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Elie Gould

Arc Raiders devs had to nerf the blueprint drop rate because players are too good at finding them: 'First Wave caches have been handing out a lot of blueprints'

Arc raiders flickering flame update.

More tweaks have been dished out for Arc Raiders in its latest patch notes. We've got "a very hot fix" for the Dam Controlled Access Zone, and bug fixes for a snaphook glitch and an issue where arcs would cause drops in performance. But the biggest change is certainly how the drop rate of rare blueprints has been nerfed.

"The main reason for this change is that the First Wave Caches have been handing out a lot of blueprints, especially given how good players have been at tracking them down and looting them," the patch notes explain. This isn't the first time blueprints have been in surplus, but I never seem to be able to capitalise on the moment, as I still have some gaps in my blueprint checklist.

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