Lightyear Frontier Nest locations and how to make Fodder

Here are the Nest locations for the first five biomes in Lightyear Frontier

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Looking for Nest locations in Lightyear Frontier? Nests in Lightyear Frontier are hives in which the animals of the alien world live. Feeding Nests is a great way to replenish the natural resources of each biome, which usually houses around three Nests each.

Below, we’ll list the Nest locations for the first five biomes, go through the steps to make Fodder and the rewards for feeding the animal populace in Lightyear Frontier.

In this guide:

• Meadows Nest locations
• Pine Heights Nest locations
• Edge Cliffs Nest locations
• Yellow Forest Nest locations
• Stepstone Peak Nest locations
• Nests in Lightyear Frontier explained
• How to make Fodder in Lightyear Frontier

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All Nest Locations in Lightyear Frontier

During our Lightyear Frontier playthrough, we’ve managed to find all Nest locations for the first five starting regions: The Meadows, Pine Heights, Edge Cliffs, Yellow Forest and Stepstone Peak. We’ve gathered these locations into one image below and also provided a thorough breakdown of how to find each of the Nests in each region.

Make sure to feed Nests in an area before resource farming. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios

You can farm more effectively if you prioritise feeding Nests first, as this will replenish the surrounding land of resources the next in-game day.

Meadows Nest locations

The Meadows is the first biome you’ll explore in Lightyear Frontier. The main resource you’ll need to collect in The Meadows is Aluminium , which is used for some of the first major Mech Suit upgrades.

The image below shows the map locations of all Nests in The Meadows biome. Plus an additional rundown of how to get to each Nest location:

The Meadows is the starting area in Lightyear Frontier. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios

• Nest 1: Travel north from the starting spawn point. The Nest is located on the beach and will look like a large sand castle with yellow nodes.
• Nest 2: This is a Ratscallion Nest located next to several Aluminium Ores. The Nest is located east within the Meadows biome, under a cliff.
• Nest 3: From Nest 2, travel directly west to the Swiftplume Nest. It will look like a glowing tree.

Pine Heights Nest locations

You’ll likely unlock Pine Heights first as it doesn’t require any special Mech upgrades to access. To clear the map, you must use your Irrigation Hose to clear away all the Noxious Slime. Once done, wait an in-game day and you’ll then be able to feed the local Nests.

These Nest locations are shown in the below map image. When fed, you can take advantage of the Rabbage and Red Crystals that grow in the region.

Pine Heights is great for farming Red Crystals. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios

• Nest 1: This is a Ratscallion Nest located opposite the Dam Ruins entrance (the large ancient structure with glowing purple infrastructure).
• Nest 2: This is a Znork Nest located directly left of the main Dam doors.
• Nest 3: This is a Stalktail Nest, surrounded by Red Crystal nodes. Follow the Dam wall north (right of the doors). There is a little pathway northeast that travels towards the Nest.

Edge Cliffs Nest locations

Edge Cliffs is another biome you can unlock early on and is rich with Copper Ore and Caroots . To unveil this section of the map, you need to clear away Noxious Weeds by hoovering them up with your Vacuum Harvester. See the image below for all Nest locations in Edge Cliffs.

Edge Cliffs is a smaller biome, but rich with Copper Ore nodes. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios

• Nest 1: The first Nest in this biome can be tricky to find as it is located within a cave, at the foot of the large orange tree. You’ll have to exit the Mech Suit to get inside the cave.
• Nest 2: This Znork Nest is located directly above the first one. Simply climb above, using the ledge located to the right of the cave entrance.
• Nest 3: This is a Stalktail Nest located east of the Ratscallion cave. You’ll be able to see the Nest beneath a large stone tower with trees growing on top of it.

Yellow Forest Nest locations

It may take you some time to unlock the Yellow Forest as you will need to get the first Irrigation Hose upgrade and the first Vacuum upgrade to clear the Noxious Weeds and Slime of the region. It is worth doing, however, as this region spawns Iron Ore , Blue Crystal and Zappertwigs , all of which are used in electronic constructions.

Below is a map of all Nest locations within the Yellow Forest.

The Yellow Forest is home to Iron Ore, Blue Crystals and Zappertwigs. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios

• Nest 1: This Crobling Nest is in the centre of the Yellow Forest Coast, northeast on the map.
• Nest 2: This Znork Nest is located within a cave, at the base of the Radio Tower site.
• Nest 3: This Znork Nest is located north of the body of the large dinosaur skeleton. From the right ribcage, turn left along the dirt path.

Stepstone Peak Nest locations

To clear Stepstone Peak, you’ll first need the Irrigation Hose Power I upgrade and Vacuum Harvester Power I upgrade. This area spawns Iron Ore and Chromaize , needed for various advanced upgrades. Below are all the Nest locations for the area.

Stepstone Peak grows Chromaize, important for constructing Iron Parts. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios

• Nest 1: The first Nest contains Stalktails and is located on one of the lower cliff levels, east of the main cliff.
• Nest 2: Follow the path northwest to find the second nest. This is south of the Stepstone Peak and is inside of a cave, meaning you’ll need to exit your Mech Suit to find it.
• Nest 3: Follow the peak around, northwest. Nest three is a Ratscallion nest, on a higher cliff level and opposite a pond.

Nests in Lightyear Frontier explained

Nests can take all shapes and forms Lightyear Frontier. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios

Nests serve as the central hive for animals in Lightyear Frontier. When you feed a Nest with Fodder, the next in-game day will replenish resources in the area. This means if you’re farming for crafting materials it is wise to feed Nests first, to increase your maximum yield.

There are three ’ Resource Boost ’ levels to reach (one per Nest). Each level increases the resources of the region. This not only replenishes natural resources like ore nodes, but also increases your chance of finding sellable items like fossils, eggs and flowers.

There are usually around three Nests per map area and each will take three lots of Fodder to fill. There are also several types of Fodder in Lightyear Frontier and each biome may require a different type ( more on this below ).

If you struggle to find the Nest in your area, you can feed animals directly and this will add to your tally. Doing this essentially shortcuts the process, without the need to track animals down individually. It is worth noting that feeding animals directly will sometimes cause them to drop extra resources .

This Ratscallion is happy and well-fed, promising more resources. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios

You’ll know a Nest is fed completely when animals nearby have a sparkle and love heart above their heads. Resource Boosts do not carry over across multiple days; you’ll need to repeat the process if the land has been depleted. Otherwise, it will take a few in-game days for the land to recover.

How to make Fodder in Lightyear Frontier

There are several different types of Fodder in Lightyear Frontier. Different creatures in opposing biomes will prefer different Fodder, so you’ll need to know which to have on hand when exploring.

Below, we’ve listed all the types of Fodder we’ve encountered in the game so far, along with how to make each type and which biomes require them.

The rounds off our guide to Nest locations and how to make Fodder in Lightyear Frontier. Now, you should be able to maximise your farming for crafting materials and optimise production at your base.

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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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