Beginner Guide

Complete new player guide for Arc Raiders covering your first hours, essential mechanics, and progression tips.

Welcome to the resistance, Raider. You have just arrived in Speranza, the underground safe haven where humanity hides from the ARC machines that took over Earth. Here is everything you need to know to survive your first trips Topside. Understanding the Core Loop Arc Raiders is an extraction shooter. You deploy Topside to a map, gather loot, and must extract alive to keep it. If you die, you lose everything you brought and found. This means every raid is a calculated risk: bring enough gear to su