A free loadout in Arc Raiders is something that a lot of players can make good use of after a few bad games. Free loadouts give you some weapons and gear for nothing, and mean you can effectively gamble with the house's money without risking anything of your own. Admittedly, free loadouts are never very good, but considering they're free, that shouldn't be much of an issue. Here's how you get one and start playing without consequences in Arc Raiders.
Choosing a free loadout
If you want a free loadout you need to go to the custom loadout building screen when you're ready to start a match, and press R1 if you're on PS5 or RB if you're on Xbox. This should bring up a new tab for Free Loadouts as shown above, though it's displayed as an empty loadout except for a special Augment. At this point, you can choose to ready up and go into the match accordingly. Selecting a free loadout will give you the following:
- A random weapon and ammo
- A light shield
- A small selection of basic quick use items
- Maximum loadout weight is set to 35.0
- 14 backpack inventory slots
- No Safe Pocket
Obviously this isn't a great setup. You carry less than normal, you're not specced for any particular build, and the equipment you have is about as basic as things get. Not only that but the lack of a Safe Pocket means that if you find something good, you can't guarantee its return.
Still, as I said, it's the house's money, and taking a free loadout makes perfect sense in the right situations. If you're running low on equipment and the resources to obtain more it's a solid choice. Likewise, picking a free loadout can also make sense with a particularly hard mission! Yes, you're less well equipped to deal with it, but it also means that in the likely event you die, you won't lose anything.
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