When a new update for Arc Raiders comes around, one of the things that is added most often is quests. These missions take you to new areas of the map and sometimes continue with previous missions. They're also a great way to earn some rewards without too much hassle.
A Prime Specimen is one such quest, and it introduces you to the Arc Deforesters on the Blue Gate map. These clearings have been there since the start of the game, but you might not have paid much attention to them until you got this quest, and here's how you can easily raid them.
Where to find Arc Powercells
The first and easiest part of the A Prime Specimen quest is to find two Arc Powercells in a raid. This is one of the easy items to get, and you may already know how to farm them. Essentially, when you defeat any Arc, you can get an Arc Powercell when you loot themand you usually get at least one even when raiding smaller enemies.
The quest only asks you to acquire two of these, which you need to raid the Arc Deforester. But in our experience, the part of the mission that needs these goes unchecked when you use them on the deforester, so you should get about four just to be safe.
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Where to find an Arc Deforester
As you may have already seen on the mission itself, the Arc Deforesters are mainly found on the Blue Gate mapthat's where you have to finish this mission. Once you're on this map, these can be easily identified by looking for a circular ruined arch structure by opening your map.
You can see one of these just to the right of the Maintenance Bunker, with one much more on the southwest and west edge of the Blue Gate. Go to any of these and you can finish this quest. There's a chance that the Arc Deforester you go to is already looted, and you'll need to find another one.
How to raid The Arc Deforester
Once you reach an Arc Deforester, you need to start looking for a sparkly control panel. This can be easily identified from a distance as the sparks are quite clear. As soon as you see these sparks, go over to them and use your first Arc Powercell, which will start a fire trap nearby.
Avoid the fire and go deeper into the structure where you will see another spark. Interact with the panel here and use your second Arc Deforester, which will fully activate it. Now you have to go out again and find a way to climb onto the platform just above the control panels.
You usually have to climb the structure next to the one containing the control panel and then jump back into it.
Once you are on the upper platform you can go to the edge and loot Deforestercompletes the A Prime Specimen quest.
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