Weapon stencils are Arc Raiders' first real weapon skins. Some fit a single gun and completely change its look; others work across a whole range of weapons. You find or earn the stencil, learn it once, then pay Stencil Parts every time you put it on a gun. Here's how it works and every stencil spotted so far.
Early access showed 14 stencil slots, and only some of them were unlocked. We'll fill in the rest, plus exact drop locations, as we find them.
How Stencils Work
- Get the stencil. They drop in raids (containers, lockers, key rooms) and come from the Reward Pass.
- Learn it out of raid, exactly like a blueprint.
- Apply it from your inventory: right-click the weapon, choose Stencils, and pick one.
- Pay Stencil Parts. Every application costs parts and covers that one weapon. A second Anvil needs its own application.
Once applied, the weapon's tooltip gains a Stencil line. If you die, the Raider who takes the gun gets that stencil instance too.
Stencil Parts Cost by Rarity
The cost per application lines up with the stencil's rarity:
| Rarity | Stencil Parts | Seen on |
|---|---|---|
| Common / Uncommon | 2 | Verdigris |
| Rare | 4 | Milky Terracotta |
| Epic | 7 | Fortuna, Sacrifice |
| Legendary | 15 | Serac, Bulwark |
Verdigris's rarity is our inference from its cost; the others are read from their tooltips.
Every Stencil Seen So Far
| Stencil | Rarity | Fits | Where it was seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serac | Legendary (gold) | Bobcat | Learned in early access; source to confirm |
| Bulwark | Legendary (gold) | Hullcracker (reshapes the frame, blue glow) | Learned in early access; source to confirm |
| Sacrifice | Epic | Renegade | Learned in early access; source to confirm |
| Fortuna | Epic | Anvil | Frozen Trail Reward Pass |
| Milky Terracotta | Rare | Canto, Hairpin, Burletta, Renegade, Ferro, Kettle | In a raider's inventory in early access |
| Verdigris | – | Stiletto (others to confirm) | Applied in early access |
| Unnamed multi-weapon stencil | – | Osprey, Canto, Stitcher, Bobcat, Vulcano, Il Toro, Hairpin | Found in a raid |
| Unnamed multi-weapon stencil | – | Osprey, Bobcat, Vulcano, Venator, Anvil, Bantam, Bettina, Arpeggio | Pendola Pass Observatory key room |
| Dragon's Breath | – | To confirm | Collector Set DLC |
Where to Get Stencil Parts
Stencil Parts are a new epic crafting material used only for stencils. The Reward Pass gives them in bundles of 3 (we saw them at levels 11 and 47), and they turn up in raids. We'll add the best farming spots once we've found them.
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Sources: in-game tooltips and early-access videos by Cloud News, Espresso and other creators invited to the preview.