ARC Raiders: 25 Advanced Tips to Win More Extractions (2025)

25 ADVANCED Arc Raiders Tips Nobody Has Shown You: Master slide‑stamina tech, third‑person angle peeks, shield‑swap timing, barricade/zipline movement, and stealth extract setups while optimizing workshop upgrades, targeted loot routes, and two‑evac planning to win more PvPvE fights and secure far more extractions.

Also Read: ARC Raiders Beginner’s Guide: Best Starter Builds, Crafting, Loot Routes, and Safe Extractions

Movement and positioning

1. Shoulder‑swap peeks: Master left/right peeking on corners to minimize exposure and clear angles without offering a full body, which dramatically reduces TTK deaths in contested areas.​

2. Third‑person camera control: Use third‑person peeking to gather info before exposing, and combine with “breaching” camera tech to check doorways safely.​

3. Slide stamina tech: Sliding down slopes conserves or regenerates stamina while maintaining speed, letting you reposition without burning sprint reserves.​​

4. Holster for speed: Put weapons away when traversing to sprint faster between cover or while rotating away from third parties.​

5. Fall damage cancels: Use stair edges, vaults, or ledge grabs to mitigate fall damage during vertical drops or panic retreats.​

6. Ledge‑grab fluency: Practice ledge grabs and climbing flows, then unlock early Mobility perks to vault faster and reduce stamina costs under fire.​​

Combat, shields, and ARC mechanics

7. Target weak spots: Drones and other ARC enemies fall quickly if you focus thrusters or exposed points, saving ammo and time on quests that require bot clears.​

8. Melee matters: One‑tap small ARC units (ticks/wasps) and delete turrets with melee to stay quiet and preserve ammo for players and heavier robots.​​

9. Shield truths and swaps: Shields are ablative and don’t fully protect health—heal HP first, then top shields, and use quick shield swaps to reset in fights.​​

10. Barricade boosts: Barricades offer mobility boosts and on‑demand cover—abuse them to cross open lanes or reshape fights around extraction sites.​

11. Flare baiting: Toss flares or noise to pull bots or players off angles, create false pushes, and sneak safer paths to loot or evac.​​

12. Power cells and utilities: Arc Power Cells from drones are vital for recharging and utility plays—loot them deliberately between engagements.​

Looting, inventory, and crafting economy

13. Unlock Gunsmith early: Prioritize Gunsmith and core stations so crafted weapons and meds outclass vendor stock as your workshop levels up.​​

14. Drill the Practice Range: Warm up recoil control, spread patterns, and swap timings so you stop learning on live kits.​

15. Inventory mastery: Use multi‑select and split stacks to speed looting under pressure, and unload/sort your backpack often to avoid overweight sprints.​

16. Save key mats: Bank Metal Parts and Seeds early, since they underpin common upgrades and let you recover faster after losses.​​

17. Targeted loot zones: Farm material‑specific map regions—mechanical zones for wires, for example—to feed precise station upgrades.​

18. Craft > buy (mostly): Upgraded stations return superior value versus vendors; recycle duplicates into mats and craft strong replacements between raids.​

Extraction mastery

19. Free Loadouts first: Run free kits to map routes, test hot zones, and learn extractions without risking your best gear.​

20. Two‑evac rule: Always chart two extraction options on opposite sides of your route to avoid campers or bot patrols on the obvious rope.​

21. Prep the site: Before pulling the switch, set up cover, elevation, and deployables; stealth and timing beat raw speed once the global alert goes out.​

22. Use decoys: Fake flares or noise emitters can peel third parties or bait squads into bad angles while you reposition or slip out.​

Settings, awareness, and QoL

23. Tune settings and HUD: Optimize visibility, crosshair, and audio so you spot drones’ color states, hear flanks, and track threat vectors faster.​​

24. Track tasks smartly: Use the main‑menu quest tracker and shared objective indicators to align routes with active assignments and cut wasted travel.​​

Progression, skills, and builds

• 25. Skill priorities: Open Mobility/Survival first for stamina efficiency, quieter looting, faster vaults, and healing cadence; then layer in weapon mastery perks that match your preferred guns.​

Pro loadout and route philosophy

Run low‑risk kits while learning and extract modest hauls often; as your workshops and skills scale, bring higher‑tier kits into hotter zones with pre‑planned evac routes and contingency utilities. Specialize your build around a primary weapon archetype and its mastery perks, then use secondary utility to patch reload gaps and create extraction windows under pressure.​

Common mistakes to avoid

• Rushing the nearest extraction instead of pathing to the safer alternative with cover and vertical holds.​
• Hoarding junk that doesn’t serve an active station upgrade or quest when it forces you overweight into fights.​
• Ignoring the workshop: falling behind on station tiers locks you into weaker kits and higher replacement costs.​

Useful resources and “why this works”

Advanced creator breakdowns compile movement tech (slide regen, fall cancels), stealth peeks, shield swap timing, and inventory tricks that the in‑game tutorial doesn’t teach, forming the backbone of consistent extractions. Community and press guides agree that disciplined looting, targeted crafting, and cautious extraction timing reliably outpace pure fragging in this PvPvE economy.​​