ARC Raiders Search Lockers Trial

The ARC Raiders Search Lockers trial is not a puzzle. It is not gated behind a map event, a key hunt, or a 40-minute unlock sequence. You queue into a map, find the tall metal locker units on walls and in corridors, open them, and extract. Season 4 removed all condition requirements across the board. There is no excuse architecture left to hide behind.

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Season 4 lowered the 3-star bar to 3,000 points to offset the removal of multipliers. Getting to 3,000 on lockers alone is fast. The guide below also shows how to clear two or three other active trials in the same raid, because there is no reason to make multiple trips when one well-planned run covers everything.

Points accumulate across runs. Each run must end in a successful extraction or every point from that session is erased. The game does not issue refunds for dramatic deaths 50 meters from the exit.

What Counts as a Locker

The trial tracks lockers specifically. These are the tall, wall-mounted metal cabinet units found in corridors, locker rooms, storage areas, industrial facilities, and buildings throughout the maps. Season 4 has been strict about container type on similar trials: Search Kitchen Cabinets in Week 2 counted nothing but kitchen containers. Assume the same precision applies here.

Confirmed to count:

• Standard metal wall lockers in corridors and locker rooms
• Industrial locker banks in facilities and control rooms
• Security breach lockers (blinking electronic lock panel: require Security Breach skill or can be already breached by other Raiders)
• Locked room lockers accessed via keycard rooms: these are the highest density clusters

Does not count:

• Vehicle hoods, car trunks, bus interiors, armored transports
• Drawers, shelves, crates, boxes, medical bags, ammo cases
• Raider Caches, ARC Probes, Field Crates, supply drops
• ARC enemy husks and player loot bags

Confirmed Mechanic Lockers already opened by another Raider still award you trial points when you interact with them. You do not need to win a race to every cabinet. Tap it, hear the search sound, get the points. Move on.

Dam Battlegrounds is the recommended map for the ARC Raiders Search Lockers weekly trial. It has the highest concentration of accessible lockers, a compact enough layout to chain POIs efficiently, and Rocketeer plus Pop spawns that let you complete two or three other active trials in parallel. Buried City and Spaceport are viable alternatives if Dam is overrun, but Dam is the correct first choice.

Dam Battlegrounds Primary: Best Locker Density

Most locker-rich map in the game. Multiple POIs with clusters. Key rooms for high score. Rocketeers and Pops for combo trial completion. One full circuit can yield 8,600+ points.

Buried City Backup Option

Dense indoor buildings throughout. Galleria, residential blocks, and Parking Garage all have lockers. Fewer ARC flying units makes navigation cleaner. Good fallback if Dam lobbies are unfavorable.

Spaceport Viable

Departure Building and maintenance corridors have usable counts. More open layout means more Rocketeer harassment mid-loot. Functional but not optimal.

Stella Montis Avoid

Minimal indoor structures, sparse locker spawns. You will run long distances for little return. There is no version of this map that makes it the right call for this trial.

Locker Locations on Dam Battlegrounds

Every locker spawn on Dam falls into one of two categories: free access (open to anyone) and key room (requires a specific keycard). For 3-star completion you do not need key rooms. For pushing leaderboard score, key rooms are the difference between a decent run and a dominant one.

Score Benchmark A complete Dam run hitting all free locations: no key rooms: produces approximately 8,600 trial points in a single extraction. Key rooms push this significantly higher. 3-star at 3,000 points is achievable by hitting Research & Admin plus two or three secondary POIs alone.

Night Raid: Should You Wait for It

Night Raid does not give bonus points in Season 4. The 2x multiplier was removed. Your score per locker is identical day or night. The reason to queue Night Raid anyway is enemy spawns: more Rocketeers, more Leapers, more Pops. On a day raid, Dam typically has one Leaper spawn that may already be dead when you arrive. Night Raid gives up to three. If you are trying to 3-star the Rocketeer and Leaper trials alongside lockers in the same run, Night Raid is the correct condition. If you are only here for lockers, it does not matter.

Combo Trials: Three Stars in One Run

Dam Battlegrounds during this week's rotation allows you to clear multiple trials simultaneously without changing your route. The locker circuit passes through all relevant ARC spawn areas.

Rocketeers

Two kills needed for 3-star. Spawn near Hydrodome. Wolf Pack grenades are the fastest method. Anvil IV, Batina, or Seeker grenades work if you lack Wolf Pack blueprints. Kill first, then loot domes. If another Raider damages the first Rocketeer, you may need to find a third: Night Raid reduces this risk.

Pops

Found indoors throughout Dam: Research & Admin, Controlled Access Zone, Hydrodome area. Unavoidable during a normal locker route. You will clear this trial passively.

Leapers

Day raid: one spawn, usually Water Treatment Control or Testing Annex. Often already dead on arrival. Night Raid: up to three spawns. Kill it early to trigger respawn timer. Shockwave grenade recommended to slow movement.

Your starting POI depends on where you spawn. The goal is a large loop around the map covering all marked locker locations. Adjust entry point accordingly. The route below assumes a central-north spawn.

1. Power Generation Complex: Start here if you have the Power Rod key. Drop down through the hatch, hit the key room for the dense container cluster. Skip to next stop if no key.
2. Controlled Access Zone: Take the ladder to the upper level. Two sets of lockers on different floors. Check the upper room before dropping back down.
3. Hydrodome (both buildings): Two dome structures, both have lockers. Rocketeer spawns in this area. Kill it now with Wolf Pack grenades before moving on. Other players will take it if you wait.
4. Ben Welder Sunroof: A few lockers. Slightly off the main path. Include if going for score, skip if purely 3-star hunting.
5. Old Baron's Hatch: Lockers inside. Also a valid extraction point. Flag it mentally for the exit plan.
6. Water Treatment Control: Good locker cluster. Kill the Leaper here immediately if present to start its respawn timer. Use Water Treatment key if you have it for the bonus room.
7. Research & Admin Building: Best free locker location on the map. Multiple lockers across upper floors. Use Staff Room key if available. Pops spawn here: clear them for the Pops trial.
8. Testing Annex: Lockers plus secondary Leaper spawn. Testing Annex key adds more. Check for Leaper if it was not at Water Treatment.
9. Floodgates Breach Room: Small locker set including security breaches. Alternate route addition. Already-breached lockers still give points.
10. Extract: Check trial score in the Trials menu. If above 3,000 points and you have no remaining combo trial objectives, go to nearest extract. Ben Welder Sunroof or Old Baron's Hatch depending on position.

Mid-Raid Crafting You can craft Adrenaline Shots using the in-raid refiner if you run out mid-circuit. Chemicals + Plastic Parts. Worth doing during the route rather than running dry and slowing down. You can also craft the Power Rod key in the refiner if you did not bring one.

Loadout

Free Loadout is viable if your only goal is 3-star. You will not be able to efficiently kill Rocketeers without Wolf Packs or a real weapon, so the combo trial strategy requires at least a basic loadout. Decide which objective you are prioritizing before you queue.

PvP and Matchmaking

Use the ARC Raiders aggression matchmaking setting on low before queuing. This increases the proportion of objective-focused players in your lobby. Raiders doing trials at the start of the week are competing for the same Rocketeer spawns: lower aggression matchmaking reduces but does not eliminate that competition.

If another player damages a Rocketeer before you kill it, your damage contribution may not be sufficient for the Rocketeers trial. You may need to find a third Rocketeer in the same run. Night Raid spawns more Rocketeers and reduces this risk.

Extraction Rule All points earned this run disappear on death before extraction. No exceptions. No partial credit. Exit the moment your trial goals are met. The locker you almost checked is not worth the run.