ARC Raiders How to Get Better Weapons

Getting stronger guns in ARC Raiders means you’ll be using the right benches, gathering materials, and upgrading what you already own. Once you know how the crafting loop works, you can build better weapons faster than you’ll ever find them in the field.

How to Get Better Weapons in ARC Raiders

The main way to get better weapons is by crafting and upgrading them at the Weapon Bench inside your Raider Den. You’ll unlock more powerful guns by leveling up the bench, gathering rare components during raids, and finding new weapon recipes.

Weapon Bench upgrades are your biggest milestone for better firepower. Each level unlocks new weapon tiers and mods:

Level 1 lets you craft basic weapons using Metal Parts and Rubber Parts
Level 2 adds advanced blueprints once you collect Mechanical Components and Wasp Drivers
Level 3 unlocks elite guns like the Renegade and Osprey, using Advanced Mechanical Components and Sentinel Cores

Once upgraded, you can modify and improve each weapon directly at the bench using materials looted or refined back at base.

Crafting and Upgrading Weapons

Weapons can be crafted as soon as you have the right recipe and enough materials. Recipes come from mastery ranks, battle pass progression, surface exploration, and merchants. Once learned, you can craft that weapon as many times as you want.

Upgrades work the same way. You keep the same weapon but increase its tier through the Weapon Bench, improving damage, stability, and handling. Investing in upgrades saves materials long term compared to crafting new weapons from scratch.

Where to Find Weapon Recipes

There are several reliable sources for weapon recipes in ARC Raiders:

Explore the surface and loot high-value containers and enemy drops
Complete mastery challenges for Bronze, Silver, and Gold tier rewards
Progress through the battle pass to earn exclusive weapon mods and attachments
Check merchants for limited-time blueprints or crafting components

Once extracted, recipes unlock permanently and can be crafted at your Weapon Bench when you have enough resources.

Refiner and Advanced Components

To craft or upgrade high-tier weapons, you’ll need advanced parts. These come from the Refiner station in your base. Upgrading the Refiner unlocks new materials such as Heavy Gun Parts, Advanced Mechanical Components, and Power Rods used for purple-tier weapons.

Running regular raids to collect motors, ARC Alloys, and mechanical salvage keeps your Refiner stocked and your Weapon Bench active.

Weapon Rarity and Performance

Weapons follow a rarity system that affects overall performance:

Common weapons are the entry level, fast to craft and easy to replace
Uncommon and yellow-tier weapons bring higher stats and attachment slots
Purple-tier weapons offer top-end damage and stability, plus unique mods

The best weapons come from a fully upgraded Weapon Bench using refined materials and advanced blueprints.

Final Blurb

To get better weapons in ARC Raiders, upgrade your Weapon Bench, collect blueprints, and refine materials between raids. Use mastery rewards and exploration to find new recipes, then invest in upgrades to push your favorite guns into higher tiers.

The more you refine, the stronger your next raid becomes.