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ARC Raiders’ Week 18 Trials ran March 2–9, 2026, and are historical—not the active Trials in October 2026. The five objectives were to damage Leapers and Spotters, loot Bird’s Nests during Bird City, open ARC Probes, and search containers in Stella Montis’s Medical Research Wing. Each Trial awarded milestone rewards at 1,000, 2,500, and 4,000 points; safely extract to keep progress earned during a raid.
How Week 18 Trials and raid progress worked
Embark’s Season 3 guidance says Trial progress must be made in a single raid. If you die, you lose the progress accumulated in that raid; a safe extraction preserves it. Embark set reward milestones at 1,000, 2,500, and 4,000 points per Trial. The Week 18 guide identified 4,000 points as the three-star mark and reported that an active Major Map Condition doubled points. Treat that multiplier as advice specific to the week’s guide, not a guarantee for every future Trial.
Weekly scores were compared in groups of 100 Raiders for promotion or demotion. Embark described the pool this way: “Each week you’ll be pitted against a pool of 100 Raiders, each vying for promotion to the next rank.” Embark’s official Season 3 Trials guide was published March 3, 2026.
All five ARC Raiders Trials for March 2, 2026
Damage Leapers
Queue on any map except Stella Montis, locate a Leaper, and attack its central ball while using cover. Insider Gaming recommended a heavy weapon and suggested destroying two Leapers before extracting. The guide said a Major Map Condition might mean at least two kills are needed for three stars; that is practical, week-specific advice, not a universal score threshold.
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Loot Bird’s Nests during Bird City
Choose Buried City while the Bird City map condition is active. Search rooftop chimneys for nests; the Week 18 guide recommended checking the eastern side. Once you have enough progress, extract safely.
Damage Spotters
On any map except Stella Montis, find a Bombardier and attack its Spotters from cover. The Week 18 guide notes that Spotters appear in pairs and more may arrive after the first pair is destroyed. Extract safely to retain your raid’s progress.
Open ARC Probes
Locate and breach/search ARC Probes. The guide recommended looking during an Electromagnetic Storm on Spaceport, The Blue Gate, or Dam Battlegrounds, where probes are more abundant. Avoid taking unnecessary risks once you have progress worth keeping.
Search containers in Stella Montis’s Medical Research Wing
Enter the western Medical Research Wing and search available containers, including medical cabinets and drawers. Shredders and other Raiders can make the area dangerous; the Week 18 guide suggested Night Raid as an optional approach. Extract to bank the progress.
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Choose a run that matches the objective
For the map- or condition-specific Trials, starting on the wrong map or without the required condition wastes the run. Before queuing, check that the objective’s location and any required condition are available; weigh the danger of ARC enemies and other Raiders against how much progress you can safely extract with. An active Major Map Condition was reported to double points in the Week 18 guide, but survival still matters because dying removes that raid’s accumulated progress.
The Week 18 objective list and tactical suggestions were published by Insider Gaming on March 2, 2026. Shacknews’s March 2–9 listing independently names the same five objectives.
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