As with all extraction shooters, your primary purpose in Arc Raiders is to search out higher and higher gear…which you may ultimately lose. That is simply the circle of life topside, and when that occurs, you are again to fundamentals utilizing humble weapons just like the Rattler and Kettle, which do not hit significantly laborious. However what if I instructed you it does not must be that means? That, for a small worth, you may improve weapons as an alternative of merely counting on pure hope, luck, and a superb little bit of scavenging for larger rarity alternate options?
Effectively, you’ll be able to. Solely after spending hours with Arc Raiders did I determine that you could really improve each single weapon you discover or craft to the next tier, lastly explaining why weapons have a Roman numeral subsequent to their identify.
As soon as you’ve got constructed the Gunsmith and you have a weapon you wish to improve again at base, merely choose it in your stock (proper click on on PC) and choose ‘improve’ or go to the workshop and open the gunsmith menu.
The primary few upgrades are fairly low-cost for many weapons and are not so reliant on luck like scrounging for attachments might be, although that is one other useful means to enhance your weapons. Upgrades usually require a bundle of Mechanical Parts (scaling with the weapon tier/rarity), which you’ll find in Mechanical areas like Water Therapy Management or Main Facility on the Dam Battlegrounds map. You may also craft them utilizing Metallic Components and Rubber Components.
Egocentric powerplays apart, the extra all of us improve our weapons, the happier our killers will likely be after they take us down and loot us for scraps. It is simply passing the positivity, because the saying goes. I am certain it will ultimately circle again round, proper?


