Wuchang Fallen Feathers: Best spells

The best spells for each of the three spell types

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Wondering what the best spells are in Wuchang Fallen Feathers? With the trusty One-Handed Sword serving as the equivalent of a wand in Wuchang Fallen Feathers, you too can be an elegant wuxia fighter, casting off magical strikes with every graceful movement of your blade. These spells are divided into three categories - Magic spells, which typically deal damage or act as buffs, Feathering spells, which often inflict status conditions, and the awkwardly-named “Others” spells, which don’t fit neatly into either category.

In this guide, we’ll list the best spells in Wuchang Fallen Feathers for each of these three types, ensuring that you’re ready to maximise a mage build and really exemplify wuxia tropes to their finest.

In this guide:

• Best Magic spells
• Best Feathering spells
• Best Others spells

Best Magic spells

The best Magic spells in Wuchang Fallen Feathers are Vorpal Blade, Burning Flames, and Divine Ward. Also, you may want to keep Lotus Soulflame and Echo of Zhao Yun handy for a few specific boss battles.

Vorpal Blade (1 Skyborn Might): The very first magical attack you get remains one of the most used throughout the game. You can find this spell in the Buddha Cliffs shortly before fighting the Tang Palace Maid , and it allows Wuchang to fire off a magic missile. Vorpal Blade is infinitely useful for chip damage from afar and taking out the Harbinger Cukoos that usually lurk out of reach and hoot to signal when you’re on the right path.

Burning Flames (3 Skyborn Might): Burning flames can be obtained from defeating the lone bird-masked avian enemy in Doomwillow Beach. He’s a bit out of the way on a platform only accessible via ladder, but killing him is worth it. With a cost of only three Skyborn Might, Burning Flames was my go-to throughout the game thanks to the reliable nature of Burn damage. Best of all, casting this spell causes Wuchang to jump backwards and grants her Alacrity (AKA invincibility frames) against oncoming attacks - which is perfect for maintaining distance against bosses like Commander Honglan .

Kill this guy - he’s the only one of his type in Doomwillow Beach - to nab Burning Flames. |Image credit:IGN/505 Games

Divine Ward (3 Skyborn Might): You can get Divine Ward from the secret Panda merchant for the price of three Bamboo Shoots. This spell lets you reduce damage for a brief time, and is a nice buffer to pop ahead of a boss fight or right before the boss unleashes its harder second stage at 50% health. It’s useful for non-magic players who just need something extra to keep them alive when they’re up close against a tough melee force like Perfect Bride - Fang Ling .

Lotus Soulflame (5 Skyborn Might) & Echo of Zhao Yun (4 Skyborn Might): These two spells are not great in most circumstances. Lotus Soulflame, found on a rooftop near the Mt. Zhenwu - Battlefield Pass Shrine, costs far too much Skyborn Might, but it can almost instantly kill Dragon Emperor - Zhu Youjian and the final boss of the game, Feathery Ambition - Xuanyangzi , especially if you max out all magic nodes on the Impetus Repository.

No joke; two hits from Lotus Soulflame and this boss was dead. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/505 Games

The same goes for Echo of Zhao Yun, which is obtained after beating Eternal Glory - Zhao Yun . It takes far too long to cast most of the time, but it’s highly effective against Demon of Obsession . So if you’re working towards getting the best ending , keep this spell in your back pocket.

Best Feathering spells

The best Feathering spells in Wuchang Fallen Feathers are Echo of Soulwood, Echo of Lu Bingzhang, and Echo of Honglan.

Echo of Lu Bingzhang (3 Skyborn Might): The reward for felling Feathered Priest - Lu Bingzhang , this spell causes Wuchang to leap into the sky before chucking a red spear at her target. You’ll get Alacrity when you cast this spell, and the jump gives you a great chance to avoid any attacks directly targeting you. Echo of Lu Bingzhang is to a Feathering build what Burning Flames, described above, is to a Magic build.

Lu Bingzhang uses his spear spell several times against you during his boss fight. Take it from him! |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/505 Games

Echo of Soulwood (2 Skyborn Might): Obtained after beating the Reborn Treant - Soulwood , Echo of Soulwood is a reliable ranged option that makes Wuchang toss balls of blood, dealing Feathering damage and causing Corruption buildup. If you’re leaning into a Corruption-heavy build (perfect for humanoid enemies and bosses, who are all weak to Corruption) then I’d recommend investing in this one along with an overall increase in your Feathering power to ensure that those gore chunks hit hard.

Echo of Honglan (2 Skyborn Might): Wuchang unleashes a red wing and shoots off seven bloody feathers that auto-target enemies, dealing excellent damage and granting her Alacrity. The only issue with this spell comes with the fact that it’s a late game reward for defeating the pain-in-the-butt Vermilion Feathers - Honglan . That said, it’s still great for the final area of Bo Capital, or for a New Game + run.

Honglan sucks in both of her forms. But Echo of Honglan - which is what she’s doing in this screenshot - is a worthy reward for beating her. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/505 Games

Best Others spells

The best Others spell in Wuchang Fallen Feathers are Ethereal Form and Echo of the Bo Magus .

Ethereal Form (1 Skyborn Might): Found on a corpse in Zhenwu Temple, Ethereal Form is probably the most useful spell in the entire game if you aren’t wielding Darkfrost Edge, our pick for the best One-Handed Sword . Casting it gives Wuchang a temporary auto-dodge for the next few seconds, instantly boosting survivability against all of the game’s bosses. Best of all, at the cost of only one Skyborn Might, you can almost always keep it active. Darkfrost Edge has a built-in version of this spell as its weapon skill, dubbed Evasive Maneuver.

Ransack the slumped-over corpse here for the game’s awesome auto-dodge spell, Ethereal Form. |Image credit:IGN/505 Games

Echo of the Bo Magus (3 Skyborn Might): Your reward for beating Bo Magus , this spell creates a shield bubble that encases Wuchang. The bubble can take a good few hits, and activating it always deals a tiny bit of chip damage to incoming foes and pushes them backwards. While this is a late game acquisition, it’s ready-made for tanking the mobs in Wuchang Fallen Feather’s final hours, and also a must for New Game +.

Note the red bubble around the boss here - that’s the Echo of the Bo Magus spell at work. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/505 Games

That finishes our look at the best spells in Wuchang Fallen Feathers. If you’re more interested in boss strategies, visit our boss list for the complete rundown on mandatory bosses and optional bosses. We’ve also got a list of tips and tricks for beginners as well as explainers on Inner Demon and Madness , Red Mercury , and the Feathering stat . Happy casting!

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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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