Arc Raiders brings a fresh set of weekly trials, offering players multiple ways to earn rewards, climb leaderboards, and optimize their gameplay. Whether you’re aiming for tiered rewards like high-value Arc Raiders blueprints, attachments, equipment, or weapons, or just trying to hit the minimum threshold for three-star rewards, this guide will cover strategies to help you get the most out of this week’s trials.

Understanding Trials: The Basics

Before diving into specific strategies, it’s worth reviewing some general principles for Arc Raiders trials:

· Highest Score Counts: Only your highest score from a single raid counts for a trial. Unlike some modes where cumulative scores matter, dying or failing during a raid can nullify all your efforts.

· Successful Extraction is Key: To earn points, you must successfully extract from the raid. A high score is meaningless if you die before leaving the map.

· Prepare for PvP: Trials often involve contested objectives. Expect fights with other players while completing objectives.

· Adrenaline Shots Are Essential: These allow for faster movement across the map, making it easier to reach objectives before others.

When preparing for trials, gear selection is crucial. Don’t bring a low-tier loadout just to rack up points—you need a fighting chance to survive unexpected encounters.

Solo vs. Group Play

While you can complete trials in groups, solo play is often more effective for several reasons:

· Safer Extracts: Other players are generally more predictable in solo raids, reducing the risk of losing your accumulated points.

· Friendly Competition: Many trial objectives can be shared or worked on cooperatively without taking points from others, but solo play minimizes conflicts.

· Point Sharing Limitations: While points can be shared in groups, leaderboard positioning may be affected depending on your teammates.

If you do choose to play in a group, strategies can be adapted, but some tactics—especially for maximizing high scores—are easier solo.

Map Conditions and Timing

Map conditions heavily impact trial efficiency:

· Major Map Conditions: These provide double trial points. Examples include the Hidden Bunker on Spaceport and the Locked Gate on Bluegate. Both also extend the raid timer to 40 minutes, giving more time to complete objectives and rack up points.

· Timing for Leaderboards: The leaderboard group you’re placed in depends on when you post your first successful trial score of the week. Posting immediately after a reset often places you in a highly competitive group. Waiting a day or two can put you in a less “sweaty” group, making it easier to climb the leaderboard.

This Week’s Trials and Strategies

1. Damage Leapers

· Best Map: Damn Battlegrounds (highest leaper density)

· Recommended Loadout: Hullcracker with ammo; Deadline Mines are an alternative but less efficient.

· Strategy: Kill leapers using Hullcracker ammo; one full leaper kill gives ~3,000 points. For three stars, you only need 1–2 kills, but for high scores, rotate across the map and hit respawning leapers.

· Tip: Use an interactive map to track leaper spawns for maximum efficiency.

2. Damage Queens/Matriarchs

· Target: Queen or Matriarch

· Recommended Loadout: Hullcracker or Deadline Mines, Photoelectric Cloak, Raider Hatch Key, Wolfpack Grenade, zipline, and a reliable weapon.

· Strategy:

  · For three-star rewards, place two Deadline Mines on the Queen.

  · For full kills, aim for 7–8 mines.

  · Use the Photoelectric Cloak to avoid aggro and a Raider Hatch Key to escape safely.

· Tips:

  · Wait until ~10 minutes left on the timer to reduce interference from other players.

  · If in a group, you can split mines and repeat daily.

· Points: Two mines = 4,400 points (enough for three stars), full solo kill = ~17,000 points.

3. Harvest Plants

· Target: Great Molain (fruit doesn’t count)

· Best Map: Buried City, specifically the Galleria area

· Strategy: Focus on low-loot zones to avoid conflict with other players.

· Tip: Night raids or major map conditions double points, making it easier to hit three-star thresholds quickly.

· Points: Quick smash-and-grab in the lobby can net ~10,000 points.

4. Open Arc Probes

· Best Map: Bluegate; use Prospecting Probes Event if active

· Strategy:

  · Faster breaching is crucial; nodes like Proficient Prior are valuable.

  · Destroy arc probes quickly to move to the next one.

  · Even three destroyed probes with a major map condition are enough for 4,000 points.

· Tip: Expect minor arc enemies while completing objectives.

· Points: Full non-destroyed probe sets maximize high scores; partial completion suffices for three-star rewards.

5. Damage Flying Arc Enemies

· Targets: Wasps, Hornets, Rocketeers

· Best Map: Bluegate (high rocketeer density)

· Recommended Loadout: Wolfpack Grenades, upgraded Anvil or Pharaoh, optional Snitch Scanners for high-score strategies

· Strategy:

  · Standard: Use grenades to clear rocketeers and finish with a reliable weapon.

  · High-score: Camp snitch spawns, trigger reinforcements, and systematically eliminate flying enemies.

· Tip: Use major map conditions for double points and extended raid timers.

· Points: Efficient kills and respawns can dramatically increase leaderboard scores.

Final Tips

This week’s Arc Raiders trials offer a mix of high-intensity combat, strategic planning, and efficient resource management. Whether your goal is tiered rewards or leaderboard domination, these strategies can help you maximize your efficiency and extract safely with top scores. Good luck, Raiders—may your points be high and your extracts safe!