The 10 best games like Dark Souls

In honour of His Souliness

Sorry, definition nerds. ‘Soulslike’ is a word now. Disgusting, I know, but this is how genres are made. Along comes a giant like Dark Souls that everybody won’t stop bleating about and soon it has copycats. Before you know it, a swarm of games like Dark Souls with sparse checkpoints and lethal attacks are scuttling around, leaving slime trails and biting your ankles for surprisingly massive damage. Ugh, Soulslikes. But stoop low to appreciate these little monsters, and among them you’ll find some very good games about dying.

The 10 Best games like Dark Souls

• Death’s Door
• Remnant 2
• Nine Sols
• Blasphemous
• Ashen
• Nioh 2
• Lies Of P
• Sekiro
• Dead Cells
• Hollow Knight

I’m not here to define the prerequisites of the genre or discuss whether it should even exist . I just want to pick a few of the wondrous horrors off the ground and put ‘em in a big terrarium with reinforced glass, so you can appreciate them. If it helps, think of them not as ‘Soulslikes’ but as curious offspring you might like if you enjoyed big daddy souls. Read on to discover more.

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We’re obviously leaving out the Dark Souls series itself. After all, you can’t be “like” the thing you are. Also, Bloodborne is still nowhere to be seen on PC, so obviously don’t expect that bad boy to show up. And like most of our lists, the game you like is number 11. Anyway, let’s get on with it:

10. Death’s Door

What else should I be playing: Hyper Light Drifter has the same top-down dodge-rolling combat, but fills its world of hot pinks and aqua blues with everyday enemies, not just bosses.

Alright, so Death’s Door may lack the difficulty of a certain game that rhymes with Bark Mouls, and it may share more in common with Hyrule, than say, Lordran, but hey - it’s a good game. And it’s a good game about being a crow who loves to fight bosses and dig up secrets. All of which are glossed with smooth surfaces that make the little details pop.

Unlike some of the other games on this list, Death’s Door is a light-hearted affair which might comes as a surprise given it’s soulsy look. Don’t let this put you off, though, as Brendy said that this “lightness suits the game much better” in his Death’s Door review .

9. Remnant 2

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What else should I be playing: The first Remnant may lack a lot of the improvements of its sequel, but it’s still a soulsy co-op shooter of strong mettle. For similar-ish gothic vibes, Lords Of The Fallen (2023) delivers a more traditional souls romp.

This co-op third-person shooter may not be a traditional Soulslike, but it was one of our favourite games of 2023 for a reason. Namely: you dodge roll enemies and you shoot them to death while doing so. It’s also got some roguelike in there, too, as you essentially go on runs through worlds filled with robots, or evil fairies, or gnarly demons and see if you can make it as far as you can. Whatever materials you come back with, you spend on upgrading your character and unlocking exciting new guns or trinkets that up your stats in interesting ways. Hop back into the fray once you’re done tinkering and the run or challenge you go on next would’ve changed drastically: new mini-dungeons, puzzles, actual objectives - there’s a lot of optional stuff that can lead you down a deep, dark rabbit hole of powerful bosses who drop delicious rainbow loot. And there’s also a not-too-lengthy main path if you’re after a 12-ish hour experience and can’t be arsed with all this.

So no, Remnant 2 doesn’t offer the typical Souls experience. Yet it offers something for up to three players and makes for a less cluttered alternative, to say, something like Destiny 2 . There’s also a class that’s essentially a dude with a dog (loads of classes and unlockable classes cater for everyone), which lets solo players excel, or assist teams with shots and chomps from the ‘ol canine. Oh and the guns in this game are excellent! You’ve got lovely mixes of old-timey stuff like bolt-action rifles, but also assault rifles made of fingers that let you go invisible. You simply couldn’t ask for more.

8. Nine Sols

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What else should I be playing: Give the games at the top of our list a go, like Dead Cells and Hollow Knight and, of course, Sekiro.

On the surface, Nine Sols does for Sekiro what Hollow Knight did for Dark Souls: flatten it, and also make it cute. This doesn’t really cut it, though, because while the inspiration from FromSoft’s most unique and enjoyable combat system runs deep here, it also does the other thing Hollow Knight did. Namely, create a world so imaginative and detailed that popping a -like at the end of its descriptor almost feels like a disservice.

You play as Yi, an adorable white cat with a penchant for reducing anything that looks at him funny to meaty chunks in gravy. As you travel around Nine Sols’ Tao-inspired world, you’ll unlock new weapons and abilities, but the core of your arsenal remains your trusty parry. Parrying earns you chi, which you spend by slapping magic combusting talismans on your foes, and the rhythms of chaining a parry into a slap-slide-explode combo are utterly exquisite. So, too, is an aerial parry that doubles as a node-hopping navigation tool, helping the game’s frequently deadly platforming stay tight and responsive.

Elsewhere, Nine Sols’ storytelling brims with imagination, and its environments range from oppressive to gorgeous. You’ll slice your way through cybernetic factories and atop the roofs of pagodas, and you’ll come face-to-face with gargantuan bosses that seem utterly insurmountable until you internalise the golden rule: with very few exceptions, everything can be parried.

7. Blasphemous

What else should I be playing: Any other metroidvania, I suppose. Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night carries the Castlevania torch in its little anime hands. But if you fancy something more soothing, there’s Ori And The Blind Forest .

If you thought it was not possible for a souls ‘em up to be more bloodlustily Catholic than the grand cathedrals and demon deacons of Dark Souls 3 , you were mistaken. In Blasphemous you prostrate yourself on the 2D pixel stonework between swinging your thorny sword at baddies in search of penitence (you become penitent by killing all the things, duh).

It’s a grounded metroidvania full to the chalice brim of religious iconography and hard-hitting enemies. You slice holy men in floating chairs, slash self-flagellating whipfellas, and fell sad tree beasts. And all that soulsian lingo we’re used to has a gory Christian twist. Beating a boss is a ‘Humiliation of Penance’. Passive bonuses like better defence are granted through Rosary beads you find along the way, and new fighting moves (a powerful slice, a ranged attack) are unlocked with this game’s version of a death currency, called ‘Tears of Atonement’.

You might have to ignore the voice actors who pronounce things like ‘pious’ questionably (it’s definitely not ‘pee-us’, folks). But it handles well and feels good in the old soulfingers. Parrying is nice and generous and you can clasp onto missed ledges automatically. Plus it runs so hard with its theme that you’ve got to admire its blood-soaked vestments. It feels like a bitterly lapsed Roman Catholic and ardent metal fan travelled back in time and made a soulsy game in the era of pixel Castlevania.

6. Ashen

What else should I be playing: If you like ruined worlds and skinny heroes but prefer punching to mace-swinging, you could take a punt at Absolver . If you’re intrigued by the prospect of meeting a gentle soul on a long trek through strange lands, try Journey .

Ashen is a lighter, softer souls, but it retains just enough of that toughness you probably like. Veterans of Undead Burg will drop in comfortably. This soulchild hugs FromSoft’s skirt so close it’s hard to spot its face among the folds. That might be because it doesn’t have a face. The characters in Ashen have fluffy moustaches and hair, but no eyes or mouth.

Nevertheless, these whimsical villagers will join you as an NPC on your journey across the landscape to protect a light-bringing god from an ancient evil. Occasionally that NPC will start acting weird. That’s because a real player is controlling them now. Surprise!

There’s no summoning ritual or faffing with soapstones, the game just throws people together in pairs without so much as a blink. And it works. When your new pal is a decent, helpful adventurer it feels like meeting a new friend by a stroke of luck. You can help each other up ledges and enter special two-player dungeons. In a lot of ways this is the most gentle sorta-souls on this list. There is a map, there are recognisable RPG quests, and the presence of a constant pal (computer-controlled or otherwise) makes your adventure across dark lands less foreboding. There is also a constantly growing village and some wonderful local wildlife, including a big flying animal that looks like a friendly sky whale. If the Buddha were a mythical creature, he’d be this thing.

5. Nioh 2

What else should I be playing: The original Nioh is still a good time, if a bit of a step back that’s difficult to adjust to. If you wanna perfect the art of curvy swords, you could try quickfire slice ‘em up Katana Zero or dumbass demon slayer Shadow Warrior 2 . Or if you fancy something more strategic set in feudal Japan, try Shadow Tactics .

God, I’ve spent hours slicing through Sengoku Japan in Nioh 2 . If the original Nioh had abs, then this sequel (that’s also a prequel) has abs and pecs and a fetching new pair of tabi that deliver decent stat boosts. Like I said in my Nioh 2 review , This is a beefier offering, just with more murderous missions to tick off and delicious loot to consume. The level select screen returns, as do the spiky-shouldered demons and corrupted yokai slabbered in blood.

Thankfully, many more ways exist to smush them to a pulp, like clawed fists or a staff that turns you into a walking blender. One of the great joys of Nioh 2 is the combat, which is tough as nails, but incredibly rich once you get used to the rhythm of your chosen weapon. There are dozens of combos to learn, and skill trees to pour points into, all of which make your samurai “well cool”, basically.

The game also showers you in loot which can be broken down into upgrade parts, or popped on for all-important battle bonuses. In many ways, it shares its DNA with Diablo as much as it does Dark Souls, so if you’re prepared to dig into its finicky systems and get your calculator out, this is as rewarding a souls experience as you can get.

4. Lies Of P

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What else should I be playing: If you want a robotic Soulslike of similar but less polished ilk, you could give SteelRising a go.

Even if Lies Of P is the closest thing we’ll get to Bloodborne on PC , it’s far from a Bloodborne pretender. It takes the fairytale of Pinnochio and twists it into a dark tale where you don’t play a little kid made of wood whose nose gets bigger, but a lad with a mechanical arm. And it’s with this mechanical arm that you’re able to pull off immensely satisfying parries, to the point where you can break enemy weapons if you block enough metal. Oh, did I mention you can fling corrosive slime with your arm, too? Or like, fling mines?

What’s brilliant about Lies Of P is its combination of customisation and feel. It’s polished, real polished, and in the hands it comes very close to the FromSoft experience. But there’s some interesting flair that sets it apart, like letting you disassemble almost every weapon to create your own weird and wacky stabbers and staves. The fiery dagger combined with spear is a delightful way to quickly set enemies on fire from a distance.

And let’s not forget the world of Krat, which may be subject to some repetition (the game loves gloomy malls and streets), but is carefully designed with clever shortcuts. The hub space where you’ll spend the equivalent of Souls and upgrade your character is also neatly integrated into the world, making for exciting twists and turns as you return to it after lengthy expeditions. Seriously, don’t pass this one up folks.

3. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

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What else should I be playing: Again, Shadow Tactics is a good bet, if you like the setting. But if it’s stealthy rooftop navigating and fiery assassinations you’re after, you might like fantasy orc-dating sim Middle-earth: Shadow Of War Wo: Long Fallen Dynasty isn’t a bad shout either, as you might enjoy it’s parry-heavy focus and more forgiving nature.

Hang on! That’s cheating! Oh, I see. It doesn’t have ‘Souls’ in the title. Sekiro is a souls game only insofar as it is made by FromSoftware. And even though it includes basically everything that makes those masochistic adventures worthwhile, it still gets a place on this list for being significantly different.

For example, the multiplayer bits of the soulsies are nowhere to be seen in this trip to a warring Edo Japan. You can’t summon pals or get invaded by nasty men with giant hammers. On top of that, the classic RPG levelling screens are replaced by a cleaner skill tree, which unlocks special abilities for a bony prosthetic ninja arm (eg. a giant steel umbrella, a gun that shoots money). Hell, you don’t even get to equip a new sword, you only use the blade you’re given at the start.

But what a blade. The fighting in Sekiro is eerily satisfying. Full of parries and leaps and backstabs and twirls, the duels against spear-wielding generals and kimono-wearing samurai masters are far more refined than any simple mace fest in Drangleic and far more brutal. Enemies demand so much discipline, timing and restraint, they may as well be screaming ’not my tempo’ at you between slashes. And there are some bosses that will make you go absolutely ape.

2. Dead Cells

What else should I be playing: Any other roguelite. The RPS treehouse has plenty of Binding Of Isaac devotees if grim-funny psychoanalytical mum-killing is your bag. Cave-sploring dasher Spelunky is always a good shout. SteamWorld Dig 2 is no roguelike but it’s a solid metroidvania if you want something brighter with a touch of story.

Genre is stupid, we’ve established that. When 2D slashfest Dead Cells was first fired down the game tubes at us it was described as a ‘roguevania’ which is almost as disgusting as ‘Soulslike’. But here we are, in a list article about Soulslikes, admitting that this fiery little monster of a game is somehow all the genres. It’s fantasy, it’s action, it’s soulsy, it’s a metroidvania, it’s a roguelikelike. Honestly, some games are just greedy.

Greedy for FUN, that is. Dead Cells is a quick sprint through a bright, blood-spattered land full of kamikaze bats and giant lamprey slugs that poop exploding eggs when they die. But instead of intricately designed walkways, this goes for randomly generated warpaths, creating new levels with every death, full of different weapons to find and skills to equip. One run sees you whipping everything in the back of the head and throwing daggers at distant pirates, until you die from an errant cannonball. The next sees you slapping away rapier strikes with a shield and throwing down flamethrower turrets to watch your back. It’s a speedy slicer of constant change. In Souls games, you often get fixated on one character build that works. But in this dungeonworld you’ve got to dodge-roll with the punches, and carefully choose among the tools you’re given to make something work. Oh look, a ‘cursed" sword. I wonder what it does.

1. Hollow Knight

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What else should I be playing: Ori And The Blind Forest is a brighter bounce-around and Guacamelee 2 is another metroidvania with more than a handful of colours. Or go for Celeste if you want platforming magic and challenge, but with easy options.

Hollow Knight is big. Bigger than that giant spider on your neck. You play a buggy cartographer, mapping the netherlands beneath a gloomy village of fellow insects (and you’re not the only one ). You scuttle downward, nail in hand, slicing at baddies until you hit the first real boss. An absolute scumbag with a mace bigger than your head, and a lethal bum slam to go with it. Finally, you crack open his carapace with the meagre movements currently at your disposal - a jump button and a slash. But this is only the tip of the termite mound. Here’s a map of the first area . And here’s a map of the full game . It isn’t long before you realise, this is a platformer bout terra incognita, about filling blank space with knowledge.

Your journey through the subterranean landscape of Hallownest has all the established quirks of this filthy newborn soulgenre. When you die, you drop a bunch of deathcash, and have to return to the point of doom to retrieve it (the twist here is that you have to kill a little ghost to get it back). It’s got tough-as-jerky bosses, and punishing rooms full of cheeky invertebrates. And it has that characteristically obtuse storytelling, delivered with some classic cryptosouls lore peppering. A chuckling miner sings a song and chips away at rock as you pass, ancient signs tell of a desolated undercity, and a map-obsessed explorer says hello time and again, as you travel in eerie parallel. These characters and discoveries explain piecemeal things about the glum arthropod world, but a full picture isn’t exactly forthcoming. Imagine if Tim Burton had written a script for Antz, but David Lynch was hired to direct and 90% of the sense was left to rust on post-production hard drives.

So yes, Hollow Knight conforms to all the dogma of His Souliness. But then it stuffs all that into the twitchy jaws of a Castlevania-style action platformer , where you unlock new powers to reveal new areas. A glowbug companion who can light your way through a blackout cavern, a ground-slam that breaks through loose stones. And while that secret-hiding stonework might be shaky, everything else is rock soild. You’ve got your precision platforming controls, your floaty jump that lets you about-face in mid-air, your clingy wall-hopping. It’s all here, resulting in some positively Meat Boy moments as you bound through caves full of spikes and shifting walls.

Ashen

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Blasphemous

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Dark Souls: Remastered

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Dead Cells

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Death’s Door

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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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