Advanced ARC Powercell is one of many crucial resources found in ARC Raiders. This topside item comes with a blue (read: rare) rarity and is obtained as a specific drop from certain entities. This power cell is one of the key ingredients required to craft Energy Clips or Surge Shield Rechargers. Neither do these resources consume much loadout space, nor do they reward a handsome amount of coins when sold.
This article walks you through the best ways to acquire Advanced ARC Powercell in ARC Raiders.
Best ways to acquire Advanced ARC Powercell in ARC Raiders
Here are the main sources from which you may obtain these powercells:
- Sentinel
- Bombardier
- Bastion
- Rocketeer
- Leaper
- The Queen
- ARC Surveyor
You must fight ARC minibosses (Image via Embark Studios)If you intend to farm Advanced ARC Powercell, then you must face off against a few specific ARC robots. These include the ARC mini-bosses, and they can present quite a few problems. However, there are a couple of other easier ways to farm these resources.
Look for Sentinels or ARC Surveyors whenever you are exploring a map. They can be taken down comparatively faster, and you have much better chances of survival.
Best areas to harvest Advanced ARC Powercell in ARC Raiders
If you have an entire squad ready to go, then facing ARC minibosses is the best way to obtain Advanced ARC Powercell and other high-rarity loot. Here are a few Points of Interest (POIs) where you can find these robots:
Dam Battlegrounds map:
- Water Treatment
- Primary Facility
- Research & Administration
- Control Tower
- Testing Annex
- Red Lake
Dam Battleground POIs (Image via arcraidersmaps.app)Buried City map:
- Main Street
- Plaza Rosa
- Piazza Arbusto
- Buried Properties
- Marano Park
Buried City POIs (Image via arcraidersmaps.app)Spaceport map:
- Control Tower A6
- Vehicle Maintenance
- Container Storage
- Launch Towers
- Arrival Building
- Departure Building
Spaceport POIs (Image via arcraidersmaps.app)The Blue Gate map:
- Checkpoint
- Gate Control Room
- Trapper's Glade
- Ruined Homestead
The Blue Gate POIs (Image via arcraidersmaps.app)Stella Montis map (Lower Side):
- Loading Bay
Location of the Bastion in Stella Montis (Image via arcraidersmaps.app)Do note that you need to utilise Deadlines, Hullcracker, Wolfpack grenades, or other similar options to quickly take down the minibosses if you intend to farm these resources from their corpses. On the other hand, facing off against the Queen will require much more preparation.
Advanced ARC Powercell crafting recipes
Here are the various items you can craft with the Advanced ARC Powercells:
Crafting Item | Crafting Recipe | Workshop table |
Energy Clip (x5) | 1x Adv. ARC Powercell 2x Battery | Workbench 1 |
Surge Shield Recharger (x1) | 1x Adv. ARC Powercell 1x Electrical Components | Medical Lab 2 |
If you recycle these resources, you will receive two regular ARC Powercells.
This concludes our coverage of areas and enemies where you can farm the Advanced version of ARC Powercell in Embark Studios' extraction shooter, ARC Raiders. Do note that this particular resource requires you to face off against hard ARC robots. Be sure to equip proper gear. Using free loadouts is not recommended in this particular instance.
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