Damage Hornets: How to get the BEST score in ARC Raiders Trials
Trials in ARC Raiders brings together the community to complete various challenges week by week to be placed on a competitive leaderboard. Raiders are tasked with participating in 5 different Trials (which rotate into a new set of Trials every week too). The goal is simple – gain as much score as possible in each Trial objective in an attempt to promote in Trial Rank. Of course, plenty of Raiders only want to cash in their quick 4000 score for the 3-Star rewards each week too. In this guide, we’ll go over how to Damage Hornets for maximum score.
Trial Preparation
This trial can be done in all party sizes to an effective level, whether that’s gaining your 3-star rating (which requires 4000 score) or pushing to maximize your points for promotion.
Scoring
The scoring for “Damage Hornets” is easy. Hornets provide 180 score during the day. This means that on any 2x event modifier, you’ll receive 360 score per Hornet you fully damage.
What you’ll need
For this Trial, the objective requires you to Damage Hornets as much possible within the raids time limit. As a result, you’ll mostly need essentials, a good weapon for killing smaller ARC – and a ton of ammo. We recommend bringing:
- Anvil IV (Can be Anvil I but IV is preferred for the Fire Rate) and/or Renegade
- Tactical MK.2
- Light Shield
- 10 Shield Rechargers
- 10-15 Bandages
- 160+ Heavy Ammo
- 320 Medium Ammo (if you bring a Renegade, maybe less ammo if you bring both weapons)
- 5-10 Adrenaline Shots
- 2-5 Smoke Grenades
- 3-6 Barricade Kits
- Several Seeker Grenades (Optional)
- A couple of ziplines to get into a good spot if needed
Most of the above can be tweaked to your preference, however, this set-up ensures you can move around the map, effectively deal with all ARC threats and cover yourself should an opponent get the jump on you.
Map
For the best map to push for the maximum score possible, we recommend Blue Gate with the Locked Gate 2x Modifier enabled or Hidden Bunker on Spaceport. Check our Event Timers to know when your next chance is!
Most people will be busy doing the Locked Gate event, but Locked Gate and Hidden Bunker also gives you a 40-minute raid timer to work with. As a result, you’ll find the best results here. Both Blue Gate and Spaceport have a ton of Hornet spawns, and Snitches to spawn in more.
The BEST Location for Maximizing Score
Our preferred spot for this Trial is up on the top of Pilgrim’s Peak, the Northeastern side of the map. You’re pretty out of the way here, high up and with Barricade Kits set up, you’re very safe overall. It’s important to note that one of the Locked Gate keys comes from Pilgrim’s Peak. As a result, you may be contested. However, most players want to do the Event itself – vocalize your intentions to incoming players and you might be okay.
Being high up the tower of Pilgrim’s Peak gives you an overview of the map, this lets you hit Hornets and Snitches from far away to bring them to you.
Next, you’ll want to set-up your Barricades to provide more coverage (or perhaps even block the ziplines up to you), this helps you survive any awkward situations. When fighting the Hornets, try to avoid their thrusters and hit the center instead. If the Hornet falls, it’ll take damage from the environment and not you.
Snitches
It is important to kill all Wasps and Snitches in the area. This helps force the map to spawn in new threats. However, with the Snitches, make sure to aggro them and let them activate their alarm. If the alarm goes through, the Snitch spawns a Hornet and two Wasps. As a result, you’ll get extra Hornets to damage.
This method works both in solo play and team play. Following the above (and depending on how many Snitch Scanners you have) you can easily get anywhere from 25,000 – 40,000+ score.
Spaceport
Spaceport follows the same strategy as Blue Gate, however, on the Hidden Bunker event. You’ll want to get your teammates spread out on the map and high up on the Trench Tower, Launch Tower and Control Tower. This allows for maximum coverage.
It is important to note that to reach the top of the Control Tower, you’ll need a Zipline and a Snap Hook. The Zipline brings you from the roof of the lower Control Tower to the towers window, and then the Snap Hook helps you reach the tower roof.
Fastest way to Fast 3-star Damage Hornets
If you want to quickly get 4000 score for your 3-star Damage Hornets Trial, you’ll need to damage 12 Hornets fully. As a result, almost any map yields the same result, just remember to aggro Snitches to force extra Hornet spawns and extract as soon as you’ve got the 4000 score.
Check our ARC Raiders guides for more weekly Trials assistance or download our official Overwolf App Companion
