Arc Raiders blueprints are arguably the most valuable item you can find and extract with, as these allow you to build new weapons and equipment back at your Workshop indefinitely, as long as you have the pieces to do so. With dozens of them to find though, having a good blueprint farming method will allow you to quickly start building up a strong book of crafting recipes, including rare devices like the Snap Hook and Bettina assault rifle.
Best Blueprint farming method
Blueprints are found randomly in the world and are never guaranteed or impossible, but we've found the best results for blueprint farming in medium or high loot value Residential and Commercial areas during Night Raids. The best option of these appears to be The Blue Gate Village area, for reasons we'll address below. However, it can also include any of the following locations:
- Dam Battlegrounds
- Research and Administration
- Testing Annex
- Buried City
- Space Travel
- Library
- Plaza Rosa
- Grandioso Apartments
- Spaceport
- Departure Building
- Arrival Building
- Control Tower A6
- The Blue Gate
- Village
- Raider's Refuge
The reason we advocate for the Village area in The Blue Gate is because it has a high density of containers, and because it seems as though blueprints simply have a higher drop rate in Residential areas in particular. That means that not only are your odds better, especially if you go at night, but you get to metaphorically roll the dice with each container you open and have many attempts to find them.
Otherwise, finding blueprints is generally more likely in any of the following areas (though again, never guaranteed).
- High Loot areas
- Behind locked doors that require keys
- Raiders' containers
- Night Raiders missions
Rather than use an Arc Raiders free loadout, it's better to use the Looting Mk. 1 augment if you're doing rapid farming with little self preservation. You'll want at least one safe pocket to store any blueprints you find in.
It's also important to keep in mind that not all Blueprints are equally rare. While they're not marked as being differently rare, certain Blueprints do come up a lot - it's a community joke that Jolt Mine blueprints are incredibly frequent, even if you've already learned them.
Blueprints explained
Blueprints are found as random drops while exploring any map in Arc Raiders, or as rewards for missions. Once you have one, you need to make sure you extract safely with it still in your inventory and get it back to Speranza.
Once back at home, go into your inventory and find the blueprint. There'll be an option when you select it to "consume and learn." The blueprint will be destroyed, but you'll permanently learn the crafting recipe that it teaches you.
To make whatever the item is, you will probably need the appropriate crafting station in your Workshop, and potentially even to upgrade it. For example, a high-level weapon blueprint might require a Level 2 Gunsmith table, on top of the crafting components needed.
Some blueprints upgrade existing crafting recipes. For example, you can craft an Angled Grip for your weapons from the beginning, but finding a blueprint for one makes the Angled Grips you craft from that point on have better effects.
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