Everything we know about Star Wars Outlaws

Here’s everything we know about this open world Star Wars adventure

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Want to know more about Star Wars Outlaws, the first open world Star Wars game? A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, many people dreamed about one day playing an open world video game set in George Lucas’ world of space wizards. Ubisoft and developer Massive Entertainment are finally making this dream a reality with Star Wars Outlaws , though they’re leaving the wizards out, since the upcoming game puts players in the role of a lovable Han Solo-style rogue rather than a Jedi.

Concrete info on this expansive jaunt through the galaxy remains limited, but we’ve gathered all we know thus far about Star Wars Outlaws below, from the expected release date to the setting to gameplay details.

In this guide:

• Star Wars Outlaws expected release date
• Star Wars Outlaws platforms
• Star Wars Outlaws trailers
• Star Wars Outlaws story details and setting
• Star Wars Outlaws gameplay

Star Wars Outlaws expected release date

Star Wars Outlaws is expected to release sometime in 2024. An exact month has yet to be revealed, but a Disney Parks blog post from early January revealed that the game was scheduled to come out in “late 2024” . This post was later edited to remove the word “late.” Chances are, Star Wars Outlaws may serve as Ubisoft’s big game to close off the year.

Star Wars Outlaws platforms

Star Wars Outlaws will launch on Windows, but don’t except to see it on Steam or even the Epic Games store. It’ll be available on Ubisoft Connect. On consoles, Star Wars Outlaws will launch for the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Star Wars Outlaws trailers

Star Wars Outlaws was revealed to the world in June 2023 with a cinematic premiere trailer that introduced viewers to Kay Vess, the daring lady at the heart of the game.

A ten and a half minute gameplay trailer accompanied the cinematic reveal, showing off Kay Vess as she carries out a sneaky deal for a nefarious employer, engaged in blaster combat, and hops on both a speeder bike and her own ship, the Trailblazer, for quick getaways.

A behind-the-scenes development video entitled “Crafting a Galaxy of Opportunity,” was released in July. This video provided further insight into Star Wars Outlaws’ design and also featured interviews with Massive Entertainment’s developers.

Star Wars Outlaws story details and setting

Star Wars Outlaws takes place between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, putting it smack dab in the middle of the franchise’s Imperial Era. The Empire’s forces are primed and ready for attack against all rebel forces, and Kay Vess is just one woman in this harsh galaxy trying to survive by making some money.

Portrayed by actress Humberly González, Kay radiates charm reminiscent of Han Solo or Lando Calrissian, and she’s described on the Star Wars Outlaws website as “a scoundrel seeking freedom and the means to start a new life.” Kay is accompanied on her journey by fuzzy companion Nix, who is a merqaal - a creature species new to the Star Wars franchise. Nix, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, resembles a ferret with big ears and huge eyes, and looks to be a worthy ally when it comes to grabbing items or distracting enemies during smugging operations.

Kay and ND-5 look to be solid partners in crime, up against the syndicates, the Empire, and everyone in between. |Image credit:Massive Entertainment

Aside from Kay and Nix, another key character in Star Wars Outlaws is ND-5, a trenchcoat-wearing BX-series droid, which means that he was built during Star Wars’ Clone Wars. Portrayed by Jay Rincon, the dashing droid features prominently alongside Kay in the game’s key art, teasing his likely role as a sidekick throughout her adventures.

The exact details of Star Wars Outlaws’ plot remain under wraps, but Kay’s journey is expected to feature prominent Star Wars planets like Tatooine and Kijimi along with a new one created entirely for the game - the moon of Toshara.

In “Crafting a Galaxy of Opportunity,” Massive Entertainment devs spoke on how they drew inspiration from the Tanzania savannah while crafting Toshara, which is the setting of the gameplay footage released alongside Star Wars Outlaw’s reveal. Thus far, Toshara seems to be a Wild West-style landscape where speeder battles amongst the rocks and desert greenery are common. Toshara is also home to many criminal syndicates, as seen when Kay visits her contact at an outpost town named Jaunta’s Hope.

Toshara is only one of several expansive playgrounds for Kay to dodge Imperial agents and steal stuff in. |Image credit:Massive Entertainment

Star Wars: Outlaws gameplay

Star Wars Outlaws looks to feature a varied number of play styles, all of which were glimpsed at in the gameplay reveal trailer. If you’ve played any of Ubisoft’s other open world games, you may have some idea of what to expect.

Stealth missions : Star Wars Outlaws’ gameplay reveal opens with Kay on Toshara attempting to pilfer goods from the deadly Pyke Syndicate, a group of spice traffickers who have regularly appeared in other Star Wars media. The mission begins with Kay sneaking behind enemies and using takedowns to knock them unconscious. Nix also comes in handy and can be sent ahead to press switches, attack, or distract foes while Kay lurks in cover.

Blaster shootouts : After the mission goes haywire, Kay is forced to bring out her blaster and start, well, blasting. Gunplay in Star Wars Outlaws is your standard over-the-shoulder affair, with Kay able to hop for cover, switch blasters, and change modes on her firearms. Notably, one of her guns has a Focused mode that she uses in the trailer to pierce through an enemy’s shield.

It’s good to have a furry friend by your side when you’re a smuggler attempting to steal from the galaxy’s worst. |Image credit:Massive Entertainment

Open world speeder traversal : When Kay escapes from the Pyke Syndicate hideout and mounts on a speeder in the gameplay trailer, the entire moon of Toshara is her oyster. After two assailants get on her tail, Kay dispatches them with a few well-placed shots, hinting that speeder shootouts are going to be a major part of moving across the wide worlds of Star Wars Outlaws.

Reputation : Some manner of reputation system with different factions appears to be included in Star Wars Outlaws, judging by Kay and ND-5’s dialogue as they muse that they won’t be doing any more missions for the Pykes. Kay also interacts with an agent of the Empire in Jaunta’s Hope, who expects her to pay a bribe. When Kay refuses, Imperial forces go after her immediately.

Space combat : Like any good Star Wars game, a solid dose of space combat occurs when Kay takes to the Trailblazer, blasts off from Toshara, and exchanges fire with TIE-Fighters. The ability to jump into hyperdrive is also exhibited at the very end of the trailer.

That’s all we know so far about Star Wars Outlaws. For more on this exciting excusion into the smuggler side of the Star Wars universe, keep your eyes peeled on Rock Paper Shotgun as we proceed to bring you all the coverage you need on Kay’s upcoming escapades.

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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.

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