In going deeper, Wall World 2 brings its dullest moments to the surface

Another shtick in the wall

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Wall World 2 isn’t as easy to explain as its predecessor. Yes, it is still a roguelike in which you split your time between piloting a robotic spider up and down a giant wall in search of weak spots from which you can mine deep into the cliff face, digging up minerals to spend upgrading your mecha-arachnid’s weapons, enhancing its ability to fight off periodic waves of pustule-covered aliens, until you either kill the biggest pustule-covered alien or die in the attempt. But now it’s become a much more complex game, embellishing both its mining and combat halves and thinning the divide between them.

This is going to take a little explaining, with a lot of changes falling into the plus and minus columns, so here’s an easy improvement to tide you over. You can now name your robospider; mine is called Nigel.

A simple pleasure of Wall World was that it played like a fusion of Missile Command and Manic Miner. When you found a weak spot in the wall, you would dig through procedurally generated cave structures in search of resources to drag back to the surface at the first sign of your proximity alarm. Then, back in the cockpit of your robospider, you would gun down waves of incoming aliens with your machine gun. The two phases were neatly-welded and yet distinct, in part because once the last attacker was dead, you were safe until the next wave began. There were no enemies to be found within the mines.

Not so in Wall World 2. Some utter bastard has told the invading Zyrex they’d do a much better job of killing off the humans if they also infested the mines, ready to pounce on any oblivious digger that comes their way. You will find creatures that roll along the walls, gobbling up any loose minerals you leave on the ground, boil-covered flies that spit poison at you from afar, and fire spouts embedded in walls that will incinerate you if you get caught in their eruptions. While I’ve not yet been killed by any of these creatures, they have eliminated the sense of downtime between attacking waves.

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Another change in the mines that thins the barrier between the modes, are portals which teleport you back to your robot spider, offering a shortcut to the cockpit when you hear the proximity alarm. These portals are rare, so you still need to keep a close eye on the wave timer. After all, the shortest route to a quick death is finding yourself far from your gun turret when a wave begins. The Zyrex will shred an undefended robospider, putting an end to your run.

Another joy of the original Wall World was that the real enemy, besides the gelatinous flying aliens that prey upon what’s left of humanity, was your own greed. Often I would die because instead of racing back to my (tragically unrenameable) robospider as soon as the proximity alarm fired, I’d stay just a little while longer in the mines to fill up my backpack with gems. Wall World 2 brings even more ways for your greed to be your undoing.

For one, the minerals you find in-mission, which in the first game were only usable to buy upgrades within your current run, can now also be brought back to your base and spent on permanent upgrades. This adds a new layer of tension to your excursions because you must now choose between spending the minerals in-mission on powerful temporary upgrades, such as making your robospider’s machine gun bullets home in on enemies, or holding onto them to invest in something more permanent back at home. Greedily hoarding minerals to spend in your mechbay on long-term improvements may be wise, but that long view could be the death of you if you remain too weak to survive the current run.

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This fresh focus on minerals extends into the new world map. The original Wall World was all one level. You started the game bang in the middle and you could either climb up or down the wall, with your choice leading you to different resources. Stomp down the wall for pearls, up for amethysts. That’s no longer the case in Wall World 2: instead, you choose to travel to different biomes from a world map. Each region has basic resources and one special mineral that can’t be found in any other region. If you have your eyes on the jetboot upgrade that requires emeralds, head to Rusty Belt; need diamonds to strengthen your shield, go to Misty Slope.

Another change-up is that each region is also broken down into separate, repeatable missions. The objectives are simple and can be completed as you go about the business of your run – collecting a certain number of gemstones, rescuing civilians lost in the mines, or dispatching Zyrex nests, for instance. But you need to complete the objective and successfully survive extraction to unlock new gear blueprints and bring all your loot home.

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While all of these new systems have the potential to make Wall World 2 a more intricate game than its predecessor, they also highlight a single, inescapable frustration that dogs every run. At the start of a new Wall World run, when your robotic spider is plonked on the side of the eponymous cliff face, you’re armed with a basic laser. Less like a hot knife through butter, it’s more akin to chiselling a brick with a feather. Breaking down each block is a painfully slow business and the first job of any self-respecting wall digger is to find six basic gems so you can upgrade the cutting beam to be slightly less piddling. As you get deeper into the mines, you’ll find the resources to upgrade your beam into something closer to the hot knife ideal. This slow ramping up of power is similar to the original Wall World. However, in the sequel, because of the shift to shorter, mission-based runs, that opening phase where cutting blocks is interminably slow and dull is much more frequent. Runs used to last half an hour or more, so those first sluggish minutes were only a small portion of a round and easily forgotten by the end. With missions now lasting only ten to fifteen minutes, a greater proportion of your time is spent feeling puny. While there are permanent upgrades that increase your miner’s speed and health, there doesn’t appear to be anything that improves the strength of your laser beam.

One new addition that takes a bit of the sting out of this perpetual enweakening is the pub back at your home base. Before a run, you can buy drinks at the bar that will give you a buff for your next excursion. You have a two drink limit – perhaps your miner has a reputation for overdoing it – so you can create a cocktail of temporary improvements, upping your damage, defense, speed, or mineral gain. So far I’ve been downing the drinks that up my carry capacity and increase the chance gem blocks will drop extra stones. Though, as in life, drinking only dulls the pain - it doesn’t solve the problem.

Developer Alawar’s new systems imbue Wall World 2 with active choices that I want to engage with, but I keep being pushed out of enjoying my time by the knowledge that each run will begin as a chore. I’m still only five hours in, so there is a chance that I will discover an upgrade that makes the first minutes of every run less painful. Though, if I don’t, I’m aware that every new hour I play will include a frustration I don’t feel when I play the original.

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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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