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In the brutal sandbox of ARC Raiders, weapon economy is everything. If you are tired of relying on random drops to keep your favorite SMGs and pistols loaded, securing the Light Gun Parts Blueprint is one of the most important milestones for your Speranza hideout. This permanent recipe allows you to efficiently process raw components into mid-to-high tier weapons and armor upgrades.
Instead of burning through your hard-earned currency buying individual items from third-party marketplaces, mastering the economy in-game is key. However, if you are stuck in a bad RNG loop, looking for a shortcut via U4N to pick up cheap arc raiders blueprints can save you hours of grueling extraction runs.
Whether you want to hunt it down yourself or need to bypass the grind, here is exactly how the blueprint mechanics, spawn logistics, and crafting numbers break down.
How to Unlock the Blueprint
Getting your hands on this permanent recipe fundamentally changes how you manage your inventory. There are three reliable methods to add it to your workbench:
1. The Trophy Display Project (Guaranteed)
The most reliable path is through the permanent Trophy Display project added in the Headwinds update. This menu can be tracked via the Projects tile on your Raider tab.
To clear Page 1: Roaming Threats, you must turn in:
3 Rusted Bolts (Common industrial loot)
15 Pop Triggers (Dropped by small exploding Pop ARCs)
15 Tick Pods (Dropped by spider-like Tick ARCs found indoors)
5 Surveyor Vaults (Dropped by the large floating blue-light Surveyor spheres, or looted from Arc Couriers)
The Reward: Submitting these items rewards you with 10 Mod Components, 3 Power Rods, 10 Raider Tokens, and a guaranteed Light Gun Parts Blueprint.
2. The Formicle Outpost Hidden Case (Static Spawn)
If you prefer a zero-combat parkour run, a static instance of the blueprint is hidden inside the Formicle Outpost.
Enter the main warehouse structure and look for the massive industrial shelving units.
Scale the lower platforms, line up your camera angle, and mantle your way onto the top tier of the shelves.
You will know you are in the right spot when you spot an environmental easter egg—a small bird's nest tucked away near the ceiling structure.
Right next to the nest, tucked behind a beam under some structural pipes, rests a secure field case. Opening this case awards the blueprint instantly.
3. High-Value Container Scavenging
For those relying on standard extraction mapping, the blueprint has a calculated low-percentage drop rate inside specific military-grade containers. Focus your farming loops on Raider Caches (the rectangular metal tins buried in the ground that emit an audible beeping sound) and Security Lockers. Your drop probabilities increase drastically if you run maps like Spaceport or Dam Battlegrounds during high-threat environmental modifiers, such as Night Raids or active Storm Events.
Getting Raw Light Gun Parts Without the Blueprint
If you haven’t secured the blueprint yet but need to upgrade your kit immediately, you can source raw Light Gun Parts through direct bartering or recycling.
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| LIGHT GUN PARTS ACQUISITION MATRIX |
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| Method | Yield / Cost |
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| Celeste (Seed Trader) | 3 Parts max per day / 15 Seeds |
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| Pistol/SMG Recycling | 1-2 Simple Parts (Chance-based) |
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| High-Tier Red Zones | Varies (RNG-dependent Crates) |
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The Seed Economy (Celeste)
The most stable daily source is Celeste, the Seed Trader, accessible via the Home Menu traders tab. Celeste sells up to 3 Light Gun Parts per 24-hour reset cycle. Each part costs exactly 15 Seeds. If you maintain a steady farming loop for agricultural resources, this gives you an effortless baseline of 21 raw parts per week without firing a single bullet.
Custom Loadout Recycling
You can harvest components directly from your salvage pile. Open your custom loadout menu in Speranza, select any green or low-tier pistols (like the Rattler) or basic SMGs, right-click, and choose Recycle.
Recycling a low-tier firearm yields 1 Simple Gun Part if processed while topside during a run, but increases to 2 Simple Gun Parts if processed safely back at the Speranza base workshops.
Note that turning functional firearms back into parts operates on a probability matrix—higher item levels yield guaranteed components, while basic tier weapons only offer a percentage-based chance.
Red Zone Weapon Crate Runs
If your seed banks are dry, drop into Spaceport and bring up your tactical overlay map. Target the areas highlighted with distinct red-outlined high-tier danger borders. These zones feature a much denser concentration of weapon crates. While highly contested by both hostile Arc units and rival Raiders, the chests inside these perimeters bypass standard low-tier loot tables, giving you the highest statistical chance of pulling multiple raw Light Gun Parts in a single deployment.
Whether you choose to grind out the Surveyor Vaults for the Trophy Display project, tackle the jumping puzzle at Formicle Outpost, or leverage trade networks, getting your hands on this blueprint is essential for sustaining a high-tier weapon rotation in the endgame.
For players looking to visually map out their farming route, checking a video guide on the specific shelf-jumping angles can save a lot of frustration. You can check out this Formicle Outpost Blueprint Guide to see exactly how to navigate the warehouse rafters and locate the hidden bird's nest.