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Destroy Large ARC FAST & EASY in ARC Raiders AFTER Wolfpack Nerf!
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- Published on Apr 18, 2026
- In this ARC Raiders run I take down every Large ARC using the Deadline, which is now one of the fastest and easiest weapons to use after the Wolfpack nerf.
If you're struggling with Large ARC, the Deadline is surprisingly effective and much easier to craft than most high end options. In this video I show how quickly it can melt these enemies and why it might be the new meta for Large ARC hunting.
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What is your favorite way to destroy large ARC?
I'm still not in that position hahaha. Everytime another show noone knows who will be destroyed me or the arcs
@CoolHwipx top of the Galleria there’s a balcony where you can look down on the parking garage. If you pull a Rocketeer from there, you can back up onto the stairs and he literally can’t hit you.
He’ll buzz angrily back and forth, and very rarely let a shot off, but anything he shoots can’t hit you because he’s shooting downward at the same angle as the stairs, and they go past and into the empty mall floor.
We’ll sit there on the stairs and just plink him until he’s dead, where he’ll fall onto the garage. You can kill the damn thing with a hairpin if you want; there’s nothing he can do to you. It’s weirdly broken and nobody talks about it.
the best strat i have for getting off the top of a bastion is to just chuk a lure nade and jump off in the opposite direction i threw the lure, usually the deadline goes boom before the bastion destroys the lure and has time to turn around
Bastion, Jupiter, from above. Just shoot the top of the head. Super fast and easy.
hullcracker on all of them, if bombardier and bastion have someone draw aggro from other side i can shoot on their weakspot behind of them, leaper maybe using trailblazer/ trigger nade...whatever i got my hands on, rocketeer if i have hornet driver i will chuck that on their two thrusters
Lure Grenades are good for distracting Bastions before placing Deadlines.
Those leechers just walking in and taking your cores...
I dont usually mind sharing the spoils if i know they were helping fighting it, but when i see people not engaging in the fight and they rush in to snag cores once the arc is dead, thats what pisses me off
Honestly, I usually kill them when they do that but I needed to keep lobbies more friendly for the video
Yeah, happening a lot more it seems, like basic etiquette is draining away. Sometimes people help out of good will and that's nice and all but then they get the last shot despite you nearly finishing it, so they get the elim xp and maybe its a destroy feat completion denied to you.
true its annoying but i prefer them stealing loot over ratting you in the back and just taking your loot
One of my most offensive deaths as a PvE player with 180hrs topside was after spending 10 minutes fighting a Bastion by myself on Buried City without much more than an Anvil & Impact Grenades - I hadn't seen or heard another raider the whole time. When I started looting my 3rd piece of the Bastion someone unloaded on me with a Bobcat IV & I was downed before I could even fully back out of the looting screen.
He must have been lingering in the nearby building for who knows how long while I, with an obviously inferior kit paintakingly solo'd a Bastion with an Anvil 1 leg at a time. I had my Cores & Mechanical Components up my butt already but I would have infinitely rather he just started stealing my loot instead of proving he has no friends IRL either.
@TheGuyMansonThese guys say “it’s just a game man.” True, but your choices reveal your character.
Usually 2 seeker grenades takes out a comet. That’s my go-to
@bosskbountyhunter100 mother of god how did I not think of that
@bosskbountyhunter100 one or two hullcracker shots do the job
Any 2 grenades that do damage work, including impacts.
I do 1 seeker then shoot it
Or just tempest
@prosamisI've never seen a tempest..😢
7:17 gotta love how everyone comes out of the woodwork after having not helped at all and starts trying to loot 😂
That’s the friendly lobbies for you! I’d typically kill them, however I didn’t want the b-roll for this video to take 3x longer so I kept it friendly
Sometimes I get zero cores several runs in a row. It can be frustrating. I started taking a cloak so I can run up and grab one to make sure I get at least one.
@ryanbolson23 like you never would
That's how it is in "Friendly" lobby's... You to communicate to people that you want to be given a second to loot it first before they jump in so you can grab what you want. Most people will respect you if you communicate. Some will make it clear that they are true evil rats the moment you communicate which tips you off that they might try and betray you later which is good to know.
@IronMikeDyson1979 no, I wouldn’t 😂 tf
Today I whiffed a Deadline placement; I deployed it on the floor and the Bombardier was about 5m away from it, it still got one tapped! Pretty sure no one damaged it before me, it was a fresh raid and I got there first. Those mines slap!
Great tips. With this info I now think I’m ready to take on these larger Arc’s.
For bastions, I just walk up slowly behind em and throw a lure grenade over their head and place the deadline. If you want to start further away, you can always chuck another one to be safe. Works like a charm every time with no damage taken
For bombardier farming, I highly recommend waiting until they're close (5m-10m) and FACING YOU. Run straight up to its face and slap a deadline on the front of the chassis. When the bombardier sees you initially, it will scream, wait a moment, start backing up, then charge the AOE which gives plenty of time to finish the plant and dash back around a corner.
If you approach from the side or back it will try to face you and the legs can knock you around, interrupt the plant, and put you in a bad position. In my experience, the bombardier absolutely can hear you begin to plant even if you're walking. Planting on its butt only works if someone else has aggro!
11:50 - the guys fighting the Bastion killed you
this was really well done
Hit the comet once with your gun, when it opens it's core you just need 1 seeker grenade.
that leaper method is brilliant sir
8:07 Hornets back in 2012 doing trickshot compilations
@robinmaurer2645 bro hittin a 720° double flip quickscope 😂
This is probably old news but the colour difference in the external armor tells hou where to place it. On both the bastion and Bombardier the lighter colour is weaker armour. place the deadline on lighter part and the body and the explosion damage with penitrate to the core.
You could also use Hornet drivers to stun the leaper then place the mine
thank you
Nice, thank you! I didn't know that you must place the mice exactly in the center.
clever stuff, ty
Recent changes have brought along a ton of changes😂
i like going in super minimum like with a rattler or ferro and a couple snap blasts ,,, really gets the blood pumping
Awesome videos and content CoolHwip. Please keep on doing what you do. Whooooooo!!!!!
I got a bastion solo with an anvil by getting on a building in Space port and shooting down, works really well in the trench as well. Some explosives speed it up. Very safe if you are above the bastion.
bro I used to think rocketeers were so difficult to take down ESPECIALLY after the wolfpack nerf but then I realized that you can kill them with one hornet driver if angled correctly or if not, two of them will take it down just fine. I farm rocketeer drives so easily now
Trailblazers also work really well for the big arc hard to hit the leaper and rocketer with it though since they move faster
Deadline bp drops like crazy in the loading dock containers.
I found the deadline and Wolfpack BP in the same container in assembly key card room
The Jupiter takes 9 hits to the black circle on the top of his hull, to kill it.
Thank you for showing the non perfect examples!
Rocketeer engines can be gained during Electrical Storms from the first wave wrecks that litter the maps.
Dams has a whole battlefield/graveyard full of them, so you can stock up quite easily.
Yup. Night Raids, EMS, you can almost guarantee a rocketeer driver out of the first wave rocketeer husks.
@meroddaglenholm7924 shhhhh... let's not make them scarce by telling everyone lol
Shhh. Keep yer piehole shut.
That’s great info thank you! Also I won’t tell anyone lol
@christopherjeremiah60I will
For bastions it's way way WAY safer to blow one leg knee up with an anvil then go to its side and place the deadline right there as close to its visible core as you can. It's slower yes but it has yet to fail me.
Thanks for this tip. Im trying to learn mnk and get away from the controller. I die a lot
I used a hullcracker for the first time yesterday to kill a bastion, by far the fastest and safest way to kill big ark
Hornet drivers thrown above rocketeers can 1 shot them to the ground. Very efficient
I'm glad they balanced it so well that people stopped using it 🤣😂 literally never see anyone using them unless they're trying to max trials.
I just hit the Leapers with a Blaze nade or 2 then finish them after listening to them cook for a bit.
I like to bring a Torrente to deal with them. Aggro it, pop into a doorway so it can't touch you, and just melt the thing. Easy and cheap.
Leaper fire damage has been nerfed. They no longer take insane amounts of damage from fire ticks.
I once accidentally put my deadline on a leg of a bastion. It blew up, I ran out to get my loot only for it to spin around and gun me down
One wolf pack and a stack of trigger nades takes out a bombardier. Just shoot the spotters first n make sure the bombardier is the only target for the pack.
You can kill a Comet with a single Seeker Grenade, it just has to hit right in the middle of the core. It's actually pretty easy to do. Shoot it once, then while it's coming at you throw the Seeker directly over the top of the Comet. It's how I kill them and it's super easy.
A trick with the seeker grenade on the comets, shoot them and get them to open up, then nade, it should kill them in one nade, or at least that has been my experience.
About farming BP, it could have changed but recently it was very very often i would find it even multiple in the historical archives
to get my benches and trophy case completed I utilized height/cover a stack of trigger nades and some snapblasts. Its not as quick, but effective none the less lol
Just break open cars in blue gate during a major map condition
Then with the bastion if you place it on the yellow cell on the back it'll 1 tap it
Awesome channel name bro lol I subscribed just based on that alone
Just use a Hornet driver on the rocketeer. It should kill it in one hit if it hits the top half of the two front thrusters.
In conclusion: Deadline
If you want to do this "quieter" (for those in the PVP lobbies)...just use blaze grenades. Leapers are especially prone to them. People can hear them aggro'ing and see they are on fire but they usually won' t know where you are holed up AND except for the explosion at the end, most people won't hear the arc dying as they burn, which will give you a few extra seconds to loot & scoot!
Buy a Hullcracker from the shop. You can now 1 shot Comets and farm for Deadlines easier.
If you wanted a juputer, just ask in a friendly lobby with the queen.. been giving at least 10 BP since the whipe.
One seeker and a ferrow shot does it too
1 lure grenade kills the comet
Find the cover next to the Bastion » Break one leg joint » Get behind it and place the Deadline on its back » Run back to your cover.
I just take pot shots at the big arc till they start smoking, then it only takes one wolfpack
Rocketeer drivers are extremely easy to farm. Just do the husk junkyard event and go to all the rocketeer husks. You'll get 5+ each run.
Protip : 1 shot on the comet to get it to scan and sit in one place then one seeker and boom done. There are so many ways to get arc alloy and crude explosives it pretty cheap. You don't need 3 or 4, the one shot from your weapon causes it to open up, then toss the seeker and done. I was typing this right as you said it takes 3 to 4 to down it.
@THEODG70 thanks for the tip, with the firefly and the comet, I always carry a stack of seekers with me now. This will help a lot.
Thanks for this video. Do you have a video on how best to get a lot of coin? I've never gotten much more than 500K.
Bad advice on bastion. What you need to do is just shoot the leg until it blows off and stuns it, then plant the deadline.
1 seeker granade is enough. Just throw it when it's very close to you
Great video, now i just need that deadline blueprint again
We get it… you need everything 🤣
ive been waiting for someone to drop it to me 😂
@MntAverest that’s wild. Just farm Stella. It drops there often
@Nurskuli finally found it yesterday
@MntAverestglad you found it 👍 I always run naked raids on Stella to reset lobbies. Can't tell you how many deadline BPs I've stuck in my butt before getting taken out 😂😂
To players who wonder why the Comet Igniter won't show up. Is that you have to destroy the Comet not waiting for it to explode, the higher chances you'll get. The best thing about these new requirements is players just can't score 100K in the leaderboard just the first week.
That was MY Jupiter!!!!
@AceLarsen lol thank you for your contribution
Bastion is way easier and safer. Take some cover and just shoot the joint till he is stunned you have enough time to jump on him place deadline on his "head" and get of him to safe place and voilà. Easy as it sounds.
Everything in this video is very good and information, killing the other guy for the Jupiter however is boo boo.
I get destroyed by big Arc every time i try n attempt a deadline mine kill. One of these dayz ima get it right. 😂
Tempest 1 is very VERY good at killing comets. Farm hurricane caches to get it and you'll have fun with it!
I recommend kitting it with a compensator 1 or 2 and a medium mag 1 or 2
or use 1 lure grenade. they attack and blow up on the lure
@JCBowler unfortunately a lure grenade won't let you get the comet igniter you need for making deadlines (or loot the 1-2 explosive compounds they drop too)
You need to actually kill them without detonation to get this
@prosamisyeah I'm just talking about taking them out not farming. Good point tho
@JCBowler oh yeah that's fair! If one's just concerned with dealing with the comet the lure nade is a perfect tool for that yes
Killing comets?
Two best ways, though they won’t be available to everyone:
1) the Jupiter will kill it in one shot. I haven’t found a range that it doesn’t yet.
2] Seeker grenades should kill it with two of them.
Throw a Hornet Driver at a Rocketeer = Profit
Your Keybinds are interesting bro ngl
I use an Azeron.
for the leapers i like to shoot out some of its shell and then throw those flamer grenades on em, or use a flame trap. It won't kill it it one shot but if you hit it good it should do a ton of dmg, then you can just finish it off with your gun
My favorite weapon to use against commas is the Jupiter. It one shots them if you hit them in the center even before they aggro
I love the Jupiter!
Just use a showstopper than plant a deadline on leaper. Easy peezy
comets die from single hulcracker shot... sometimes needs two...
Leadpers are being hunted to extinction thanks to new projects
5 seekers will damage it heavily then finish off with your gun of choice
I use a jolt mine and a deadline on Leapers
Similar to your method but lets me plant the DL on them. It rarely doesn’t work
leapers die so quickly to bullets alone that a deadline is just a waste frankly
I stopped playing for the new update. I'm broke got jumped multiple times and I'm tired of being homeless for looking for stuff. Back then, the wolfpack only needed 2 stuff to make, but now it needs a rocketer
7:55 if u look away for those 30 second prior you forget what kinda video youre watching 🤣🤣🤣
Recent changes has brought along a ton of changes, huh? XD XD
just shoot a leg off of them and then when they are downed empty an extended mag from the torrente into its back core.
wolfpacks got nerfed, it took 3 for a bastion now...
The Wolfpack has been absolutely useless as of late. I used 2 and still wasn’t even on fire.
Bombardiers have less health than Bastions
If you throw it right, a single hornet driver will drop and destroy a rocketeer. Drivers are not difficult to get.
I would like to say thing since I am in 2:21 seconds in. The way I take out comments is just 2 Seeker Grenades, those things work wonders and they're so easy to craft.
Killed a man for a Jupiter? Reported.
Trigger nades. They are so dummy cheap to make and the materials are super easy to get. You can use w/e gun you want to break a knee, run behind and stick 3 nades to the yellow canister, go to cover, detonate, then repeat once more, and the bas/bomb should be dead.
If someone sees me shooting a Jupiter I normally offer it to them it's my favorite gun and I have 35 Queen cores in my stash, why kill a person when you could ask nicely.
The devs are going the Helldivers 2 route and I am absolutely not a fan
Trade ya a Jupiter bp for a safekeeper augment bp! Lol..No, if you just want it, i got a couple!
10:25 using silencer causes this to happen..
13:50 gotto love leeches..
Rocketeers are so easy to farm, why are people making a big deal on the recipe change? I shoot them down with a renegade. Hit the engines, they stall, the engine falls off, do it one more time... done.
1 reload. Granted with an extended medium mag III.
Also an anvil with a splitter annihilates them so I've heard. I've now to find another anvil splitter.
Mechanical components are easy to get
50% of times i tried to kill these big arcs with dead lines or hullcracker some rats shoot me without any reason
and losing the staff i prepared to go PVE is painful
its much easier to seek highground for farming comets
I don’t understand why they made wolf packs harder to build when they do less damage to arc. It makes no sense lol yeah
get a bunch of lure grenades, throw them, Plant the deadline, Run for your life, loot
Also a good option, I don’t have that blueprint again though so I couldn’t showcase that Strat for this video.
Idk why people are so allergic to taking a knee out and stunning the bastion before deadlining it. Always the risky and costly snaphook or photoelectric cloak.
I have noticed that the large arc are dropping a little bit more cells since the nerf to components per recycle.
Yes! I wondered if that was a fluke - 6 bombardier cells from one last night.
I’ve always gotten up to 6.
@CoolHwipx I don't remember getting 6 before, usually 4, but might be forgetting. I don't kill them often unless it's a trial. Workbench upgrades this time, so the 6 in one was convenient.
@NMKatlarge bombardiers/bastions have always given 6,7 cells. It’s more for any 2X map condition
I haven’t noticed a difference. If anything it feels like less
Whats your favorite way to take out the rocketeer?
That video is coming :)
just run ))) the space jesus is king