What to know

  • Week 5 Trials in ARC Raiders run from November 24 to December 1, 2025.
  • The challenges include damaging specific ARC enemies, downloading data during a Hidden Bunker event, and searching First Wave Husks.
  • Efficient map selection and route planning are essential to completing all five tasks quickly and achieving three stars.

ARC Raiders’ Week 5 Trials bring a fresh set of five challenges for players to tackle in extraction missions, focusing on combat and objective completion. These Trials offer rewards, including Epic-tier loot, encouraging players to seek efficient ways to combine challenges in a single session.

Week 5 trials challenges and objectives

The five active tasks for Week 5 are:

  • Damage Rocketeers: These flying enemies are armored and challenging; using heavy ammunition or weapons like the Wolfpack is effective.
  • Download data during Hidden Bunker: This requires completing data downloads inside the Hidden Bunker area, which often demands careful timing and map familiarity.
  • Search First Wave Husks: Players must find and interact with these special Husk enemies as part of the trial.
  • Damage Snitches: Smaller flying ARCs known as Snitches need to be damaged to progress.
  • Damage ground-based ARC enemies: This includes damaging several types of ground units such as Bastions, Bombardiers, Leapers, Queens, and Matriarchs.

Each task must be completed in a single raid for progress to count, and points toward three-star ranks accumulate only within that session.

How to efficiently complete week 5 trials

Players benefit from planning routes that let them tackle multiple objectives simultaneously. Recommended strategies include:

  • Dam Battlegrounds Route: Starting at Hydrophonic Dome for Rocketeers and Snitches, moving to Testing Annex for possible repeat spawns, then Old Battlegrounds to search for First Wave Husks. This route covers three challenges effectively.
  • Buried City Ground ARC Run: Concentrate on the Marano Park area to target multiple ground-based ARC enemies like Leapers and Bastions quickly.
  • Spaceport Map: Best for Hidden Bunker data downloads and farming flying ARCs, with adjustments for the current event timers.

It is advised to bring high ARC Armor Penetration weapons to deal damage quickly and handle varied enemy types. Using knowledge of enemy spawn locations and prioritizing targets will maximize time efficiency.