I turned my PC off during the “don’t switch off” symbol in five different games to see what would happen and boy was this an annoying experiment

A pointless warning?

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We’ve all seen it. The little spinning symbol cautioning players against impatient acts of powering down. “Don’t turn off your system when this symbol is displayed,” goes the message seen often while booting up a game (or some other version of these words). The implication is clear. The saving process is delicate and if you interrupt this invisible ritual the data that’s being written to some folder deep in your PC’s innards will become corrupted, wrecked, banjaxed. You will lose all your progress, all your precious swords and accomplishments.

But is this true? How likely are you to really suffer a catastrophic loss of shotgun shells? To find out, I decided to spend a very annoying afternoon of turning my gaming rig off and on again during multiple games. Was this a good idea? I don’t know. I’m a gamer, not an ideas man.

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This is not a hugely scientific experiment. It’s simple. In each game I will hit a save point, watch for the relevent “now saving” icon, and press my “power off” button while the icon is showing. Sometimes the save points will be manual, sometimes they’ll be location-sensitive autosaves. In all cases I time the powering-down as best I can. Sometimes I perform the act several times, sometimes I just do it a couple. It is worth noting I only use the “power off” button on my PC. Fear stops me short of cutting power at the wall during this process. That is the scarier version of this same experiment. As we’ll see, it may make a big difference.

To aid me in understanding the reasons behind this symbol, I will also speak to developer of Getting Over It , Bennett Foddy. Which feels fitting for an experiment which involves repeatedly restarting something.

But first, let’s see what happened. Disastrous data loss? Or sweet foxtrot alpha? Read on to find out!

Hades 2

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Mel’s violent hike through hell is often auto-saving. It saves between rooms, it saves after picking up boons, after upgrading your altar skills, after picking up post-battle treats, and probably a bunch of other places I haven’t noticed. Statistically, someone out there has had a power cut at the exact worst moment, right? Well, I tried to emulate that and to destroy my save file a bunch of times while its witchy “now saving” glyph showed. Nothing happened. Every time I started my PC back up and ran the game, I was safe and sound. It even never knocked me back a single step.

Result: No data loss.

Still Wakes The Deep

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The save icon in this first-person horror is a non-intrusive set of spinning circles in the corner of the screen. I attempted the same self-destructive power interrupting, cutting off during a save in many different places on board the oil rig. Nothing went wrong. It is perhaps affirming to learn that The Chinese Room’s game is more robust than the rusting machinery used by cheaparse fictional oil company Cadal.

Result: Absolutely fuckaw.

Dread Delusion

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The save points of Dread Delusion are ornate contraptions holding shiny crystals, and the save icon is a dusty old tome, again in a screen corner. Of all the games I am trying to corrupt, I harboured a perverse hope this quite-good retro RPG would fall victim to my sabotage. It’s made by a small team, I figured, maybe they would not have had time to make their save process absolutely dumbass-proof. But no. Even after multiple tries there was no corruption, no data loss, no catastrophe.

Result: Getting very bored of entering my Windows password.

Cyberpunk 2077

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The saving process in Cyberpunk 2077 lasts milliseconds. The little spinny “don’t turn off” icon appears and disappears too fast for me to react. To simultaneously cut power and save the game, I would need a second person to help with the process. We would need to treat it with the spectacle-correcting accuracy of a pair of military scientists, counting down and turning our keys at the same time. It is theoretically possible your save data in this game becomes borked by accident, but you literally could not do it if you tried.

Result: Regret starting this pointless experiment.

Alien: Isolation

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Aha. Here’s one that does the countdown for you. Alien: Isolation ’s save slots are a thing of beauty, in that they are real physical slots on the space station’s walls, into which you insert a little card device. The requisite save symbol also appears (in this case, a small cassette tape). I stuck in Ripley’s card, waited for the saving process to begin, confirmed an “overwrite game” message, and promptly slapped off my PC as soon as the cassette appeared. Did the famously crappy machinery of Sevastopol Station corrupt my save file? No. Even the idiots at Seegson electronics appear to be able to make a reliable saving process.

Result: Just glad this is over, to be honest.

Game saved successfully

There you have it. Absolutely no save data horror stories. So why do games show you this warning? Have I just got lucky? Will turning your PC off during a save actually do harm, or is it just some arcane custom of game developers?

“I think the answer is probably ‘it depends’, unfortunately,” says Bennett Foddy, maker of Getting Over It. “Yeah, if you yank the power cable from the PC or console while it’s writing your save file, the file write is not going to complete and you’ll get a corrupt save. But, lots of caveats…

“Everyone I know writes to a revolving set of slots, to handle file corruption. So if one file is corrupted it just loads the next most recent one. But there’s no guarantee the game you’re playing does this.

“Some games have teeny save files - like Getting Over It is writing hardly any data at all when it saves. In those cases, you’re just statistically unlikely to interrupt a saving process even if you pull the power cable. Maybe you’d have to turn off the computer 100 times to get unlucky enough to corrupt a file save for that game.”

Foddy’s last point here reminds me of the Cyberpunk 2077 saving process during my foray into mad science above. In that particular case, the save file may be large or small, I don’t know. But however CD Projekt RED handle it, the shooter appears to save incredibly fast, making it unlikely to be interrupted.

But Foddy also reckons my method of pressing the “power off” button is unlikely to do damage at all, since it begins a shutdown process which “should include finishing any file writes in progress and shutting down the drives safely”. Aha. So we DO need to repeat this under harder, “power cut at the wall” conditions.

There is another possible reason this warning shows in so many games you play. In some cases it may simply be forced on developers as part of the publishing process. As far back as 2012, Jonathan Blow, the creator of Braid and The Witness , was complaining about this exact requirement in the certification process . In other words, including this warning is one of the rules game makers have to follow to make sure their games can be sold on storefronts like the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, and Steam.

“Every single game is REQUIRED to say on startup, ‘sometimes this game saves, when you see this animated icon in the corner, DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR CONSOLE, etc’,” wrote Blow in a mail to Ars Technica . “This is something that developers have to implement and that has to be tested, which costs significant time and money, but worse than all that, it impacts the user experience, because the startup of the game becomes just a little more bureaucratized.”

Blow goes on to complain about that certification process a lot, basically noting the same thing as Foddy - that there exists a technically reliable way to create a failsafe for data corruption. Which would make the warning pretty much unnecessary.

“[It] also could be a historical console requirement,” says Foddy. “I haven’t checked lately (and I suspect the licence would prevent me from telling you, if I did). It could also be developers following kneejerk convention. I bet that’s part of it.”

Conclusion

In the end, we may be none the wiser concerning this particular spinning symbol of uncertainty. The certification requirements alone make it likely we’ll continue to see it used in our games into the foreseeable future. But, yes, it seems mostly pointless. You are probably more likely to lose your save file to an overzealous housemate or a younger sibling, than to an abrupt loss of power. At least judging by my scientifically rigorous experimentation anyway.

Yet science is an open book. Peer review me, reader! What about you? Have you ever had a save game corruption disaster? Did you lose 55 hours of Persona 5 to the cybervoid? What is the most devastating save loss of your life? Unload your personal history unto me, if we cannot always reliably save the game, let us at least save one another.

Alien: Isolation

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Cyberpunk 2077

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Still Wakes The Deep

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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:

Blueprint	Type	Recipe	Crafted At
Bettina	Weapon	3x Advanced Mechanical Components 3x Heavy Gun Parts 3x Canister	Gunsmith 3
Blue Light Stick	Quick Use	3x Chemicals	Utility Station 1
Aphelion	Weapon	3x Magnetic Accelerator 3x Complex Gun Parts 1x Matriarch Reactor	Gunsmith 3
Combat Mk. 3 (Flanking)	Augment	2x Advanced Electrical Components 3x Processor	Gear Bench 3
Combat Mk. 3 (Aggressive)	Augment	2x Advanced Electrical Components 3x Processor	Gear Bench 3
Complex Gun Parts	Material	2x Light Gun Parts 2x Medium Gun Parts 2x Heavy Gun Parts	Refiner 3
Fireworks Box	Quick Use	1x Explosive Compound 3x Pop Trigger	Explosives Station 2
Gas Mine	Mine	4x Chemicals 2x Rubber Parts	Explosives Station 1
Green Light Stick	Quick Use	3x Chemicals	Utility Station 1
Pulse Mine	Mine	1x Crude Explosives 1x Wires	Explosives Station 1
Seeker Grenade	Grenade	1x Crude Explosives 2x ARC Alloy	Explosives Station 1
Looting Mk. 3 (Survivor)	Augment	2x Advanced Electrical Components 3x Processor	Gear Bench 3
Angled Grip II	Mod	2x Mechanical Components 3x Duct Tape	Gunsmith 2
Angled Grip III	Mod	2x Mod Components 5x Duct Tape	Gunsmith 3
Hullcracker	Weapon	1x Magnetic Accelerator 3x Heavy Gun Parts 1x Exodus Modules	Gunsmith 3
Launcher Ammo	Ammo	5x Metal Parts 1x Crude Explosives	Workbench 1
Anvil	Weapon	5x Mechanical Components 5x Simple Gun Parts	Gunsmith 2
Anvil Splitter	Mod	2x Mod Components 3x Processor	Gunsmith 3
???	???	???	???
Barricade Kit	Quick Use	1x Mechanical Components	Utility Station 2
Blaze Grenade	Grenade	1x Explosive Compound 2x Oil	Explosives Station 3
Bobcat	Weapon	3x Advanced Mechanical Components 3x Light Gun Parts	Gunsmith 3
Osprey	Weapon	2x Advanced Mechanical Components 3x Medium Gun Parts 7x Wires	Gunsmith 3
Burletta	Weapon	3x Mechanical Components 3x Simple Gun Parts	Gunsmith 1
Compensator II	Mod	2x Mechanical Components 4x Wires	Gunsmith 2
Compensator III	Mod	2x Mod Components 8x Wires	Gunsmith 3
Defibrillator	Quick Use	9x Plastic Parts 1x Moss	Medical Lab 2
???	???	???	???
Equalizer	Weapon	3x Magnetic Accelerator 3x Complex Gun Parts 1x Queen Reactor	Gunsmith 3
Extended Barrel	Mod	2x Mod Components 8x Wires	Gunsmith 3
Extended Light Mag II	Mod	2x Mechanical Components 3x Steel Spring	Gunsmith 2
Extended Light Mag III	Mod	2x Mod Components 5x Steel Spring	Gunsmith 3
Extended Medium Mag II	Mod	2x Mechanical Components 3x Steel Spring	Gunsmith 2
Extended Medium Mag III	Mod	2x Mod Components 5x Steel Spring	Gunsmith 3
Extended Shotgun Mag II	Mod	2x Mechanical Components 3x Steel Spring	Gunsmith 2
Extended Shotgun Mag III	Mod	2x Mod Components 5x Steel Spring	Gunsmith 3
Remote Raider Flare	Quick Use	2x Chemicals 4x Rubber Parts	Utility Station 1
Heavy Gun Parts	Material	4x Simple Gun Parts	Refiner 2
Venator	Weapon	2x Advanced Mechanical Components 3x Medium Gun Parts 5x Magnet	Gunsmith 3
Il Toro	Weapon	5x Mechanical Components 6x Simple Gun Parts	Gunsmith 1
Jolt Mine	Mine	1x Electrical Components 1x Battery	Explosives Station 2
Explosive Mine	Mine	1x Explosive Compound 1x Sensors	Explosives Station 3
Jupiter	Weapon	3x Magnetic Accelerator 3x Complex Gun Parts 1x Queen Reactor	Gunsmith 3
Light Gun Parts	Material	4x Simple Gun Parts	Refiner 2
Lightweight Stock	Mod	2x Mod Components 5x Duct Tape	Gunsmith 3
Lure Grenade	Grenade	1x Speaker Component 1x Electrical Components	Utility Station 2
Medium Gun Parts	Material	4x Simple Gun Parts	Refiner 2
Torrente	Weapon	2x Advanced Mechanical Components 3x Medium Gun Parts 6x Steel Spring	Gunsmith 3
Muzzle Brake II	Mod	2x Mechanical Components 4x Wires	Gunsmith 2
Muzzle Brake III	Mod	2x Mod Components 8x Wires	Gunsmith 3
Padded Stock	Mod	2x Mod Components 5x Duct Tape	Gunsmith 3
Shotgun Choke II	Mod	2x Mechanical Components 4x Wires	Gunsmith 2
Shotgun Choke III	Mod	2x Mod Components 8x Wires	Gunsmith 3
Shotgun Silencer	Mod	2x Mod Components 8x Wires	Gunsmith 3
Showstopper	Grenade	1x Advanced Electrical Components 1x Voltage Converter	Explosives Station 3
Silencer I	Mod	2x Mechanical Components 4x Wires	Gunsmith 2
Silencer II	Mod	2x Mod Components 8x Wires	Gunsmith 3
Snap Hook	Quick Use	2x Power Rod 3x Rope 1x Exodus Modules	Utility Station 3
Stable Stock II	Mod	2x Mechanical Components 3x Duct Tape	Gunsmith 2
Stable Stock III	Mod	2x Mod Components 5x Duct Tape	Gunsmith 3
Tagging Grenade	Grenade	1x Electrical Components 1x Sensors	Utility Station 3
Tempest	Weapon	3x Advanced Mechanical Components 3x Medium Gun Parts 3x Canister	Gunsmith 3
Trigger Nade	Grenade	2x Crude Explosives 1x Processor	Explosives Station 2
Vertical Grip II	Mod	2x Mechanical Components 3x Duct Tape	Gunsmith 2
Vertical Grip III	Mod	2x Mod Components 5x Duct Tape	Gunsmith 3
Vita Shot	Quick Use	2x Antiseptic 1x Syringe	Medical Lab 3
Vita Spray	Quick Use	3x Antiseptic 1x Canister	Medical Lab 3
Vulcano	Weapon	1x Magnetic Accelerator 3x Heavy Gun Parts 1x Exodus Modules	Gunsmith 3
Wolfpack	Grenade	2x Explosive Compound 2x Sensors	Explosives Station 3
Red Light Stick	Quick Use	3x Chemicals	Utility Station 1
Smoke Grenade	Grenade	14x Chemicals 1x Canister	Utility Station 2
Deadline	Mine	3x Explosive Compound 2x ARC Circuitry	Explosives Station 3
Trailblazer	Grenade	1x Explosive Compound 1x Synthesized Fuel	Explosives Station 3
Tactical Mk. 3 (Defensive)	Augment	2x Advanced Electrical Components 3x Processor	Gear Bench 3
Tactical Mk. 3 (Healing)	Augment	2x Advanced Electrical Components 3x Processor	Gear Bench 3
Yellow Light Stick	Quick Use	3x Chemicals	Utility Station 1

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.

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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.

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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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I turned my PC off during the “don’t switch off” symbol in five different games to see what would happen and boy was this an annoying experiment#

Hades 2#

Still Wakes The Deep#

Dread Delusion#

Cyberpunk 2077#

Alien: Isolation#

Game saved successfully#

Conclusion#

All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them#

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#

Dam Battlegrounds#

Buried City#

Spaceport#

Blue Gate#

Stella Montis#

I turned my PC off during the “don’t switch off” symbol in five different games to see what would happen and boy was this an annoying experiment

Hades 2

Still Wakes The Deep

Dread Delusion

Cyberpunk 2077

Alien: Isolation

Game saved successfully

Conclusion

All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

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

Dam Battlegrounds

Buried City

Spaceport

Blue Gate

Stella Montis