A Lay of the Land quest walkthrough in Arc Raiders

Arc Raiders lay of the land — (Image credit: Embark Studios)

A Lay of the Land in Arc Raiders is a quest set in the Spaceport map where you have to find Shipping Notes in Jiangsu Warehouse, then discover a LiDAR scanner in Control Tower A6, a high loot location that you need to treat with care or else risk getting killed. Spaceport in general is pretty dangerous, with long sightlines and open spaces that can leave you easy to spot by both players and robots alike, so you need to make sure that you're ready to deal with these threats one way or another, either by stealthing past them, fighting them directly, or teaming up with people to help you. Whatever your approach, here's what you need to do in the quest A Lay of the Land, and where the integral shipping notes and LiDAR scanners are hiding.

How to complete A Lay of the Land in Arc Raiders

A Lay of the Land is broken up into several steps across the Arc Raiders Spaceport map, but you need to complete all steps and extract successfully in a single run.

Find the Shipping Notes in Jiangsu Warehouse: The warehouse is a minor location at the North side of the map. Once you reach it, go to the second floor on the Northwest side of the building, so you're in an office overlooking the sandy warehouse. On the desk should be an option to "collect notes".

Locate the scanners on the upper floor of Control Tower A6: This high loot area is Southeast of the Launch Towers. Enter the east side of the building with the statue (shown above) and go up the stairs behind it. Go to the next floor up, and follow the South wall until you find a bunch of boxes near some office dividers. Interact with them to get the LiDAR scanner and add it to your inventory.

At this point you need to successfully extract with the LiDAR scanner, though if you're not using a free loadout in Arc Raiders you can just put it in your Safe Pocket so you can successfully complete the mission no matter what happens.

The challenge of this mission is that Jiangsu Warehouse and Control Tower A6 are pretty far apart, so if you spawn into a game without much time left, or if you're far away from the warehouse, you might need to sprint across the map – risking death in the process. That goes double once you reach the Control Tower, which as a high loot area, is likely to be a hotspot of activity. If you're worried about players getting violent, check out our Arc Raiders tips, which includes helpful advice on not getting attacked.

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