Join The Community
The Arc Raiders Shoring Up Defenses quest, added as part of the Riven Tides update, has players explore the seafront map and provide various support. Specifically, you need to board up hotel windows, repair a raider structure on top of the crane in the Stacking Yard, and rack up some kills on Fireflies and Wasps to boot. While the last of these is relatively straightforward, finding the location of the hotel windows and Raider structure isn't easy in a map this size. Fortunately I've done it myself, and I'll show you where to go and what to do in this full walkthrough for the Shoring Up Defenses quest.
Shoring Up Defenses walkthrough and guide
There are four objectives to the Shoring Up Defenses quest in Arc Raiders, all of which can be completed in the Riven Tides map:
- Board up shuttered windows in the hotel
- Use 1 ARC Alloy to Reinforce the Raider Structure on top of any Stacking Yard Crane
- Destroy 5 Wasps
- Destroy 3 Fireflies
This is not one of those quests in Arc Raiders where players have to do it all in one round, as you can die after boarding up the shutters and then return in a subsequent round to do the rest of it, not having to go back and retrace your steps. You can even choose to do the Wasp and Firefly fighting in other maps, but there's no need to: there's plenty in Riven Tides.
Article continues belowHotel Shuttered Windows location
To complete the objective to board up shuttered windows in the hotel, you need to specifically go to the East side of the Hotel Panorama Azzurro, as shown on the map above.
Once you get there, scale the outside wall using the ziplines and circle the balconies until you find the shuttered windows (they should be obviously distinct). Then simply go inside the room and there'll be an interaction point to "Board up Window". Trigger that to complete this quest.
Stacking Yard Crane Raider Structure location
The next objective is to "use 1 ARC Alloy to Reinforce the Raider Structure on top of any Stacking Yard Crane". I definitely recommend bringing an Alloy into the game with you from the start, but they're not hard to get if you didn't: simply bring down any decently-sized Arc robot or pry open a husk.
The Stacking Yard is the obvious point of interest you need to get to. I found a Raider Structure on the Westmost one, which you can access either by climbing the attached building to the South, or by using a zipline from beneath. The exact location is shown on the map above.
Once you reach it, there's a small lean-to tent made of canvas. Interact with the leftmost support and it'll use the Alloy to repair it, completing this objective for you.
Destroying Fireflies and Wasps
While you're at the Stacking Yard, this is definitely one of the best places to hunt Wasps and Fireflies. They're common enemies here, but there's rarely anything more deadly. The stone buildings also offer useful chokepoints to fire out of, giving you strong defenses.
Rewards
Once you've completed all the objectives, head back to Apollo to get the rewards tied to this quest:
- Barricade Kit x3
- Lure Grenade Trap x3
- Seeker Grenade x6
Working through the Riven Tides missions? Check out our guide to the Arc Raiders Battening Down quest here!
© GamesRadar+. Not to be reproduced without permission.
