Arc Raiders is a sprawling world of missions and quests that demand careful exploration, quick combat, and some level of planning. Quests come from five in-game NPC traders: Shani, who handles mobility gear and map access, Tian Wen, who provides weapons and combat challenges, Apollo, who supplies explosives and tactical equipment, Lance, who deals with healing items and medical supplies, and Celeste, who offers special operations from Speranza base.
Here's literally every single quest in the game, along with their objectives, rewards, details, and locations. Want to check out the full walkthrough of a quest? Simply click on it.
All 63 Arc Raiders quests
1. Picking Up The Pieces
- Trader: Shani
- Objective: Loot three containers
- Location: Any area with loot icons
- Details: Open any boxes, drawers, or containers across Dam Battlegrounds and most locations
- Rewards: Rattler III starter weapon, 80x Medium Ammo
2. Clearer Skies
- Trader: Apollo
- Objective: Destroy three ARC enemies and collect ARC Alloy
- Location: Any map
- Details: Standard combat encounter, ARC Alloy drops from defeated enemies
- Rewards: 3x Sterilized Bandage, Light Shield, Black Backpack cosmetic
3. Trash Into Treasure
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Obtain six Wires and one Battery
- Location: Electrical and technological areas
- Details: Look for square icons (electrical) and power icons (technological)
- Rewards: Tactical MK.1, 3x Adrenaline Shot
4. A Bad Feeling
- Trader: Shani
- Objective: Loot ARC Probe or ARC Courier
- Location: Scattered everywhere across maps
- Details: Probes beep loudly and are audible from distance; crashed probes count
- Rewards: 10x Metal parts, 5x Steel Spring, 5x Duct Tape
5. Off The Radar
- Trader: Shani
- Objective: Visit Field Depot and repair antenna
- Location: Field Depcots (outside major loot locations, The Dome)
- Details: Climb on top of Field Depot and repair antenna
- Rewards: 2x Defibrillator, Raider Hatch Key
6. The Right Tool
- Trader: Apollo
- Objective: Destroy one Fireball, one Turret, and one Hornet
- Location: Multiple locations
- Details: Fireballs and Turrets in Research and Administration; Hornets fly freely
- Rewards: Cheer Emote, Stitcher II, Extended Light Mag I
7. Safe Passage
- Trader: Apollo
- Objective: Destroy two ARC enemies using explosive grenades
- Location: Any map
- Details: Light Impact grenades recommended, effective against Pops
- Rewards: 5x Li'l Smoke Grenade, 3x Shrapnel Grenade, 3x Barricade Kit
8. Hatch Repairs
- Trader: Shani
- Objective: Locate hatches and repair valve
- Location: Scattered across all maps
- Details: Walk up to any hatch, repair the valve on its side, pick up nearby hatch key
- Rewards: Raider Hatch Key, Binoculars
9. A Better Use
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Find Call Station and request supply drop
- Location: Call Stations (scattered everywhere)
- Details: Call Stations are small and thin structures; not guaranteed spawns; use interactive maps
- Rewards: Extended Light Mag I, Stable Stock I, Muzzle Brake II
10. What Goes Around
- Trader: Apollo
- Objective: Destroy ARC enemy using Fireball Burner
- Location: Any map
- Details: Focus on slower targets like Pops; one to two kills sufficient
- Rewards: 3x Blaze Grenade, 2x Noisemaker Cans, Backpack Attachment cosmetic
11. Down To Earth
- Trader: Shani
- Objective: Deliver Field Crate to Field Depot
- Location: Field Depots
- Details: Field Crates spawn within ~50 meters of Field Depot; must extract successfully
- Rewards: Combat MK.1, Medium Shield
12. Sparks Fly
- Trader: Apollo
- Objective: Destroy Hornet with Trigger 'Nade or Snap Blast
- Location: Any map
- Details: Wait for Hornets to approach close before throwing grenade; aim carefully
- Rewards: Trigger Nade Blueprint, 4x Crude Explosives, 2x Processor
13. The Trifecta
- Trader: Apollo
- Objective: Destroy Hornet, Snitch, and Wasp; loot their drivers and scanners
- Location: Any map
- Details: All three are flying enemies found throughout maps
- Rewards: 1x Dam Control Tower Key, 2x Defibrillator, 1x Raider Hatch Key
14. Greasing Her Palms
- Trader: Celeste
- Objective: Complete three sub-missions across different maps
- Location: Multiple locations
- Details:
- Dam Battlegrounds: Enter locked room in Water Treatment Control with granted key
- Spaceport: Observe rocket turbines
- Buried City: Breach barricaded door on sixth floor of Space Travel Building
- Rewards: Lure Grenade Blueprint, 3x Speaker Component, 3x Electrical Components
15. Dormant Barons
- Trader: Apollo
- Objective: Loot one Baron Husk
- Location: Old Battlegrounds (Dam Battlegrounds)
- Details: Climb up the big Baron machine and loot from top; can be completed on any map with similar structures
- Rewards: (Specific rewards not detailed)
16. Doctor's Orders
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Collect two Antiseptic, one Syringe, one Durable Cloth, one Great Mullein
- Location: Multiple locations
- Details:
- Antiseptic and Syringes: Hospital, Buried City medical locations
- Durable Cloth: Found everywhere
- Great Mullein: Galleria plants on first and second floors
- Rewards: 3x Adrenaline Shot, 3x Sterilized Bandage, Surge Shield Recharger
17. Mixed Signals
- Trader: Apollo
- Objective: Destroy ARC Surveyor
- Location: Any map
- Details: Heavily armored rolling enemy that attempts fleeing; bring heavy ammo, Anvil, Feral, Showstopper; stun with Showstopper before escape; spot blue beam shooting up in sky from distance
- Rewards: Photoelectric Cloak, Raider Hatch Key
18. What We Left Behind
- Trader: Celeste
- Objective: Collect notes from three locations
- Location: Multiple locations
- Details:
- Dam Battlegrounds: South Swamp Outpost (pick up notes)
- Buried City: Parking Garage (breach locked door, search for two containers downstairs)
- Spaceport: Container Storage rooftop (hideout under yellow tarp)
- Rewards: Muzzle Brake II, Vertical Grip II, Stable Stock II
19. A First Foothold
- Trader: Celeste
- Objective: Complete four tasks on Blue Gate
- Location: Blue Gate
- Details:
- Enable comms terminal between Olive Grove and Highway Collapse
- Stabilize deck at Ridgeline
- Rotate satellite dishes on church roof northwest of Data Vault
- Interact with broken home roof at Trapper's Glade (dead center)
- Rewards: 3x Shrapnel Grenade, 3x Snap Blast Grenade, 3x Heavy Fuze Grenade
20. Broken Monument
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Find three items and deliver to Tian Wen
- Location: Scrapyard
- Details:
- Duct Tape: Near pipes in scrapyard center
- Compass: Between vehicle sections
- Field Rations: Northern container on the floor
- Death requires restarting mission
- Rewards: Arpeggio I, Compensator II, 80x Medium Ammo
21. Straight Record
- Trader: Celeste
- Objective: Investigate EMP trap and disable three generators
- Location: Victory Ridge (Dam Battlegrounds northwest)
- Details:
- Reach Victory Ridge
- Investigate EMP trap (Tesla tower-like structure)
- Disable first generator north of EMP trap
- Disable second generator (accessible via building parkour)
- Disable third generator south of EMP trap
- Reinvestigate EMP trap to complete
- Rewards: 5x Medium Gun Parts, 3x Advanced Mechanical Components
22. Marked For Death
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Follow footsteps from cache to interactable object
- Location: Su Durante Warehouses (Buried City)
- Details:
- Find cache beside warehouse
- Follow invisible footsteps behind cache
- Interact with object a few meters behind cache
- Do not follow red flags (they are misleading)
- Rewards: Shotgun Choke II, Angled Grip II
23. Reduced To Rubble
- Trader: Celeste
- Objective: Take highway photo and investigate ARC machines
- Location: Blue Gate
- Details:
- Take photo at Highway Collapse location (southwest)
- Proceed to Broken Earth location
- Follow trail of destruction
- Investigate ARC machines beneath the robot
- Rewards: Zipline, 3x Barricade Kit, 3x Doorblockers
24. Keeping the Memory
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Find helmet and deposit at memorial
- Location: Wreckage (Dam Battlegrounds)
- Details:
- Find helmet in plant northeast of dead robot
- Deposit at memorial west of plant
- Rewards: 5x Simple Gun Parts, 5x Duct Tape, 5x Magnet
25. Market Correction
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Interact with two trash bins
- Location: Marano Station (Buried City)
- Details:
- Identify newspaper station with red flags scattered around
- Interact with two trash bins behind it
- Rewards: Silencer II, Extended Light Mag I, Compensator I
26. Eyes on the Prize
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Rewire solar panel generator
- Location: Secluded rooftop terrace (Buried City southwest)
- Details:
- Locate rooftop with blue tarps
- Rewire generator using three Wires
- Rewards: Extended Shotgun Mag II, Extended Medium Mag II
27. Industrial Espionage
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Deposit and bug weapon cache
- Location: Gas Station (Buried City Industrial Zone)
- Details:
- Find weapon cache
- Deposit Burletta in cache
- Interact again to bug the weapon cache
- Rewards: 3x Mechanical Components, 3x Simple Gun Parts
28. Echoes of the Victory Ridge
- Trader: Celeste
- Objective: Loot battle plans from hidden hideout
- Location: West Broken Bridge (Victory Ridge area)
- Details:
- Go to west broken bridge
- Go underneath at collapsed section
- Locate hidden hideout under broken debris
- Loot box and collect battle plans
- Death requires restart
- Rewards: 6x Crude Explosives, 2x Processor, Music Box
29. Unexpected Initiative
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Collect fertilizer and water pump
- Location: Grandioso Apartments and Piazza Roma (Buried City)
- Details:
- Pick up fertilizer from Grandioso Apartments rooftop
- Retrieve water pump from tall building rooftops at Piazza Roma (not ground level)
- Extract with both items
- Rewards: IL Toro I, Shotgun Choke II
30. A Symbol of Unification
- Trader: Celeste
- Objective: Hoist flag at balcony
- Location: Formicai Outpost (Dam Battlegrounds)
- Details:
- Go to southmost location (Formicai Outpost)
- Enter building and loot flag from bag on bed
- Move to bigger room
- Hoist flag on balcony facing red lake
- Rewards: 3x Mod Components, 5x Duct Tape
31. The Major's Footlocker
- Trader: Celeste
- Objective: Loot memento box
- Location: Ruby Residence (Dam Battlegrounds west side)
- Details:
- Navigate to Ruby Residence west side building
- Find box on table on second or third floor
- Loot and extract with item
- Rewards: Hullcracker Blueprint
32. Out of Shadows
- Trader: Apollo
- Objective: Destroy Rocketeer and loot driver
- Location: Any map
- Details:
- Destroy Rocketeer
- Use one to two Wolf Pack grenades for solo completion
- Loot Rocketeer Driver and extract
- Rewards: 3x Surge Shield Recharger, 2x Wolfpack
33. Celeste's Journal
- Trader: Celeste
- Objective: Retrieve two journals from opposite map sides
- Location: Multiple locations
- Details:
- First journal: South Swamp Outpost (on top of beds)
- Second journal: Raider Outpost East (on top of beds)
- Extract with both journals successfully
- Death requires restart
- Rewards: Magnetic Accelerator, 3x Heavy Gun Parts, Exodus Modules
34. Back on Top
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Spray paint four walls across all maps
- Location: Multiple locations
- Details:
- Dam Battlegrounds: West side of Pattern House (bottom floor)
- Buried City: Mural northeast of Buried Properties
- Spaceport: Southwest wall of South Trench Tower
- Blue Gate: South wall of white tower southwest of Warehouse Complex
- Rewards: Renegade I, Stable Stock III, 80x Medium Ammo
35. Medical Merchandise
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Loot containers from medical locations
- Location: Multiple locations
- Details:
- Dam Battlegrounds: Research and Administration second floor (southwest corner medical room) - loot two containers
- Buried City: Hospital - loot three containers anywhere
- Spaceport: Departure Building second floor (northmost part, exam room) - loot two containers
- Rewards: (Specific rewards not detailed)
36. A Reveal In Ruins
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Loot ESR Analyzer from pharmacy
- Location: Any pharmacy (Plaza Rosa confirmed)
- Details:
- Enter pharmacy
- Find box behind counter
- Pick up item and extract
- Rewards: Tactical Mk. 3 (Healing), Surge Shield Recharger
37. With a Trace
- Trader: Celeste
- Objective: Investigate machines and communications device
- Location: Barren Clearing and Adorned Wreckage (Blue Gate)
- Details:
- Visit Barren Clearing
- Follow wires next to downed Baron husk
- Investigate machine
- Go to Adorned Wreckage (southeast)
- Inspect communications device on machine
- Rewards: Medium Shield
38. Our Presence Up There
- Trader: Celeste
- Objective: Enable power and boot antenna system
- Location: Pattern House and Control Tower (Dam Battlegrounds)
- Details:
- Enter Pattern House
- Flip power switch in electrical room (bottom floor)
- Climb to roof
- Interact with computer
- Use granted key to access Control Tower zipline
- Take zipline to top and interact with computer
- Bring key to complete
- Rewards: Buried City Town Hall Key, Raider Hatch Key, Jolt Mine
39. Lost in Transmission
- Trader: Celeste
- Objective: Reach top floor of Control Tower
- Location: Control Tower A6 (Spaceport)
- Details:
- Navigate to Control Tower A6
- Reach top floor
- Rewards: Snap Hook
40. A Lay of the Land
- Trader: Shani
- Objective: Collect shipping notes and scanner
- Location: Spaceport
- Details:
- Visit Jiangsu Warehouse
- Find shipping notes in foreman's office (second floor)
- Locate LiDAR Scanners on Control Tower A6 upper floor (avoid using zipline)
- Deliver to Shani
- Rewards: Dam Testing Annex Key, 3x Zipline, 2x Smoke Grenade
41. Communication Hideout
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Install battery and boot antenna terminal
- Location: Red Tower (Old Town, Buried City)
- Details:
- Navigate to Red Tower
- Go all the way down
- Find battery cell in backpack on opposite side of generator
- Install battery in generator
- Turn on generator
- Climb back up tower
- Boot antenna terminal on balcony one floor below tower top
- Rewards: Anvil III, 40x Heavy Ammo
42. Eyes in the Sky
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Install three LiDAR Scanners on three maps
- Location: Multiple locations
- Details:
- Dam Battlegrounds: Top of Galleria (zipline on tall sign, weapon box available)
- Spaceport: Communications Tower (climb ladder)
- Buried City: Research and Administration rooftop (climb tower to top)
- Rewards: Vita Spray, 5x Yellow Light Stick
43. A Balanced Harvest
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Read notes on desk
- Location: Research and Administration (Dam Battlegrounds)
- Details:
- Locate Lab 1 on upper floor (labeled, close to medical room from previous quests)
- Enter second room
- Read notes on desk
- Rewards: 3x Advanced Mechanical Components, 3x Medium Gun Parts, 10x Steel Spring
44. After Rain Comes
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Repair flooded solar panels
- Location: Beside Grandioso Apartments (Buried City)
- Details:
- Locate flooded solar panels
- Repair generator using five Wires and two Batteries
- Rewards: 5x Blue Light Stick, 3x Antiseptic, 5x Durable Cloth
45. Untended Garden
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Access data archives and upload to field depot
- Location: Hydroponic Dome Complex (Dam Battlegrounds)
- Details:
- Go to southmost dome
- Interact with computer
- Exit to field depot right outside dome
- Interact with second computer
- Rewards: 3x Advanced Mechanical Components, 3x Heavy Gun Parts, 5x Canister
46. The Root of the Matter
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Collect experimental seed sample
- Location: Research Building (Buried City)
- Details:
- Take zipline to top floor
- Enter room with great view
- Interact with seed vault machine on left side
- Extract with seed sample
- Rewards: 3x Advanced Mechanical Components, 3x Heavy Gun Parts, 3x Canister
47. Water Troubles
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Sample contaminated water
- Location: Flood Access Tunnel (Red Lake Balcony, Dam Battlegrounds)
- Details:
- Navigate to Red Lake Balcony
- Go under the access tunnel
- Follow through sewers
- Locate leaking pipe on far left corner
- Sample water
- Rewards: 3x Mechanical Components, 3x Simple Gun Parts, 3x Steel Spring
48. Source of the Contamination
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Interact with water treatment device
- Location: Water Treatment Building (Swamp area, Dam Battlegrounds)
- Details:
- Navigate to Water Treatment Building
- Locate interaction point in middle of sewer water
- Requires close approach
- Rewards: 5x Steel Spring, 5x Duct Tape, 1x Mod Components
49. Switching the Supply
- Trader: Tian Wen
- Objective: Turn yellow valve
- Location: Tunnel system (Spaceport)
- Details:
- Find tunnel system under Spaceport
- Locate collapsed section center
- Turn yellow valve underneath debris
- Heavily hidden location
- Rewards: 3x Synthesized Fuel
50. Into the Fray
- Trader: Apollo
- Objective: Destroy Leaper and loot pulse unit
- Location: Any map
- Details:
- Eliminate Leaper
- Use two Wolf Pack grenades for solo completion
- Loot Leaper Pulse Unit
- Rewards: Radio Renegade cosmetic, Burgerboy cosmetic, Vulcano III, 40x Shotgun Ammo
51. A Warm Place to Rest
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Follow markers and inspect grave
- Location: Abandoned Highway Camp (Buried City southwest)
- Details:
- Take zipline to Abandoned Highway Camp
- Follow red marker flags across entire bridge
- Continue following markers beyond bridge
- Inspect grave at final location
- Extended travel mission
- Rewards: 3x Noisemaker, 5x Blue Light Stick
52. Prescriptions of the Past
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Read records on desk
- Location: Departure Building (Spaceport)
- Details:
- Navigate to Departure Building
- Find Medical Exam Room on second floor
- Read records on desk
- Rewards: Heavy Shield, Tactical Mk. 3 (Healing)
53. Power Out
- Trader: Shani
- Objective: Install fuse and enable power
- Location: Electrical Substation (Spaceport south)
- Details:
- Find Electrical Substation
- Locate missing fuse/battery box in center
- Carry to generator behind it
- Interact to install fuse
- Turn on machinery
- Rewards: 5x Wires, 5x Explosive Compound, 5x Oil
54. Flickering Threat
- Trader: Shani
- Objective: Repair generator and flip power switch
- Location: Generator Room (Dam Battlegrounds)
- Details:
- Enter Generator Hall (downstairs)
- Repair generator using four Wires (glowing yellow wires mark location)
- Climb stairs and turn left
- Flip power switch under ventilation shaft
- Rewards: 5x Medium Gun Parts, 3x Advanced Mechanical Components
55. Bees!
- Trader: Shani
- Objective: Interact with beehives
- Location: Southwest Shack (Olive Grove, Blue Gate)
- Details:
- Navigate to Olive Grove
- Locate southwest shack with beehives
- Interact to complete instantly
- Rewards: Advanced Electrical Components, 3x Sensors
56. Espresso
- Trader: Shani
- Objective: Interact with espresso machine
- Location: Any cafe (Plaza Rosa confirmed)
- Details:
- Find cafe with "Cafe" sign
- Locate espresso machine on counter
- Interact to salvage parts
- Extract with parts
- Rewards: Coffee Pot cosmetic, 3x Adrenaline Shot
57. Life of a Pharmacist
- Trader: Shani
- Objective: Document four items in pharmacy
- Location: Arbusto Farmacia (Plaza Rosa area, Buried City)
- Details:
- Breach locked pharmacy via rooftop
- Document piano against wall (upstairs)
- Document painting/picture (upstairs corner)
- Document plant on desk (adjacent room)
- Document pharmacist's food table (under stairs)
- Five documentation points required
- Rewards: Defibrillator, Surge Shield Recharger, 3x Sterilized Bandage
58. Tribute to Toledo
- Trader: Shani
- Objective: Obtain and deliver Power Rod
- Location: Various locations
- Details:
- Option 1: Loot generators in electrical/industrial areas (extremely rare chance)
- Option 2: Recycle Snap Hook for guaranteed Power Rod (also gives rope)
- Rewards: 5x Magnet, 2x Advanced Mechanical Components, 3x Synthesized Fuel
59. Digging Up Dirt
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Interact with fountain
- Location: Santa Maria Houses courtyard (Old Town, Buried City)
- Details:
- Navigate to Santa Maria Houses
- Access courtyard through neighboring house rooftop
- Go through attic then down to Santa Maria House
- Interact with fountain-like object in center
- Rewards: 2x Advanced Electrical Components, 4x Speaker Component
60. Building a Library
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Collect three books and extract
- Location: Library (City Center, Buried City)
- Details:
- Second floor: Adventure book on right bookshelf (ascending stairs)
- Second floor: Detective book on subsequent bookshelf past adventure book
- Ground floor: Romance book downstairs by fallen shelves at window (difficult to spot, render at close distance)
- Must extract with all three books
- Extract point available nearby
- Rewards: Jolt Mine, Heavy Fuze Grenade
61. Turnabout
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Interact with computer
- Location: North Trench Tower (Spaceport northeast)
- Details:
- Bring granted North Trench Tower key
- Navigate to building
- Enter and find computer on floor directly above entrance
- Location contains abundant loot
- Rewards: 2x Heavy Gun Parts, 2x Medium Gun Parts
62. A New Type of Plant
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Collect plant specimen
- Location: Old Battleground (Dam Battlegrounds)
- Details:
- Find plant near dead/rusty Baron Husk
- Spawn location varies nearby husk
- Extract with plant to complete
- Rewards: Vita Shot, 5x Antiseptic
63. Armored Transports
- Trader: Lance
- Objective: Unlock armored transport
- Location: Checkpoint tunnel (Blue Gate)
- Details:
- Go to Checkpoint location
- Search guard huts for Armored Patrol Key Card
- Place key in safe pocket (reports of loss upon death if in backpack)
- Enter tunnel
- Find and unlock rear door of locked armored transport
- Most transports are empty; persistence required
- Risk losing key if dying before completion
- Rewards: 3x Smoke Grenade, 3x Defibrillator
And that's the last of it! We hope you had as fun with the game as we did. Wanna go again? See you topside.
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