ARC Raiders Blueprint Farming Guide. All 75 Locations & Best Routes

There are 75 blueprints in ARC Raiders, 68 of which are confirmed dropping right now. Blueprints determine which weapons, gear, explosives, and utility items you can craft. Farming them is one of the most important things you'll do in this game, and the drop rates can feel brutal if you don't know where to look.

Here's the short version: open weapon cases and raider-marked containers in breach rooms, key rooms, and puzzle rooms. Do it during Night Raid conditions. That's the fastest way to stack blueprints. Keep reading for the full breakdown of every map, every condition, and every container type that matters.

How Blueprint Drops Work

Blueprints can drop from almost any container in the game, but the base chance is very low. You're not going to get them from every ammo box and loose backpack on the ground. The container type matters a lot, and so does where that container spawns.

Higher-tier containers have significantly better blueprint odds. Weapon cases are the best. Raider-marked containers (the black ones players call "blueprint boxes") are close behind. Raider caches are solid too, and you can identify them by the ticking sound they make. Grenade canisters and medical duffels also have decent rates.

No specific blueprints are locked to specific maps. Every blueprint in the drop pool can come from any map. The only exceptions are quest rewards and event-specific items. Jupiter and Equalizer drop exclusively from the Harvester event. Volcano drops during the Hidden Bunker event.

The real trick is location context. Containers inside breach rooms, key rooms, puzzle rooms, and parkour-only entries always pull from higher loot tiers. A weapon case inside a breach room has a better blueprint chance than the same weapon case sitting out in the open. Always prioritize locked or hidden containers over accessible ones.

Patch 1.2.0 normalized blueprint drop rates across the board. The rare ones like Bobcat, Tempest, and Volcano now drop more reliably than they used to. If you gave up farming months ago, it's worth trying again.

Best Conditions for Blueprint Farming

Night Raid is the single best condition for blueprints. Drop rates are significantly higher across the entire map. If you see Night Raid active, drop whatever you're doing and go farm. It doesn't matter what map it's on. Night Raid turns every container into a potential blueprint source.

Cold Snap on Dam Battlegrounds also has increased blueprint spawns. Dam is already beginner-friendly, and Cold Snap makes it even better for farming. If you're still building your collection, this is a great combo.

Uncovered Caches adds bonus containers to the map that can contain blueprints. More containers means more chances. Simple math.

Hidden Bunker event is special. It's the only way to get the Volcano blueprint. During this event, Volcano can drop from any container on the entire map, not just inside the bunker itself. Don't tunnel vision on the bunker entrance.

Best Farming Spots by Map

Dam Battlegrounds

West Broken Bridge Hidden Vault is your best bet on Dam. It's got weapon cases, med bags, grenade cases, and black raider containers all in one spot. This place was practically designed for blueprint farming.

Lower Bridge Support Mechanism Rooms have weapon cases, med bags, and ammo crates tucked into the structural supports below the bridge. Most players skip these entirely because they don't realize they're there. Take the stairs down.

Control Tower is reliable for high-tier containers in general. You already know this building from loot runs. The same containers that make it great for coins also make it solid for blueprints.

During Cold Snap conditions, blueprint drop rates are boosted across the entire Dam map. Combine that with Night Raid if you ever get both active at once, and you're looking at the best possible farming window in the game.

Buried City (Best Overall for Blueprints)

Buried City has more high-tier containers per square meter than any other map. If you're serious about blueprint farming, this is where you spend most of your time.

Space Travel Building is the crown jewel. Multiple floors of high-tier loot, and the JKV Employee Access Card opens Floor 4 which is packed with weapon cases. Every floor has something worth opening. Go top to bottom.

Plaza Rosa Pharmacy is a full building of high-value zones from the roof down to the basement. Med bags and containers on every level. It's less contested than Space Travel and almost as good for blueprints.

Red Tower has multiple high-value rooms with weapon case spawns. The rooms rotate between locked and open, so check every door.

Grandioso Rooftops have weapon case spawns that most players never check because they don't bother climbing. The parkour routes across Buried City's rooftops also lead to hidden rooms accessible via rope stairwells, rooftop holes, and ziplines. These hidden containers pull from the best loot tiers.

Spaceport

Container Storage has four floors of crates. The upper floors require a key, and that's where the real blueprint potential lives. Even without the key, the lower floors have enough weapon cases to make it worth the trip. Just expect PvP.

Departure Building Staff Bathroom has a breachable room with a weapon case inside. Bring a breach charge and this is basically a guaranteed high-tier pull every raid.

Vehicle Maintenance Upper Level hides a weapon case that's easy to miss. Climb to the scaffolding on the upper level and look behind the machinery.

Fuel Lines Vertical Pipe is one of the sneakiest spots in the game. There's a weapon case hidden inside a hollow pipe in the fuel lines area. Most players walk right past it. Look for the pipe you can crouch into.

The perimeter loot towers around Spaceport are also worth checking. They're quieter than the central buildings and still spawn decent containers.

Blue Gate

Reinforced Reception Puzzle Room has a color terminal puzzle that unlocks a high-tier stash. It takes a minute to solve but the loot behind it pulls from the best pool in the game. Worth learning the puzzle once so you can speed through it every time.

Reinforced Reception Breach Room is right nearby. Red lockers and a weapon case behind a breach door. Between the puzzle room and the breach room, Reinforced Reception is a one-stop shop for blueprint chances.

Warehouse Complex Vent Stack has a weapon case sitting on a vent platform. You need to climb the outside of the vent stack to reach it. It's a parkour spot that filters out lazy players, which means it's usually unlooted.

Blue Gate is at its best during the Locked Gate condition. More restricted areas open up, and the containers inside them are almost always top-tier.

Stella Montis

Cultural Archives with the Archives Key is the single best key room in the game for blueprint farming. The loot inside is insane, and blueprint drops happen regularly here. If you have the Archives Key, you should be running Stella Montis every single day.

Security Checkpoint is loaded with multiple raider containers, grenade canisters, and medical duffels. It's the first building you pass through, so move fast before other players clean it out.

East Lobby Breach Room has lockers and black raider containers behind the breach door. Bring a charge every raid. The containers here are consistently high-tier.

Container Priority (What to Open First)

Not all containers are created equal. If you're short on time or your backpack is filling up, here's what to prioritize for blueprints.

Blueprint Categories

Weapon blueprints are the most sought after. Tempest, Bobcat, Hullcracker, Bettina, and the new Dolabra from the Flashpoint update are the ones everyone wants. These let you craft the best guns in the game instead of relying on random drops.

Tempest

Bobcat

Hullcracker

Dolabra (New)

Augment blueprints like Looting Mk.3 and Tactical Mk.2 are easy to overlook but incredibly powerful once crafted. These are the builds that separate good players from great ones.

Gear blueprints cover backpacks and shields. Not flashy, but a crafted backpack with better stats than a found one makes every single run more profitable.

Utility and explosive blueprints include grenades and traps. Once you can craft your own frags and EMPs, you stop worrying about wasting them. That changes how aggressively you can play.

Special blueprints: Jupiter and Equalizer drop exclusively from the Harvester event. Volcano drops during the Hidden Bunker event. These are the only blueprints in the game that are tied to specific conditions. Everything else is pure random from the general pool.

Frequently Asked Questions