Every Gamescom Announcement from Opening Night Live 2025

All the trailers, news, and reveals from Gamescom’s Opening Night Live, all in one place

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Another of 2025’s gaming milestones has passed: Gamescom’s Opening Night Live has now run its course. Contained within its two-and-a-bit-hour breadth was a predictably massive array of trailers, reveals, and announcements. Far too much to keep track of, even if you stayed up like us to watch the whole event yourself.

So, whether you missed some or all of this year’s Opening Night Live, or you’ve simply had a good sleep since then and need a quick refresher on everything that transpired, hopefully this rundown of all the Gamescom announcements from Opening Night Live can help.

There were quite a few head-turning announcements this year - for me, at least. We received news that Silksong continues to exist - albeit not much more than that. Also, some looks at high profile, high-wishlist games like Bloodlines 2 , as well as extended trailers for Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 and World Of Warcraft: Midnight . There were some smaller surprises too - several world premieres, including the new Sekiro anime adaptation; the very stylish soulslike La Divina Commedia ; what looks like an anime factory game in Arknights: Endfield ; and the next game by the Disco Elysium devs: Zero Parades .

Of course, the three biggest games came at the very end of the show. A gorgeous extended look at Ghost Of Yotei was quickly followed by an enrapturing cinematic trailer for Resident Evil Requiem . And just as we all thought it was done (just kidding, no one thought that), Black Myth: Zhong Kui was revealed to the world as a full sequel to Wukong. Lots to talk about tonight.

Here’s the full rundown of every single announcement, trailer, and piece of news revealed in this year’s Gamescom Opening Night Live, organised into tiny digestible morsels. Announce-lettes, if you will.

Everything announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025

• Lunar horror Routine is coming in “Late 2025”
• Swords Of Legends looks souls-y, but isn’t
• Valor Mortis is a first-person soulslike from the Ghostrunner devs
• Hollow Knight Silksong launches this year, Geoff claims
• Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 shows off a mind-bending campaign trailer
• Soulslike sequel Lords Of The Fallen 2 has a new trailer
• Sekiro: No Defeat is an anime adaptation of FromSoft’s best game
• LEGO Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight is a thing
• Warhammer 40K: Dawn Of War 4 has some very cool battles
• Monster Hunter Wilds is doing a crossover with FFXIV
• Onimusha: Way Of The Sword shows off some seriously creepy enemies
• Arknights: Endfield looks like an anime factory game?
• Europa Universalis 5 looks as complex as you’d expect
• mech-em-up Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion has a new demo on Steam
• Super-fast FPS roguelite Void/Breaker is available now
• A brand new look at Fallout Series 2
• Indiana Jones And The Great Circle: The Order Of Giants DLC!
• Deadpool VR is coming in November.
• World Of Tanks 2.0 is a massive update coming next month
• Blast countless zombies in John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando next year
• Outpace the grim reaper in the forever scrolling screens of Death By Scrolling
• Zero Parades is the new game from the Disco Elysium devs
• Pre-registers are open for anime gacha NTE: Neverness To Everness
• Unbeatable gets a rhythmic trailer and a November 6th release date
• Honor Of Kings: World is a fantasy MMO take on the Chinese MOBA
• (Excellent) FPS Delta Force is releasing for free on consoles
• Ninja Gaiden 4 comes out on 21st October
• Cinder City is the most Unreal Engine-y yet
• Time Takers kills you if your timer reaches zero
• A creepy new trailer for Silent Hill f
• La Divina Commedia shows off some excellent parrying
• Cronos: The New Dawn releases 5th September, has an adorable cat
• The Outer Worlds 2 ’s companions trailer is as quippy as you’d expect
• inZoi: Island Getaway features swimsuits aplenty
• Boobarific anime shooter Fate Trigger might be quite good, actually
• The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin is an open-world RPG with closed beta signups
• A new Moonlighter 2 trailer shows off some colourful dungeoneering
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is releasing on 21st October
• Enshrouded: Wake Of The Water adds water physics to an excellent survival game
• Age Of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition brings a new expansion in November
• Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: Legacy Of The Forge lets you repair a Forge, which is nice
• Cult Of The Lamb: Woolhaven ’s trailer is likely to put a smile on your face
• Blizzard do what they do best with a cinematic for World Of Warcraft: Midnight
• Project Spectrum looks like a dark Hunt-esque horror shooter
• World of Tanks: Heat is a new spinoff from Wargaming
• A new look at Ghost Of Yotei shows off some breathtaking views
• Resident Evil Requiem is immersive, disturbing, and out in February
• Goodness, Black Myth: Zhong Kui is a full-fledged sequel to Wukong

Routine

I’ll start with a couple of the most interesting pre-show announcements. I’ve heard whisperings here and there about Routine, a first-person horror set in an abandoned lunar base. My flatmate assures me it’s the only game that matters. It’s been in the works for an incredibly long time (since 2012, I believe?), and a lot of people thought it had stopped existing until its “re-reveal” back in 2022. Now comes yet more evidence of its existence, with a creepy trailer featuring creepy sewer tunnels and creepy faceless robots, and a hesitant release period of “Late 2025”.

Swords Of Legends

In every way, shape, and form, this trailer makes Chinese action-RPG Swords Of Legends look like a soulslike - but it isn’t. Apparently. No bonfires is the clincher, I’d imagine. But the dark fantasy world and endless number of crazy-looking bosses is probably enough to keep Soulslike fans interested regardless.

Edwin’s written more about Swords Of Legends here .

Valor Mortis

Next up, the Ghostrunner devs announce the brand new Valor Mortis, which looks like a Napoleonic first-person soulslike. The semi-cinematic trailer shows off some very creepy enemy designs, some nice first-person schwinging of swords, and no small modicum of gore. I’m quite excited for this, actually.

Mark’s got a nice writeup of the trailer reveal for Valor Mortis here.

Hollow Knight Silksong

Now the actual Opening Night Live event kicks off Gamescom with the somewhat-not-really-announcement that Hollow Knight Silksong is “100% actually launching this year”. Thanks, Geoff. We saw a couple of snippets on the big screen of some Hornet gameplay. We’ll hear more with Team Cherry’s announcement soon.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7

The news would maybe have been a little more exciting if it weren’t leaked beforehand , but: Black Ops 7 gets a release date of 14th November, and we’re treated to a suitably high-octane and very familiar-feeling cinematic trailer, along with a few quick looks at some crazy mind-bending locales.

Lords Of The Fallen 2

We’ve got a first look at the sequel to Lords Of The Fallen , which itself was… a remake, with the same name, of The Lords Of The Fallen, or something? Anyway, it’s a suitably dark and stabby soulslike trailer.

Sekiro: No Defeat

Now this is unexpected. FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (arguably their best game) is getting a 2026 anime adaptation, streaming exclusively on Crunchyroll. We can’t divine too much about the story and when it is set from the trailer above, but Sekiro lovers will be excited indeed to return to the cursed old world of Wolf, Owl, and that absolute bastard Isshin next year.

LEGO Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight

Warhammer 40K: Dawn Of War 4

I know only just enough about Warhammer 40K to know that this was Warhammer 40K, but only because this trailer really couldn’t have been any more Warhammer 40K. Once this trailer finally switched to gameplay though, it looked very cool to my strategy-loving eyes. Lots of units, lots of fighting, lots of explosions. Keighley adds a couple of extra details - it’s got 4 playable factions, and 70 story missions to play.

Mark’s got some more deets to share elsewhere on RPS .

Monster Hunter Wilds

The next Title Update for Monster Hunter Wilds is available right now, which is nice. There was also talk on-stage from key Capcom devs about an upcoming crossover event with Final Fantasy XIV Online, before a brief trailer (with that nostalgic old-school MH theme music) revealed a release month of October for the crossover.

Onimusha: Way Of The Sword

Capcom then immediately transitioned from Monster Hunter to a brand new gameplay trailer for Onimusha: Way Of The Sword. I think this year’s Opening Night Live is going to set some sort of record for the most creepy-looking enemy designs revealed in a single evening.

Arknights: Endfield

Okay, now you’re speaking my language, Gamescom. You know, I was only joking when earlier today I lamented the lack of anime factory games. But little did I know that the Arknights team was set to deliver with a game that looks (from the above trailer) like a mix between Zenless Zone Zero and Satisfactory. Factory games are pretty much my favourite genre, so this has immediately grabbed my attention.

Europa Universalis 5

Paradox briefly entered the chat to drop off a trailer for Europa Universalis 5, the latest in their long line of impenetrable grand strategies. I’ve bounced off every Paradox grand strategy except for Crusader Kings 3 (and Stellaris, if you count that), but perhaps with enough beginner-friendly Let’s Plays, I can tentatively dip a toe into the sprawlingly complex world of 1300s duchies, levies, and taxation.

Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion

Pacey mechfightin’ sequel Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion has both a new trailer and a new demo. Watch the former, with its bombastic cast of bot-driving moustache twirlers, then go grab the latter from Steam . The full game’s out this September 5th.

Void/Breaker

Next up we got a brief, fast-paced trailer for Void/Breaker, which looks to be Doom dipped in a gleaming sci-fi ganache. It’s got huge gun customisation options, environmental destruction, and an evil AI horde to wage war against over the course of endless FPS roguelite runs. It’s available in early access right now.

Fallout Series 2

Some of the cast of the Fallout TV series got up on stage to talk about the upcoming Season 2, after which we got a new trailer, and a new release date: 17th December. Mark is probably more knowledgeable about such things than I am .

Indiana Jones And The Great Circle: The Order Of Giants

Oversized traps, puzzles, tunnels, and daredevil treasure-hunting abound in this brand new look at the upcoming Indiana Jones And The Great Circle DLC: The Order Of Giants. This DLC takes Indiana to Rome on 4th September, and the base game itself is also set to release on Switch 2 sometime in 2026.

Deadpool VR

Deadpool VR is coming November 18th, 2025. I wouldn’t be particularly interested, except I just saw a tiny person get loaded into a rifle like he was settling down for bed.

World Of Tanks 2.0

Next was a world premiere for World Of Tanks 2.0, a huge new update for the tank-em-up sim. As you might imagine, the trailer contains many, many, many tanks. Some of them blowing up. All of them in lovely-looking locales which really make the explosions pop . It’s coming on 3rd September.

John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando

Gear up, and blast them to hell - so speaks the wise words of this trailer for John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando, a first-person zombie shooter with a whole hell of a lot of zombies, and some very nice-looking rifles and machine guns.

Death By Scrolling

Death By Scrolling gets a quick and lovely-looking trailer to showcase its endlessly scrolling “race against the grim reaper” roguelite gameplay. The screen continues to pan upwards and never lets up, forcing you to stay on the move or become reaper chow. There’s no release date yet, but you can wishlist the game on Steam now.

Zero Parades

From ZA/UM, the studio behind the much-lauded Disco Elysium, comes what looks to be another deeply twisted and dauntingly deep RPG. We actually knew about this before, but it was previously known only as C4. I couldn’t tell you quite what Zero Parades will be about, but this is ZA/UM. Everyone should keep their eyes on this.

Mark’s written more on Zero Parades if you want it.

NTE: Neverness To Everness

In the run-up to a musical intermission of Clair Obscur music, we got a series of quickfire trailers, starting with a colourful look at open-world, anime-styled RPG NTE: Neverness To Everness. More than a slight whiff of gacha nonsense to this, let’s be honest, though it earns a few points for what I’m convinced is a Mr Bean gag involving a car-roof-mounted armchair. You can “pre-register” now, whatever that means.

Unbeatable

Rhythm-based punk rock adventure Unbeatable got a quick trailer, and a release date: November 6th 2025. Oisin liked the demo for this, and you can still play it yourself via Steam . November’s still a few months off, after all.

Honor Of Kings: World

Spun off from big-in-China MOBA Honor of Kings, Honor of Kings: World is an upcoming fantasy MMO that trades 5v5 battle arenas for familiarly WoW-ish class combat and raid bosses. Like, say, the big mechanical bird that this trailer shows being particle-effected to death. No release date for this one, though it’s been around for a while without much in the way of public updates, so… good to know it still exists? I guess?

Delta Force

Delta Force also got a quick trailer highlighting its free-to-play launch on consoles. I’ve played Delta Force, it’s fantastic. A very, very strong extraction shooter which offers a more forgiving way into the genre than Tarkov. And if extraction shooters aren’t your thing, it also has a popular Battlefield-esque mode. Reminder: it’s free!

Ninja Gaiden 4

Team Ninja? Platinum Games? I imagine we all know what this is already. Ninja Gaiden 4 gets a stylish trailer with some snippets of actual gameplay, and a hot demon guy. 21st October is the release date we’ll all have to wait for.

Cinder City

A strong, compelling story; open world traversal; and punchy third-person gunplay. Cinder City is attempting to combine all three, and shows off its progress in the above trailer. It’s very busy, and very Unreal Engine-y.

Time Takers

Another entry from NC, where we see a medieval soldier getting stabbed, which somehow transports into a team-based battle royale shooter fought against other rapscallions from across time and space. There’s no shortage of wacky shooters at the moment and Time Takers looks a bit rote, though there is one intriguing twist: every player seemingly has a personal timer which, if it expires, kills them. There’s a Steam playtest “coming soon.”

Silent Hill f

Horror games aren’t my thing, so I’m not too familiar with Silent Hill. But those who are: feast your eyes on the new gameplay trailer for Silent Hill f . It certainly looks disturbing. I’m also surprised just how handy it allows us to be with that naginata.

La Divina Commedia

I’m a sucker for a good parry system, and this gameplay trailer for La Divina Commedia wastes no time in showing it off with an intense fight between a fabulously dressed character with stitched lips and dead eyes, and some sort of… mechanical puppet werewolf? I’m getting some serious Lies Of P vibes, and I’m sold based on that alone.

Cronos: The New Dawn

Next on the list was a new look at Cronos: The New Dawn, a third-person survival horror shooter releasing on 5th September. The trailer kicked things off with an adorable lil kitty cat, so it’s already my favourite trailer of the evening. Looking through the rest of the gameplay footage, my cynical mind can’t help but think how much more immersive this would all be if it were first-person. Still, it looks good.

The Outer Worlds 2

We got a new trailer for Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds 2 next. This trailer focuses on the various companions you can meet, and just how snarky, handsome, and overpowered they all are. No romance, it sounds like, but just play Baldur’s Gate 3 if you want that. The Outer Worlds 2 is coming out on 29th October. Blimey, that’s soon.

inZoi: Island Getaway

inZoi: Island Getaway will offer a taste of island life when it launches tomorrow, August 20th. Swimsuits, beaches, and more adorable cats are all awaiting players of this wannabe-Sims-killer, though expect some hard graft as well: farming crops and mining for gemstones will earn some much-needed cash.

Fate Trigger

I was just playing some Fate Trigger last night. It’s known among my group as “that battle royale where everyone has massive breasts and if you look down in first-person they actually obscure your vision”. Hilariously, it actually seems to be a pretty competent shooter. Early access is coming in Q1 next year.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin is an open-world RPG based on the Seven Deadly Sins manga (and/or anime? Question mark?). It’s just opened closed beta signups , should you want to try out its spellswording ahead of time - though no word on when the beta actually starts or ends.

Moonlighter 2

Moonlighter 2 revealed an early access release date of 23rd October this year. We’ll be there in a flash, knowing how fast time passes when you’re not looking. And then we’ll all get to see just how the shiny new sequel to 2018’s colourful dungeoneering action roguelite plays.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2

I’m left with only one question after this brand new and highly awaited trailer for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2… If you have telekinesis, why use it to hold a gun a mere inch from your hand? What’s the point?… I can feel that you already hate me for asking this.

Anyway, the key point is that we finally have a release date for Bloodlines 2: 21st October. Mark has a story on this news for more reading.

Enshrouded: Wake Of The Water

Enshrouded: Wake Of The Water was then shown on the big screen, treating everyone to a look at Enshrouded’s brand new physics-based water and rain, coming in Update 7. Hoo boy. I thought Enshrouded was an excellent survival crafting game back when I played it at the start of early access, and since then I’ve heard it’s grown quite considerably. You should play it for the peerless building system alone, in my opinion.

Age Of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

The main purpose of this trailer was to announce Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition coming to that big, white, non-PC box, the PS5. Though its November 4th 2025 release date happens to coincide with the launch of Dynasties of the East expansion, which includes new “Variant Civilizations” and the single-player roguelite Crucible mode, on all platforms – PC included.

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: Legacy Of The Forge

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: Legacy Of The Forge is the medieval RPG’s second story expansion, and sees leading knight Henry take ownership of a run-down blacksmith’s shop with an eye on restoring it to its former, sweltering glory. A job that’ll involve no small amount of old-timey interior design, looks like. It’s out on September 9th 2025.

Cult Of The Lamb: Woolhaven

Hey, another game I actually play! Cult Of The Lamb is getting a major expansion called Woolhaven. Whenever I see that adorable little lamb with the massive red eyes, it always puts a smile on my face. Coming in 2026!

World Of Warcraft: Midnight

The 11th (good lord) expansion to World Of Warcraft is fast approaching. Undoubtedly one of the biggest announcements of the evening, World Of Warcraft: Midnight was heralded tonight by one of Blizzard’s stunning signature cinematic trailers. The blood elves are in trouble, I gather. We’ll have to wait til 2026 to find out for ourselves.

Project Spectrum

“Physiological horror PvEvP” shooter Project Spectrum gets an intriguing trailer that has more than a little Hunt: Showdown about its dark, brooding atmosphere. There’s even a monstrous creature tearing apart a team of hunters in a dark wooden shack. I might be in the minority around here, but extraction shooter announcements are the highlight of any games event for me. And this one’s made by the devs behind Delta Force, which I already know and love. Colour me intrigued.

World of Tanks: Heat

Wargaming offered up a new world premiere next, with a look at their new spin-off game World of Tanks: Heat. I see tanks, I see planes, I see artillery. All very standard stuff for this team, but perhaps with a new sense of scale?

Ghost Of Yotei

Another key moment of the night. This brand new look at the hotly awaited Ghost Of Yotei (for us too; it’s gonna come to PC sooner or later!) certainly looks as stunning as you’d expect. At the end of the trailer, it’s also announced that the upcoming co-op Legends DLC is coming in 2026, completely free for owners of the base game.

Resident Evil Requiem

For the show’s almost-climax, this new look at Resident Evil Requiem was a mostly subdued, quietly tension-building affair, with young protag Grace Ashcroft having a tiff with her mum (Resident Evil Outbreak survivor Alyssa) before being led through a darkened hotel. And, er, witnessing at least two shankings. I said mostly. It’s out 27th February 2026.

Black Myth: Zhong Kui

It seemed as though Resident Evil Requiem would round off the night, but no - that honour was reserved for Game Science, and the announcement of a whole new sequel for the phenomenal Black Myth Wukong. This time around, it’s the mythical figure of Zhong Kui who takes the reins. Take a look at the trailer - it doesn’t show too much, but it sure got me excited. Mostly because of that gigantic tiger. If not friend, why friend-shaped?

No release date info yet on Black Myth: Zhong Kui , sadly. But you can bet it’s just rocketed to the top of a lot of people’s most anticipated games lists.

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

ARC Raiders

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