How to Reach 5 Million Value Fast in Arc Raiders

By Ansley Wed Dec 10 2025 06:42:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

(The Practical, No-Nonsense Guide)

If you want Expedition skill points in Arc Raiders, you need a combined stash value and coin balance of five million. Most players don’t fail because they can’t earn. They fail because they quietly burn more value than they bring home. Ammo, meds, armor durability, attachments, and upgraded weapons all drain your wallet long before you notice.

This guide helps you reach the five-million mark without stress, without exploits, and without turning every raid into a gamble. The idea is simple:
Stop losing value first, then focus on earning it.

1. Stop the Bleeding Before You Try to Get Rich

Before you think about routes or events, you need to understand where most value disappears.

1.1 Hidden costs add up

Every bullet, bandage, and armor repair subtracts from your total.
If you bring expensive Arc Raiders gear, use half of it, and then die, you’ve just turned a raid into a loss—even if you picked up some loot.

1.2 Three common money traps

• Over-gearing. Taking a full, expensive loadout “just in case” you find something good.
• Upgrading everything. Upgraded weapons and attachments are worth far less than the materials used to make them.
• Queen fights and heavy PvP. Fun, but terrible for your economy. They cost more than they ever return.

1.3 The core idea

You make faster progress when you bring in less and take out more.
Winning a fight matters far less than leaving the raid with untouched loot.

2. The Snowball Method: Start With Nothing, End With Plenty

This is the safest and most consistent way to build wealth.

2.1 What you bring

2.2 Why it works

Your first few runs will be simple: grab loot, avoid fights, and extract.
When you escape with a gun or armor you didn’t pay for, that becomes your next run’s gear.
Within a few successful raids, you’re operating with a complete loadout that costs you nothing.

2.3 The mindset

If you die, you lose a few minutes—not your stash.
If you survive, everything you picked up is pure profit.

This alone separates rich players from broke players.

3. The Five Best Ways to Make Money (Ranked by Value and Risk)

These are the main methods that actually scale. Use them as your rotation depending on which events are active.

3.1 Stella Montis: Reliable, Fast, Always Available

Recommended main grind

Where to loot:
Assembly Workshop, Medical Research, Lobby

How to run it:
Go in nearly empty, sprint to high-value rooms, fill your bag, and leave through the hatch.

Expected profit:

Stella Montis is consistent, low-risk, and perfect for the snowball method.

3.2 Lush Blooms: High Burst, Event-Dependent

Fruits stack, meaning a very high value per slot.
Spaceport is the strongest map because the spawn patterns are predictable and plentiful.

Expected profit:

Run this when it’s active for a major boost in your total value.

3.3 Queen Harvester: Mid-Tier, Steady Income

Not the actual Queen fight—just the Harvester puzzle.

How to run it:
Low-cost loadout → complete the puzzle → open breachable containers → pick up Ark Parts and energy ammo.

Expected profit:

Works best at Dam Battlegrounds due to a nearby hatch.

3.4 High-Density Loot Buildings: Great if You Know the Layout

These buildings squeeze a surprising amount of loot into a small area:

Tip:
Day raids usually mean less competition. Most players chase blueprints in night raids.

3.5 Electro Storm Events: Low Pressure, Steady Returns

When storms spawn Ark Husks and probes, head to the edges of the map (Spaceport is ideal).

Expected profit:

Think of this as a calmer way to keep your economy moving.

4. A Growth Roadmap: From Broke to Five Million

Stage 1: 0–500k

Stage 2: 500k–2M

Stage 3: 2M–5M

Stick to the cycle, and five million becomes realistic rather than overwhelming.

5. Common Misunderstandings

This guide isn’t telling you to avoid fun.
It’s telling you that while you’re pushing for 5 million, you should think like an economist.

Once you reach the target, gear up however you want.
Until then, your Arc Raiders money-making loadout should stay cheap, simple, and replaceable.

6. Final Thoughts: Bring Less, Keep More

The fastest way to build wealth in Arc Raiders isn’t about lucky drops or PvP skill.
It’s about how much you risk every time you spawn in.

If you bring nothing and leave with something, you’re already ahead.
Do that over and over, and five million stops being a grind and becomes a routine.

Try an empty-loadout Stella Montis run next time you log in.
You’ll feel the difference immediately.