Everything announced at The Game Awards 2024

A roundup of all announcements and trailers shown at TGA 2024

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The Game Awards 2024 has run its course, and among the awards, trailers, and celebrity cameos there were a great many intriguing announcements. Ranging from Naughty Dog’s brand new game Intergalactic to the unexpected news of an Okami sequel, there was very nearly something for everyone this year.

If you missed some or all of TGA, or you just want a refresher of everything that went on, engage your scroll wheel to review everything announced at The Game Awards 2024 .

The Game Awards 2024: Everything announced

At a glance, here’s everything that was announced at The Game Awards 2024:

• The Witcher 4 revealed with Ciri at the helm
• Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is a brand new Naughty Dog game
• Surprise Elden Ring spinoff announced, with PvP and PvE arena-like combat
• A tense and fascinating first look at the next project from Shadow Of The Colossus devs
• Ah, finally, the Borderlands 4 trailer we’ve been waiting for
• Work begins on the Okami sequel, after 18 years
• New The Outer Worlds 2 trailer gives off real Guardians Of The Galaxy vibes
• Mafia: The Old Country will launch next Summer
• Tales Of The Shire is looking incredibly cosy, coming in March
• Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2 is coming to early access in 2026
• The First Berserker: Khazan is coming on 27th March 2025
• The Last Of Us: Part 2 Remastered confirmed for PC on 3rd April
• FF7 Rebirth gets a PC release date in January
• Thick As Thieves trailer shows off an unusual mix of PvP and stealth
• Slay The Spire 2 gets a tongue-in-cheek gameplay trailer
• Hazelight reveals their new co-op game, Split Fiction
• Dave The Diver’s In The Jungle DLC announced for late 2025
• Project Century is the new undertaking from the Like A Dragon devs
• Core Keeper devs announce Kyora, another gorgeously lit pixel art survival game
• Rematch is a football game from the Sifu devs, coming Summer 2025
• Solasta 2 announced with a new cinematic and gameplay trailer
• Palworld: Feybreak update arrives shortly before Christmas
• Killing Floor 3 is coming in March
• Multiplayer horror-comedy Midnight Murder Club enters a crossplay beta
• Helldivers 2’s new Illuminati faction is out now
• Den Of Wolves gives us our first look at its high-stakes heist gameplay
• Demon-chopping platformer Ninja Gaiden Ragebound is in development
• Shadow Labyrinth announced, has dark evil Pacmen
• Cosy car boot-filling and un-filling sim One Move Away coming 2025
• Colourful mobile game Steel Paws announced
• Stalcraft: X Operations is a rather derpier take on the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
• Catly trailer has lots of CGI cats that ride that line between adorable and uncanny
• Fragpunk is a 5v5 hero shooter with cards that make it rain or give players tiny heads
• Steel Hunters trailer announces its playtest, starting right now
• Clive from Final Fantasy joins the Tekken 8 roster next week
• Splitgate 2 is coming in 2025, looks as portal-y as ever
• Chaotic mech-em-up Mechabreak is coming in Spring 2025
• New Virtua Fighter game is in development at SEGA
• Turok Origins is a third-person co-op shooter sequel
• The Warframe: 1999 expansion is coming tomorrow. Today. Whichever.
• Onimusha: Way Of The Sword is coming in 2026
• Dungeon & Fighter: Arad is a new ARPG from Nexon
• A new look at Summer 2025’s Dying Light: The Beast
• Post Malone’s massive new update for Hunt: Showdown 1896 is out now
• Squid Game: Unleashed is joining Netflix Games on 17th December
• New co-op romp Stage Fright is coming, courtesy of the Overcooked devs
• Fortnite is first-person now, it seems
• Dispatch is a story-driven game about dispatching superheroes to combat crimes
• Medieval fantasy Crimson Desert is coming in late 2025
• Double Dragon Revive will revitalise the 1987 hit on 23 October 2025
• Solo Leveling webtoon gets its own game next year
• Lego Fortnite has added “Odyssey” to the end of its name
• Infinity Nikki reminds everyone that it’s out, and good
• Zenless Zone Zero reveals its new character, Astra
• Honkai: Star Rail 3.0 update shows off its new world, Amphoreus
• Wuthering Waves is coming to PS5 next year
• Screamer, a 90s racing series that only Graham remembers, is making a return
• A teeny tiny new teaser dropped for Sonic Racing Crossworlds
• Game Of Thrones: Kingsroad coming in 2025 on mobile

The Witcher 4 revealed with Ciri at the helm

We’ve been waiting a good long while for this. A characteristically excellent and darkly mysterious trailer from CDPR heralds our first proper look of The Witcher 4 , with an older Ciri grappling against a powerful monster. All the familiar Witcher trimmings are here. Silver swords, the Quen sign, and the cat-like eyes of a well-prepared monster hunter. And plenty of gore.

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is a brand new Naughty Dog game

Naughty Dog have apparently been working on this since 2020. Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is a brand new sci-fi bounty hunting tale that we really don’t know much about right now, although the trailer does look like the sort to contain a whole heapload of hidden details that players will figure out in the coming days. No word yet on release date, and there probably won’t be for a while, but for now we at least know it exists, and it’s looking nice and Naughty-Dog-y.

Surprise Elden Ring spinoff announced, with PvP and PvE arena-like combat

Elden Ring: Nightreign came out of nowhere at this year’s Game Awards. Coming in 2025, it’s a three-player co-op game with a focus on arena-based PvP and PvE battles. It obviously makes use of Elden Ring ’s excellent Souls-esque combat, but is it more or do things look a little faster-paced in this trailer than we’re used to seeing from FromSoft?

A tense and fascinating first look at the next project from Shadow Of The Colossus devs

From the creator of Ico, Shadow Of The Colossus, and The Last Guardian … Now that’s bound to turn heads. These are some absolutely beloved games from the PS2 era, and this first trailer for their as-yet-untitled new project was probably the most engaging trailer of the night for me.

Ah, finally, the Borderlands 4 trailer we’ve been waiting for

So this is what the next big looter shooter will look like: shinier, grander, but still very unmistakeably Borderlands . Check out the new trailer above, which reveals a 2025 release window.

Work begins on the Okami sequel, after 18 years

Okami is a word that, when spoken among a group of 30-something gamers, will often evoke sighs or murmurs of appreciation. It’s no wonder that Geoff hyped up this world premiere something fierce then. Okami getting a sequel after nearly two decades? That’s news, right there.

New The Outer Worlds 2 trailer gives off real Guardians Of The Galaxy vibes

Obsidian’s quirky space-based RPG The Outer Worlds did a few things right and a few things wrong. I think I am curious enough about the sequel to give it a go though, even if the humour is about as hit-or-miss as the game itself. Or maybe I’m just tired and cranky, who knows. Nic probably has better opinions in his brief writeup on this new look at The Outer Worlds 2 gameplay trailer .

Mafia: The Old Country will launch next Summer

Some good-looking Scicilian fields and faces are on display in this cinematic trailer for Mafia: The Old Country, coming in Summer 2025 .

Tales Of The Shire is looking incredibly cosy, coming in March

Tales Of The Shire got a new gameplay trailer, narrated by YouTuber Cozy K. Expect lots of comfy furniture-positioning when this chill new take on Lord Of The Rings arrives on 25th March.

Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2 is coming to early access in 2026

Some very nice snowy and icy scenes here. A cosy wilderness vibe slowly transitions into something more akin to Frostpunk or This War Of Mine. Sadly we’ll have quite a while to wait and see, because Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2 is currently aiming to arrive in early access sometime in 2026.

The First Berserker: Khazan is coming on 27th March 2025

Joe and Anthony Russo are on-screen next, heralding a dark new The First Berserker: Khazan cinematic trailer. Lots of berserking over towering demonic enemies ensues, followed by the release date reveal: 27th March 2025. Because Spring wasn’t busy enough already.

The Last Of Us: Part 2 Remastered confirmed for PC on 3rd April

The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered is coming to PC, as we all knew it would. As if it needed remastering already. I mean, come on.

FF7 Rebirth gets a PC release date in January

Almost missed this announcement! Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is coming to PC on 23rd January 2025 . Not long to wait at all!

Thick As Thieves trailer shows off an unusual mix of PvP and stealth

I do quite like the idea of messing up the plans of stealthy rivals while keeping out of sight of the NPC baddies. We got a decent look at upcoming PvP stealth game Thick As Thieves with this lovely-looking trailer.

Slay The Spire 2 gets a tongue-in-cheek gameplay trailer

Slay The Spire 2 gets a decent and quirky first look at some very familiar looking gameplay. Lots of cards, lots of nice slashing animations, and a reminder of its early access release: it’s still coming in 2025.

Hazelight reveals their new co-op game, Split Fiction

Dragons and shady tech corporations. Flying pigs and spherical drones. The new game from the devs behind It Takes Two tells a bold story about getting trapped in two fictional worlds at once: one fantasy, and the other sci-fi. It’s called Split Fiction .

Dave The Diver’s In The Jungle DLC announced for late 2025

There’ll be lots of people excited for this: Dave The Diver is getting its first full DLC. In The Jungle looks to send Dave a bit further out than usual in search of all the best fishies, and it’s coming in less than 12 months.

Project Century is the new undertaking from the Like A Dragon devs

Brutal fights in the rain in 1915 Japan? Alright, you have my attention. We’ve got a nice jazz-fuelled world premiere here for Project Century , a new project from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, creators of Like A Dragon (and, fun fact, those Super Monkey Ball games from my childhood).

Core Keeper devs announce Kyora, another gorgeously lit pixel art survival game

Core Keeper was a huge hit with my family, so I’m well up for their next entry into the survival crafting genre. Kyora switches to a side-on platformer view, and while brief, the trailer showed off a lot of good-looking mining in some marvellously-lit caves.

Rematch is a football game from the Sifu devs, coming Summer 2025

I’m very intrigued at the prospect of a different kind of football game. This trailer for Rematch looks stylised and gorgoeus, and with the devs behind Sifu at the helm, I have a suspicion it’s gonna feel pretty great to play.

Solasta 2 announced with a new cinematic and gameplay trailer

I know nothing about Solasta, but evil purple Kerrigan is looking pretty cool in this trailer for Solasta 2 , which proceeds to show off a lot of turn-based combat shenanigans in a short space of time.

Palworld: Feybreak update arrives shortly before Christmas

I’d like to thank this next video for cutting short that blissful period of months during which I’d forgotten that Palworld is a thing that exists. Anywho, the new update, Feybreak, is arriving just in time for Christmas, on 23rd December.

Killing Floor 3 is coming in March

Lots of co-op splattering of gore-filled mutated creatures can be found in this explosive trailer for Killing Floor 3, which is arriving on our PCs sometime in March, apparently.

Multiplayer horror-comedy Midnight Murder Club enters a crossplay beta

This looks like a good and silly time, if you can amass a good bunch of friends willing to shoot each other in a dark haunted house. Midnight Murder Club’s crossplay-enabled beta is open right now.

Helldivers 2’s new Illuminati faction is out now

Next up is a cinematic for Helldivers 2’s new update, which introduces the new Illuminati faction, along with a new number of locales across which to do battle for the good of democracy. And that update, Omens Of Tyranny, is out now!

Den Of Wolves gives us our first look at its high-stakes heist gameplay

Remember Den Of Wolves, that game from the Payday devs that is basically Payday: The Heist, but not Payday? It’s got a trailer showing off plenty of said heisting, and more than a little jumping around and shooting big guns.

Demon-chopping platformer Ninja Gaiden Ragebound is in development

Filled with bombastic old-school platforming and tonnes of lovely-looking pixelated animations, the first trailer of the night announced the development of the brand new Ninja Gaiden Ragebound .

Shadow Labyrinth announced, has dark evil Pacmen

I’m as confused as you are right now. It’s a new take on Pacman , that’s for sure.

Cosy car boot-filling and un-filling sim One Move Away coming 2025

This one looks very sweet. One Move Away is coming sometime next year, and it’s a cute little physics sim about one of the most familiar and stressful times of early adult life: moving all your belongings from old home to new home.

Colourful mobile game Steel Paws announced

Very little was given away about this adorable-looking upcoming mobile game, except that it’s being made by Yu Suzuki, of Shenmue and Virtua Fighter fame.

Stalcraft: X Operations is a rather derpier take on the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

This new trailer for free-to-play Stalcraft: X Operations is as stylish as it is nonsensical. It’s quite funny looking at this after spending so much time with Stalker 2.

Catly trailer has lots of CGI cats that ride that line between adorable and uncanny

We’re big fans of cats here in the RPS treehouse, so I’m likely to end up playing Catly, even though this trailer has hit me right in the uncanny valley bone.

Fragpunk is a 5v5 hero shooter with cards that make it rain or give players tiny heads

Oooh, there’s some nice-looking rain here. You know I love nice-looking rain. The rest of the trailer for Fragpunk looks absolutely bonkers, but go judge for yourself. It looks like fairly standard fare hero shooter stuff, except for the fact that you can use cards to change the rules of the match in increasingly silly ways, like giving everyone tiny heads.

Steel Hunters trailer announces its playtest, starting right now

The new giant mech project from Wargaming is Steel Hunters, and this bombastic trailer announces its playtest, which is live from now until 22nd December. I’m looking at the trailer right now, and I see lots of missiles and energy shields. Never has a video game looked more like a video game.

Clive from Final Fantasy joins the roster of Tekken 8 next week

As someone who has never played a Tekken game, nor, I’m ashamed to admit, a Final Fantasy game, I have absolutely no opinion on this whatsoever. But hey, here’s the trailer if you want it!

Splitgate 2 is coming in 2025, looks as portal-y as ever

I had a great albeit short time with Splitgate, though I must admit I’m surprised to see a sequel appearing. Hey, I’m up for it. This is bound to be one of the most brain-bending PvP shooters around when it releases next year.

Chaotic mech-em-up Mechabreak is coming in Spring 2025

Everything happened so fast in this trailer for Mechabreak that I’m still recovering from the migraine hours later. Somehow I still want to play it when it arrives next Spring.

New Virtua Fighter game is in development at SEGA

Lots of very loud, slow-motion close-up explosions punctuate a short teaser for the latest Virtua Fighter being developed by SEGA.

Turok Origins is a third-person co-op shooter sequel

Damn, that dinosaur just got an axe through the head! Ah, it’s a Turok sequel. That makes more sense.

The Warframe: 1999 expansion is coming tomorrow. Today. Whichever.

Warframe has been around for so long, and has so many parts to it, that I’m scared to even talk about it. But it looks like the new 1999 expansion is imminent, and iut has a very good angry metal sphinx cat in the trailer.

Onimusha: Way Of The Sword is coming in 2026

I’ve been reliably informed by my older colleagues that Onimusha was indeed a game series , and in a couple years’ time it’ll be reborn with Way Of The Sword. If the cinematic trailer is anything to go by, expect lots of slicing your way through giant monsters with wonderfully shiny katanas.

Dungeon & Fighter: Arad is a new ARPG from Nexon

A really excellent space whale is just about the only thing I could make sense of in this overflowingly anime trailer for Dungeon & Fighter: Arad, courtesy of Nexon.

A new look at Summer 2025’s Dying Light: The Beast

Ah yes, I remember this from previous nights spent trying to stay awake during the Game Awards. Techland have been busy cooking Dying Light: The Beast, and they’re ready to show off some unsettling story beats in this in-engine trailer. This tighter, more streamlined Dying Light game is due to arrive next summer.

Post Malone’s massive new update for Hunt: Showdown 1896 is out now

Hunt Showdown’s Murder Circus is out now, with lots of horrifying clowns to pepper with Winfields and Scottfields. Check out the trailer, and I’ll see you in the bayou later on.

Squid Game: Unleashed is joining Netflix Games on 17th December

Squid Game: Unleashed appears to be pretty much exactly Squid Game, but with funny ragdolls instead of actual death. Watch the over-the-top trailer above.

New co-op romp Stage Fright is coming, courtesy of the Overcooked devs

Overcooked is one of the most brilliant couch co-op games in recent times, and Ghost Town Games looks to recapture that magic with Stage Fright, a vibrant and quirky game about… outrunning horrible monsters? I’m not really sure. Looks like a good fun time though.

Fortnite is first-person now, it seems

Fortnite’s new Ballistic game mode turns everything first-person, and is just the latest way in which Fortnite is slowly taking over the entire industry.

Dispatch is a story-driven game about dispatching superheroes to combat crimes

Laura Bailey and Aaron Paul introduced (at length) upcoming game Dispatch from former Telltale devs , which offers a very Telltale-esque, playful story about playing as a retired(?) superhero who works in a dispatch centre, sending other heroes to combat various threats and crimes about the city. Doesn’t sound bad! Superheroes in an office setting gives me Incredibles vibes, which is never a bad thing.

Medieval fantasy Crimson Desert is coming in late 2025

Crimson Desert has finally got a release date… Wait, no, just a release window, goshdarnit. It’s coming in “late 2025”, which I suppose is better than early 2025, given the number of games coming out this coming February and March. The upcoming medieval fantasy game is a successor of sorts to Black Desert Online, but without the “online” part. It looks shiny.

Double Dragon Revive will revitalise the 1987 hit on 23 October 2025

There’s been an awful lot of fighting in the rain this TGA, and I’m not complaining. This next trailer showed off Double Dragon Revive, a modern reimagining of the classic arcade fighting game from nearly a decade before I was born. Sorry, made you feel old there, didn’t I.

Solo Leveling webtoon gets its own game next year

A trailer for Solo Leveling: Arise showed off lots of shwings and zooping energy blades, and more than a few horrible monsters as the backdrop for all your shwinging and zooping. This action RPG adaptation for the incredibly popular webtoon is coming sometime in 2025.

Lego Fortnite has added “Odyssey” to the end of its name

I haven’t heard much about Lego Fortnite in a hot second, but apparently it’s now called “Lego Fortnite Odyssey”, and a new trailer shows off a group of friends going to do some blocky adventuring on a mountain filled with swirling purple evil-ness.

Infinity Nikki reminds everyone that it’s out, and good

Infinity Nikki really is annoyingly good. Just an endlessly enjoyable romp through a massive open world, collecting Whimstars and teaching villagers to find the goodness in life. As long as you ignore its gacha mechanics, that is. This trailer is basically just there to say that Nikki is here, and it’s good, although we did also get a nice new look at a “Shooting Stars” event that presumably is coming soon.

Zenless Zone Zero reveals its new character, Astra

I really must give Zenless Zone Zero a try, after having such a surprisingly grand time with both Genshin and Honkai: Star Rail. Now looks like a decent time for it, too, with version 1.4 releasing on the 18th and bringing with it a new celebrity singer character, Astra Yao.

Honkai: Star Rail 3.0 update shows off its new world, Amphoreus

A susprisingly jazzy trailer for Honkai: Star Rail’s new 3.0 update gives us a predictably lovely-looking glimpse of Amphoreus, the Hoyo gacha game’s latest sci-fi setting.

Wuthering Waves is coming to PS5 next year

Genshin-like gacha game Wuthering Waves had a brief window this TGA to reveal that it’s coming to PS5 in 2025, which it did with a brand new gameplay trailer.

Screamer, a 90s racing series that only Graham remembers, is making a return

Digging around for information on the new reimagining of classic racing series Screamer is unlikely to turn up much right now, so all we have to go on is the above trailer - which admittedly does look very nice. But it’s a cinematic, it’s meant to look nice. I don’t know, ask Graham, he’s the one who knows what Screamer even is.

A teeny tiny new teaser dropped for Sonic Racing Crossworlds

That was the fastest, least informative teaser trailer I’ve ever seen, but alrighty, looks like a new Sonic Racing game is in development!

Game Of Thrones: Kingsroad coming in 2025 on mobile

I didn’t expect a Game Of Thrones game at all, let alone one with all the show actors doing their own voice acting, nor one that actually looks quite decent. Oh, it’s mobile-only. Never mind!

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

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.

Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

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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