How to complete Groundbreaking in Arc Raiders

Arc Raiders Groundbreaking - Pilgrim's Peak.

Completing the Groundbreaking quest in Arc Raiders can be a little bit tricky. The first part, where you have to locate a locked room in Pilgrim's Peak, isn't so hard, but then you have to track down a building based on a drawing on a white board, and that's, understandably, a bit tougher.

Similar to the Armored Transports quest, you also require a Blue Gate Communication Tower Key to even see the board in that first room, and that can potentially cause issues if you lose it before opening the door. Thankfully, there's a way to get a spare key, which I explain in the guide below, and it's a fairly busy loot room, so you'll often just find it open either way.

I advise no free loadout this time; you'll want a safe pocket to stow the key Apollo gives you until you need to use it. Otherwise, here's how to complete Groundbreaking, including where to find the locked room, and how to find the building pictured on the whiteboard.

Enter the locked room at Pilgrim's Peak and search for any construction research

You can find Pilgrim's Peak in the northeast of the Blue Gate (Image credit: Embark Studios)

Your first step will be heading to the locked room at Pilgrim's Peak, in the northeast of the Blue Gate map, northeast of the Warehouse Complex. Make sure to take the Blue Gate Communication Tower Key and stow it in a safe pocket until you need to use it—this will minimise the chances of you losing it entirely before the objective in the room is complete.

There's a spare key behind the reception desk if you need it (Image credit: Embark Studios)

The locked room is right down the corridor from reception (Image credit: Embark Studios)

Examine the whiteboard once you're inside (Image credit: Embark Studios)

Luckily, people often open this room for loot, and you can also get a spare key. Head to Pilgrim's Peak and enter via the main entrance to the south into the reception. If you need the spare key, search under the desk to your right, where there are some boxes with a yellow icon you can interact with. Now, to get to the locked room:

1. Head through the door at the end of the reception.
2. Turn right and continue down the corridor.
3. Look for the locked door on your right.

Obviously, be careful if it's unlocked and shut, since someone may be inside looting. When you enter, you'll get the next objective to "search the room for any construction research," so you need to look for the whiteboard with some drawn building plans on it, off to the side—it's quite a small room so should be easy to spot. Interact with this and you'll get the next step.

Find the building pictured in the whiteboard and photograph the abandoned housing project

The building on the whiteboard is the southernmost in the Abandoned Housing Project (Image credit: Embark Studios)

As you might surmise from the title, the building pictured on the whiteboard is in the Abandoned Housing Project to the south of Pilgrim's Peak, specifically, the southernmost third building. When you approach, you'll get the new objective to "Photograph the Abandoned Housing Project," which you need to do from the north side of the building.

You can photograph the building from its north side (Image credit: Embark Studios)

You can see the exact spot above (on both the map and screenshot) where you'll find the yellow-marked interaction icon, but it's basically by the rocks at the top of the slope before you descend down to the house itself. Snap the pic and you're all done. Log the quest with Apollo and you'll get the rewards, including a new variation for the Warden outfit.