Out in Arc Raiders, you figure out pretty quick that just packing a gun isn’t gonna cut it. Those ARC machines don’t slow down, and your standard kit can feel like bringing a knife to a gunfight. That’s where the Workbench steps in. It’s more than a repair table – it’s your own armoury and tinkering spot rolled into one. You’ll use it to turn scavenged junk into something worth carrying. Every skirmish is a chance to grab bits of scrap, busted circuits, or rare parts pulled straight from the wreckage of a downed ARC unit. And yeah, sometimes it’s worth hanging back after a fight to sweep the area – that one chunk of metal could be the missing piece for your next ARC Raiders BluePrint.
When you haul your loot back to base, that’s when the real fun kicks in. The Workbench lays out your whole arsenal in front of you – rifles, sidearms, gadgets – and shows the different ways you can tweak them. You’re not just bumping up damage numbers. You might slap on a new scope so you can pick enemies off at range, swap in a bigger mag so you’re not reloading mid-scrap, or mess with the firing system to squeeze out a faster rate of fire. A slow rifle can become a mid-range workhorse, and that little pistol you barely touch? It can turn into the thing that saves your skin when everything else runs dry.
It’s not just weapons either. The kit you use to move and defend yourself can be tuned up too. That grappling hook you rely on to get across rooftops – make it faster, give it more reach, suddenly you’re covering ground like a pro. Got a deployable shield? Boost its durability so it holds long enough for your squad to catch their breath. These upgrades aren’t just numbers on a stat sheet, they change how you play. You start thinking about your role in a fight – maybe you go all-in on mobility, maybe you build for soaking up hits, or maybe you focus on keeping your mates alive.
The loop’s simple but addictive: fight, scavenge, upgrade, repeat. Every run into the field feels like it’s pushing you forward. You notice yourself taking bigger risks because you know the payoff could be huge. And when you finally slot that rare part into your gear and feel the difference in the next mission, it’s a rush. That’s the magic of the Workbench – it turns scraps into survival, and survival into dominance. Bit by bit, you’re not just holding your own against ARC, you’re hunting them. And with the right BluePrint in ARC Raiders, you’re building the kind of loadout that makes you the one they should be afraid of.
