ARC Raiders All Blue Gate Puzzles & Solutions Guide

If you have spent any amount of time inside Blue Gate, you already know one thing: this place does not give up its loot without a fight. Blue Gate is a maze of shadowy tunnels, abandoned facilities, cryptic switches, hidden fuze boxes, and battery-locked vaults. It is easily one of the most profitable raid zones in Arc Raiders, but only if you know how to solve its environmental puzzles and avoid getting ambushed while doing it.

I have run this place more times than I can count. I have been flash-fried by fire traps, boxed in by raiders, and locked inside rooms with no exit switch. After enough bruises, I finally mastered how every Blue Gate puzzle actually works. The good news is that once you understand the puzzle flow, Blue Gate becomes a predictable goldmine. And if you want to speed things up or gear faster, you can always buy Arc Raiders coins from PVPBank to boost your progression early on. Use that wisely.

This Epic Loot Puzzle Guide Arc Raiders Blue Gate breaks down each major puzzle, how to unlock every hidden room, and how to run Blue Gate efficiently without dying halfway into the tunnels.

Let’s crack these vaults open.

Blue Gate Puzzle Tier List (Quick Overview)

This tier list gives you the “at a glance” value rating for each major puzzle-locked loot area in Blue Gate.

Now let’s break them down one by one with veteran guidance.

Reinforced Reception Console Puzzle

Location: North-central bunker

This is the first puzzle most players encounter and one of the easiest to master. Once you ride the ziplines into the reception bunker, you’ll find a console sitting right at the ground floor lobby. Interacting with it will flash one of three colors: red, blue, or yellow.

How the Puzzle Works

The color displayed tells you which painted route to follow. The lines on the walls and floor lead directly to the reward terminal.

• Red usually leads upward

• Blue winds through maintenance paths

• Yellow takes you through side halls

Once you reach the colored terminal, interact with it and grab the loot. The payout is mostly weapons, ammo, and mid-tier attachments, but the real value is consistency. This puzzle is fast, repeatable, and almost always safe unless another squad rushed the bunker.

Veteran Tip

The terminals emit a soft hum when they are live. If you lose the line in the dark corridors, just stop and listen.

Reinforced Reception Red Room Puzzle

Location: Reinforced Reception Security Wing

This is one of the biggest loot hauls in the entire map. It is also one of the riskiest because hauling battery cells slows you to a crawl.

Once you finish or skip the color-line puzzle, follow the blue strip on the floor to the massive blast door. This door requires three battery cells to unlock.

How the Puzzle Works

1. Find the battery dispenser
   This can spawn in a handful of interior rooms on the upper and lower floors.

2. Carry each battery to the Red Room door
   Carrying batteries disables sprinting and leaves you vulnerable. Move smartly.

3. Insert all three batteries
   Once the final battery locks in, the blast door rolls open.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Multiple weapon cases

• Loose epic gear

• Ammo and utility crates

• Several high-value tech drops

It is a jackpot area, but expect enemy players lurking nearby.

Veteran Tip

Clear the bunker before carrying batteries. Smart squads wait silently for someone else to power the door, then rush in and wipe them.

Ancient Fort Puzzle

Location: Southeast of Blue Gate

The Ancient Fort is a medium-sized above-ground location with some of the most consistent loot in the region. Its puzzle revolves around three fuze boxes, and each box needs a single fuze.

How the Puzzle Works

1. Search the fort exterior and interior for fuzes
   There are roughly ten possible spawn points across broken walls, collapsed rooms, and storage spots.

2. Carry the fuzes back to the three fuze boxes
   One box is on the outer wall, one inside the courtyard, and one in the tower area.

3. Power all three fuze boxes
   When the final one is active, the cellar door unlocks.

The cellar consistently produces:

• A weapon crate

• Rare attachments

• High chance of blue or purple guns

• Solid blueprint rolls

Veteran Tip

If someone breaks line of sight, they are probably carrying a fuze. Track them instead of randomly searching buildings.

Raiders Refuge Puzzle

Location: Western ruins

This is a scavenger-hunt style puzzle that frustrates new players but becomes easy once you know where to look.

The cellar door here requires four hidden switches to open.

How the Puzzle Works

1. The switches spawn in more than 20 possible locations around the building

2. They can appear behind debris, wall cracks, roof beams, or exterior rubble

3. Activate all four switches to unlock the cellar door

Inside you’ll find reliable loot including shotguns, rifles, attachments, and blueprint pickups.

Veteran Tip

Climb the tower roof every run. Even if you aren’t doing the puzzle, there is often a weapon case sitting at the top.

Reinforced Reception: Hidden Loot Spots

Extra loot opportunities inside the bunker

The Reinforced Reception is layered with small secrets most players miss:

• A weapon crate hidden along the outer concrete lip of the dome

• Loot spawns under staircases

• Side rooms with breach-only lockers

• Supply crates behind the console wall

If you run this area regularly, you can clear three to four extra loot spots beyond the puzzles.

Confiscation Room – The King of Blue Gate Loot

Location: Deep underground, lower security tunnels

This is the undisputed number one loot room in Blue Gate.

Unlike the other puzzles, the Confiscation Room requires a special key. The Blue Gate Confiscation Room Key can drop from raiders, loot crates, or elite enemies in the tunnel system.

How the Puzzle Works

1. Once you have the key, drop into the deeper security tunnels

2. Follow the reinforced steel doors until you reach the marked vault

3. Use your key to unlock the room

4. Loot the highest-value room in the entire region

Inside the Confiscation Room you get:

• Multiple weapon cases

• High-end attachments

• Large ammo crates

• Rare gear pickups

Because it is key-locked, most players never see it, which makes it safer than battery rooms.

Veteran Tip

Put keys in your safe pocket the moment you get them. Losing a Confiscation Room Key is losing a guaranteed payday.

Blue Gate Risk-Versus-Reward Map

Pro Tips for Blue Gate Puzzle Runs

Here are the strategies that separate survivors from casualties:

Bring Breach Skill

Several side rooms require Breach to open. Without it, you miss free money every run.

Use Adrenaline Before Carrying Batteries

This cancels the heavy movement penalty and keeps you from getting ambushed while slow.

Listen for Audio Cues

Terminals, battery dispensers, and fuze boxes make unique sounds.

Control Vertical Space

High ground wins fights at the Fort and the Refuge roof.

Never Enter a Puzzle Room Blind

Clear the area, then start solving. You cannot fight and carry puzzle items at the same time.

Conclusion

Blue Gate is one of the most complex and rewarding areas in Arc Raiders, and its puzzles provide some of the best gear opportunities in the game. Once you understand how each puzzle works, the entire map becomes a series of predictable loot routes rather than a chaotic mess of tunnels.

Master the battery runs, learn the fuze spawns, memorize the switch locations, and secure the Confiscation Room whenever possible. If you move with intention, you will walk out of Blue Gate overflowing with loot instead of bleeding out in a dark hallway.

If you find new puzzle variations, hidden crates, or undocumented switch spawns, drop them in the comments and help other raiders improve. And if you want more deep-dive guides like this, explore the full Arc Raiders category.