Recently, ARC Raiders announced the launch of Season 4 Trials, which includes a host of new trials and will be rotated weekly. Among these, Search Lockers, with its relatively simple completion steps, has become one of the most frequently released trials by the developers, and its high rewards have made it a highly rewarding experience for players.
That being said, achieving the highest trial points in this trial is relatively difficult. So IGGM.com provides you with a comprehensive guide to this Search Lockers trial, including preparation, precautions during the process, and choosing between daytime or nighttime raids. A friendly reminder: consider keeping this guide next to your gaming device and following it.
Prepared Loadout
Since Dam Battlegrounds has the most lockers among the existing ARC Raiders maps and is more beginner-friendly, IGGM recommends that you choose Dam map as the best choice for farming this trial. Next, select the loadout you need to include. Even if you enter this raid solely with the goal of completing the trial, we do not recommend using free loadout directly.
This is because each PvP encounter is random, and the enemies will not completely disappear just because you walk around Arc enemies. If you encounter them unarmed, you will surely die. This may not be a significant loss to you personally, but it will slow down your progress in completing the trial.
So, you can take a gun that you’re very comfortable using, whether for long-range or close-range shooting, and equip it with two sets of ammunition; that should be sufficient. Players with good throwing skills can also configure two more Seeker Grenades, just in case. As for ARC Raiders Items used for common healing and recovery, IGGM recommends that you carry either Adrenaline Shot or Vita Shot, whichever you choose.
Then there are some essential materials for raiding Dam Battlegrounds maps, such as Zipline and Snap Hook for fast movement, Power Rod to open Power Generation Complex, Dam Surveillance Key, Dam Staff Room Key, Dam Testing Annex Key, and Dam Controlled Access Zone Key to open loot-filled rooms and buildings, and Raider Hatch Key for evacuation. At this point, your preparations for the trial are almost complete.
Of these keys, apart from Raider Hatch Key, the others allow you to scavenge more lockers, thus completing the trial faster, making them indispensable. Unfortunately, some of them also appear randomly on the map. To avoid this, you can buy ARC Raiders Keys directly from IGGM.com, as shipping is very fast and will never hinder your progress.
Trial Process
Once you’re all ready, you can enter Dam Battlegrounds map to begin your Search Lockers trial. If you respawn near Good Old Baron’s Hatch, congratulations! You’re incredibly lucky; this is where lockers are most concentrated. Of course, if you respawn near Water Towers or Swamp Outpost, you can also loot the nearby storage lockers first and head towards Good Old Baron’s Hatch, which is also an efficient route.
After you respawn and deal with any nearby PvP players, immediately head to Electrical Substation and Water Treatment Control. These locations contain numerous keyless lockers for you to loot. If that’s not enough, you can use Dam Surveillance Key to open a security room in Water Treatment Control, which also contains some lockers. Next, please move to Research and Administration building, but your target is not this building itself, but a small building to its south.
According to numerous player tests, this building offers richer rewards than regular loot points, making it one of the best sources for completing Search Lockers trial. Similarly, to speed up the trial process, you can abandon the entire building and head to the bottom floor room that can only be accessed with Dam Staff Room Key, where you can also make looting the lockers much more enjoyable.
If you’re not in a hurry to complete the trial and leave, IGGM highly recommends heading to the second floor of the Research and Administration building. There are some lockers hidden in the corners of the corridors, which may contain valuable rewards such as ARC Raiders blueprints and other materials. Your next looting spot is Dam Testing Annex, where the main building and the adjacent smaller building are well worth searching.
As always, the second floor of this main building is also very valuable for searching, so you can go in and loot it if you’re sure there aren’t too many PvP enemies or ambushes around. IGGM reminds you that if you feel the process is more than halfway through or almost finished, you can end the raid directly from the extraction point near Dam Testing Annex. Don’t be too greedy; you cannot complete the entire process in a single raid.
If you still have the energy, you can run towards Control Tower and use the zipline to enter the dam itself. In this large looting area, lockers are mostly located on the bridges that require mechanisms to open, so you need to be extremely careful during this process to avoid being knocked down by PvP players while you are setting up the mechanisms.
If you just took IGGM’s advice and withdrew from Dam Testing Annex, then when you re-enter Dam Battlegrounds raids, you can focus on Hydroponic Domes, which have a large number of lockers, enough to complete the few remaining Search Lockers trial process. If that’s not enough, head straight to Ben Welder’s Sunroof, where there’s a set of lockers for you to loot.
Not only that, there’s also a Raider Hatch for your evacuation, allowing you to quickly end the raid and return to Speranza after completing the trial. If you follow this process and thoroughly search every locker in ARC Raiders Dam Battlegrounds, your score on Search Lockers trial should be no less than 10,000.
Day or Night Raid?
Many players believe that completing the trial during night raids is the best way to improve efficiency. However, it’s important to understand that this map condition only change the quality and probability of loot appearing on the map, but the location and number of fixed lockers will remain largely unchanged.
Since the trial score is calculated based on the number of lockers looted, IGGM can confidently tell you that daytime and nighttime raids do not significantly affect the completion rate of Search Lockers trial. So no matter when you enter, you can easily complete the trial by following the procedures and some precautions in this guide.
However, if you prefer to complete the trials while searching for high-level loot that can be used in subsequent raids or conflicts, you might consider entering Dam Battlegrounds map during a night raid, as the quality and value of items are significantly higher under this condition. Have fun playing the game!
