The Maw - 17th-22nd June 2024

This week’s least pestiferous PC game releases, plus our weekly news blog

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Beloved friends, hated enemies - last week, we let the side down. Due to a shortage of hands at the pump and persistent clouds of Geoff Keighley activity , there was no weekly Maw liveblog, and this has bred disaster. Shaken, stirred and finally ignited for want of two-sentence updates about Dragon Age , the Maw emitted a full 13% of its cosmo-puissance into Mundus and took a grievous bite out of the ailing and fearful lasagne of reality itself. Hated friends, beloved enemies - I am very sad to say that the proud nation of Dimplexland is no more.

Never heard of Dimplexland? Ah, but this is what happens when the Maw escapes containment and gets its infinitesimal, polychromatic fangs into something other than a news story about video games. Whatever the creature devours is stripped from the empirical realm and becomes the merest fantasy, be it a person or an entire country with 15 ethnic groups, a prosperous silver mining industry, and a royal family that traces its history back to the early 1200s. Why, I could almost have made Dimplexland up while writing this post, based on the logo of the radiator behind my desk! Pray for Dimplexland. You shall be avenged, just as soon as I’ve had my coffee.

Let us strike the drum and proceed to this week’s most ravishing new PC games releases with an air of appropriate solemnity and despair. Actually, let’s not do that, because it’s a pretty attractive haul this week. On Monday 17th June we’ve got El Dorado: The Golden City Builder , one of Alice B’s (RPS in peace) ones-to-watch, whose name very much sums it up. On Tuesday 18th June, we’ve got The Chinese Room’s Still Wakes The Deep , a game about Scottish oilmen dealing with an undersea threat in the 1970s, together with the early access launch of Pax Dei , which Matt Cox describes as “an attempt to pull off EVE Online in medieval Europe”, and the Forges Of Corruption expansion for cherished Space Marine shooter Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun . Wednesday 19th June brings Scars Of Mars , a first-person real-time RPG which looks like Ultima Underworld put through the teleporter with Cosmic Encounters, and Murky Divers , which looks like Lethal Company but underwater. On Thursday 20th June, there’s a regular meteor strike in the shape of Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree . Assuming there’s any games industry left after Erdtree makes landfall, we’ll be simmering down on Friday 21st June with offworld newspaper intern sim Times And Galaxy and cyberpunk citybuilder Dystopika .

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Shovel Knight is getting a Definitive Edition for its 10th anniversary this year, named Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX. Dig the trailer below.

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Some more Dragon Age: The Veilguard intelligence, care of a Discord Q&A with BioWare which I believe some of you sat in on. Some highlights: there’s a max of two active party members this time, there’s no campaign progression blocker akin to Inquisition’s power mechanic, you’ll be able to revisit areas, and you can pet the griffin.

Dragon Age: Veilguard | New Discord Q&A Details 🔷Asked about the world🔷 ▪️Takes place 10 years after Dragon Age: Inquisition ▪️The Inquisitor will definitely be part of the story ▪️You can go back to previous locations you visited, do side content, etc ▪️Everything is… pic.twitter.com/413CWAlL5y — Shinobi602 (@shinobi602) June 14, 2024

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The shadows (our friends in PR) whisper of a Steam demo for Leximan , which Katharine (RPS in peace) played in 2023 and found scintillating . It’s something to do with words and wizards and nutritional slime.

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There is at least one more Starfield expansion on the way after cosmic horror outing Shattered Space , according to Bethesdabossman Todd Howard via YouTuber MrMattyPlays and Eurogamer .

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According to a CI Games investor release passed on by PCGamer , there’s another Lords Of The Fallen on the way - it’s chalked up to launch in 2026.

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PCGamer call our attention to this 8-bit demake of Baldur’s Gate 3 , which you will seemingly need a TRS-80 Model 100 to run.

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I haven’t played much of Exogate Initiative , but “Stargate base management sim” is a combination of words that surely yanks my crank, and now they’re adding 4X-style mechanics to the game in the form of alien races who have bases of their own.

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As Edwin shared earlier, there’s a third Lords of the Fallen - after the original Lords of the Fallen and its reboot, Lords of the Fallen - on the way in 2026 . It’ll probably be called Lords of the Fallen.

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Remember that A Quiet Place video game, based on the pretty-good horror films, announced back in 2021? Me neither, but it’s resurfaced under a new name and new developers , with a first look at its sneaky survival-horror gameplay and plans for a release in 2024.

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Starfield will get at least one more expansion after Shattered Space , Todd Howard has confirmed - as Edwin shared earlier - but don’t expect the DLC to answer every question from the sci-fi game’s universe.

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TĪWESDÆG ALREADY?

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Bandai Namco have suddenly released the Steam version of their Baten Kaitos 1-2 HD Remaster compilation. Plenty of RPG to get your teeth into there.

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Via MrMattyPlays , Todd Howard has responded to Starfield player upset over Bethesda selling a DLC mission for $7. “We need to evaluate both pricing, what we put out for free, how we communicate what’s in something, and really hear from the community there,” he said. Wait and see, then.

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A video about the future direction of space sim Nebulous: Fleet Command, which I think is stonkingly good, and also, very hard.

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Valve have shared Steam’s most popular Next Fest 2024 demos . There are a few surprises.

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NOW FOR WODNESDÆG

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Square are remastering Romancing SaGa 2, one of the heroic high fantasy RPGs I spent approximately 30 minutes with back in the 90s. I’m sure I’ll find time to play it now, ho ho.

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Call of Duty has “teamed up” with Fallout in the shape of some Fallout bodysuit COD skins .

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caff says: Bey Edwin! Bad Viking, creators of the much-loved-around-these-parts Strange Horticulture, have recently put up some info about a successor - Strange Antiquities.

I had a poke around earlier and couldn’t find anything mega-new beyond this brief Steam update about the game’s mysterious cat, who is apparently based on Robin Jarvis’s demonic moggy Jupiter from the Deptford Mice books - which I adore.

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This is what Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s skill trees look like, care of Game Informer .

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Another slice from that MrMattyPlays interview with Todd Howard that’s been doing the rounds, via PCG - Bethesda have no plans to remake the first two Fallout games. Quoth Howard: “I could argue that some of the charm of games from that era and the original Fallout is a little bit of that age. I would never want to sort of paste over some of that with, ‘Well we changed how this works so it’s more modern.’”

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It looks like the original Resident Evil - the 1996 classic, not its later remake that was remastered in 2015 - is headed (back) to PC , per a recent PEGI rating.

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A new Marvel vs Capcom collection is bringing all-time fighting game great MvC2, plus six more classic brawlers - including the first home port of The Punisher’s arcade game - to PC with rollback netcode later this year.

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Final Fantasy 14 is bracing for new expansion Dawntrail’s login queues with plans to limit travel and crack down on AFK players, promising that “precautionary measures” have been taken since Endwalker’s gruelling launch almost three years ago.

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As Edwin shared earlier, Call of Duty is following Fortnite in adding Fallout skins - and they’re out this week. Anything except news on Fallout 5, eh Todd?

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ÞUNRESDÆȜ DAWNS

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Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree has got a final trailer in the run-up to launch (11pm tonight UK time on PC.) It does show what looks very much like several bosses and distinctive enemies though, so gaze into it at your own peril.

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Ubisoft have started yanking Beyond Good & Evil from digital stores ahead of an announcement about the 20th Anniversary Edition of the game today, Thursday 20th June. As VGC points out, this suggests they’re going to release the new edition (which was accidentally released early to certain players last year) today. But what about the legendarily long-in-development Beyond Good & Evil 2?

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Rusted Moss , a nice-looking twin-stick Celeste-o-shmup we haven’t covered much before, has received a chunky update with an estimated 7-8 hours of new stuff.

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Bamco have popped up a Steam post about today’s pre-Erdtree Elden Ring patch, notable for its free hair . Look, “a new tab called “Recent Items” has been added to review recently obtained items”! By gawd, these are the kind of gnomic asides I play FromSoftware games for.

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Comicbook have alerted me to the reannouncement of 1C SeaWolf’s Captain Blood, a hack-and-slash pirate game originally revealed for Xbox in… 2004. “The game underwent several iterations throughout the 2000s and was last showcased in 2010 before vanishing for years,” reads a note from publisher SNEG on the Steam page . “Now, we are excited to bring it back, combining its original glory with a series of modern improvements for today’s gamers.”

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FRIGEDÆG AGAIN

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PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant is Papers, Please, but instead of a rubber stamp you have an orbital defence cannon.

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There’s some manner of Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree bug out there that stops the game accepting inputs if you leave it alone for five minutes.

Note: a Steam Deck related issue has been identified and a hotfix is being worked on. Leaving your Steam Deck inactive for more than 5 minutes may stop the game from accepting inputs. We apologize for inconvenience. The date and time of the hotfix will be announced separately. — ELDEN RING (@ELDENRING) June 20, 2024

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Via VGC , Beyond Good & Evil’s 20th anniversary remaster contains a mission that connects to the long-awaited Beyond Good & Evil 2, which Ubisoft offer as proof of their “enduring commitment to the franchise”.

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Via PCGamer , you can get all three existing Dragon Age games for $10 or £8.50 . The fourth game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, is out later this year.

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X4: Foundations update 7.00 is the space sim’s “most comprehensive evolution” yet, according to the devs, with new ships, an observation deck module for your capital craft, accessibility features and technical improvements. It accompanies a new DLC pack, Timelines, with a new storyline following border trader Harper Donel. Nic was ambivalent about the game’s depth of simulation back in 2018, noting that “it provides a framework for a good time if you approach it completely dead set on having a good time, but you’re going to have to do much, if not all, of the work yourself”. I wonder how it’s come along since? Fanks to PCGamesN for circulating.

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Via Reddit , Sony appear to have leaked a new Helldivers 2 stratagem. It’s some kind of quad-barrel launcher thingy .

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The Guardian’s Keza MacDonald has an interview with Hidetaka Miyazaki which digs a bit deeper into Miyazaki’s preoccupations than some of the other recent interviews. One standout is that he thinks (to paraphrase a bit crudely) the world today feels more like a Souls game than it did when he started making Souls games: “I don’t think what we’ve been doing in our games has changed, but perhaps the world has come closer to that type of feeling.” Try hope.

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Here, have a live action turtle pope, courtesy of yet another Elden Ring trailer:

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As Edwin shared earlier, Elden Ring is suffering a new bug on Steam Deck that makes the game inoperable if left inactive too long - watch out if you’re playing Shadow of the Erdtree!

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I have been enjoying Champion Shift, an early access Vampire Survivors-like that lets you play as King Arthur (and other mythical figures) and transform them into cars with machine guns, for the last few weeks. As it happens, it’s now hit 1.0 on Steam , too.

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Southfield, the physics-y farming game perhaps best described as Gang Beasts meets Stardew Valley, has delayed its release date three days before launch in order look after its devs’ ‘health and wellbeing’.

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There’s something in the water (19th-century literature, clearly), as PowerWash Simulator’s trippy Alice in Wonderland DLC arrives on July 2nd . You’ll be able to douse down five new maps - including a dapper frog - dressed in a fresh outfit, gloves and water gun.

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Balatro creator localthunk xeeted this earlier (Balatro already contains two banana Jokers, the Gros Michel and the extremely hard-to-obtain Cavendish). If I didn’t know better, I’d say this is a reference to a certain other banana game that has been doing the rounds on Steam lately.

Balatro: Potassium Edition 🍌 pic.twitter.com/jWylvoNVVd — localthunk (@LocalThunk) June 21, 2024

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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
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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:

BlueprintTypeRecipeCrafted At
BettinaWeapon3x Advanced Mechanical Components 3x Heavy Gun Parts 3x CanisterGunsmith 3
Blue Light StickQuick Use3x ChemicalsUtility Station 1
AphelionWeapon3x Magnetic Accelerator 3x Complex Gun Parts 1x Matriarch ReactorGunsmith 3
Combat Mk. 3 (Flanking)Augment2x Advanced Electrical Components 3x ProcessorGear Bench 3
Combat Mk. 3 (Aggressive)Augment2x Advanced Electrical Components 3x ProcessorGear Bench 3
Complex Gun PartsMaterial2x Light Gun Parts 2x Medium Gun Parts 2x Heavy Gun PartsRefiner 3
Fireworks BoxQuick Use1x Explosive Compound 3x Pop TriggerExplosives Station 2
Gas MineMine4x Chemicals 2x Rubber PartsExplosives Station 1
Green Light StickQuick Use3x ChemicalsUtility Station 1
Pulse MineMine1x Crude Explosives 1x WiresExplosives Station 1
Seeker GrenadeGrenade1x Crude Explosives 2x ARC AlloyExplosives Station 1
Looting Mk. 3 (Survivor)Augment2x Advanced Electrical Components 3x ProcessorGear Bench 3
Angled Grip IIMod2x Mechanical Components 3x Duct TapeGunsmith 2
Angled Grip IIIMod2x Mod Components 5x Duct TapeGunsmith 3
HullcrackerWeapon1x Magnetic Accelerator 3x Heavy Gun Parts 1x Exodus ModulesGunsmith 3
Launcher AmmoAmmo5x Metal Parts 1x Crude ExplosivesWorkbench 1
AnvilWeapon5x Mechanical Components 5x Simple Gun PartsGunsmith 2
Anvil SplitterMod2x Mod Components 3x ProcessorGunsmith 3
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Barricade KitQuick Use1x Mechanical ComponentsUtility Station 2
Blaze GrenadeGrenade1x Explosive Compound 2x OilExplosives Station 3
BobcatWeapon3x Advanced Mechanical Components 3x Light Gun PartsGunsmith 3
OspreyWeapon2x Advanced Mechanical Components 3x Medium Gun Parts 7x WiresGunsmith 3
BurlettaWeapon3x Mechanical Components 3x Simple Gun PartsGunsmith 1
Compensator IIMod2x Mechanical Components 4x WiresGunsmith 2
Compensator IIIMod2x Mod Components 8x WiresGunsmith 3
DefibrillatorQuick Use9x Plastic Parts 1x MossMedical Lab 2
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EqualizerWeapon3x Magnetic Accelerator 3x Complex Gun Parts 1x Queen ReactorGunsmith 3
Extended BarrelMod2x Mod Components 8x WiresGunsmith 3
Extended Light Mag IIMod2x Mechanical Components 3x Steel SpringGunsmith 2
Extended Light Mag IIIMod2x Mod Components 5x Steel SpringGunsmith 3
Extended Medium Mag IIMod2x Mechanical Components 3x Steel SpringGunsmith 2
Extended Medium Mag IIIMod2x Mod Components 5x Steel SpringGunsmith 3
Extended Shotgun Mag IIMod2x Mechanical Components 3x Steel SpringGunsmith 2
Extended Shotgun Mag IIIMod2x Mod Components 5x Steel SpringGunsmith 3
Remote Raider FlareQuick Use2x Chemicals 4x Rubber PartsUtility Station 1
Heavy Gun PartsMaterial4x Simple Gun PartsRefiner 2
VenatorWeapon2x Advanced Mechanical Components 3x Medium Gun Parts 5x MagnetGunsmith 3
Il ToroWeapon5x Mechanical Components 6x Simple Gun PartsGunsmith 1
Jolt MineMine1x Electrical Components 1x BatteryExplosives Station 2
Explosive MineMine1x Explosive Compound 1x SensorsExplosives Station 3
JupiterWeapon3x Magnetic Accelerator 3x Complex Gun Parts 1x Queen ReactorGunsmith 3
Light Gun PartsMaterial4x Simple Gun PartsRefiner 2
Lightweight StockMod2x Mod Components 5x Duct TapeGunsmith 3
Lure GrenadeGrenade1x Speaker Component 1x Electrical ComponentsUtility Station 2
Medium Gun PartsMaterial4x Simple Gun PartsRefiner 2
TorrenteWeapon2x Advanced Mechanical Components 3x Medium Gun Parts 6x Steel SpringGunsmith 3
Muzzle Brake IIMod2x Mechanical Components 4x WiresGunsmith 2
Muzzle Brake IIIMod2x Mod Components 8x WiresGunsmith 3
Padded StockMod2x Mod Components 5x Duct TapeGunsmith 3
Shotgun Choke IIMod2x Mechanical Components 4x WiresGunsmith 2
Shotgun Choke IIIMod2x Mod Components 8x WiresGunsmith 3
Shotgun SilencerMod2x Mod Components 8x WiresGunsmith 3
ShowstopperGrenade1x Advanced Electrical Components 1x Voltage ConverterExplosives Station 3
Silencer IMod2x Mechanical Components 4x WiresGunsmith 2
Silencer IIMod2x Mod Components 8x WiresGunsmith 3
Snap HookQuick Use2x Power Rod 3x Rope 1x Exodus ModulesUtility Station 3
Stable Stock IIMod2x Mechanical Components 3x Duct TapeGunsmith 2
Stable Stock IIIMod2x Mod Components 5x Duct TapeGunsmith 3
Tagging GrenadeGrenade1x Electrical Components 1x SensorsUtility Station 3
TempestWeapon3x Advanced Mechanical Components 3x Medium Gun Parts 3x CanisterGunsmith 3
Trigger NadeGrenade2x Crude Explosives 1x ProcessorExplosives Station 2
Vertical Grip IIMod2x Mechanical Components 3x Duct TapeGunsmith 2
Vertical Grip IIIMod2x Mod Components 5x Duct TapeGunsmith 3
Vita ShotQuick Use2x Antiseptic 1x SyringeMedical Lab 3
Vita SprayQuick Use3x Antiseptic 1x CanisterMedical Lab 3
VulcanoWeapon1x Magnetic Accelerator 3x Heavy Gun Parts 1x Exodus ModulesGunsmith 3
WolfpackGrenade2x Explosive Compound 2x SensorsExplosives Station 3
Red Light StickQuick Use3x ChemicalsUtility Station 1
Smoke GrenadeGrenade14x Chemicals 1x CanisterUtility Station 2
DeadlineMine3x Explosive Compound 2x ARC CircuitryExplosives Station 3
TrailblazerGrenade1x Explosive Compound 1x Synthesized FuelExplosives Station 3
Tactical Mk. 3 (Defensive)Augment2x Advanced Electrical Components 3x ProcessorGear Bench 3
Tactical Mk. 3 (Healing)Augment2x Advanced Electrical Components 3x ProcessorGear Bench 3
Yellow Light StickQuick Use3x ChemicalsUtility Station 1

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.
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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.

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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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Steam Next Fext 2024’s most popular demos include goblin maid sims, horror shooters and a Chinese game about an unmarried no-lifer

Truly, a festival of nextness

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Steam Next Fest 2024 has formally ended, we’ve spent a couple of weeks gorging upon demos of all stripes, from oil spill clean-up to dancefloor kendo , and now comes the all-important process of deciding which of those demos Won. Valve have helpfully shared a list of the most played Steam demos during this latest, gravest round of next festivity, and it covers a reasonable range. I mean, I wasn’t that surprised to see an open world survival shooter with monsters at the top of the ladder - why else would we dedicate a bunch of Best Of features to such things? - but I am surprised that number three is a leering parody of neglect. Also, there’s a game about mopping dungeons that appeals strongly to my Dungeon Meshi-watching sensibilities.

The big-bottomed craft-me-bang in question is Once Human , which cuts you loose upon an Earth infested with Stardust. A world’s worth of Stardust sounds quite enticing, right? Touch of Disney with your wolf-skinning, guvnor? Wrong, Stardust is some kind of horrible endemic lifeform. Consuming water or food contaminated with it will drive you insane. I assume the Stardust plague is also the reason for those towering tentacle bosses you’ll meet when not fishing or building a patio.

Number two on the list is Level Zero: Extraction , which is kind of PvP GTFO for squads of three. You are a dudemerc with a fondness for loot, pitting your murdergadgetry against other dudemercs in maps of the Area 51 or Black Mesa persuasion. You can also play as a perfidious, evolving alien creature equipped (should you choose) with an EMP scream and invisibility. The creature’s key weakness is that it can’t bear light, which sounds like a fun constraint to strategise around. GTFO aside, this reminds me of the wonderful, ill-fated Evolve. The demo is still live at the time of writing if you’re keen.

Some other eye-catchers from the full list: Aloft , a floating island sim featuring wingsuits that reminds me of Bossa’s Worlds Adrift; Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers , which I tried the demo for a while back , and which now looks like a credible alternative to Balatro ; and the aforementioned Goblin Cleanup , in which you are a goblin maid labouring to restore and replenish a dungeon before the next bunch of cavalier adventurers swan in and wreck the place. You can read about more Nextival demos over on the Wishlisted hub we are pleased to share with the fine folk of Eurogamer and VG247.

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