ARC

ARC are the most common enemy you'll face as a Raider. They are deadly machines that rain from the sky to ravage the surface of the Rust Belt.

They range from small, unassuming forms like roaming Surveyors and feisty Ticks to towering, multi-legged behemoths that dominate the landscape. Each ARC variant has its own strengths, weaknesses, and attack patterns, requiring different strategies to defeat.

ARC Behavior Stages

ARC have 3 behavior stages based on detection. Each stage is identified by the light emitted from the ARC's scanner.

• Blue Scanner indicates the ARC is patrolling or has no target
• Yellow Scanner indicates the ARC is alerted to a player's presence or is cautious
• Red Scanner indicates the ARC has found a target.

Note: Arc can jump straight to red from blue if shot. The scanner gradually shifts from red and yellow if a player is or is not within its scanner.

ARC Plating

ARC have different types of plating that can tell you at a glance how armored an ARC is or where their weak-points are. A general rule of thumb for dealing with ARC is that weapons with higher ARC Armor Penetration will be more effective.

• Unarmored Plating is distinguished by its matte, white coloring. All weapons are semi-effective against Unarmored Plating although rounds with Moderate ARC Armor Penetration or above will be the most effective.
• Armored Plating is distinguished by its shiny, dark grey coloring. Rounds with or above Moderate ARC Armor Penetration are needed to damage Armored Plating as anything below Moderate will bounce off. Damaging Armored Plating can strip it off, revealing weaker plating.

• Weak-Points are distinguished by their matte, bright yellow coloring. Damaging Weak-Points deals direct damage to ARC and should be the priority when attacking.

Variants

ARC	Image	Drops	XP
Snitch		ARC Alloy ARC Powercell Snitch Scanner	Destroy: 100 Loot: 200
Wasp		ARC Alloy Wasp Driver Light Ammo	Destroy: 100 Loot: 200
Hornet		ARC Alloy ARC Powercell Hornet Driver Medium Ammo	Destroy: 150 Loot: 250
Pop		ARC Alloy ARC Powercell Crude Explosives Pop Trigger	Destroy: 50 Loot: 100
Fireball		ARC Alloy ARC Powercell Fireball Burner	Destroy: 100 Loot: 100
Tick		ARC Alloy Tick Pod	Destroy: 50 Loot: 100
Turret		ARC Alloy ARC Powercell Light Ammo	Destroy: 100 Loot: 200
Sentinel		ARC Alloy Advanced ARC Powercell Sentinel Firing Core Heavy Ammo	Destroy: 200 Loot: 300
Rocketeer		ARC Alloy Advanced ARC Powercell Rocketeer Part Heavy Ammo	Destroy: 500 Loot: 200 per part
Leaper		ARC Alloy Advanced ARC Powercell Mechanical Components Leaper Pulse Unit	Destroy: 500 Loot: 600 for core + 200 per part
Spotter		ARC Alloy Spotter Relay Sensors ARC Powercell	Destroy: 100 Loot: 200
Bastion		ARC Alloy Advanced ARC Powercell Bastion Cell Medium Ammo	Destroy: 500 Loot: 500 per part
Bombardier		ARC Alloy Advanced ARC Powercell Bombardier Cell Launcher Ammo	Destroy: 500 Loot: 500 per part
ARC Surveyor		ARC Alloy ARC Powercell Surveyor Vault	Destroy: 200 Loot: 300 for core + 100 per part
The Queen		ARC Alloy Advanced ARC Powercell Advanced Mechanical Components Advanced Electrical Components Queen Reactor	Destroy:1000 Loot: 1000 for core + 500 per part

ARC Husks and ARC Probes

Husks are dynamic spawning, lootable, destroyed and long forgotten ARC scattered throughout the landscape Topside.

ARC probes come and go throughout your time Topside but will land in predetermined positions for some time before leaving after they've collected enough data. Sometimes you can find damaged versions of ARC probes that have been knocked over.

ARC	Image	Drops	XP
Wasp Husk		ARC Alloy Wasp Driver Light Ammo	200
ARC Probe		ARC Alloy ARC Circuitry ARC Motion Core ARC Powercell	500
ARC Courier		Burned ARC Circuitry ARC Circuitry Hornet Driver Damaged Hornet Driver ARC Powercell ARC Motion Core ARC Alloy	500
Rocketeer Husk		ARC Alloy Rocketeer Part Heavy Ammo Damaged Rocketeer Driver	500
Baron Husk		ARC Flex Rubber Impure ARC Coolant ARC Performance Steel Dried-Out ARC Resin ARC Coolant	500