ARC Raiders: How to Get Leviathan's Crown Ship Model

So you want the Leviathan's Crown ship model in ARC Raiders. Congratulations on choosing the one collectible in the game that refuses to tell you where it lives. extraction-shooterriven-tidesloot-guide

This guide covers the full picture: the beachcombing mechanic, the detector, every known spawn zone, the project gating it, and exactly how many Merits you'll pocket if you actually manage to extract with it. Spoiler: it's a lot. Spoiler two: you might not.

What Is the Leviathan's Crown

Ship models are a new Trinket category introduced with the Riven Tides map update. There are five of them, ranging from Common to Legendary, and they exist for exactly one reason: feeding progress into the Last Resort event Merits system. Extract with one, receive Merits. Simple. Except the Legendary variant: the Leviathan's Crown: hands you 250 Merit Points in a single run. For context, every 100 XP you earn equals 1 Merit. Do the math. This toy boat is worth more than most raids.

The gap between Epic and Legendary is not a typo. One Leviathan's Crown is worth five Sirena Doratas and fifty Wind Sprites. Treating it as a consistent farming target, however, is a special kind of optimism the RNG system will happily punish.

How to Start: The Avian Alarm Project Guide

Before any ship model becomes relevant to progression, you need to understand the Avian Alarm project guide. This five-stage Raider Project, introduced with Riven Tides, gates both the Dockmaster's Detector and the final Leviathan's Crown submission behind item hand-ins. The project expires on May 26, 2026. No extensions. No mercy.

Initial Flock Intake: Field Task

Go to Seabed in the northwest of Riven Tides. Find the buoys. Interact with the blue projections to place a bird trap. You don't need to extract. Just do it and leave.

REWARD: Dockmaster's Detector x1 + 25 Raider Tokens

Stage 2: Item Hand-ins

Requires Twilight Compass ship model (x5 total across stages). The full item list includes Tick Pods, Moss, and similar coastal debris.

REWARD: Gel Patches Cosmetic + Hotel Keycard No. 311 + 50 Raider Tokens

Stage 3: Item Hand-ins

Requires the Velocity ship model plus Canisters, Comet Igniters, and Fertilizer. The game gives you Anvil IV and Anvil Splitter as rewards, which is either thoughtful or a hint that the next stage will be unpleasant.

REWARD: Anvil IV + Anvil Splitter + Raider Tokens

Stage 4: Item Hand-ins

Requires Sirena Dorata ship model plus Rusted Tools and assorted junk. The keycard reward from Stage 2 opens a specific room in Hotel Panorama Azzurro: worth using before you get here.

REWARD: Surge Coil x3 + Raider Tokens

Stage 5: Final Stage

One Leviathan's Crown. That's it. One. The game has the audacity to require the rarest ship model in existence for the final submission. Start looking early.

REWARD: Bird House Backpack Attachment + Fist In Air Emote + Acoustic Guitar + 100 Raider Tokens

The Dockmaster's Detector location question has three answers, none of which are guaranteed. You receive one automatically from completing Stage 1 of Avian Alarm. You can also get one from Apollo when picking up the quest "Shoring Up Defenses." Finally, it spawns as loot in shipping containers scattered across Riven Tides: the Stacking Yard area is your best bet for container density.

The detector is a consumable gadget. Drag it to your quick-use slot and activate it like a grenade. It emits a yellow light when loot is nearby and green when you're standing directly on top of it. Follow the beep. When the prompt appears, dig.

The durability drains fast: roughly 20 points per three scans, out of 100 total. You will burn through a detector hunting mines that explode at you and Ticks that attach to your face. This is working as intended. Budget accordingly.

Digging results are not a treasure chest simulator. You will find mines. You will find more mines. Occasionally you will find suitcases with crafting materials, weapons, or: if the loot table feels generous today: an actual ARC Raiders legendary loot drop in the form of a ship model. The Beachcombing map condition must be active for the best returns. Check your map condition tracker before burning a detector.

The ARC Raiders Beachcombing Event: How It Works

The ARC Raiders beachcombing event is not a permanent feature. It activates as a Minor Map Condition on Riven Tides, meaning it only appears on certain raids. When active, buried containers shift toward higher-rarity loot: that's your window for Epic and Legendary ship models.

Also Worth Knowing

The Night Raid map condition also improves Leviathan's Crown spawn chances. Running during Night Raid with a Dockmaster's Detector active is currently the highest-probability configuration, outside of simply being lucky.

The new ARC Turbine boss drops mines as part of its attack pattern. Your detector works on these, too. Whether disarming a boss's mine field in the middle of a raid feels productive or humiliating is a personal question only you can answer.

ARC Raiders Ship Model Locations

No ship model has a fixed spawn point. The positions shift between raids. Anyone claiming otherwise is either lying or confused. That said, certain areas consistently produce results more than others: which is as close to a guarantee as this game will ever give you.

Hotel Panorama Azzurro: Best Static Location

The Hotel Panorama Azzurro spawn on the western coast of Riven Tides is the single most reliable building for ship models across all rarities. Common and Uncommon models appear regularly. Rare spawns are occasional. Epic and Legendary are possible but not likely.

• Ground floor reception area: check sofas and chairs in the northeast section
• Bar area directly outside: models sit openly on tables and countertops
• Third floor restaurant: check every table surface in the dining area
• Stage 2 reward gives you Hotel Keycard No. 311: use it on the locked room for guaranteed additional loot

Ship models have no visible glow and no map marker. They sit on furniture and blend in. Checking surfaces means actually looking at every table, shelf, windowsill, and desk as you pass through. Doing a fast loot sweep and missing three models in the same room is a time-honored ARC Raiders tradition.

Other Known Spawn Areas

• Riven Tides beach zones: buried containers during Beachcombing (Legendary-viable)
• Residential areas marked with diamond icons: higher-rarity model tendency
• Barrett City (Buried City map): apartment blocks, hospital and library lockers
• Bluegate village: Common and Uncommon models in residential buildings
• High-loot zone buildings across all maps: lockers, suitcases, couches

Regarding the ARC Raiders ship model locations across non-Riven Tides maps: models spawn everywhere, but the concentration on Riven Tides: particularly during Beachcombing: is meaningfully higher. Unless you're already running another map and happen to be looting thoroughly, don't go out of your way.

The Miniature Voyages rewards system, part of the Last Resort Live Event running April 28 to May 26, works simply: extract with a ship model and receive its Merit value added to your event progress. Merits also accumulate passively from XP at a 100:1 ratio, but a single Leviathan's Crown extraction delivers a Merit surge equivalent to a substantial amount of normal gameplay.

The math on farming: mid-tier models (Rare and Epic) offer the most consistent Merit-per-effort ratio. The Leviathan's Crown is high-variance: you might find two in one session or zero across a full week. Chasing it exclusively as a farming strategy will break your spirit before it breaks your event grind.

Finding the model is half the problem. Dying with it means you lose it and receive zero Merits. Prioritize a clean extract over squeezing every last container on the map, especially when carrying a Legendary.