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ARC Raiders Gadgets Guide

Build a utility kit around the problem you cannot solve with a gun: movement, cover, healing, detection, distraction, denial or a safer extraction route.

Updated August 11, 2026 Official sources cited Community guide
9Tools indexed
TraversalRoute control
DeployablesArea control
SupportSquad value

Gadget Index

The official overview spans distraction, traversal, mines, fortification, explosives, light and recovery.

ARC control

Lure Grenade

A distraction tool the official overview describes as a way to trick ARC machines.

Traversal

Zipline

A route-making gadget for vertical or horizontal repositioning, subject to placement rules.

Area control

Mines

Deployable threats that shape doors, paths and defensive positions.

Fortification

Door Blocker

A defensive utility for controlling access and buying time inside structures.

Epic gadget

Powered Descender

A traversal gadget introduced with the Riven Tides update in April 2026.

Uncommon throwable

Crash Mat

A throwable introduced with Riven Tides that extends safe fall options.

Common deployable

White Flag

A common deployable added to the gameplay item roster in Riven Tides.

Common gadget

Dockmaster's Detector

A detector introduced alongside the Riven Tides coastal map.

Stealth utility

Photoelectric Cloak

A power-using cloak whose weight and consumption were increased in Update 1.26.0.

Build a Utility Kit

A balanced kit covers entry, the expected fight and the exit.

Movement slotZipline, Powered Descender or Crash Mat for a route the base movement kit cannot safely solve.
Control slotLure Grenade, mine, Door Blocker or other deployable for space and timing.
Recovery slotBandage, Vita Spray, smoke or squad support for surviving the consequence of contact.

Patch-sensitive utility matters: Photoelectric Cloak power use rose from 2.5/s to 10/s and its weight rose from 1 to 3 in Update 1.26.0. Recheck live values before committing a high-cost kit.

Official Sources

Primary sources for core and newly introduced gadgets.