In ARC Raiders, weapon attachments aren’t just cosmetic—they fundamentally change how your gun behaves. From compensators to stocks, grips, and magazines, each modification carries benefits and sometimes drawbacks. Understanding these is key to maximising your efficiency and adapting your playstyle. In this guide, we’ll break down the different attachment types, their effects, and how to prioritise them to suit your gameplay.

Understanding Core Weapon Terms

Before diving into attachments, let’s clarify some essential terms that appear across all guns and attachment rarities:

Dispersion

Dispersion defines how your bullets spread when firing. Each weapon has a base dispersion, which increases as you continuously fire. There are three main factors to consider:

1. Per-Shot Dispersion – How far bullets deviate from the centre of your aim with each shot. Lowering this helps with sustained fire accuracy.

2. Max Shot Dispersion – The maximum spread a weapon can reach during continuous fire. Reducing this keeps sprays tighter.

3. Dispersion Recovery Time – How quickly a weapon returns to base dispersion after firing. This is crucial for burst or tap-fire weapons.

For example, a Torrent benefits from reduced per-shot dispersion for sustained sprays, while a Renegade, with lever-action pauses, benefits more from faster dispersion recovery.

Recoil

Recoil moves your weapon off-target, and it comes in two directions:

· Vertical Recoil – The upward kick of a gun.

· Horizontal Recoil – Side-to-side movement.

Most players find horizontal recoil harder to compensate for manually, so attachments that reduce horizontal recoil are often prioritised. Some stocks and grips can also reduce recoil recovery time, helping your aim snap back to centre faster.

The Four Attachment Slots

ARC Raiders Weapons can hold up to four attachments, though not every gun has every slot:

1. Muzzle – Options include compensators, muzzle brakes, silencers, and sometimes weapon-specific choices like shotgun chokes.

  · Compensators reduce dispersion for tighter sprays.

  · Muzzle Brakes reduce recoil.

  · Silencers reduce noise but don’t help accuracy or recoil.

2. Underbarrel (Grips) – Usually angled or vertical.

  · Vertical grips reduce vertical recoil.

  · Angled grips reduce horizontal recoil.

   Choosing the right grip depends on your weapon’s recoil pattern.

3. Magazine – Typically increases magazine capacity, allowing longer sustained fire without downsides.

4. Stock – Helps with recoil recovery and, in some cases, per-shot dispersion. Stocks are particularly useful for guns with pauses between shots, like lever-action or semi-automatic weapons.

Prioritizing Attachments

When equipping your gun, it’s crucial to follow a logical order:

1. Magazine – Always take the larger mag if available; no downside here.

2. Stock – For burst or pause-fire weapons, a stock helps you maintain accuracy.

3. Muzzle – For spray weapons, prioritise a compensator to reduce dispersion. Muzzle brakes help with recoil, but can often be supplemented by grips.

4. Grip – Finish with a grip to target the recoil type that your gun struggles with most.

Rare, Epic, and Legendary Attachments

Once you move beyond common attachments, the benefits become more significant—but so do the drawbacks. Here’s how to navigate them:

· Common & Uncommon – Pure positives, no downsides. Safe to equip.

· Rare & Epic (Blue & Purple) – Strong benefits, but come with negatives like increased vertical recoil, slower ADS, or durability burn rate. These require context and careful consideration.

For example:

· Padded Stock (Epic) – Reduces both horizontal and vertical recoil but slows equip and ADS speed. Perfect for weapons you always keep ready, mitigating the slower draw time.

· Lightweight Stock (Epic) – Speeds up ADS and equip, but introduces 50% vertical recoil—ideal for guns where you fire single shots and don’t rely on recoil recovery.

· Kinetic Converter (Legendary) – Increases fire rate but adds both vertical and horizontal recoil. Great for dump-fire weapons like the Stitcher or Vulcano.

· Extended Barrel (Epic) – Improves bullet velocity at the cost of vertical recoil. Best for sniping or long-range single-shot weapons like the Osprey or Anvil.

Special Considerations

Some rarer attachments have unique trade-offs:

· Suppressors – Reduce noise, useful for stealth or avoiding ARC aggro, but sacrifice a compensator slot.

· Anvil Splitter (Legendary) – Converts one projectile into four weaker shots. Excellent for close-range ARC-killing but reduces long-range efficiency.

· Equip/Unequip Time Modifiers – Affect how quickly you can pull out or holster your weapon, which may or may not matter depending on your playstyle.

Example Priority Setup

Burst/Lever-Action Gun (e.g., Renegade):

1. Magazine

2. Stock

3. Muzzle (Compensator/Choke if shotgun)

4. Grip (if needed)

Spray Weapon (e.g., Bobcat):

1. Magazine

2. Muzzle (Compensator)

3. Grip (Vertical or Angled, depending on recoil)

4. Stock (optional)

Key Takeaways

1. Understand your weapon’s recoil and dispersion before equipping anything.

2. Commons and uncommons are safe; use them freely.

3. Rare, epic, and legendary attachments require thought, balancing positives against potential negatives.

4. Consider playstyle: ADS-heavy, hipfire, burst fire, and spray all interact differently with attachments.

5. Context is everything—an attachment that’s perfect for one weapon may ruin another.

Attachments in ARC Raiders are a strategic layer that can completely change your combat effectiveness. By understanding dispersion, recoil, and slot priorities, and by carefully evaluating rarer mods, you can turn almost any weapon into a precise, deadly tool for your playstyle.