Arc Raiders blueprints guide: where to find them all

A blueprint is a one-time-use item that permanently unlocks a crafting recipe in your Workshop. Back in Speranza, open your Inventory, right-click the blueprint, and select “Learn and Consume.” It’s gone immediately and the recipe is yours for good. Pull a duplicate? Sell it for 5,000 or bring it into a match and hand it to a squadmate so they can learn it on the spot.

You can get blueprints four ways: scavenging containers during raids, completing Trials, finishing specific Quests, or through Projects. Most scavengable blueprints also show up as Trials rewards, so Trials are a solid option if you’re chasing one specific recipe you keep missing.

Where to find blueprints

Container type varies by blueprint. The general breakdown:

• Weapons and gun bodies (Anvil, Bettina, Il Toro, Osprey, Venator, Torrente, gun parts): Raider Containers
• Gun attachments (grips, stocks, barrels, magazines, silencers, chokes): Residential Containers; Complex Gun Parts drops from Security Containers
• Mines and select explosives (Blaze Grenade, Explosive Mine, Jolt Mine, Showstopper): Industrial Containers
• Medical blueprints: Medical Containers; Vita Shot and Vita Spray also drop from ARC Surveyors
• Augment blueprints (Mk. 3): Medical Containers and Security Containers
• Utility tools (Barricade Kit, Remote Raider Flare, Tagging Grenade): Electrical Containers; many others appear Anywhere

Drop rates run around 1–2% per container on average. Raider Containers and Security Lockers beat that by a decent margin. High-loot spots like the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have better odds than most. ARC Surveyors are worth hunting too. Spot them by the blue laser beam they fire into the sky and kill them before they run.

If you’re after rare or epic blueprints, run during x2 Major Map Conditions. The spawn rates go up noticeably.

Special-condition blueprints

Some blueprints never appear during a normal run. You need specific conditions:

• Bobcat: Locked Gate or Hurricane only
• Tempest: Night Raid or Hurricane only
• Vulcano: Hidden Bunker or Hurricane only
• Jupiter and Equalizer: Harvester event only (loot the Harvester itself; containers won’t have them)
• Fireworks Box: Cold Snap only

Quest rewards

Five blueprints have guaranteed quest rewards. Three of them (Lure Grenade, Burletta, Hullcracker) cannot be scavenged at all, so quests are the only way to get them. The other two can also drop from containers, but the quest guarantees them:

• Trigger ‘Nade: complete “Sparks Fly”
• Vita Spray: complete “Worth Your Salt”
• Lure Grenade: complete “Greasing Her Palms” (quest-exclusive)
• Burletta: complete “Industrial Espionage” (quest-exclusive)
• Hullcracker (plus Launcher Ammo): complete “The Major’s Footlocker” (quest-exclusive)

Pro tip: Farm in cheap gear, but skip the free loadout. A paid kit gives you a safe pocket slot, the only spot that protects a blueprint if you die before extracting.

All blueprints: quick reference