Should you keep the pearl in Star Wars Outlaws?

Here are all outcomes for the pearl in Star Wars Outlaws

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Wondering if you should keep the pearl in Star Wars Outlaws? Choosing who to give the pearl to in Star Wars Outlaws is a choice you’ll face after completing the main Safecracker quest on Kijimi and the subsequent ‘Broker’ questline for Danka.

Essentially, Danka will ask Kay to help her fulfil a contract for the Ashiga Clan. Danka has brokered the sale of a ’ Bivalve ‘, a clam filled with precious pearls. This quest will involve multiple clans clamouring for a piece of the sale and Kay must decide who to give one of the clams pearls to in the process (or decide to keep it for herself and sell it for a tidy profit).

If you’re wondering if you should keep the pearl or which clan to give it to for the best outcomes, we have all Broker quest choices below as well as a step-by-step of the quest itself.

All Star Wars Outlaws pearl outcomes

After completing ‘The Broker’ quest and delivering the Bivalve to Danka, she will contact you and ask to meet you at Makal’s in Mirogana. Once you speak with her, she will give you the following options regarding the pearl:

• Give the pearl to Crimson Dawn: Gain an average amount of reputation with the Ashiga Clan (two green arrows, which is about a fifth of a bar) and a significant amount of reputation with Crimson Dawn (three green arrows).
• Give the pearl to the Ashiga Clan: Gain a significant amount of reputation with the Ashiga Clan (three green arrows, which is the equivalent of half a bar).
• Keep the pearl: Gain an average amount of reputation with the Ashiga Clan (two green arrows) and have the option to sell the pearl for 2,000 Credits. The pearl is marked as ‘safe to sell’ with no other purpose.

Check your reputation scores with the syndicates before making this choice. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft

Best pearl choice

The best choice here is to give the pearl to Crimson Dawn as you’ll earn a good amount of reputation with both clans. However, at the time of this choice, I had already maxed out my reputation with Crimson Dawn so it was more profitable to me to give it to the Ashiga and get even more reputation with them. I don’t recommend keeping the pearl as there are many other ways to make credits fast in Star Wars Outlaws and the reputation meter is much more essential in the game.

Below we have a full walkthrough of the entire Broker quest along with other outcomes such as bribing or refusing to bribe the Imperial Officer if you haven’t yet reached the pearl decision above.

The Broker quest walkthrough

To initiate the ‘Broker’ quest you must first complete the main ‘Safecracker’ quest on Kijimi. Afterwards, either set a course for Toshara via the Trailblazer or go into your journal, hover over the Broker quest and select ‘Show on Map’. Then you can travel directly to one of the fast travel points on Toshara and avoid the ship travel sequence and additional cutscenes.

Once you’re on Toshara, follow these steps to complete ‘The Broker’ quest:

1. Travel to the map marker within the ‘Mirage’ region of Toshara.
2. At the map marker, climb up the ledge to the north and interact with the indicated rock.
3. Watch the cutscene play out as Kay and ND-5 wait for the other syndicates to show up at the meeting spot.
4. Defeat all the enemies in the clearing.
5. Search the Speeders to the north for a datapad.
6. Speak with ND-5.
7. It transpires that the Pykes weren’t double-crossing the Ashiga, they were toying with Crimson Dawn in an effort to make more Credits. The Bivalve is likely located at a nearby Pyke workshop.
8. Travel to the Pyke workshop coordinates northeast of your current location within The Mirage region.
9. Depending on your reputation with the Pykes, you can either freely enter or you’ll have to sneak most of the way inside the territory.
10. Once you’re at the workshop, make your way up the stairs behind the armorer merchant.
11. Command Nix to hold the lever here and continue through the doors. This will lead you into the restricted section of the workshop.
12. The clam or ‘Bivalve’ is located in the foreman’s office. This is located to the left of where you just entered, behind the red door. You can command Nix to steal the clam via the window to the office. You can also command Nix to push the console button to the left of the clam if you want to explore the office yourself. Inside you’ll also find some lootable items, a chest and a rack of sniper rifles.
13. Now you have the clam, you’ll need to exit the Pyke workshop. Unfortunately, the way you came in is not accessible, so you’ll have to exit via the large opening to the southeast.
14. Either sneak or fight your way to the exit. If you want to speedrun this process, I found particular luck with shooting the red canister above the centre of the workshop. In the confusion, you can run through the base pretty easily. Just take the stairs to the left of the office and then shoot two enemies to the left before making your way to the platform outside and shooting the third guard looking out over the horizon.
15. Once you reach the platform leading to the exit, there will be a grapple point indicated by a white and yellow card. Use this to exit the base. Don’t swing and leap from it or it’ll be an instant death. Instead, drop down using the drop prompt and you’ll be okay as long as you heal afterwards.
16. Exit the territory and head to Jaunta’s Hope to the southwest of your current location.
17. Now, go inside the Daruda Diner and speak with ND-5 at the bar to initiate a cutscene.
18. Kay will give the clam to Danka and will then be pressured to bribe the Imperial Officer sitting next to her. You’ll have the option to either Bribe’ or ‘Refuse to bribe’.
19. After picking your choice, the quest will complete but not before Kay swipes one of the clam’s pearls. Danka will be in touch again and you’ll need to meet her at Makal’s in Mirogana City.

Should you bribe the Imperial Officer?

It usually costs 200 Credits to bribe a corrupt officer and get your name cleared from the Wanted List. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft

If you’re wondering if you should bribe the Imperial Officer or not before continuing The Broker quest, we have all outcomes below:

• Bribe: Gain 1,000 Credits plus the pearl. Kay will be free to leave the diner.
• Refuse to bribe: Gain 1,500 Credits plus the pearl. Kay will be put on the ‘Wanted’ list as soon as she exits the diner meaning you’ll need to escape an imperial pursuit and possibly clear your name off the Wanted List at a later date. You can do so by interacting with Imperial terminals in space or bribing corrupt officers. If you’re caught by the Stormtroopers you’ll be arrested and charged 2,000 Credits. Although, you can of course get these back by hacking into Imperial Terminals and stealing the Arrest Credits within.

The best option here is to just bribe the officer . You’ll only lose 500 Credits, which isn’t actually that much at this point in the Star Wars Outlaws story. It will save you some trouble, although it may hurt Kay’s pride in the process.

Whichever option you choose, the quest will end the same with Kay stealing a pearl and Danka requesting she visit her outside Makal’s. From there, Danka will reveal that she knows Kay took the pearl but will allow it.

In return, Kay will have the choice of whether to keep the pearl or give it to either Crimson Dawn or the Ashiga Clan. For all outcomes to this choice, see the above pearl choice section.

That rounds up our guide on whether you should keep the pearl or not in Star Wars Outlaws. For more Star Wars Outlaws tips and tricks , check out our guide to all Expert Locations to unlock new skills as quickly as possible or see our guides to the best Trailblazer upgrades and best Speeder upgrades to smooth out your traversal both on and off-world. If you’re short on cash, also see our guide to making Credits fast in Star Wars Outlaws.

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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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