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ARC Raiders is a newly released extraction shooter from Embark Studios. The game is available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X.
As you progress through the levels in ARC Raiders, you slowly unlock features like the Trials, which are in-game point-based weekly challenges that are refreshed every week. By earning three stars and points in these challenges, you can climb through the ranks to earn exclusive rewards.
Each week Embark adds a new set of challenges for players to complete and climb up their leaderboards. The Season 2 Week 1 trials are live now, and here's a comprehensive guide on how to earn 3 stars in this week's trials.
What are Trials in ARC Raiders?
Trials is the unofficial rank system in ARC Raiders, which is unlocked at player level 15. Once unlocked, players have to earn points by completing challenges every week and climb up the leaderboards. By earning stars, players can earn exclusive rewards.
The challenges are usually divided into three stages, which are marked by stars. By earning points you can get stars, and each challenge has a limit of 3 stars. For each star, players get a reward, with a total of three rewards for completing a challenge.
By earning points you can earn a position in the leaderboard of 100 players in the same rank. Getting into the top 20 of the leaderboard will earn you a 2x promotion to the next ranks. With 1x promotion allocated for the next 30 positions. The bottom 20 players of the leaderboard are demoted to the previous rank.
How to Get 3 Stars in Season 2 Week 1 Trials in ARC Raiders
Like every week, this week's trials have five challenges players must complete to climb up the leaderboard. These challenges are quite easy, but you have to follow some simple strategies to effectively finish them without wasting your important resources. Here's an in-depth guide on how to get 3 stars in Season 2 Week 1 trials in ARC Raiders:
Search First Wave Husks
First-wave husks are usually found in all maps in ARC Raiders; however, there's an abundance of these husks in Dam Battlegrounds and the Spaceport.
The first map for finding first-wave husks is Dam Battlegrounds. There's an abundance of first-wave husks near the Red Lake and Old Battleground POIs of the map. Here are the locations of the husks in Dam Battlegrounds:
The second-best map for finding first-wave husks is the Spaceport. In Spaceport, you'll find Baron Husks and other first-wave husks near the outskirts of the map. Here are the locations of the husks in Spaceport:
Aside from these two maps, you can also find first-wave husks in the Broken Earth POI of Blue Gate. There's a Baron Husk in that location, which is accompanied by other smaller husks like Rocketeer and Wasp husks. Usually, with the Husk Graveyard map modifier, an increased number of first-wave husks spawn all around the map, which can make your search for first-wave husks easier.
Damage Leapers
This challenge might sound like the hardest one to complete for most players but is quite easy if you know a simple strategy. With 2x Trials points, the best way to complete this challenge is in a night raid or electromagnetic storm. To get 3 stars in this challenge, you just need to take out a single Leaper. The best way for dealing with Leapers is two wolfpack grenades or a hullcracker. The recommended way of taking out a Leaper is two wolfpack grenades, as it will minimize the chaos by a large margin.
Harvest Plants
The harvest plants challenge is quite easy to complete if you know which places to hit. The best way to get 3 stars in this challenge is by playing the Cold Snap mode on Spaceport or Buried City. In Spaceport, try harvesting the Great Mullein trees near the Trench Towers. As for Buried City, the best way to quickly complete this challenge is by visiting the Galleria POI near Hospital and Space Travel; you'll find a bunch of Mullein trees grouped up together.
Search Frozen Raider Containers
To search frozen Raider containers, you need to jump into the Cold Snap mode in Spaceport. The frozen raider containers are in the same position as the raider caches. As most of them are located at the outskirts of the map, you can easily rack up points on this challenge without facing another player once. Moreover, in Cold Snap you can also use a hatch key to get out safely without calling an extraction.
Destroy Ticks
This week's first challenge might be a little challenging for solo players. However, it is manageable if you plan your route beforehand. You can complete this challenge on any map, but the best maps for this challenge are Dam Battlegrounds, Buried City, and Stella Montis.
The place with the most Ticks is the Seed Vault in Stella Montis; it is literally littered with these annoying small ARCs. Jump straight into Stella Montis and Dam Battlegrounds; you'll find this small ARC guarding high-value loot areas like Research and Administration. In Buried City, you'll find Ticks guarding extraction stations and POIs like Space Travel, Hospital, and Library.
Getting 3 stars with decent points in trials will guarantee you a spot in the top 20 of the leaderboard. Remaining in the top 20 will also allow you to jump 2 ranks once the trials are refreshed for next week.
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