Damage Rocketeers: 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 Rocketeers 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 Rocketeers” is easy. Rocketeers provide 1430 score during the day. This means that on any 2x event modifier, you’ll receive 2860 score per Rocketeer you fully damage.
What you’ll need
For this Trial, the objective requires you to Damage Rocketeers as much possible within the raids time limit. As a result, you’ll mostly need essentials, a good weapon for killing larger 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 Wolfpack Grenades and Seeker Grenades (Optional)
- A couple of ziplines to get into a good spot if needed
In a more expensive loadout, you could bring a Hullcracker or a Jupiter.
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. Dam Battleground with any 2x modifier is also an okay alternative. Check our Event Timers to know when your next chance is!
Most people will be busy doing the Locked Gate event, but Locked Gate also gives you a 40-minute raid timer to work with. As a result, you’ll find the best results here. Blue gate also has a ton of Rocketeers to ping from range.
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 Rocketeers 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 situation with the Rocketeers.
Damaging and destroying the Rocketeers
to damage Rocketeers and destroy them, simply pull them from range with your weapon of choice (Anvil, Renegade, Jupiter, Hullcracker etc). Once the Rocketeer is close enough, you can unload Hullcracker rounds, or any weapon rounds into the center of the body. This is where Wolfpack Grenades are especially potent for the Trial, due to near enough 1-shotting the Rocketeer. After a Wolfpack throw, it’ll take only a few shots with a weapon like the Anvil to down the Rocketeer for maximum score.
You do not need Wolfpacks to attempt this challenge. However, it is highly recommended due to how easy it makes the trial.
This method works both in solo play and team play. However, duo/trio play tends to provide better results, having 3 times the firepower and utility. Following the above, you can easily get anywhere from 20,000 – 32000+ score on a good run.
Easy way to Fast 3-star Damage Rocketeers
If you want to quickly get 4000 score for your 3-star Damage Rocketeers Trial, we recommend bringing in some Wolfpack Grenades. Use the Wolfpack Grenades to take out two Rocketeers and you’re done! This can technically be done on any 2x event modifier too.
Check our ARC Raiders guides for more weekly Trials assistance or download our official Overwolf App Companion
