Hunting for rare blueprints, powerful guns, and valuable loot is at the core of ARC Raiders. From secret stashes tucked away in rooftops to PvP-filled workshops, knowing where to search and how to move can fill your stash with legendaries, epics, and must-have gear. This extensive guide, built from direct player experience, will map out the highest-yield locations, overlooked solo hideouts, and optimal loot routes across every map.
ARC Raiders Best Loot Spots & Routes Ranked
Loot runs in ARC Raiders have become more dynamic, with players flooding high-value spots the instant a lobby starts. You need to be fast, adaptable, and know exactly where to head for blueprints, gear, and high-quality guns. The game features a mix of intense PvP loot zones, like Stella Montis, and secret or underrated locations on maps such as Blue Gate, Dam Battlegrounds, Space Port, and Buried City. Across all maps, loot containers, breach rooms, lockers, and hidden cubbies provide opportunities to gather rare items and blueprints in Arc Raiders, if you know where to look. Let’s break it down map by map, ranking the best spots, secret solo stashes, and top loot routes.
Arc Raiders Best Solo Secret Loot Locations on Each Map
For players who prefer to avoid the crowds and maximize loot with minimal PvP, these solo-friendly hidden spots on every map offer high-value blueprints, guns, weapons, legendaries, epics, and rare items in areas that are often overlooked or hard to reach. Below, we sort out the S-tier loot spots on every map in Arc Riders right now:
Best Loot Spots in Buried City
Secret Rooftop Apartment - Access this room by reaching the roof of the correct building and making a tricky jump through a window. Inside, you’ll find high-value drawers, a grenade case, and sometimes a weapon crate. Nighttime runs are particularly lucrative for legendary attachments and blueprints.
Plaza Rosa & Piazza Arbusto - These two buildings are loaded with cabinets, lockers, and unique item spawns. Expect to find attachments, utility items, and valuables. These spots are busy early on, so move quickly if you want the best loot.
Hospital (Top Left Building) - This area is filled with cabinets, lockers, and safes. It’s a hotspot that attracts players immediately, so be cautious. The loot here can easily net you tens of thousands in value if you get in and out safely.
Library - With lockers spread across multiple floors, the library consistently provides epics, mixtapes, and crafting mats. It’s rarely picked clean even late in the raid, making it a reliable stop for attachments and valuables.
Laboratory (Industrial Area) - Head to the laboratory for rusted gear spawns, medical cases, and additional utility items. The third floor often holds rare rusted gear.
Between Buried Properties and Piaza - A tucked-away nook between these locations rarely gets looted. Cabinets here can spawn blueprints at night, making it a sleeper pick for quiet runs.
Crown Building South of Highway - This crown-marked building features a breachable door. Inside you’ll find safes, cabinets, and a duffel bag, great for attachments and valuables.
Tower Rooftops (Night Only) - Certain towers spawn weapon crates at night, often used for quests. These crates are easy to miss and can reward blueprints and rare guns.
Morano Station (South) - A breachable door south of the station leads to a room with a grenade chest and two breachables. It’s one of the top loot rooms in the departure building.
Parking Garage Basement - Hidden raider camp with weapon cases and valuable loot, entered via breachable door or snap hook window.
Santa Maria's House - Lockers and weapon crates spawn here, including rare rusted gear and attachments.
North Morano Station Breach Room - Western side breachable door with weapon case, grenade case, med duffel, ammo case, and breach containers.
Three-Building Parkour Chain - Attic window, street-level window, rope to top-floor kitchen, scrap bridge to roof, then zipline into a room with two weapon cases and more.
U-shaped Building (South) - Entered by jumping to the second-floor window from the north building’s top window; great for weapon cases and containers.
Red Tower - Red lockers and containers, plus security breach for rare blueprints.
Best Loot Spots in Dam Battlegrounds
Power Generation Complex (Underground, Night) - Bring a power rod to access this locked room, especially at night. Inside you’ll encounter wolf packs, lockers, grenades, and plenty of high-tier loot including blueprints, gun parts, and medkits.
RNA Research and Administration - Take the stairs up to open dozens of lockers and containers. Blue lockers here regularly drop purple loot, mixtapes, and essential crafting resources.
Hidden Bridge Cubby - Vault-drop trick at the northern bridge yields weapon cases, med bags, and more.
Floodgates Breach Room - Lower the bridge from the control tower to access a breachable room with high-value loot and weapon cases.
Southern Cylindrical Tower - Weapon case spawns on both desk and upper shelving, parkour or snap hook/zipline needed.
Assembly Workshops - This dense area is packed with loot but is also a PvP hotspot. If you’re quick and careful, you can score valuable items and crafting mats.
Electrical Substations - Ideal for gathering batteries and power cells, these substations are low-conflict and often overlooked.
Server Rooms (Within Research/Admin) - Farm processors, batteries, and wires for augments and crafting. These rooms offer a steady supply of mid-tier materials.
Water Towers - Two towers with weapon case spawns on top, rarely checked and require zipline or snap hook.
Research & Administration - Packed with red lockers, batteries, attachments, and crafting materials.
Green Locker Rooms and Duffel Bag Bunkers - Certain green lockers and duffel bag spawns—such as in bunkers or tubes, can yield guaranteed purple items and some of the best loot in the game.
Best Loot Spots in Blue Gate
Maintenance Wing (Underground, Behind Checkpoint) - Head to the back of the underground area, near the zipline, to find a breachable room packed with medical bags, blue cases, breach containers, and plenty of loose loot. This area is often ignored by other players.
Underground Security Wing - Densely packed with weapon crates, breach containers, lockers, and suitcases; best for pink augment blueprints.
Red Room - Unlockable with three power banks, contains a weapon container, blueprints, and rare loot.
Church Puzzle Rooms - Completing puzzles here opens hatches that contain duffel bags, weapon crates, security breach boxes, and cabinets. These loot rooms can dish out blueprints, augments, and attachments, especially at night.
Highway Collapse (Bus & Underpass) - Weapon case in the bus, raider containers, backpacks under highway, and secret ledge with grenade tube and med bag.
Ancient Fort and Ruined Buildings (South and East) - Search outposts and ruined buildings for batteries, security lockers, and weapon crates. The ancient fort itself also hosts security lockers and other valuable loot spots.
Village (Top Left) - Loot the residential village for duct tape, light bulbs, jewelry, and other valuable residential items. It’s a dependable spot for basic valuables.
Olive Grove - A solid spot for farming trees and gathering items that can be sold for cash.
Maintenance Bunker - The bunker features a security case and other loot containers. It’s a good secondary stop if you’re already nearby.
Best Loot Spots in Space Port
Vehicle Maintenance Area - This quieter area on the first elevated floor has red lockers, a weapon crate spawn, and up to four breach containers. The room above it is also lootable with additional containers and desks.
Southwest Roof of Arrival Building - Ladder-accessible, safer weapon case, med duffel, grenade case, and ammo.
Container Storage - Packed with crates and lockers on both floors, this area is often contested but yields a large amount of weapons, attachments, and valuables.
Medical Area - Loaded with lockers, cabinets, and safes, this spot is particularly profitable at night. There’s also a weapon crate spawn at the bottom of the elevator.
Launch Tower (Bottom Lockers) - Ignore the rush to the top and instead loot the blue lockers at the tower’s base. These are mostly ignored by others and contain blue items and crafting materials.
Space Tower Tunnels - Sprint through these tunnels under the tower for red lockers and a shot at rare blueprints or volcano drops.
Departure Building (Top Floor) - Loot every container at the top floor before extracting. This route is simple and effective for filling your inventory with useful items.
Fuel Lines Pipe - Unique vertical pipe with weapon case.
Rope-Access Towers - Security lockers, weapon case, and loot containers.
Best Loot Spots in Stella Montis
Assembly Workshop (Rocket Thrusters) - Breach the two rocket thrusters—one requires parkour, the other is easily accessible. Both can drop exodus modules and purple materials, and are usually less contested than other areas.
Toolboxes and Breachables Around Workshop - Loot every white and yellow toolbox and breach every container in the assembly workshop area. Even late in the raid, these are often untouched and can provide epic crafting mats.
Secret Bags (Outside Workshop) - Check for secret bags hidden outside the main workshop. These can be a source of extra materials or valuables.
Raider Hatch Extraction Point - After gathering loot, use the nearby raider hatch extraction to escape quickly and safely with your haul.
Staff Room - Breachable door in the center leads to lockers, medbags, and grenade cases.
Security Checkpoint (East) - Multi-level breachable loot area with abundant containers, higher PvP risk but great rewards.
Arc Raiders Best Loot Spots for Blueprints & Guns
Some locations in ARC Raiders consistently deliver high-value blueprints, rare guns, and top-tier gear if you know where to look. Below you'll find a detailed list of the very best loot spots across every map, each offering unique advantages for those quick enough to farm the best blueprints and guns:
1. Stella Montis: Assembly Workshop Rocket Thrusters
The Assembly Workshop is described as “overtuned” but worth the risk for PvP and loot. Two rocket thrusters, one requiring parkour, another accessible by a simple jump, can be breached for Exodus modules, epic mats, and purples. People usually overlook these, especially late in a lobby, but “one run can grant enough mats to make 16 Tempests.” After looting, you can use the raider hatch key for a safe and fast extraction.
2. Secret Rooftop Apartment (Buried City)
Accessible only by reaching the rooftop, sliding down a ladder, and making a sideways jump, this apartment is “pretty insane to get to.” It features drawers at the back that drop legendary attachments and purples, especially at night. Weapon crates, grenade cases, and ammo cases also spawn here. Night runs here have a high chance for rare blueprints.
3. Plaza Rosa and Library (Buried City)
Plaza Rosa offers “very, very good loot” and is loaded with lockers and containers. “One cycle down this, you’re going to find one epic 100%.” The adjacent library, especially the lower floor by the water pump, is rarely looted late in the game and spawns multiple lockers and explosive compounds. These locations are especially strong for blueprints and epics.
4. Parking Garage Basement (Buried City)
Situated between space travel and the hospital, the basement of the parking garage is a “hidden raider camp.” It’s accessible via a breachable door or a snap hook. Weapon cases and high-value loot spawn here, and the location is fairly discreet, making it a great stash for rare items.
5. Santa Maria’s House (Buried City)
This house contains lockers, and you can find rusted gear and attachments, plus weapon crates on the bottom floor. The area is known for spawning a variety of gear, including rare blueprints and anvil weapons.
6. North Morano Station Breach Room (Buried City)
A breachable door on the western side of this structure can contain a potential weapon case, grenade case, medical duffel bag, ammo case, and two breach containers. This combo makes it one of the top rooms for sneaky blueprint farming.
7. Three-Building Parkour Chain (Buried City)
This sequence involves entering an attic window, dropping to a street-level window for another weapon case, and then using a rope to reach a top-floor kitchen. From there, you cross a scrap bridge to the roof, then zipline into a room with two weapon case spawns, grenade cases, and more. This parkour-heavy chain is a sleeper pick for loot.
8. U-shaped Building (South, Buried City)
Reachable by jumping into a second-floor window from the adjacent north building’s top window, this room offers multiple weapon case spawns and high-value containers. It’s a prime location for blueprints and gear.
9. Red Tower (Buried City)
The red tower is another solid loot source, containing red lockers and several containers both inside and out. Security breaches here can net rare blueprints, and it’s a classic late-game stop for many players.
10. Power Generation Complex (Underground, Night Only)
Bring a power rod at night for access to a locked room “stacked” with wolf packs, blue loot, a ton of lockers, volcano and renegade blueprints, rusted medkits, and complex gun parts. This is a prime location for rare guns and blueprints.
11. Hidden Bridge Cubby (Dam Battlegrounds)
At the end of the northern bridge, turn around, backpedal off the ledge, and vault into a hidden cubby. Here, weapon cases, medical bags, ammo cases, and grenade cases spawn. This spot is rarely visited and is excellent for sneaky looting.
12. Floodgates (Dam Battlegrounds)
From the northwest side of the control tower, enter, lower the bridge, and breach the room across. Inside, find higher-than-average value loot, including weapon cases. There are additional breachable doors further in, but the first is the most valuable.
13. Southern Cylindrical Tower (Dam Battlegrounds)
This large tower can have a weapon case on the first floor desk and another on the shelving unit upstairs. Parkour or a snap hook/zipline is required for upper access, making this spot less contested.
14. Water Towers (Dam Battlegrounds)
A group of four towers—specifically the bottom left and the one under “here” on the map—each have weapon case spawns on their tops. These are rarely checked, as they require a snap hook or zipline to reach.
15. Research and Administration (Dam Battlegrounds)
This area is not just for experience runs; it is packed with lockers and rooms containing blue loot, batteries, gun parts, and attachments. Focus on red lockers here for a higher chance at attachments and crafting materials.
16. Underground Security Wing (Bluegate)
Described as “the best place to find the pink augment blueprints,” this spot is fiercely contested, especially at the start of a match. Weapon crates, breach containers, lockers, and suitcase spawns are all densely packed here. Rush this area for blueprint chances.
17. Underground Maintenance Wing (Bluegate)
Quieter than the security wing, but still loaded with medbags, weapon crates, lockers, breach containers, and ammo boxes. The maintenance wing is less contested and still provides chances for blueprints and high-value loot.
18. Red Room (Bluegate)
Unlockable with three power banks, this red room can have a weapon container, blueprints, and rare loot. It’s sometimes bugged, but always worth attempting when available.
19. Highway Collapse (Bus, Underpass, Tunnel)
Weapon case spawns are found in the bus at the broken highway, with raider containers and backpacks underneath the highway and in the tunnel. A secret underhanging ledge can be reached by backstepping off the edge and vaulting, where grenade tubes and medbags often spawn.
20. Village (Bluegate)
This residential area at the map’s top left is loaded with duct tape, light bulbs, jewelry, and residential materials. Loot all drawers, trash cans, breach boxes, and rooftop rooms for valuables and fast cash.
21. Vehicle Maintenance (Spaceport)
On the first floor, the back room has red lockers and a weapon crate, while a breachable room above features more containers. This area is lower risk and often ignored by most players.
22. Arrival Building (Southwest Roof and Breach Rooms)
The arrival building is a classic high-value zone. The southwestern roof, accessible by ladder, is safer and can contain a weapon case, med duffel, grenade case, and ammo. The breach rooms on the ground and second floor are high-yield but more contested.
23. Fuel Lines Pipe (Spaceport)
A vertical pipe in the fuel lines area contains a unique weapon case spawn. This location is easy to miss but can yield rare items.
24. Container Storage (Spaceport)
Container storage is packed with crates and lockers, but it’s heavily contested early on. If you can reach it undisturbed, you’ll find plenty of loot.
25. Medical Area (Spaceport)
The medical wing has lockers, safes, breachables, and a weapon crate at the bottom of the elevator. This spot is especially lucrative on night maps.
26. Rope-Access Towers (Spaceport)
Several towers reachable by rope offer security lockers, weapon case spawns, and loot containers. These can be risky due to line-of-sight, but provide good loot.
27. Staff Room (Stella Montis)
A breachable door in the central area leads to a staff room packed with lockers, medbags, and grenade cases. While Stella Montis is PvP-heavy, this room is often less contested than the main workshop.
28. Security Checkpoint (East, Stella Montis)
This checkpoint offers multi-floor breachable loot areas, with tons of containers and blueprints, but expect to fight for your haul, as it’s a notorious PvP hotspot.
Arc Raiders Best Solo Loot Routes
Going solo doesn't mean settling for scraps, these carefully mapped routes let you sweep through the richest blueprints, weapons, and materials while minimizing PvP risk. Here’s how to chart your own path for the best solo loot runs on every major map.
Best Bluegate Loot Route: The Ultimate Underground & Overground Solo Run
Start underground at the security wing, since this area is most likely to be contested early. Head straight for the breachable room inside, where you’ll find a weapon crate and a solid chance for blueprint drops, especially pink augment blueprints. Open all security lockers, suitcases, and containers nearby, then interact with the computer terminal (color puzzle) and follow the marked lines for extra loot from the supply call location.
Continue into the maintenance wing for medbag spawns, lockers, breach containers, and additional weapon crate spots, this side is less likely to be looted early.
Unlock the red room if you can gather the three power banks, as it can yield rare blueprints and loot, though it may be bugged in some runs.
Finish the underground section by checking all lockers, breach boxes, and ammo crates along the way.
Move topside to the warehouse complex, data vault, and head house, searching for backpack and weapon case spawns at each.
Follow the outer gates and check the green couch for a weapon crate, then hit the highway collapse, loot the bus, check underneath for medbags and breach containers, and drop off the ledge for a secret stash with grenades and cases.
Close your run at adorned wreckage for a final weapon case, then extract using the nearby hatch key for a safe finish.
Best Buried City Loot Route: Rooftop & Urban Parkour Solo Circuit
Begin at the secret rooftop apartment, accessed by sliding down a ladder and making a tricky side jump, this room is packed with drawers, weapon crates, and legendaries, especially at night.
Sweep Plaza Rosa and the library, looting every locker and explosive compound (the library’s bottom floor often goes untouched late in a match).
Drop down to the parking garage basement, using a breach or snap hook to enter the hidden raider camp for weapon cases and valuables.
Execute the three-building parkour chain:
- First, enter the attic window for a weapon case.
- Drop to the street-level window in the next building for another case.
- Use the rope to reach a top-floor kitchen, then cross the scrap bridge to the roof.
- Zipline into a secret room with two weapon cases, grenade cases, and containers.
Hit the U-shaped building (south) by jumping across to the second-floor window for more weapon cases and high-value loot.Check Santa Maria’s House, the red tower, and north Morano Station breach room for attachments, blueprints, and crates.
Prioritize night runs for the best shot at purple and legendary loot.
Finish by extracting via hatch key or a nearby point, ensuring your haul is safe.
Best Dam Battlegrounds Loot Route: Night Power & Hidden Stash Route
Bring a power rod and immediately head for the underground power generation complex, at night, the locked room here is stacked with wolf packs, blues, lockers, and rare blueprints like volcano and renegade.
Check the hidden bridge cubby at the northern bridge by backpedaling and vaulting into the ledge for weapon cases, medbags, and more.
Visit floodgates by lowering the bridge from the control tower and breaching the room for high-value loot and weapon cases.
Climb the southern cylindrical tower and water towers (with snap hook or zipline) to grab rare weapon cases that most players skip.
Swing through research and administration for red lockers, batteries, gun parts, and attachments to round out your run.
Extract when full or if PvP tension rises.
Best Space Port Loot Route: Vehicle & Medical Solo Sweep
Start at vehicle maintenance, looting the first floor red lockers and weapon crate, then breach the room above for more.
Check the fuel lines pipe for a hidden weapon case, and hit the rope-access towers for security lockers and containers.
Climb to the southwest roof of the arrival building (using the ladder) for a safer weapon case, med duffel, and more.
Visit container storage if the area is clear, as it’s packed with crates and lockers but can be heavily contested.
Sweep the medical wing for lockers, safes, breachables, and the elevator-bottom weapon crate, especially on night maps.
Finish up at the rope-access towers, these can be risky but are often overlooked later in the raid.
Leave via the closest extraction or raider hatch for a secure finish.
Best Stella Montis Loot Route: Assembly Workshop Blitz
Rush the Assembly Workshop and focus on breaching the two rocket thrusters— one requires parkour, the other is a straightforward jump. Both are crammed with Exodus modules, epic mats, and purples, often overlooked by others.
Check the adjacent staff room via the breachable door for lockers, medbags, and grenade cases; be quick, as Stella Montis is notorious for rapid respawns and PvP encounters.
If you’re feeling bold, swing by the multi-level security checkpoint for even more loot, but prioritize speed and extraction.
Extract using the raider hatch key for maximum safety and minimal risk after securing your haul.