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Quest Guide: A First Foothold
Quest guide 9 Mar 2026

Quest Guide: A First Foothold

Blue Gate walkthrough for A First Foothold with objectives, prep, route order, and extract notes.

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A First Foothold is a objective run in ARC Raiders. This version is written as a practical raid plan: what to bring, the order to run the steps in, and what usually kills the run once the quest is technically done.

Quest#05
Map laneBlue Gate
Objective count4
Same raid?Usually no

Objective list

  • Stabilize the observation deck near the Ridgeline
  • Enable the comms terminal near the Olive Grove
  • Rotate the satellite dishes on the church roof, north of Data Vault
  • Nail down the roof plates on the Raider structure near Trapper's Glade

What to bring

  • A reliable mid-range primary and a sidearm or close-range backup; most quest deaths happen while rotating, not while looting.
  • Enough meds and shields to survive two rotations; multi-location quests punish players who arrive at the final step with no resources left.

How to run it

Plan the raid around the first named objective and your nearest safe extract, not around the fattest loot route. If the quest item drops into your inventory, the raid is now an escort mission and everything else is optional.

  1. Step 1: Stabilize the observation deck near the Ridgeline

    Treat this as a hard objective, not a side stop. Finish the interaction, confirm the quest tracker updates, then rotate before the next squad arrives.

  2. Step 2: Enable the comms terminal near the Olive Grove

    These interactions keep you still and make noise. Heal first, clear the immediate area, complete the interaction, then move off the objective instead of admiring it.

  3. Step 3: Rotate the satellite dishes on the church roof, north of Data Vault

    These interactions keep you still and make noise. Heal first, clear the immediate area, complete the interaction, then move off the objective instead of admiring it.

  4. Step 4: Nail down the roof plates on the Raider structure near Trapper's Glade

    These interactions keep you still and make noise. Heal first, clear the immediate area, complete the interaction, then move off the objective instead of admiring it.

Where players usually throw this quest

  • Taking a fight on the way out just because you hear it. Quest raids are won by discipline, not by K/D.

Miswired note

Use the named area as your anchor, then plan your extract before you touch the objective. That matters more than another backpack worth of salvage on Blue Gate.