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Arc Raiders Beginner's Guide: Tips from a 250-Hour Player!
A comprehensive guide for Arc Raiders beginners. Provides tips on settings, farming, skills, weapon selection, and other useful things to know in the early game. This guide will help beginners speed up their game progress and avoid common mistakes.
1. ⚙️ Control Settings and Audio Settings to Maximize Combat Efficiency
- ✅ Crouch/Slide: Assign to a mouse button to improve mobility during combat.
- ✅ Dodge: Assign to a mouse button to increase survivability.
- ✅ Shoulder Swap: Assign to mouse wheel click to enable quick response to situations.
- ✅ Weapon Swap: Assign to mouse wheel up/down to increase weapon switching speed.
- ✅ Audio Settings: Enable 'Night Mode' to make it easier to identify footsteps and enemy locations.
00:25 - 02:08
1. ⚙️ Control Settings and Audio Settings to Maximize Combat Efficiency
- ✅ Crouch/Slide: Assign to a mouse button to improve mobility during combat.
- ✅ Dodge: Assign to a mouse button to increase survivability.
- ✅ Shoulder Swap: Assign to mouse wheel click to enable quick response to situations.
- ✅ Weapon Swap: Assign to mouse wheel up/down to increase weapon switching speed.
- ✅ Audio Settings: Enable 'Night Mode' to make it easier to identify footsteps and enemy locations.
02:10 - 03:18
2. ✔️ Utilizing Resource Tracking and Setting Crafting Priorities
- ✅ Resource Tracking: Track the resources you need to increase acquisition efficiency.
- ✅ How to Track: Select the item you need to craft and press the 'Track' button.
- ✅ In-Game Display: Tracked resources are displayed with a special icon in the game.
| Workbench | Priority | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Refinery | 1st Priority | Can produce advanced crafting materials |
| Equipment Workbench | 2nd Priority | Can craft various shields |
| Gun Workbench | 3rd Priority | Acquire new weapon blueprints |
04:29 - 06:13
3. 🤔 Mental Management Tips: A Mindset of Enjoying the Game Without Obsessing Over Items
- ✅ Items are Borrowed: Don't get too attached to the items you acquire.
- ✅ Proactive Use: If you get a good item, don't hesitate to use it proactively.
- ✅ Overcome the Fear of Losing: Don't be discouraged if you lose an item, accept it as part of the game's cycle.
- ✅ Enjoy the Process: Enjoy the process of acquiring, upgrading, using, and losing.
Core Mindset: "Loot is not ours, but borrowed for a while. If we make fun memories and return it, better loot will come back."
06:14 - 08:11
4. 🔫 Recommended Cost-Effective Weapons for Beginners
- ✅ Importance of Gray Grade Weapons: Gray grade weapons are powerful enough in the early stages.
| Weapon | Grade | Features | Recommended Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharaoh | Gray | Uses heavy ammo | Effective in PVE, cheap to upgrade |
| Stitcher | Gray | - | Powerful in PVP, comparable performance to Bobcat |
08:12 - 09:07
5. 🚀 XP Earning Strategies for Fast Leveling
- ✅ Every Action is XP: All actions, such as looting and interacting, provide experience.
- ✅ Repeat Actions: Repeat actions that your teammates have already completed to earn experience.
- ✅ No Team Sharing: Experience is not shared with teammates, so you must act directly.
09:08 - 10:10
6. 💣 Effective Gadget Usage: Selecting and Using Gadgets for the Situation
- ✅ Importance of Gadget Use: Don't hesitate to use gadgets proactively.
- ✅ Recommended Gadgets:
- Stun Mine: Secure safety in PVP
- Zipline: Useful for positioning
- Smoke Grenade: Secure safety when escaping or attacking enemies
- Heavy Fuse Grenade: Effective in PVP
- Door Blocker: Easy to escape in chase situations
- ✅ Understand Gadget Performance: Understand the performance of gadgets to prepare for enemy use.
10:11 - 11:15
7. 💰 Merchant Usage Tips: Visit Merchants Daily to Exchange Items
- ✅ Merchant Visit: Visit merchants daily to exchange items.
- ✅ Celeste: You can exchange various seeds for consumables.
- ✅ Daily Reset: The merchant's products are reset daily.
- ✅ Main Exchange Items: Useful for exchanging basic materials such as metal parts.
11:16 - 12:46
8. 🍎 Scrappy Leveling Guide: Utilizing Fruit Acquisition Events
- ✅ Scrappy Level Up: Quickly level up Scrappy to get free materials.
- ✅ Fruit Acquisition: Fruits needed to level up Scrappy can be obtained from specific events.
- ✅ Website Utilization: Check the event schedule at metaforge.app/arc-raiders.
- ✅ Event Participation: Participate in events with a high probability of acquiring fruit, such as the 'Lush Blooms' event.
12:47 - 17:26
9. 💪 Recommended Skill Tree: Solo Play and Farming Specialized Build
- ✅ Recommended Skills for Solo Play:
- Security Breach: Access locked locations to acquire high-value items
- Looter's Luck: Increases the chance of finding 2 items in a container at the same time
- Broad Shoulders: Increase maximum weight limit
- Traveling Tinkerer: Add items that can be crafted outdoors
- Looter's Instinct: Increases container search speed
- ✅ Recommended Skill Tree:
- Survival (Red) Tree: Optimized for solo play
- Athletics (Yellow) Tree: Take 'Young Lungs' and 'Marathon Runner' early, then move to the red tree
- Strength (Green) Tree: 'Armed' skill helps carry heavy weapons
| Skill | Effect |
|---|---|
| Security Breach | Access to locked locations |
| Looter's Luck | Increased chance of acquiring 2 items simultaneously |
| Armed | Reduces weight when carrying heavy weapons |