Over time, this will give you more control over your actions in fights. Control your fear, but don't get rid of it entirely; fear can be fun, even addictive. The excitement that accompanies fear is why most people play extraction shooters in the first place.

    MINDSET

96. Gear fear—Among the worst types of fear is gear fear. Having good gear gives you an advantage, but valuing it too much creates a mental block known as gear fear. Gear fear will hinder your performance, so don't reinforce this behavior by hoarding your good equipment. Try to take in your best gear on a regular basis. This will make you more effective when using it, but most importantly, you'll be accustomed to losing it. All of your gear is borrowed. Get the most utility out of it while you can, then pass it along to the next person. In the long run, overcoming your gear fear will enhance your progression and profitability. 

    

97. Get over losing quickly—The odds are stacked against you in ARC Raiders, so don't exaggerate losses. When you lose, try to learn from it and move on quickly. Dwelling on a loss distracts your focus from the things you can control, like doing better next raid. 

98. Never criticize your teammates—Literally, the whole world is against you in ARC Raiders. You're gonna lose at some point. Blaming anyone for a loss is a waste of time. Most people tend to be hard on themselves. Reminding people of their mistakes is destructive to teams and friendships. If you lose, say, "Good try," and move on. 

99. Accept that you will die, often—ARC Raiders is a hard game. You can do everything right and still lose. You'll be fighting lots of enemies, deadly ARC, and even your own incompetence at times. Don't sweat it if you don't extract a lot when starting out. The game is designed to be difficult and punishing. Focus on getting better, having fun, and as your skills develop, the wins will come. 

100. Enjoy this ride—ARC Raiders is potentially the best extraction shooter we will ever have. Play at your own pace and enjoy this game without worrying about stats or rankings. It's not a race, and rushing through the content will only frustrate you in the end. Savor this experience. This is a fun one.

     

These tips should be enough to get you started in ARC Raiders, but ultimately how you play the game is entirely up to you. Don’t take anything here too seriously; it’s more important that you play in a way which is the most fun for you.

Remember to check out the full length video version of this guide on YouTube. Good luck and I’ll see you on the other side, Raiders.