ARC Raiders splits its main quest line across five traders. The lists below show each trader quests in order, based on a community quest database, so later updates may add more.
How ARC Raiders quests work
ARC Raiders is an extraction shooter, and its quests come from traders in the hub city of Speranza. You accept a quest from a trader, enter a raid on a map, complete the objective and extract alive. Most quests need you to survive and extract, so a quest that sounds simple, such as looting three containers, still carries the risk of the raid. Quests unlock in order within each trader line, and finishing one unlocks the next. The five traders are Shani, Tian Wen, Apollo, Lance and Celeste.
Which trader should you focus on first?
Start with Shani. Her first quest, Picking Up The Pieces, is the first quest after the tutorial and teaches looting and extraction. Then split your time. Apollo quests are about destroying specific ARC enemies, which make them good for players who enjoy combat. Tian Wen quests mostly ask you to collect materials and repair or interact with objects, so they suit careful players. Lance and Celeste quests are longer and cross several maps.
The full quest list by trader
The list below is based on a community quest database, so later game updates may add more quests. Objectives are short summaries.
Shani quests (12)
- Picking Up The Pieces: Visit a loot area and open three containers.
- A Bad Feeling: Loot an ARC Probe or ARC Courier.
- Off The Radar: Repair the antenna at a Field Depot.
- Hatch Repairs: Fix a hatch valve and grab its key.
- Down To Earth: Bring a Field Crate to a Field Depot.
- A Lay of the Land: Gather shipping notes and a LiDAR scanner, then deliver them.
- Power Out: Install a fuse and restore power.
- Flickering Threat: Repair a generator and flip a power switch.
- Bees!: Interact with beehives.
- Espresso: Use an espresso machine.
- Life of a Pharmacist: Document four items in a pharmacy.
- Tribute to Toledo: Obtain and deliver a Power Rod.
Tian Wen quests (14)
- Trash Into Treasure: Collect six Wires and one Battery.
- A Better Use: Find a Call Station and request a supply drop.
- Doctors Orders: Gather two Antiseptic, a Syringe, Durable Cloth and a Great Mullein.
- Broken Monument: Find three items and deliver them.
- Keeping the Memory: Find a helmet and deposit it at the memorial.
- Industrial Espionage: Deposit an item in a weapon cache, then bug the cache.
- Medical Merchandise: Loot containers in medical locations.
- A Balanced Harvest: Read notes on a desk.
- After Rain Comes: Repair flooded solar panels.
- Untended Garden: Access data archives and upload them at a Field Depot.
- The Root of the Matter: Collect an experimental seed sample.
- Water Troubles: Sample contaminated water.
- Source of the Contamination: Interact with a water treatment device.
- Switching the Supply: Turn a yellow valve.
Apollo quests (10)
- Clearer Skies: Destroy three ARC enemies and collect ARC Alloy.
- The Right Tool: Destroy a Fireball, a Turret and a Hornet.
- Safe Passage: Destroy two ARC enemies with explosive grenades.
- What Goes Around: Destroy an ARC enemy with a Fireball Burner.
- Sparks Fly: Destroy a Hornet with a Trigger Nade or Snap Blast.
- The Trifecta: Destroy a Hornet, Snitch and Wasp, then loot their drivers and scanners.
- Dormant Barons: Loot one Baron Husk.
- Mixed Signals: Destroy an ARC Surveyor.
- Out of Shadows: Destroy a Rocketeer and loot its driver.
- Into the Fray: Destroy a Leaper and loot its pulse unit.
Lance quests (15)
- Marked For Death: Follow the hidden footsteps from a cache to an interactable object.
- Market Correction: Interact with two trash bins.
- Eyes on the Prize: Rewire a solar panel generator.
- Unexpected Initiative: Collect fertilizer and a water pump.
- Back on Top: Spray paint four walls across maps.
- A Reveal In Ruins: Loot the ESR Analyzer from a pharmacy.
- Communication Hideout: Install a battery and boot an antenna terminal.
- Eyes in the Sky: Install three LiDAR Scanners on three maps.
- A Warm Place to Rest: Follow markers and inspect a grave.
- Prescriptions of the Past: Read records on a desk.
- Digging Up Dirt: Interact with a fountain.
- Building a Library: Collect three books and extract.
- Turnabout: Interact with a computer.
- A New Type of Plant: Collect a plant specimen.
- Armored Transports: Unlock an armored transport.
Celeste quests (12)
- Greasing Her Palms: Complete three sub-missions across different maps.
- What We Left Behind: Collect notes from three locations.
- A First Foothold: Complete four tasks in Blue Gate.
- Reduced To Rubble: Photograph a highway and investigate ARC machines.
- Straight Record: Investigate an EMP trap and disable three generators.
- Echoes of the Victory Ridge: Loot battle plans from a hidden hideout.
- A Symbol of Unification: Hoist a flag on a balcony.
- The Majors Footlocker: Loot a memento box.
- Celestes Journal: Retrieve two journals from opposite sides of a map.
- With a Trace: Investigate machines and a communications device.
- Our Presence Up There: Restore power and boot an antenna system.
- Lost in Transmission: Reach the top floor of Control Tower A6.
Quest types you will see most
- Loot and collect: open containers, take specific items and bring them out. Tian Wen and Shani lean on these.
- Repair and interact: fix antennas, valves, generators and panels. These need you to reach a location and spend some time doing a task, so scan for enemies first.
- Destroy ARC enemies: Apollo quests ask for Hornets, Fireballs, Turrets, Snitches, Wasps, Barons, Surveyors, Rocketeers and Leapers. Bring the right weapons or grenades.
- Investigate and photograph: Celeste quests send you to specific map spots to photograph, read or inspect.
- Multi-map tasks: Lance asks you to spray paint walls and install scanners across maps, which means finishing them over several raids.
Tips for finishing quests faster
- Check the quest list before you queue so you can combine objectives in one raid.
- Bring a spare weapon, because many quests need combat.
- Extract as soon as the objective is complete. Dying loses the items you collected.
- Do multi-map quests when you are already visiting that map.
- Use a squad if you can. Some quests are far easier with a teammate covering you.
If you only have time for a few quests, start with Shani and Apollo.
Quest names and objectives come from a community database and may change with updates.
Quick recap
- Five traders give the main quests: Shani, Tian Wen, Apollo, Lance and Celeste.
- The totals are 12, 14, 10, 15 and 12, which is 63 quests.
- Start with Shani’s Picking Up The Pieces.
- Apollo’s quests focus on destroying ARC enemies.
- Always extract so that your progress saves.
Key terms
- Extraction: leaving the raid alive so your loot and progress save.
- Field Depot: a map location used in several repair and delivery quests.
- ARC: the robotic enemies you fight.
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Frequently asked questions
Which ARC Raiders quest comes first?
Picking Up The Pieces from Shani.
Who gives the most quests?
Lance, with 15 on this list.
What do Apollo quests focus on?
Destroying specific ARC enemies, from Hornets and Fireballs to Leapers.
How many ARC Raiders quests are there?
This list has 63 main quests across five traders. Updates may add more.
Which trader has the most quests?
Lance, with 15.