If you are grinding for those coveted expedition skill points in ARC Raiders, hitting the 100K damage milestone can look like a massive wall at first glance. But here is the best piece of news you will hear all day: damage counts even if you die or completely fail your extraction. This changes the entire meta. It means you can throw caution to the wind, leave the sneaky survival tactics at home, and play with absolute, hyper-aggressive chaos.

By shifting your focus entirely toward maximizing raw output per second and ignoring the extraction chopper, you can easily pull in anywhere from 15,000 to 40,000 damage in a single round. With the right setup, you will turn a multi-day grind into a quick session of just a few short hours.

The Ultimate High-Damage Loadout

To pull this off efficiently, you need to swap out your standard survival build for pure explosive burst power and reliable ranged sustain. Here are the tools you should be taking into the field:

• Hullcracker Rocket Launcher: This is the undisputed king for farming this event. Do not be stingy with it. Load into your raids with 4 to 5 full stacks of launcher ammo and treat it as your primary weapon. Every time you spot a large ARC unit, open fire.

• Deadline Mines: Always keep these tucked away securely in your "safe pocket". Slapping just one or two Deadlines directly onto the back or exposed weak points of a massive ARC unit delivers massive, instantaneous burst damage that chunks their health pools immediately.

• Wolfpacks & Seeker Grenades: These are your best friends for crowd control and setup. Use them to clear out clusters of annoying smaller enemies simultaneously, or throw them to shred the heavy armor off tougher targets like Rocketeers and Bastions before you follow up with your heavy ordinance.

• Jupiter or Equalizer: If you prefer energy weapons or find yourself running dry on explosives, these are excellent secondary options. They allow you to find a high, safe vantage point and continuously rain down steady damage from a distance without constantly risking your neck in the middle of a scrap.

The Fastest Farming Strategies

Depending on your playstyle and how busy the servers are, there are three highly effective ways to cycle through this damage requirement.

1. Spamming Matriarch & Queen Boss Raids

Queueing up for boss lobbies is hands down the fastest way to melt down the 100K requirement. The Matriarch raid is particularly great for this because of how she behaves. She continuously spawns an endless wave of larger adds like Bastions, Bombardiers, and Rocketeers throughout the fight. Bring all the explosive ordinance you can carry, dump every single rocket and mine into the boss and her heavy spawns, and completely forget about trying to survive to the end. Just keep shooting until you go down.

2. Running "Riven Tides" Static Spawns

If the boss lobbies are getting a bit too crowded or chaotic, queue into the Riven Tides map instead. Head straight toward high-traffic sectors like the Wharf, the Stacking Yard, or the specific hatch closest to the Hotel. These specific zones are fantastic because they feature highly consistent, predictable respawns of heavy ARC units—specifically Vaporizers, Bastions, and Rocketeers. On top of that, there are plenty of flying targets hovering around to help you pad your numbers while you wait for the heavies to cycle back in.

3. The Suicide "Deadline" Loop

If you are low on materials or want a fast, brainless loop you can repeat while watching a video, use this budget strategy. Keep a Deadline mine equipped in your safe pocket. Drop into Stella Montis or the Buried City and sprint directly toward the nearest Bastion or Bombardier you can find. Use your snap-hook to launch yourself right on top of it, plant the mine directly on its weak spot, and let the ensuing explosion take both of you out. You will instantly secure roughly 5,000 damage points, reset back at the hub, buy another mine, and queue right back in to do it again.