Best Arc Raiders builds - all Raider skills

What are the best Arc Raiders builds? Every person you meet topside can be lethal in one way or another. Taking fire from anyone hurts, but you'll soon realise that there are levels to this, and as you progress through the levels, you'll quickly realise that skills can play a massive part in how lethal you can be in the extraction game.

The Arc Raiders Server Slam went off without a hitch, and it gave us a real insight into how players can progress in the multiplayer game as they gain experience. Moving faster for longer, looting more efficiently, and being able to craft while topside can be the difference-makers if you want to be in the upper echelon of Raiders. We have every skill in Arc Raiders and have even pieced together some of the best builds ahead of launch.

The Arc Raiders skill tree is split into three sections: Conditions, Mobility, and Survival. Each of these improves a different part of your Raider, but a mixture of all three is vital for a well-rounded build. Here is every skill in Arc Raiders:

Conditioning

• Used To The Weight: Wearing a shield doesn't slow you down as much.
• Blast-Born: Your hearing is less affected by nearby explosions.
• Fight Or Flight: When you're hurt in combat, regain a fixed amount of stamina. Has a cooldown between uses.
• Survivor's Stamina: When you're critically hurt, your stamina regenerates faster.
• Downed But Determined: When you're downed, it takes longer before you collapse.
• Turtle Crawl: While downed, you take less damage.
• Back On Your Feet: When you're critically hurt, your health regenerates until a certain limit.
• Gentle Pressure: You make less noise when breaching.
• Proficient Pryer: Breaching doors and containers takes less time.
• Unburdened Roll: If your shield breaks, your first dodge roll within a few seconds does not cost stamina.
• A Little Extra: Breaching an object generates resources.
• Loaded Arms: Your equipped weapon has less impact on your encumbrance.
• Effortless Swing: Melee abilities cost less stamina.
• Sky-Clearing Swing: You deal more melee damage to drones.
• Flyswatter: Wasps and turrets can now be destroyed with a single melee attack.

Mobility

• Nimble Climber: You can climb and vault more quickly.
• Marathon Runner: Moving around costs less stamina.
• Youthful Lungs: Increases your max stamina.
• Carry The Momentum: After a sprint dodge roll, sprinting does not consume stamina for a short time. Has a cooldown between uses.
• Effortless Roll: Dodge rolls cost less stamina.
• Heroic Leap: You can sprint dodge roll further.
• Vaults On Vaults On Vaults: Vaulting no longer costs stamina.
• Crawl Before You Walk: When you're downed, you crawl faster.
• Vigorous Vaulter: Vaulting is no longer slowed down while exhausted.
• Vault Spring: Lets you jump at the end of a vault.
• Slip And Slide: You can slide further and faster.
• Sturdy Ankles: You take less fall damage when falling from a non-lethal height.
• Calming Stroll: While walking, your stamina regenerates as if you were standing still.
• Off The Wall: You can wall leap further.
• Ready To Roll: When falling, your timing window to perform a recovery roll is increased.

Survival

• Agile Croucher: Your movement speed while crouching is increased.
• Revitalizing Squat: Stamina regeneration while crouched is increased.
• In-Round Crafting: Unlocks the ability to field-craft items while topside.
• Good As New: While under a healing effect, stamina regeneration is increased.
• Stubborn Mule: Your stamina regeneration is less affected by being over-encumbered.
• Three Deep Breaths: After an ability drains your stamina, you recover more quickly.
• Minesweeper: Mines and explosive deployables can be defused when in close proximity.
• Looter's Instincts: When searching a container, loot is revealed faster.
• Silent Scavenger: You make less noise when looting.
• Suffer In Silence: While critically hurt, your movement makes less noise.
• Broad Shoulders: Increases the maximum weight you can carry.
• Traveling Tinkerer: Unlocks additional items to field craft.
• One Raider's Scraps: When looting Raider containers, you have a small chance of finding additional field-crafted items.
• Looter's Luck: While looting, there's a chance to reveal twice as many items at once.
• Security Breach: Lets you breach security lockers.

Best Arc Raiders builds

There are a few archetypes of Raider that you can employ during your time topside, and which one works for you will ultimately depend on your playstyle. Whether you're a loot goblin or a movement demon, here are our best Arc Raiders builds:

Perpetual Motion

With this build, you'll be able to run further - and faster - than anyone else. The additional maneuverability will give you the edge in fights, allowing you to relocate quickly and often. Having a long-range weapon will allow you to engage from further away, and your superior stamina can help close the distance for the killing shot.

Key skills:

• Used To The Weight
• Survivor's Stamina
• Unburdened Roll
• Loaded Arms
• Marathon Runner
• Youthful Lungs
• Calming Stroll
• Agile Croucher

Pack Horse

Our Pack Horse build is for the true loot goblins, the players who want to vacuum every piece of tat in range to save for a rainy day. Early on, you might struggle with inventory space and the weight limit, but with this build, you'll be able to carry an obscene amount of loot.

Key skills:

• Gentle Pressure
• Proficient Pryer
• A Little Extra
• Loaded Arms
• Looter's Instincts
• Silent Scavenger
• Broad Shoulders
• One Raider's Scraps
• Looter's Luck
• Security Breach

Gunslinger

For the aggressive folk amongst you, we have a build that prioritizes close-quarters movement and survivability. Dodge rolls are so important during an intense fight, and being able to clear an area of deployed explosives can be incredibly important to surviving.

Key skills:

• Used To The Weight
• Blast-Born
• Fight Or Flight
• Survivor's Stamina
• Back On Your Feet
• Unburdened Roll
• Loaded Arms
• Effortless Roll
• Heroic Leap
• Minesweeper

Now you know about the Arc Raiders skills, and have some builds up your sleeve, you have something to aim for when you do finally venture topside. If you want to rope some of your friends into the adventure, check out our Arc Raiders crossplay guide, and ensure that the game is up with our Arc Raiders server guide. Found an Arc Raiders build that works for you? Let us know over on the PCGamesN community Discord so we can try it out.