No More Room In Hell 2 nails the terror of being isolated in a zombie outbreak, although you can just hide on a table if you want

It’s safe up here

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Ah, what a pickle I’ve gotten myself into. I need to climb down from this table if I’m ever going to meet up with my teammates and finish the game, but the stupid zombies cannot get me if I stay up here. It’s an absolute gherkin, I tell you. A real cornichonundrum.

The steel pipe in my right hand is doing a decent job of whittling them down, and the torch in my left lets me see the expressions of impotent rage on their flaky faces. Still, the pipe won’t last forever - this is videogame steel, the crumbliest steel there is. Thank god No More Room In Hell 2 doesn’t bother with the hunger or rest parts of the survival equation. I can, in theory, stay on this table forever.

I bet you’re wondering how I got here, smugly trivialising the otherwise excellently tense horror atmosphere. So was I, actually. I hadn’t heard of No More Room In Hell until Jake ‘Hit Reload’ Tucker informed me it was a Half Life 2 mod . Developers Torn Banner have pedigree in this space, having spun out their studio and Chivalry series from that game’s Age Of Chivalry mod. 13 years later, after wrapping up medieval multiplayer disembowel-em-up Chivalry 2 , Torn Banner are giving the horror mod a fresh coat of bowels. Sensing a bit of a theme here, actually (the theme is bowels).

Or maybe not, as it happens. “This is not a game about killing zombies,” says game director Leif Walter. It’s just, well, I’ve got this gun in my hand, Leif. Your team worked hard on this gun, right? It feels rude of me not to test it out just a little.

It doesn’t take too long after loading into the huge map to stumble upon my first zombie, who goes down easy. You’ve clearly underestimated my ability to identify which part of a zombie is the head, Torn Banner. Piece of piss! Flash forward to about five of them munching my face off. Oh, it’s not a game about killing zombies. Right, right. Let’s try again.

Eight-player " co-op with consequences," is how Torn Banner describe this one. They’re aiming for a “classic horror film experience” rather than any sort of power fantasy. You’ll be assigned a choice of three differently-specialised characters before you start a match, and they’ll gain skills as you complete games. Die just the once, though, and you’ll have to create a new one. Don’t want to die? A common perspective I’m sympathetic to. There’s a way around that, actually.

“What we’re really excited about,” says Walter, “is our take on the core formula. Even though it’s eight-player co-op, you’re not all going to start together. You’re all starting alone in the dark, with your flashlight and your crappy iron pipe, and few bullets in your revolver, trying to take your first steps in the unfolding apocalypse.” If I can stress one thing from my time with a preview build that nailed the atmosphere enough for me to overlook the expected jank, it’s that teaming up really is essential. “Surviving together, or ending up having to die alone in the darkness,” as Walter puts it.

It’s worth noting any screenshots are from footage on the lowest settings, as suggested by Torn Banner, since things weren’t optimised yet. |Image credit:Torn Banner/Rock Paper Shotgun.

To break the omniscient kayfabe of games reporting for a moment, picture me scrubbing through my OBS recordings for Torn Banner’s introductory bits before the servers opened, only to hear something I’d missed last time. Walter mentions a compass, and its ability to show you other player markers in 3D space. I can’t test this, because I missed it, and now the build isn’t available. All I can do is longingly gaze at the compass in this gameplay snippet , wondering what might have been. Now? Well. I’m alone. And also stuck on top of a table, as you know.

I eventually thin the horde and jump down. The pipe has a hefty swipe to it, and a nice push for crowd control. The reason I’m in this building - much of the map is highways, forests, and industrial wasteland - is that it contains one of the sub-objectives. Your initial main goal each game is to meet up with your team in the centre of the map, but you’ll encounter other tasks on the way. Shut down a toxic gas leak, or restore a radio broadcast. Once sorted, you’ll be able to secure equipment caches to help you and your team.

Again, though, I must reiterate: zombies. Travelling across the map, I soon learned to love my torch far more than any pistol, rifle, or shotgun I found. There’s a touch of ambient illumination, but these forests and roads are otherwise as dark as you’d expect, and every hiding place you can take advantage of might also hide a napping corpse. The relief of finding a store or a campfire is soon tempered, too. That’s where the zombies are.

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Going inside at all, I quickly learned, is an act of calculated risk. Too many corners to get trapped in, and chokepoints don’t help all that much when you’ve got six bullets to your name. Even a seemingly abandoned location can soon turn nasty. For being brainless, decomposing idiots, these zombos are good at hiding. I’m soon surrounded and backed into a corner, being aggressively lunched upon like so many meal deal Double Deckers outside the Boots opposite an office.

You do have one last Hail Mary once downed: an injector than can bring you back to life. As far as I could tell though, it gets interrupted if you’re constantly being attacked, meaning it’s only useful if you’ve got a teammate around to distract the zombies. I think Torn Banner have achieved exactly what they were going for, in this regard at least. It doesn’t take long for me to start taking every action very seriously. I move slowly and cautiously. When I do have to fire off a few rounds, I feel like I’ve already lost.

The loneliness is somewhat countered, at least, by who I’m 95% is the brilliant Elias Toufexis giving you pep talks over the radio. “Thousands of lives will be lost if you can’t get this under control!” he warns, urging me towards the power plant at the centre of the map. Thing is, Elias, this table is really safe. I’m starting to really enjoy it up here. The zombies keep swiping at me. Growling. Moaning. I simply do not wish to leave my flatpack kingdom. I fear I’ve said too much already, really. Will Torn Banner patch out this exploit, leaving me to fend for myself in cruel, table-less world? No More Room In Hell 2 launches on early access the 22nd of October.

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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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