Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2’s technical touch-ups include DLSS, “Experimental” visuals and far fewer bugs

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Several hours in, it’s become apparent that I lack the patience for much of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 ’s much-publicised historical accuracies , like needing to bathe yourself every six minutes or how 15th century Bohemians can take several consecutive sword swings to the neck without dying. Ah well! If you’re going to play it, know that it’s also a decent performer on PC – despite the almost threatening tone of its recommended system requirements – and, as far as I can see, isn’t anywhere near as bug-prone as the infamously unstable original.

Deliverance 2 has spent the seven-year intermission picking up some new tech tricks as well, most notably DLSS and FSR upscaler support. Head a little deeper into its settings trove, though, and there are still some big performance improvements to be made to be made the old fashioned way.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2: system requirements and PC performance

I initially assumed that Deliverance 2’s “recommended” specs had something like tricked-out 4K in mind, as an RTX 4070 and Ryzen 7 7800X3D could coast along at 1080p in their sleep. The minimum specs, while not exactly rock-bottom themselves, are more what you’d expect from a big 3D RPG like this in 2025. Maybe even lower – while 100GB is a big ol’ pile of bytes, there’s no demand that it be specifically dumped on an SSD .

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 minimum PC specs

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit
• CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
• RAM: 16GB
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) / AMD Radeon RX 580
• Storage: 100GB available space

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 recommended PC specs

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit
• CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K / AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• RAM: 32GB
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 / AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
• Storage: 100GB available space

You could probably get away with less than a GTX 1060, in fact. Once I picked a suitably demanding square of Czech forest to benchmark around in, that GPU averaged a comfortable 49fps at 1080p with the Low quality preset, and still managed a playable (if visibly less smooth) 36fps on Medium. Later this week I’ll do a more in-depth Steam Deck guide, but it’s playable on Valve’s handheld as well, typically pulling 30-40fps on Low with FSR on Quality.

In other words, Deliverance 2 is workable on low-end hardware, though how well newer and more mid-range kit will handle it depends heavily on your chosen settings. The most demanding preset, stirringly named “Experimental”, specifically warns you that it’s made for “future”” hardware, and it brought the relatively new RTX 4060 down to just 34fps at native 1080p. Ultra and High quality saw it averaging 52fps and 72fps respectively, so I wouldn’t recommend using the top preset as-is.

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Alright, maybe an RTX 4070 for max-quality 4K is a stretch. But it’s hard to get too mad at Experimental’s demands when the game as a whole runs on GPUs that weren’t even new when the first Deliverance came out, and for what it’s worth, testing on my 16GB RAM-equipped rig presented nothing to suggest that your really, truly need 32GB for higher qualities and resolutions.

It’s also got good ultrawide support, adapting its menus to fully fit the elongated screen, and in what should be a relief to Kingdom Come veterans is Deliverance 2’s (relative) lack of bugs. I know Edwin’s seen a few crashes , and he’s played for quite a bit longer than me, but so far I haven’t experienced a fraction of the game-breakage that the first game suffered from. Here’s the sum total of my witnessed blips: a couple of NPCs briefly out of pose at the start of a cutscene; the lighting effects abruptly changing during the alchemy minigame; and a single staircase that I couldn’t ascend except by sidestepping up it like a medieval crab. That’s it. Maybe don’t take it as a clean bill of health for the considerable stretches of Deliverance 2 I haven’t played, but it does at least appear to have had a more thorough polishing-up than its predecessor.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 settings guide

The odd thing about Experimental graphics is that that, at least when we’re talking presets, they’re not iris-shatteringly more beautiful than Ultra. Especially not in static screenshots, where even I’ll admit you’ll end up playing Spot the Slightly Different Shadow Effect.

And yet, when I went about testing individual settings on my RTX 4060, many of them performed near enough identically on Low as they did on Experimental. Unless you you’re on very, very low-spec hardware, then, you can actually mix up some of the highest settings with just a few Mediums for dramatically boosted framerates. Here’s what I’d suggest:

• Object Quality: Medium
• Global illumination: Medium
• Shadows: Medium
• Vegetation Details: Medium
• Everything else: Experimental

You should also throw in Quality-level DLSS or FSR upscaling at 1440p or above, though DLSS in particular actually looks okay at 1080p. Without it, this settings combination produced a glossy 76fps on the RTX 4060, more than doubling its all-Experimental average of 34fps and landing between its High and Medium preset results. DLSS pushed that all the way up to 105fps, just over triple the original.

Why just those four quality changes? And why Medium rather than Low? Among all the individual settings, these were the only ones that produced more than a 1fps gain when dropped from Experimental to Low. And, also in all four cases, their Medium option was almost as fast: tweaking global illumination, for example, produced 40fps on Low and 39fps at Medium. At these rates, you might as well have the better-looking setting. The biggest difference came from the Shadows setting, where Low produced 53fps by itself and Medium produced 45fps, but the visual difference was also quite stark, and since I was looking at 60fps-plus anyway, I had the headroom to stick with Medium. So will most PCs, I reckon.

That said, feel free to drop Shadows all the way down if your particular PC needs more help. At the bottom of the main graphics menu, there are also easy-to-miss toggles for motion blur and depth-of-field effects; these won’t affect performance either way, but you can disable them entirely if that’s your visual preference.

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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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