ARC Raiders season is finally upon us, with hundreds of thousands of players flocking to Speranza to try their luck topside.
But raiding is no easy feat, and you'll need to be well-equipped for each and every journey you make through the tubes, which is where the game's branching skill tree comes into play. With three distinct paths that you can take, you could be easily confused and not know where to spend hard-earned XP.
So, we've compiled this list of the best skills from each tree to make your life a lot easier.
ARC Raiders skills, ranked
Best Conditioning skills
Conditioning focuses on improving your stamina and health regeneration, as well as providing you with extra utility for your melee, whether that be breaching or combat. However, some of the skills in this tree are outright not worth your points, so here are precisely which ones you should focus on:
- Used to the Weight: Shield impact on movement speed is reduced.
- Survivor's Stamina: Stamina regeneration is buffed when you're critically injured.
- A Little Extra: Loot that requires breaching rewards extra items.
- Loaded Arms: Weapons don't encumber you as much.
- Back on Your Feet: HP regenerates to up to a point after you're critically injured.
You may need to put a level into some other skills in this tree to unlock all of the above. You don't have to buff each and every one of these skills to max, either, and I would recommend you give it your all to get A Little Extra ASAP, as breached loot is already pretty stacked and only gets better with this passive buff.
Best Mobility skills
As the name implies, the Mobility tree is all about movement, and some of its buffs are outright mandatory for any build out there. So, to maximize your traversal, here are the skills you should prioritize:
- Nimble Climber: Vaulting and climbing are faster.
- Marathon Runner: Moving costs less stamina.
- Youthful Lungs: Boosts max stamina (crucially important!)
- Slip and Slide: For the CoD players, this one's a must - boosts slide distance and speed.
- Vaults on Vaults on Vaults: Vaulting doesn't cost any stamina.
Like with the other tree, some skills will be mandatory, so put a point into them and try to forget about it. With the skills above, your speed is going to be unmatched, whereas your stamina will be large enough to handle your nimbleness. ARC Raiders puts a strong emphasis on movement, so carrying these buffs is going to ensure you survive more often than not, especially if being chased by an ARC.
Best Survival skills
The Survival tree sort of acts like a combination of the previous two, enhancing all aspects of your character to ensure they can survive the harsh realities of a post-apocalyptic world. It'll also give you a lot of good tools to work with in a PVP environment, such as double-sized and quicker looting, which'll give you an edge over everyone with time.
Here is what I recommend:
- Looter's Instincts: Loot in containers is shown to you sooner.
- Broad Shoulders: Boosts maximum carry weight.
- Looter's Luck: Gives a chance to see double loot at once.
- In-Round Crafting: Provides you with the Field Crafting ability, allowing you to make items on the fly.
- Traveling Tinkerer: Unlocks more Field Crafting items.
- One Raider's Scraps: When looting fallen Raiders, you can find Field Crafted items.
- Security Breach: Allows you to breach Security Lockers.
Yeah, just about every part of this skill tree is useful to some degree. The Field Crafting is especially helpful when you run out of crucial items, which you can create on the go and boost your odds of surviving until the elevator comes. Naturally, more loot and quicker looting provide you with extra resources and help you spend less time in any given location, which, combined with the other skill trees, will see you on the move constantly, always ahead of the enemy.
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