ARC Raiders Blaze Grenade Trial: Max Damage Guide

The Blaze Grenade trial in ARC Raiders scores only your single best throw, not your total damage for the match. Throw fifty grenades like a headless raider and the game still counts one number: your highest hit. Pick the wrong target and you can waste an entire crafting run for a score that would embarrass a Pop. This guide covers the ARC Raiders Blaze Grenade trial season 5, the fastest way to get a functioning Blaze Grenade blueprint, and which enemies actually deserve your fire.

What The Trial Actually Tracks

Forget the flavor text. The best damage method here has nothing to do with volume. The system logs the highest damage total from one Blaze Grenade detonation and ignores every other throw you make that match. Large ARC machines award roughly two score points per point of damage dealt, which is why a fat, slow target beats a fast one every single time. Small enemies like the Tick or the Pop are a personal insult to your own time, since their health pools cap your maximum score before you even throw.

If you only remember one line from this guide: one clean grenade on a fat target beats a hundred desperate throws on a corridor full of nothing. Stop farming Oil for grenades you will never need.

Best Targets, Ranked

The Bombardier is the reliable answer for ARC Raiders Blaze Grenade trial season 5 runs. It stands still, has a large hitbox, and holds enough health that the fire ticks for its full duration instead of finishing the job before the burn timer runs out. A cornered Bastion can outscore it, but only if you throw under the legs instead of on the roof, since flames falling from above barely register on its armor plating.

You cannot run this trial without the recipe, and the game will not hand it to you out of pity. The Blaze Grenade blueprint drops from loot containers in industrial and security points of interest, with Stella Montis loading bay cited most often by players who actually bothered to look. Nothing is guaranteed here, so expect to open more crates than you would like.

Crafting Recipe

• Explosives Station III with Oil times two and Metal Parts times seven is the most commonly confirmed recipe.
• Some sources list an Explosives Station II version using Oil times two and Crude Explosives times one, so check your own station tier before committing materials.
• Oil is the actual bottleneck, not the Metal Parts, so stop burning it on grenade spam you do not need.

Throwing Mechanics That Matter

Landing the grenade correctly separates a five thousand point run from a sad four hundred point one. Aim under a Bastion's feet, never on its back. Go for the torso or leg cluster on a Leaper since a body throw keeps the fire in contact longer than a glancing hit. Multiple Blaze Grenades thrown together do not stack for score purposes, so stop wasting your stock trying to double up on one target.

Route And Loadout

Run this in a zone with dense ARC spawns and vertical throwing angles, since a raised position gives you a cleaner drop onto a Bastion's legs and a safer retreat if the fight turns. Bring enough grenades for two or three mistakes, not your entire stash. This is a contested area and other raiders know exactly where the good ARC density sits, so pack light and move with a plan for a clean reset route instead of a full loot run kit.

Quick Checklist

1. Confirm your Blaze Grenade crafting recipe matches your current Explosives Station tier.
2. Farm Oil before you farm anything else, since it runs out first.
3. Pick a Bombardier or a cornered Bastion, never a Tick.
4. Throw under legs on armored targets, direct body on a Leaper.
5. Stop after one good hit, the trial already has your number.

Weekly trials rotate, so a strong ARC Raiders Blaze Grenade trial run this week does not guarantee the same target list next season. Treat this as your baseline for maximum damage score and adjust the target table if the ARC spawn pool shifts. The method stays the same regardless: pick the fattest, slowest thing on the map and set it on fire correctly, once.