Dec. 22 marks the start of a new season in ARC Raiders, and with it arrives fresh Trials.
The new set, available until Dec. 29, has five tasks to complete. As always, some of the tasks are harder to complete than the rest. This guide has all the information you need to complete the tasks and obtain three stars.
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ARC Raiders Week 9 Trials guide
The Week 9 Trials can be broken down into five tasks.
- Search First Wave husks
- Damage Leapers
- Harvest plants
- Search Frozen Raider Containers
- Destroy Ticks
Search First Wave Husks
The First Wave Husks are remains of gigantic metallic robots that were destroyed in the war against humanity. Their remains can be found all over, but the best spots have always been on Blue Gate.
To increase your odds, you should wait for the Husk Graveyard condition, since that will increase the number of interactive metal shells. You’ll also gain double contribution points when the map condition is active.
Damage Leapers
While this task is relatively simple, you’ll have to be careful. Getting caught in the open by Leapers means almost certain death. One of my favorite spots is the elevator near the Water Control building on Dam Battlegrounds.
A Leaper almost always roams the land near the elevator, and there’s also a bunker. Being in the bunker will stop the Leaper’s attacks from doing damage, and you can keep shooting at it. To get three stars, you’ll want to use a weapon that has decent DPS, and you should always hit its joints and eyes. Those are the softer areas, which will get you loads of damage fast.
Harvest Plants
Various plants can spawn on every map, excluding Stella Montis. For example, the South Swamp area in Dam Battlegrounds has loads of foliage to go through. If you’re on Blue Gate, the Olive Garden in the southern part of the map is a great spot to hit as well.
Ultimately, you can also opt for efficient farming routes on YouTube. However, you can take your sweet time completing this task and getting the rank to three stars. Your progress will be counted across multiple raids, so there’s no need for optimal routes (I prefer completing this task by mixing with other quests).
Search Frozen Raider Containers
To find Frozen Raider Containers, you’ll want to head to a map with the active Cold Snap condition. These are just ordinary Raider caches, but covered in snow. The frozen variants offer better rewards. My favorite map for this is Dam Battlegrounds, and you’ll want to look around the spot marked in the screenshot above.
However, you can also find Raider Containers on other maps, as long as the Cold Snap condition is active.
Destroy Ticks
The best map for this task is Stella Montis. The Stella Montis has multiple rooms that you can access via the doors. To be more specific, you’ll want to target the rooms on the base floor. Many of these rooms can have Ticks hiding behind the doors.
Ticks are easy to kill as they don’t have much health or armor. However, they can swarm you quite quickly if you’re not paying attention. Shotguns are great for dealing with ticks.
