ARC Raiders Expedition Checklist: Prepare for Damage Challenge & Catch Up Rewards
ARC Raiders Expedition is set to launch next Monday. During this event, you will reset your Raider character's progress for various rewards.
In the meantime, there are several tasks we need to complete and key points to keep in mind to ensure we maximize our gains during Expedition.
I‘ve compiled a checklist for you, sharing essential tips to watch out for - including details on the new ARC Raiders Expedition mechanics and rewards - and guiding you on how to prepare most efficiently for Raiders' next deployment.
Complete Expedition Project
The first - and most critical - step in preparing for ARC Raiders Expedition is to complete your Expedition Project. If you haven't finished this task yet, you need to hurry up and pick up the pace. While the specific ARC Raiders Items for a few basic supplies may be tweaked slightly for each Expedition, most of the required materials remain largely the same.
- Foundation: 50 Metal Parts, 100 Chemicals, 80 units of ARC Alloy, and 15 Steel Springs.
- Core Systems: 30 Durable Cloth, 25 Wires, 20 Electrical Components, and 3 Industrial Chargers.
- Framework: 1 Coffee Pot, 25 Batteries, 5 Firefly Burners, and 1 Exodus Module.
- Outfitting: 1 Broken Guidance System, 5 Advanced Electrical Components, 3 Breathtaking Snow Globes, and 2 Bombardier Cells.
- Load Stage: A total value of 200,000 in Combat Items, 100,000 in Survival Items, 150,000 in Provisions, and 300,000 in Materials.
Register on Time
If you have successfully cleared the previous milestones, the registration window for this Expedition is now open. So, if you haven't gotten around to it yet, you can access the interface right now to sign up. If you fail to register at this stage, ARC Raiders system will offer you one final opportunity to opt in.
However, if you decline even this final chance, you will completely miss out on this Expedition event. The 10th will be your last active day of participation; subsequently, at midnight on the 11th, the system will automatically initiate the reset process.
Earn Cosmetic Rewards
Upon completing this Expedition, you will be awarded Patchwork Raider outfit. However, the specific appearance of this skin will depend on your overall completion level for this run, as well as the total number of Expeditions you have successfully completed in the past.
If this marks your third expedition, you will unlock the final form of Patchwork Raider outfit. If this is your first or second expedition, you will receive a variant version of this skin series instead.
However, the skin rewards for ARC Raiders expeditions are distributed in a linear progression; therefore, you will never permanently miss out on the complete Patchwork Raider outfit set. You simply need to complete three expeditions over time to eventually assemble the entire collection.
Earning Skill Point Rewards
Damage Mechanics
Skill Points are undoubtedly the core reward that ARC Raiders players are most keen to acquire. The base reward offers a minimum of 5 Skill Points, and thanks to a catch-up mechanism, you can potentially earn up to 10 Skill Points in total. However, for this specific expedition, the criteria for earning Skill Points have shifted to dealing damage.
This differs from the mechanics observed in the first and second expeditions, where rewards were calculated based on a combined total of Coins and Stash items.
This time around, you are required to deal a cumulative total of 100,000 damage to any targets located outside of Firing Range. Whether you are engaging Arc enemies or other Raiders, as long as you accumulate 100,000 points of damage, you will successfully earn all five Skill Points.
- 1 SP: 5,000 damage
- 2 SP: 10,000 damage
- 3 SP: 30,000 damage
- 4 SP: 50,000 damage
- 5 SP: 100,000 damage
The reward scaling mechanism for this event has been designed with the player in mind. The damage requirement for the final Skill Point is a substantial 100,000, whereas the requirements for the preceding points are significantly lower. This means that even if you cannot reach the full 100,000 damage target within the allotted time, simply completing half of the challenge will still allow you to earn more than half of the available rewards.
Furthermore, ARC Raiders official team has confirmed that all damage figures are calculated individually a distinct departure from how previous Trials events operated. For instance, if you are playing in a squad with teammates and collectively eliminate numerous Arc enemies, the system will not credit that damage to the squad; instead, your progress depends entirely on your own individual performance. Moreover, you do not need to successfully extract; any damage you inflict will still be recorded by the system.
Quick Completion
If you want to complete this damage challenge efficiently, I recommend playing in PvE mode. I realize this playstyle isn't everyone's cup of tea; indeed, many players prefer pure PvP combat. However, for completing this specific challenge, PvE mode is undoubtedly the simplest and fastest route.
In PvE mode, you encounter a far greater number of ARC enemies than Raiders. Consequently, you naturally have more targets to attack, providing ample opportunity to rack up higher damage numbers.
If you do not need to earn Catch-up Skill Points, then your Stash Value is completely irrelevant for this round of challenges. Therefore, you can finally break out those items you‘ve been hoarding - such as Deadlines, Wolfpacks, and Seeker Grenades - without hesitation.
Whether it‘s Jupiter or other legendary-tier weapons, use them to your heart's content to help you deal explosive amounts of damage.
As for maps, I believe Riven Tides is your best bet; it currently boasts the highest density of ARC enemies of any map we‘ve seen so far.
Map Conditions like Close Scrutiny feature high enemy spawn rates around Assessor, which is highly conducive to completing your damage objectives. Additionally, missions like Vigilante Arc - thanks to their similarly high enemy spawn rates - make Night Raid another excellent option.
In short, any strategy that allows you to draw enemy attention or enables you to eliminate a larger number of ARC enemies within a single mission run is worth trying.
Catch up System
Returning Catch up System requires you to invest a certain amount of Coins and Stash Value. This mechanic previously appeared during past Expedition events: if you missed out on earning some Skill Points during a previous Expedition, you can use Catch-up System in the current Expedition to recover them - up to a maximum of 5 Skill Points.
Here is how it works: If you missed out on rewards from a previous Expedition, you must first complete the current damage challenge to earn the standard 5 Skill Points for this Expedition. Afterward, you can activate Catch up System by cumulatively spending resources; recovering each individual Skill Point needs 300,000 Coins. If you came away empty-handed from the previous expedition, you will need to expend a maximum of 1.5 million coins to recover all 5 missed Skill Points; if you missed only a single Skill Point, you need only spend 300,000 Coins to recover it.
Please note that the resource cost mentioned here is shared between your Stash Value and your Coins. Provided you possess sufficient resource reserves when setting out on a mission, these Skill Points are yours for the taking.
The sole critical prerequisite is this: you must first complete the damage challenge for the current expedition round to become eligible to claim Skill Points recovered via Catch up System.
Establishing your ARC Raiders Expedition Project is the foundational step for everything else; if you haven't done so already, now is the time for a final sprint to get it done. Whether your goal is to utilize Catch-Up System to recover precious Skill Points missed in the past, or simply to secure bountiful rewards, you must ensure you are fully prepared right now.
