Why Start With Mobility?

Here's the truth about Arc Raiders: you're always moving. Looting? Moving. Fighting? Moving. Running from that squad that just landed? Definitely moving. Your stamina bar is your lifeline, and every point you invest in the Mobility tree pays dividends regardless of your playstyle.

The Opening Mobility Investment (18 Points)

We don't max out the Mobility tree because with only 76 points to work with, we need to spread the wealth. But these early investments set you up for success:

• Marathon Runner (5/5) - Moving costs less stamina. This is your bread and butter for covering ground efficiently.
• Slip and Slide (5/5) - Slide further and faster. Mobility in combat situations, traversal speed, and it just feels good.
• Nimble Climber (5/5) - Climb and vault faster. Get to loot first, escape sticky situations, and outmaneuver opponents.
• Carry the Momentum (1/1) - After a Sprint Dodge Roll, sprinting doesn't consume stamina briefly. Huge for combat repositioning.
• Calming Stroll (1/1) - Walking regenerates stamina as if you're standing still. Perfect for staying mobile while recovering.
• Vaults on Vaults on Vaults (1/1) - Vaulting no longer costs stamina. Free mobility is always worth it.

These 18 points transform how you interact with the world. You'll get to loot containers before other Raiders, escape bad situations with stamina to spare, and chase down enemies who thought they were safe.

The Survival Tree: Loot Optimization

After establishing your movement fundamentals, it's time to get efficient with loot. The Survival tree isn't just about staying alive—it's about maximizing what you can extract with and unlocking game-changing abilities.

Key Survival Investments (38 Points)

This is where your raids become profitable. Here's what we're picking up:

• Looter's Instincts (5/5) - Loot reveals faster when searching containers. Time is money, and this skill literally saves both.
• Silent Scavenger (3/5) - Make less noise while looting. Stay stealthy when you're most vulnerable.
• Broad Shoulders (5/5) - Carry more items. More loot per run = more progression. Math checks out.
• Stubborn Mule (5/5) - Your stamina regeneration is less affected by being over-encumbered. Because we all take that extra gun "just in case."
• One Raider's Scraps (5/5) - Chance to find additional field-crafted items in Raider containers. Free stuff is the best stuff.
• In-Round Crafting (1/1) - Field-craft items while topside. Absolute game-changer for sustainability.
• Traveling Tinkerer (1/1) - Unlocks additional field craft items, including medical supplies. Heal mid-raid without extraction.
• Security Breach (1/1) - Breach Security Lockers. Even after the nerf, these containers still have incredible loot.
• And more supportive skills...

The Survival tree investments pay for themselves. You'll loot faster, carry more, craft what you need on the fly, and access loot pools that less-prepared Raiders have to walk past. This is how you turn good raids into great ones.

Conditioning: The Finisher

By the time you're investing in Conditioning, you've already got your core gameplay loop locked in. You move efficiently, you loot effectively, and now it's time to become harder to kill.

Combat & Durability (20 Points)

The final 20 points go into Conditioning to round out your build:

• Used to the Weight (5/5) - Shields slow you down less. Stay mobile even when fully kitted.
• Gentle Pressure (5/5) - Make less noise when breaching. Stealth is survival.
• Proficient Pryer (5/5) - Breach faster. Less time exposed, more time looting.
• Effortless Swing (5/5) - Melee abilities cost less stamina. Conserve that precious stamina bar in close quarters.

These skills make you durable. You're not just surviving—you're thriving in situations that would force other Raiders to extract or die trying. The mobility you invested in early, combined with efficient looting and now combat sustainability, creates a Raider who can handle anything the surface throws at them.

The 76-Point Reality

Before you complete expeditions that increase the skill point cap, you're working with exactly 76 points. This build is optimized for that constraint. We're not trying to max everything—we're maximizing impact per point spent.

Could you go deeper into any single tree? Sure. But you'd be sacrificing versatility. This build makes you:

• ✅ Fast enough to get everywhere first
• ✅ Efficient enough to loot profitably
• ✅ Tough enough to survive when things go sideways

That's the trifecta. Movement, loot, durability. Everything else is negotiable.

Customizing This Build

This build is a foundation, not a prison. Play with it, tweak it, make it yours. Some variations you might consider:

• More aggressive? Shift some Survival points into Conditioning for combat skills.
• Pure looter? Max out Survival and run budget gear—you're here for profit, not glory.
• Team player? Coordinate with your squad so everyone specializes in different trees.

The beauty of the skill tree is that there's no single "correct" build. But if you're looking for a balanced, effective progression that'll carry you through your first hundred hours? This is it.

Final Thoughts

Your skill tree is one of the few things that persists between raids. Choose wisely, invest strategically, and remember: dead Raiders don't extract loot. Mobility keeps you alive. Survival makes you rich. Conditioning makes you dangerous.

Now get out there and put these points to work. The surface is waiting, and those Security Lockers won't breach themselves.