The Six One Indie Showcase had too many cool games, so here’s a few I think look neat

There weren’t quite 61 indies, but there were a lot of them

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The Six One Indie Showcase is a bit of a new kid on the block when it comes to video game presentations, but it’s certainly working hard to justify itself. Early today the latest showcase was held showing off a huge range of indies, 48 in total, some of them being brand new reveals, others smaller showcases.

There’s honestly too many showcases around these days, to see a show with a lot of games that made me go “oh I’m going to put that on my wishlist” is a treat. So, here’s just a few I think you should check out, because I’m just one freelancer on the night shift and I can’t do them all, but I’d like you to take a look anyway.

First up was a proper reveal of Truth Scrapper , the next games from the dev behind In Stars and Time . This one’s a scrapbooking visual novel where your memories reset every day, but there’s a mystery that you need to solve. Did I mention there’s toxic lesbians? Instant winner.

Truth Scrapper Trailer | Six One Indie Showcase: May 2025 Watch on YouTube

I’ve had my eye on Artis Impact for a little while now, an incredibly stylish pixelart turn-based RPG set in a world overrun by AI. Sounds a bit too relatable right now, but I’m still in.

Artis Impact Trailer | Six One Indie Showcase: May 2025 Watch on YouTube

1000 Deaths is a “gravity-bending 3D platformer where your choices matter”, and also a game that looks like graphics card box art from the ’90s and 2000s. To be clear, this is the highest of compliments I can hand out.

1000 Deaths Trailer | Six One Indie Showcase: May 2025 Watch on YouTube

Okay, this one isn’t a game per se, but it does also involve the number 1000. Last year’s seminal 1000xRESIST is getting a ridiculously gorgeous looking vinyl set that comes in two versions - one with one set of sisters, one with another. The recent fanzine for the game (which you can download for free on itch.io ) is getting a physical edition too!

1000xRESIST Vinyl Reveal Trailer | Six One Indie Showcase: May 2025 Watch on YouTube

Then we’ve got Forbidden Solitaire , a “card-slashing horror game about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that should have never existed.” This one’s for the card game weirdos (I am card game weirdos).

Forbidden Solitaire Trailer | Six One Indie Showcase: May 2025 Watch on YouTube

Jump the Track mixes choice based visual novels with pachinko, following an ambitious slacker called Sam who doesn’t understand why we’re supposed to spend our lives working awful jobs while the rich get to live it up.

Jump The Track Trailer | Six One Indie Showcase: May 2025 Watch on YouTube

I think you just need to watch the trailer for GlitchSPANKR , I think any approach I take to explaining it will get it wrong.

GlitchSPANKR Trailer | Six One Indie Showcase: May 2025 Watch on YouTube

And then there’s Kidbash: Super Legend , a very charming and nostalgic-looking roguelike action-platformer set in a “world of forgotten game characters as a hero with no memory of his past.”

Kidbash: Super Legend Trailer | Six One Indie Showcase: May 2025 Watch on YouTube

The Six One Indie Showcase really did just have what looked like banger after banger, it’ll be worth your time to go and watch the full thing and get wishlisting anything else that catches your eye.

1000 Deaths

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1000xResist

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Artis Impact

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Glitchspankr

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Jump the Track

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Kidbash: Super Legend

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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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Our favourite demos from Steam Next Fest Winter 2025

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DoubleWe

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James: I don’t have the psychological knowledge to truly grasp why paranoia, a feeling so rooted in mistrustfulness, stress, and fear, makes for such entertaining games. Yet it does, as the proliferation of high-tension battle royales and extraction shooters – and, I guess, the word “sus” – has demonstrated. Maybe it helps when that paranoia is entirely justified, as is the case in DoubleWe : a lo-fi, first-person roguelite where your murderous clone could barge through crowds of twitching NPCs and make you a victim of pseudo-fraticide at any moment. Fighting back is the goal, but DoubleWe constantly blurs the line between hunter and hunted, with slow-opening weapon cases and lookalike civilians keeping the tension at a piano-wire tautness. Even checking your mirror, to remind yourself of your randomised appearance (and thus that of the clone), feels like a lapse in concentration that could easily result in a surprise knifing.

Play the demo on Steam .

Deliver At All Costs

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Brendan: I like the way driving feels in this comic 1950s top-down delivery game . It’s got all the correct vrooms and zooms. The story, about an underachieving courier who takes on wacky jobs to pay overdue rent, takes absolutely nothing seriously. And that mood continues when you donk a pedestrian off the bumper and crash your rusty truck through the nearest fruit stall. Almost everything is destructible, and when your only tool is a big car, everything starts to look like a too-smug traffic cone.

Play the demo on Steam .

Wanderstop

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Brendan: The “cosy” farming sim offers a lot of relief to the banjaxed brain. Simple chores in an often conflict-free world where the grass is green and the clouds threaten only predictable rain that doesn’t dampen your spirits so much as water the crops. Wanderstop is taking aim at this genre and making it slant. Your hero, Alta, is not the classic “likeable” protagonist or plain-faced player cipher, but a grouchy arena fighter who doesn’t know what’s good for her. In this case: chilling the flip out and making a cup of tea. The demo gives us a chunk of the game’s opening (if not many examples of the tasks you’ll be doing) and I walked away desirous of many more cuppas than it teased.

Play the demo on Steam .

The Horror At Highrook

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Edwin: Shortly before the latest Next Fest, I expressed a desire to dig up some “weirder”, “more surprising” game demos that reach beyond the established genres and “get me out of my comfort zone”. Then I got waylaid by press events and other things and exhausted my capacity to process novelty, so here I am bigging up The Horror At Highrook , a haunted house boardgame that ably channels my passion for cosmic horror, Hell Boy-style occultism, and play environments that resemble desiccated parchment maps. I’m looking forward to scraping the dust from that blueprint, and unearthing whatever diffuse malevolence lurks within those card-crafting systems.

Play the demo on Steam .

Artis Impact

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Edwin: My enthusiasm for Artis Impact is checked by my distaste for the demo’s wacky script, in which your protagonist is sleazily hit on by various otaku-ass NPCs, but it’s possible some of that is due to the WIP English localisation. Beyond that, this is a dishy production indeed. It’s a pixelart RPG with turn-based combat and presentation that is both grandiose and deft. Look forward to: picture-in-picture manga panels for actions like pushing buttons; a florid art style that ranges from elegant minimalist scribbles through emojis to live photography, without ever quite losing itself; delicately observed animations for cloth, hair and sword strikes. Exploration happens in top-down snowglobe environments, while battles are set within a pop-up book computer OS. Really hope the script finds its feet.

Play the demo on Steam .

Is This Seat Taken?

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Nic: Despite concluding with readers that, yes, this puzzler is a play on the logic questions you get on tests, I’m still fizzling to get my hands on the full thing. Jumping between massive RPG reviews recently has given me a toucan’s appetite for snack pecking, and this particular fish fits in my bill. Stuffing fussy punters in seats is mellow - but still crunchy enough that the game doesn’t shed its own skeleton and collapse into a formless puddle of cosy. Also I respect anyone that struts into the cinema with a tall cowboy hat and, when questioned, states “I am wearing my big hat” .

Play the demo on Steam .

Sandustry

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Ollie: Usually in factory games, whenever you have to do manual work with your own two human hands, it’s tedious. Deliberately so. This is the driving force behind the desire to automate. In Sandustry, a game where you’re building a big dirt-sifting factory to plop buried gold into a big bin of dollar signs, everything’s powered by one of those lovely physics-based falling sand engines. And so whenever I had reason to hoover up a cube of sand with my own two human hands, it was hella satisfying. I’ve barely had time to do more than the basic setup of dumping sand into water, then hoovering the wet sand up onto a conveyor belt that sifts the gold into one pile and the useless slag into another, but that’s enough to see that there could be something in this. The demo’s a fun little proof of concept; I’m hoping the devs go big on depth now.

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DeadWire

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Graham: There are plenty of cyberpunk games which allow you to use hacking in combat, but few with such immediate, explosive consequences as DeadWire. This is a topdown shooter in the Hotline Miami mold, but you can switch at any moment into a Gunpoint -style view that lets you link almost any element of the environment together. Enemies, TVs, doors, explosive barrels: all can be wired up so that when you shoot one, the others all die and explode, too. You need line of sight with what you’re linking, so there’s some element of puzzle-solving here, and instant restarts if you back yourself into a corner, but mostly it’s about the delirious power of making a barrel explode when a door opens because you flicked a switch.

Play the demo on Steam .

Artis Impact

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DeadWire

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Deliver At All Costs

PC

Is This Seat Taken?

PC

It Has My Face

Video Game

Sandustry

PC

The Horror At Highrook

PC

Wanderstop

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