In the chaos of the Dam in ARC Raiders, surviving is one thing – dominating is another. Quick reactions help, sure, but having the right gear before you even drop in changes the game completely. You might stumble across a strong weapon mid-run, but that’s temporary. The real win is walking out with its blueprint. That’s your ticket to crafting it whenever you want, turning...

I have put a few hundred hours into ARC Raiders at this point, from the early messy tests to the long Cold Snap evenings, and I can tell you the turning point was when I stopped treating it like a basic shooter and started thinking about movement, routes and the economy as one system that either prints or deletes your time and gear, especially when you are trying to keep your Raider Tokens...