ARCs Database
Master every ARC enemy type with comprehensive intel on weaknesses, tactics, and drops. Choose the right weapons for each encounter, learn combat strategies, and locate them on all maps.
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Rollbot
A fast, spherical robot that rolls around shooting lasers. Can surprise unprepared Raiders with its mobility.
Light ammo effective
Pop
Small rolling robots that roll towards raiders and tase them upon contact.
Light ammo
Fireball
Bigger than Pops, they roll towards Raiders and once nearby open up and spew fire.
Distance and light ammo
Tick
Spider-like ARC enemy that roam building interiors. Very quick and agile, will jump on you and attach itself dealing damage over time.
Melee weapons, quick reflexes
High vision in buildings
Wasp
The most basic general foe encountered frequently when exploring. Gun-equipped drones that crash immediately after losing two rotors.
Focus fire on thrusters
45-degree narrow cone
Hornet
Taser quadcopters that present more challenge with their stunning attacks. A flying drone with 2 armored rotors on the front and 2 unarmored on the back.
Heavy ammo on front rotors, back rotors unarmored
45-degree narrow cone
Snitch
Aerial scout that can alert nearby foes. An unarmed reconnaissance drone that floats high above the battlefield, constantly scanning for raiders with enhanced hearing.
Immediate elimination
Enhanced hearing - detects gunfire from long range
Rocketeer
A large flying robot that shoots rockets. Extremely deadly and will deny you from staying in one spot.
Heavy ammo
Bastion
Massive, crab-like machines that are slow but devastating. Capable of shredding shields and dealing massive damage with heavy attacks.
Yellow spots on leg joints, yellow canister on backside
45-degree narrow cone
Leaper
Excels at jumping to quickly close distance and attack. A four-legged robot that jumps onto raiders and can unleash short-range shockwaves.
Legs and face weak points
45-degree narrow cone
Bombardier
Heavy artillery unit resembling a Bastion but equipped with devastating long-range mortar capabilities. Accompanied by Spotter drones that dramatically improve targeting accuracy.
Destroy Spotter drones first, yellow leg joints
Enhanced by Spotter drones
Turret
Found in various rooms. Scans with blue light that turns red when locked onto you, delivering stream of bullets.
Heavy ammo, flanking
Blue scanning light, red when locked on
Sentinel
Stationary long-range sniper ARC identifiable by a laser that targets players before firing a heavy, piercing single shot.
Cover and flanking
Targeting laser visible before shot
ARC Probe
Land from the sky with a loud beeping sound. Can be breached and looted. Emit a loud siren once breach has started.
Timed breaching
Queen
The largest and most formidable ARC in the game. This colossal war machine only appears during Harvester events and can obliterate entire squads with devastating area attacks.
Yellow leg joints (requires destroying leg armor first), top of head when firing laser
Wide area awareness
Matriarch
An imposing ARC machine that makes the Queen look friendly. Found during a specific map condition on Spaceport. Her children seem hell-bent on keeping her from harm.
Energy shield can be destroyed