How to find Cooling Coils in ARC Raiders

The demand for Cooling Coils has gone up ever since Expedition 2 became available in the project section of ARC Raiders.

While Cooling Coils have been present in the game since launch in October, they weren’t among the more essential items. However, the second Expedition project requires you to get this specific item if you plan on resetting your account in February.

This guide will help you narrow down the locations where you want to look.

Best locations to find Cooling Coils in ARC Raiders

Cooling Coils are available on every map in ARC Raiders. To raise your chances of success, you’ll want to look in areas that have an Industrial nature. The simple reason is that Cooling Coils are considered Industrial items.

My two favorite maps for this resource so far have been Dam Battlegrounds and Spaceport. On Dam Battlegrounds, you’ll want to look at the Power Generation Complex, the Water Treatment Control Center, and the Hydrophonic Dome Complex in particular. I have found Cooling Coils across all three locations on my previous raids.

On Spaceport, you’ll want to be looking at Shipping Warehouse, Container Storage, and Rocket Assembly. The latter is also known for spawning other items like Mod Boxes, which are also required to complete the new Expedition project.

If you’re at the locations that I have mentioned, you’ll want to be looking into every possible container. The actual spawn location of these items, like all other resources, will be random. You’ll also have to be lucky, as someone could have looted them from their spawn locations. Either way, Cooling Coils aren’t the easiest items to find.

You can also try your luck on maps where the Cold Snap modifier is active. It raises the chances of finding rarer items, so that could help your case better. You’ll need to find at least four Coolig Coils to complete the second stage of the new Expedition project.

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ARC Performance Steel is one of the hardest items to find in ARC Raiders, as you’ll have to take down specific enemies.

Unlike most items in ARC Raiders, ARC Performance Steel can’t be obtained from looting containers or other areas. Instead, you can only obtain the item after taking down certain ARC enemies that you can come across on any map.

This guide will help you pinpoint which ARCs you should take down to gain ARC Performance Steel.

Best way to get ARC Performance Steel in ARC Raiders

To find ARC Performance Steel, you’ll need to take down any of the following ARCs.

• Leaper
• Bastion
• Bombardier
• The Queen
• Matriarch
• ARC Probes

Barring the last one, all five ARCs mentioned on the list are dangerous enemies that you should be extremely careful about. Here’s where you can find these heavy ARCs.

Leaper

• Dam Battlegrounds: Water Treatment, Red Lakes Balcony, Red Lakes
• Buried City: Buried Properties, Plaza Rosa
• Spaceport: Launch Towers, Arrival and Departure Buildings
• Blue Gate: Warehouse Complex, Ruined Homestead, Trapper’s Glade

Bastion

• Dam Battlegrounds: Hydrophonic Complex
• Buried City: Market Ruins, Library, Piazza Arbusto
• Spaceport: Arrival and Departure Buildings, Container Storage, Fuel Lines
• Blue Gate: Checkpoint, Outer Gates

Bombardier

• Dam Battlegrounds: Water Treatment, Primary Facility
• Buried City: Marano Park, Main Street
• Spaceport: Vehicle Maintenance, Arrival Building, South Trench Tower, Container Storage
• Blue Gate: Ruined Homestead, Trapper’s Glade, Raider’s Refuge

The Queen

• Dam Battlegrounds: Red Lakes
• Spaceport: Staff Parking
• Blue Gate: Middle of Checkpoint and Trapper’s Glade

Matriarch

• Dam Battlegrounds: The Breach
• Spaceport: Launch Towers
• Blue Gate: Headhouse

The Queen and Matriarch will only spawn under specific map conditions. While the Matriarch has its own special map condition, The Queen only spawns during a Harvester map condition.

The rest of the ARCs can spawn in areas that aren’t mentioned here. However, I have listed the spots where I have almost always encountered them on raids. Taking them down will almost guarantee an ARC Performance Steel.

If you don’t want to take the risks, you can always try your luck with ARC Probes. You’ll occasionally come across them during raids. However, opening an ARC Probe doesn’t guarantee you a Performance Steel, so you might need to find several of them.

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