I never realized how good this ARC Raider skill is, but from now on I’m not leaving Speranza without it

Over the past few months, I’ve crafted my fair share of builds in ARC Raiders—from loot-oriented quick and nimble loadouts to fully stacked, armored, and heavily armed PVP ones. But where I have faltered are the skills, specifically by not investing heavily in the Traveling Tinkerer perk.

Field crafting seemed quite interesting to me from the first time I saw it, and I even ended up including it in my initial skill tree guide back when the game first released. What I failed to take into account was how useful the second field crafting perk was, i.e., how invaluable Traveling Tinkerer is. It’s located a bit further into the Survival skill tree and builds on top of the field crafting perk that enables making items on the go.

Proper skills make a huge difference in ARC Raiders. Image via Embark Studios

One particular item that gives you the ability to craft mid-match is Raider Hatch Keys, which are perhaps the most valuable pieces of loot in the entire game. Extracting from a regular elevator is fine and dandy until you find yourself carrying 100,000 credits of loot, pink items, blueprints, weapons, and other rare items that turn extraction into a nightmare.

Raider Hatch Keys? They solve that issue instantly, allowing you to extract without waiting for a long time, hoping no ARC or player shows up to put an end to your escape attempt.

Given how many hatches are located on each of the maps, Keys would almost guarantee your success topside. The only downside here is that you’d have to carry the necessary materials on your person, which could be challenging to come by. However, that is more than made up for by the sheer ability to make these Keys (among all the other valuable items that field crafting unlocks, like consumables for healing and shield recharging).

Suffice it to say that I’m never leaving Speranza without this thing, and since Embark introduced proper skill resets (that do not require Expeditions), it’s quite easy to take away points from useless trees I’d been investing into thus far.

And I’d suggest you do the same.

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