There’s an astonishing number of quests in Arc Raiders. Seriously, complete a handful and more just keep coming, giving you the most obscure and tricky challenges you can imagine. While missions oddly don’t give you any XP, they’re a great way to learn the game and get heartily rewarded for your efforts with various gear and even customisation options.

The thing is, you don’t just need to do these quests once and be done with them forever. If you’re sending your character on an Expedition (Arc Raiders’ version of a wipe or account reset), your quest progress will also be reset alongside your gear and upgrades. I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news if you didn’t know this already.

It’s a lot of work, whether you’re beating the quests for the first time or replaying them, so below I’ll go over all the missions, their objectives, and the best way to complete them to save you time.

All Arc Raiders quests

There are currently 66 quests in Arc Raiders, 60 of which are interconnected missions from the main vendors, while the remaining six are related to the Blue Gate and Stella Montis maps. Some require you to visit specific locations, while others task you with looting specific items or killing certain Arc machines.

If you’re ever in doubt whether an item you need is required for a quest or one of the many upgrades, check out our Arc Raiders loot guide.

Here’s the full mission list right now:

Main quests

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These are the main missions right now, and the rough order you can encounter them if you’re completing each quest chain chronologically before moving on to the next:

Mission Quest Giver Objectives Picking Up the Pieces Shani Visit any area on your map with a loot category icon Loot three containers Trash into Treasure Shani Obtain six Wires Obtain one Battery Clearer Skies Shani Destroy three Arc enemies Get three Arc Alloy Off The Radar Shani Visit a Field Depot Repair the antenna on the roof of the Field Depot A Bad Feeling Celeste Find and search any Arc Probe or Courier Safe Passage Apollo Destroy two Arc enemies using any explosive grenade What Goes Around Apollo Destroy any Arc using a Fireball Burner Sparks Fly Apollo Destroy a Hornet with a Trigger 'Nade or Snap Blast Hatch Repairs Shani Repair the leaking hydraulic pipes near a Raider Hatch Search for a Hatch Key near the Raider Hatch Down to Earth Shani Visit a Field Depot Deliver a Field Crate to the Supply Station inside and collect the reward The Trifecta Shani Destroy a Wasp and take its Wasp Driver Destroy a Hornet and take its Hornet Driver Destroy a Snitch and take its Snitch Scanner The Right Tool Tian Wen Destroy a Fireball, Hornet, and Turret A Better Use Tian Wen Request a Supply Drop from a Call Station Loot the Supply Drop Greasing Her Palms Celeste On Spaceport, scope out the rocket thrusters outside the Rocket Assembly On Dam Battlegrounds, visit the Locked Room in the Water Treatment Control Building On Buried City, visit the barricaded area of floor six of the Space Travel Building Dormant Barons Shani Loot a Baron Husk Mixed Signals Shani Destroy an Arc Surveyor and take its Surveyor Vault What We Left Behind Tian Wen On Buried City, search two containers in the Raider Camp beneath the Parking Garage On Dam Battlegrounds, search for anything significant in the South Swamp Outpost On Spaceport, search for anything significant in Bilgruun’s Hideout, next to the Container Storage Broken Monument Tian Wen In Dam Battleground’s Scrap Yard, search for: A compass near the broken-down vehicles A video tape near the cylindrical containers Old field rations in the Raider Camp Straight Record Celeste Reach Victory Ridge on Dam Battlegrounds and find the old EMP trap Disable the first, second, and third power switches Shut down the EMP trap Keeping The Memory Celeste Reach the wreckage in the Formicai Hills on Dam Battlegrounds Search for the missing helmet Return the helmet to the memorial Echoes of Victory Ridge Celeste Reach Victory Ridge on Dam Battlegrounds Retrieve the battle plans from the hideout under the broken highway Deliver Major Aiva’s Patch to Celeste Marked for Death Tian Wen Reach the Su Durante Warehouses in the Outskirts of Buried City Search for Tian Wen’s cache near the Warehouses Follow the clues Market Correction Tian Wen Locate the cache near Marano Station on Buried City Sabotage the cache Eyes On the Price Tian Wen Find the secluded roof terrace south-west of the Southern Station in Buried City, marked by blue tarps Rewire the solar panel using three Wires Industrial Espionage Tian Wen Find Tian Wen’s weapon cache near the Gas Station in the Outskirts region of Buried City Deliver the Burletta to the rival weapon cache Plant a bug on the weapon cache Unexpected Initiative Tian Wen On Buried City, search for and deliver the following items to Tian Wen: Fertilizer on the Grandioso Apartments rooftop Water Pump in the broken rooftop gardens and Piazza Rosa A Symbol of Unification Celeste Reach the Formicai Outpost in Dam Battlegrounds Locate the flag and raise it on the small platform overlooking the Red Lakes Celeste’s Journals Celeste On Dam Battlegrounds, retrieve and extract with Celeste’s Journals from: The South Swamp Outpost The northern outpost overlooking Red Lakes Out of the Shadows Shani Destroy a Rocketeer and take its Rocketeer Driver The Major’s Footlocker Tian Wen Search for and extract with Major Aiva’s Mementos in the apartments in the northwest of Dam Battlegrounds Back On Top Tian Wen On Blue Gate, mark the white lookout tower south of the Warehouse Complex On Dam Battlegrounds, mark the Pattern House On Spaceport, mark the South Trench Tower On Buried City, mark the building with the mural in Buried Properties Our Presence Up There Shani Visit the Pattern House on Dam Battlegrounds Find and flip the power switch Complete the antenna installation on the roof Lost in Transmission Shani Reach the top of Control Tower A6 in Spaceport Establish a connection from the terminal Communication Hideout Shani Reach the Red Tower in Old Town Buried City Find the missing battery cell and install it in the generator Turn the generator on and boot the antenna terminal near the Red Tower Into the Fray Shani Destroy a Leaper and take its Leaper Pulse Unit Doctor’s Orders Lance Obtain the following: 1x Syringe 2x Antiseptic 1x Durable Cloth 1x Great Mullein Medical Merchandise Lance On Spaceport, search two containers in the Departure Building’s exam rooms On Buried City, search three containers in the Hospital On Dam Battlegrounds, search two containers in Research & Administration’s medical room A Reveal in Ruins Lance Search for an ESR Analyzer inside any pharmacy in Buried City and deliver it to Lance A Lay of the Land Shani On Spaceport: Find the shipping notes in the Jiangsu Warehouse foreman’s office Locate the scanners on the upper floor of Control Tower A6 Find and extract with the LiDAR Scanner Eyes in the Sky Shani On Dam Battlegrounds, install a LiDAR Scanner at the top of the Control Tower On Spaceport, install a LiDAR Scanner at the Communications Tower On Buried City, install a LiDAR Scanner on top of the Galleria sign After Rain Comes Celeste Find the solar panels near the Grandioso Apartments in Buried City Repair the solar panels using five Wires and two Batteries A Balanced Harvest Celeste Go to the Research & Administration building in Dam Battlegrounds Locate Lab 1 on the upper floor, above reception Search for any traces of the agricultural research project Untended Garden Celeste Go to the Hydroponic Dome Complex on Dam Battlegrounds Access the data archive in one of the domes Upload the data to the computer terminal in any Field Depot The Root of the Matter Celeste Go to the Research Building on Buried City Search for the seed vault in the ‘room with a great view’ Deliver the Experimental Seed Sample to Celeste Water Troubles Celeste Locate the Flood Access Tunnel under the Red Lake Balcony on Dam Battlegrounds Find the intake in the District’s Water Supply Source of the Contamination Celeste Reach the Water Treatment Building in Dam Battlegrounds Search for the Flood Spill Intake near the Swamp Investigate any suspicious objects Switching the Supply Celeste Find the tunnels under the Spaceport Find and turn the valve in the tunnels A Warm Place to Rest Apollo Locate the Abandoned Highway Camp in Buried City Search for any signs of survivors Follow the red markers Inspect the grave Prescriptions of the Past Lance Visit the Departure Building in Spaceport and find the Medical Room Search for the records Power Out Celeste Find the Electrical Substation south of the Spaceport Find any sign of the missing engineer Install the fuse and restore power Flickering Threat Celeste Enter the Power Generation Complex in Dam Battlegrounds and find the Generator Room Repair the generator Find the Ventilation Shaft Enable the power via the switch under the stairs Bees! Celeste Reach the Olive Grove in Blue Gate Search the bee hives around the Olive Grove Espresso Apollo Find an espresso machine to salvage for spare parts Get the Espresso Machine Parts for Apollo Life of a Pharmacist Lance Find the Arbusto Farmacia by the collapsed highway in Buried City Document the pharmacist’s hobbies, family, taste, and skills Tribute to Teledo Celeste Get a Power Rod for Celeste Digging Up Dirt Celeste Reach the Santa Maria Houses in Old Town Buried City Locate the dead drop inside the courtyard Turnabout Celeste Go to the North Trench Tower on Spaceport Locate and upload the blackmail files Building a Library Apollo Locate the Library in the City Center area of Buried City Find a romance book, a detective book, and an adventure book A New Type of Plant Lance Search for the new plant near the Baron Husk in the Old Battleground on Dam Battlegrounds Deliver the Possibly Toxic Plant to Lance Armored Transports Tian Wen Reach the Checkpoint area on Blue Gate Search the guard huts for the Armored Patrol Car Key Find and unlock the rear door of an armored patrol car in the Traffic Tunnel

Blue Gate quests

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These quests are immediately available once you unlock Blue Gate, and can be progressed separately from the main story missions:

Mission Quest Giver Objectives A First Foothold Apollo Nail down the roof plates on the raider structure in Trapper’s Glade Stabilize the observation deck near the Ridgeline Enable the comms terminal south of the Olive Garden Rotate the satellite dishes on the church roof, north of Data Vault Reduced to Rubble Shani Take a photo of the collapsed highway Go to the Broken Earth and follow the trail of destruction northeast up the hill Investigate the unknown Arc machines With a Trace Shani Reach the Barren Clearing and find signs of who brought down the Arc machines Reach the Adorned Wreckage and inspect the communications device

Stella Montis quests

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These quests became available once Stella Montis was unlocked, and can be progressed separately from the main story missions, similar to Blue Gate’s objectives:

Mission Quest Giver Objectives In My Image Lance Find and search three androids Cold Storage Shani Search any J. Kozma Ventures container Snap and Salvage Tian Wen Take a photo of any of the rovers in the Sandbox Deliver a Flow Controller and Magnetron to Tian Wen

Arc Raiders best skills: Survive the surfaceArc Raiders best weapons: Just don’t lose themArc Raiders Field Depots: Where to find 'emArc Raiders Greasing Her Palms: CartographerArc Raiders A Reveal in Ruins: Buried City pharmaciesArc Raiders The Root of the Matter: Room with a viewArc Raiders Armored Transports: Loot patrol carsArc Raiders Expeditions: Retire your Raider

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