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Every product in these builds is hand-picked for its performance, compatibility, and current discount. Both systems are based on AMD’s AM5 platform, giving you access to cutting-edge features like PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 memory—regardless of your budget. These aren’t just builds for today; they’re future-ready setups made even better by today’s sale prices.

Budget PC Build

This budget gaming PC build is perfect for 1080p and even light 1440p gaming, offering surprisingly strong performance for the price. Thanks to deep discounts on key components, you’re getting an AM5-based system with DDR5 memory, a snappy NVMe SSD, and a modern GPU with DLSS support—all for just over $1,000. It’s a serious bang-for-buck setup ideal for new builders, students, or anyone who wants smooth gaming on a lean budget.

With WiFi 6E, PCIe 5.0, and rock-solid power delivery, this board is a steal at under $200. It supports AMD EXPO, has RGB headers, and even includes Q-Flash Plus for easy BIOS updates, no CPU needed.

An 8-core, 16-thread powerhouse that easily handles gaming, streaming, and multitasking. It boosts up to 5.4GHz and punches well above its price class, especially at 32% off.

This 1080p champ includes ray tracing and DLSS support, with dual fans for quiet cooling. It’s a perfect match for the CPU and won’t bottleneck your frame rate in most modern titles.

Fast DDR5 memory with support for both Intel XMP and AMD EXPO. At this price, you’re getting high-frequency RAM with a black heatspreader that fits into any build theme.

A stylish mid-tower case with four ARGB fans, a mesh front panel for airflow, and tempered glass side panel. Tool-less design and radiator support make it easy to build in.

Blazing-fast PCIe 4.0 speeds (up to 7100MB/s) mean quick load times, fast boot, and snappy game installs—all for under $70.

A 240mm AIO with dual ARGB fans, ceramic bearings, and support for AM5. Quiet, effective, and stylish cooling that keeps your CPU at peak performance.

Fully modular, ATX 3.1 compliant, and PCIe 5.1 ready. You won’t need to upgrade this PSU for a long time, and it’s whisper-quiet too.

High End PC Build

If you want no compromises, this high-end build brings together the latest tech for premium 1440p and 4K gaming, heavy workloads, and high-refresh action. Packed with future-proof features like WiFi 7, USB4, and 4TB of blazing-fast Gen4 storage, it’s designed to crush everything you throw at it. And thanks to some well-timed Spring Sale discounts, it comes in well under the price you’d expect for this level of hardware.

This beastly board supports AI Overclocking, has a 16+2+1 VRM design, and is built for the Ryzen 9000 series down the road. USB4, PCIe 5.0, and WiFi 7 seal the deal.

The fastest gaming CPU in the world, with 3D V-Cache for ultra-low latency. It eats up AAA titles at high refresh rates and is future-proofed for next-gen gaming.

NVIDIA’s new Blackwell-powered RTX 5070 delivers serious power and AI performance with DLSS 4. It’s SFF-ready but built to push ultra settings without compromise.

Bright, customizable RGB with tight timings and high speed. Perfect for showcasing your build, and the performance backs up the looks.

Same case as the budget build, but it still shines here. Excellent airflow, a panoramic view of your components, and support for 360mm radiators.

Top-tier NVMe drive with up to 7450MB/s read speeds and 4TB of capacity. Ideal for massive game libraries and heavy-duty creative workloads.

A 420mm AIO with built-in VRM cooling, great cable management, and massive thermal headroom. This cooler is overkill—in the best way.

Same PSU as the budget build because it’s just that good. Fully modular, ATX 3.1, and supports even the most power-hungry GPUs.

Which Build Should You Go For?

The comparison table gives you a clear look at the value breakdown between the two builds. The budget build is perfect for casual gamers, first-time builders, or anyone who wants solid 1080p and some 1440p performance without blowing the bank. Meanwhile, the high-end rig is a performance powerhouse, ideal for 4K gaming, content creation, streaming, or future-proofed multitasking for years to come.

If you’re gaming on a 1080p monitor and want to maximize value, the budget build will impress. But if you’re aiming for buttery-smooth 1440p or 4K, and you want a build that can handle AI features and next-gen games with ease, the high-end system is where it’s at.

I also found some great prebuilt gaming PCs

If you’d rather skip the screwdrivers and get straight to gaming, these prebuilt desktops offer a range of powerful options for every type of player. The ASUS ROG G13CH and Skytech Shadow deliver great midrange performance with RTX 4060 GPUs, making them perfect for 1080p and 1440p gaming. They’re competitively priced and well-equipped out of the box. Meanwhile, the iBUYPOWER Y60 brings serious firepower with a Ryzen 9 7900X and RTX 4070 Ti Super, ideal for gamers and streamers who want high frame rates and multitasking muscle in a sleek, glass-panel case.

At the top of the lineup, Maingear’s MG-1 and RUSH systems raise the bar with premium build quality, excellent airflow, and hardware that’s optimized straight out of the box. Both systems are handcrafted in the U.S. with meticulous cable management and zero bloatware. Just a clean, fast Windows install and tuned BIOS settings to ensure peak performance. Maingear also shines with top-notch customer service and real-time support that’s rare in the prebuilt world. If you want a boutique-level experience with pro-grade attention to detail, Maingear’s desktops are in a class of their own.

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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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