Week 20 Trials are currently live in ARC Raiders, bringing new five challenges to complete. This week’s trials will require you to get hit by lightning, which is an odd one, damage hornets and bombardiers, deliver carriables, and more.
With the recent expedition reset, completing this week’s trials with three stars is a great opportunity to earn epic items and blueprints. It is essential to know where to go and under which conditions to run a raid to perform the best in the trials. In this guide, we will tell you how to complete all Week 20 Trials with a 3-Star strategy.
Table of Contents
- All Week 20 Trials in ARC Raiders & 3-Star Point System
- How to Complete All Week 20 Trials in ARC Raiders with 3-Star Ratings
- Tips for Completing Week 20 Trials with a 3-Star Rating
All Week 20 Trials in ARC Raiders & 3-Star Point System
The Week 20 trials are currently active from March 16 to March 22, 2026. There are five challenges in the trials to complete with up to three-star ratings, earning 4,000 Points. Here are all the Week 20 trials in ARC Raiders.
- Get hit by lightning (Electromagnetic Storm Map Condition)
- Damage Hornets
- Damage flying ARC enemies inside the Spaceport walls (Spaceport map)
- Damage Bombardiers
- Deliver carriables
Each trial has three thresholds for a star rating. Crossing a threshold guarantees you a corresponding rarity reward. You earn points by pursuing the challenges, and the points accumulate across all your runs. It means you do not have to grind for a three-star rating in a single run.
NOTE: You do have to extract safely to lock in your trial progress and points. If you fail to extract after reaching a milestone for the trial, your points will not count.
In addition to earning points, your weekly rank will also be adjusted based on your performance. If you have a position among 1-30, you will receive a double promotion; if you are in 31-60, you will receive a single promotion, and any position above that will keep your current rank at the end of the week. Here are the points threshold and rewards for the trials in ARC Raiders.
| Stars | Points | Rewards |
| 1-Star | 1,000 | Uncommon items or Blueprints |
| 2-Star | 2,500 | Rare items or Blueprints |
| 3-Star | 4,000 | Epic items or Blueprints |
How to Complete All Week 20 Trials in ARC Raiders with 3-Star Ratings
The Week 20 trials include three challenges for eliminating ARC enemies, one for delivering carriables, and one for getting hit by lightning. Your best bet is to run in the PVE lobbies so as not to get sidetracked while you are delivering batteries or fighting ARC enemies.
Get Hit by Lightning
To complete the “Get hit by lightning” trial, you must load into a map with the “Electromagnetic Storm” map condition active. Once you are in the raid, your main task is to get hit by lightning to start scoring points and accomplish milestones.
Each time you get hit by lightning, it will grant you ~800 points, only if you are standing in the center of the glowing blue spots. By doing a quick math, it will take you only 5 direct hits to reach 4,000 Points and get a three-star rating.
NOTE: If you are standing next to the blue glowing spots, you will take less damage, which also grants fewer points, ~350.
There is not guaranteed spots for the lightning to hit. Your best bet is to stand still and keep an eye around you to spot the blue glowing spots. Run into these spots purposefully to get hit by lightning and score points as much as you can.
Recommended Loadout for Getting Hit by Lightning
Now, you are going to take a lot of damage from each lightning strike. It is best to come equipped with a decent amount of healing to survive and extract safely to secure your points.
- 2x Medium Shield (One equipped, and one extra)
- At least 10x Shield Rechargers
- About 15x Herbal Bandages or 9x Sterilized Bandages.
Tank the hits as best as you can and then immediately heal to full. Rinse and repeat until you hit the milestones, and then extract safely.
Damage Hornets
To complete the “damage hornets” trial, you need to destroy hornets on any map. Hornets spawn on every map of the game, so they are easy to locate. Load into any map of your preference and start shooting their thrusters to destroy them easily.
I personally recommend you load into the Buried City, as Hornet spawns quite often on this map. Moreover, it is a smaller map, allowing you to navigate around the map easily and cover more ground.
Alternatively, you can load into the Spaceport map and go to the inner walls of the map to destroy hornets. This way, you will complete the “Damage Hornets” and the “Damage flying ARC enemies inside the Spaceport walls” trials simultaneously. Destroying each Hornet will get you about 400 XP if you are on a map condition that gives you a 2x XP boost. It means you just have to destroy 10 Hornets to hit the 3-star rating.
Recommended Loadout for Hornets
- Light or a Medium Shield
- 5x Shield Rechargers
- 5x Herbal Bandages
- 5x Adrenaline Shots
- Anvil (IV) or a Ferro (IV)
- ~80 Heavy Ammo
Damage flying ARC enemies inside the Spaceport walls
To complete the “Damage flying ARC enemies inside the Spaceport walls” trial, deploy on the Spaceport map and go inside the walls. All the major landmarks, including Rocket Assembly, Container Storage, Departure Building, Shipping Warehouse, etc, are all inside the walls. Make sure that you pass through the wall and then start hunting any flying ARC enemies to score points. The flying ARC enemies that you can hunt for this trial are as follows.
- Snitcher
- Wasp
- Hornet
- Firefly
- Rocketeer
It is best to go during the Night Raid or any other map condition that gives a 2x XP boost. Destroying each small ARC enemy will get you about 400 XP. It means you just have to destroy 10 small ARC enemies to hit the 3-star rating.
Recommended Loadout for ARC Enemies
To deal great damage to small ARC enemies and Rocketeer, you can use the following items in your arsenal.
- Light or a Medium Shield
- 5x Shield Rechargers
- 5x Herbal Bandages
- 5x Adrenaline Shots
- Anvil (IV) or a Ferro (IV)
- ~80 Heavy Ammo
- 2x Wolfpack, and 2x Showstopper (for Rocketeers)
Damage Bombardiers
To complete the “damage bombardiers” trial, you need to damage and destroy bombardiers on any map. Bombardiers spawn on every map, except Stella Montis. Go to any other map of your preference with a Hullcracker if you have one, or bring at least 3-4 Wolfpacks to defeat it easily.
I personally prefer Buried City for hunting bombardiers, as they have a frequent spawn there. You can find a Bombardier outside Plaza Rosa, in Marano Park, and on the top floor of the Parking. After locating a Bombardier, get inside the cover of a building and start shooting at it with a Hullcracker or throw the Wolfpacks to destroy it.
Destroying a Bombardier will get you around 3,500 Points. You can destroy 1 and deal enough damage to the other to reach a three-star rating. Once done, extract safely to secure the points.
Recommended Loadout for Bombardiers
- 1x Medium Shield
- 5x Shield Rechargers
- 5x Herbal Bandages
- Hullcracker (II – IV) and Anvil (IV)
- 3 stacks of Launcher Ammo and ~80 Heavy Ammo
- 3-4x Wolfpacks
Deliver Carriables
To complete the “Deliver Carriables” trial, you need to deliver batteries at the Field Depots or the Fuel Cells at the Door Slots on any map. The best and quickest way to complete this trial is to deliver the Fuel Cells to power the doors on Stella Montis. There are about 12 doors in total that you can unlock with fuel cells around Stella Montis. Moreover, this trial counts the deliveries for both sides of the door. It means you can unlock the door from one side with a fuel cell, then find another fuel cell and place it in the other slot of the door. This way, you will earn the points more quickly.
On a regular map condition, delivering a battery to a Field Depot or a Fuel Cell to a door rewards you with 500 points. However, it is better to load into a Night Raid for a 2x XP boost to get 1,000 Points for each delivery. This way, you will only have to make 4 deliveries to hit a three-star rating.
If you are not comfortable on Stella Montis, then you can run Dam Battlegrounds, Spaceport, or Buried City to deliver batteries at the Field Depots. Whatever your strategy is, just make sure that you extract safely after reaching the milestone to secure the points.
Tips for Completing Week 20 Trials with a 3-Star Rating
All Week 20 trials can be completed with a 3-star rating in a single day. Here are some of the best tips that will help you complete all challenges in a single day.
- If you are getting into PVP lobbies, die or surrender 4 to 5 times without shooting anybody to get into PVE lobbies.
- Run the “Electromagnetic Storm” map condition once it is available. Stand still in the open and wait for the blue glowing spots on the ground. Run to these spots to get hit by the lightning.
- Bring the Adrenaline Shots while looking for the Hornets or flying ARC enemies to cover more ground.
- Use the Heavy Ammo weapons for more ARC armor penetration. These weapons will make the fight easy against strong ARCs.
- If you have Wolfpacks lying in your inventory, bring them to the raid to quickly defeat Bombardier and Rocketeers.
- Use the Survivor Augment and a Medium Shield with your Loadout. It will increase the survivability and the chance to make it out alive, even if you get downed.