Season 1 Week 7 has rolled out in ARC Raiders, and if you have pushed past level 15 you already know the pressure of Trials week and how much every point matters when you are chasing rank ups and rare ARC Raiders Items. You are racing the clock, watching that bottom 20 percent line, and trying to squeeze out three stars on every challenge without burning through all your cash and consumables. After a bunch of runs and a few painful wipes, these are the routes and small tricks that let me clear the list while still walking away with profit instead of panic.
Hunting Ticks, Fireballs And Pops
The first challenge that usually slows people down is the one where you need to clear out Ticks, Fireballs and Pops. Going solo looks risky at first, but it is actually the easiest way to control spawns and keep all the kills for yourself. I have had the most consistent runs in Dam Battlegrounds and Stella Montis. Drop in, ignore the random side loot near the edges, and push straight for high tier areas like Administration or Research where those smaller ARCs cluster up. If you prefer Buried City instead, swing by the Hospital or the Space Travel points of interest; you will bump into more than enough targets if you loop those spots a couple of times. Just do not hang around in the open for too long, because other players love third partying clean-up crews there.
Dealing With Supply Drops
The "Search Supply Drops" task sounds simple on paper but ends up being one of the most annoying parts of the week because every squad on the map is chasing the same boxes. To keep your sanity, queue solo on the Spaceport map. You only need three searched drops for max stars, so treat it like a quick hit-and-run job. As soon as you spawn, head for call stations you know, hit the panel, then stay close but not right on top of the landing zone so you do not eat a free grenade the moment it touches down. Once the pod lands, breach it fast, grab the interaction and move on. You can absolutely steal searches from drops other players called, but that usually turns into a messy fight unless you are confident in your aim and gear.
Farming Wasps And Cracking Bastions
Combat challenges this week focus on Wasps and Bastions, and they look worse than they actually are. For Wasps, wait until you get a night raid or an electromagnetic storm, because that is when Hornets flood the sky and you can farm them in bulk. If you have the money, take a couple of seeker grenades and a hullcracker so you are not standing in the open for too long trying to track small targets. With a good event roll, clearing ten to fifteen Wasps in one outing is not hard at all, as long as you remember that none of it counts if you fail to extract. Bastions feel scary on paper, but for the challenge you only need to destroy a single one to hit three stars. Two well placed wolfpack grenades will usually finish the job, especially if you soften it first with rifle fire instead of wasting a whole magazine into its shield.
Tagging Queens And Pushing The Leaderboard
The last task is all about damaging Queens or Matriarchs, and this is where a lot of players overcommit because they think they have to kill the boss. You do not. The challenge only cares that you damage the big ARC, so your goal is to get in, land some solid hits, and get out before the fight drags on. Solo lobbies tend to be less chaotic, which lets you pick angles without half the server piling in. Take something like a Jupiter or Equaliser, tag the Queen a few times from mid range, then disengage instead of chasing the full clear and spending half your ammo bar. Stick to these routes and you end up saving resources while still climbing into that top bracket, and if you combine them with a smart loadout of cheap Raiders weapons you give yourself a really good shot at staying away from demotion and pushing into the 2x promotion zone.
