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The Arc Raiders"A First Foothold" quest takes you all around the Blue Gate map, as you're tasked with four objectives. You'll need to bring out your inner handyman as you'll run around the map fixing roof plates and rotating satellite dishes, but you might also need to channel your inner navigator. As you'll get this quest immediately after you unlock Blue Gate, you won't really know your way around. To make matters worse, the objectives have fairly vague descriptions, and, of course, you can't forget about all of the other raiders and Arc enemies looking to take you out. Here's how to complete "A First Foothold" in Arc Raiders and where to go to finish all four tasks. Prior to making your trek around Blue Gate, you should know you don't have to complete all four objectives in one run or in a specific order. All four objectives are spread out across the map, so we recommend completing them when you spawn nearby. However, if you have a full squad of three, you can finish the quest in no time if you split up the work. With how quests work in Arc Raiders, everyone in your party will earn credit as long as someone finishes the objective. So, if you want to finish the quest as fast as possible, you can send out each squadmate on a solo mission to complete one of the tasks. For the remaining task, everyone can head over after they finish their objective, but, ideally, the closest party member would complete it. As this can be quite a risky mission, we recommend coming in with a loadout that you don't really care for or even a free one. Below, we've listed where you can find all four objectives and how to complete them. Stabilize the observation deck near the Ridgeline The observation deck can be found on the far east side of the map, and the best way to find it is to place a marker at the end of the "e" in "Ridgeline" on the map overlay. This will take you to a small shelter with some metal panels to interact with. Enable the comms terminal near the Olive Grove Between Olive Grove and Highway Collapse, you can find a yellow computer terminal overlooking the highway down the hill. Watch out for other players here though, as Olive Grove is a hotspot for folks trying to train up Scrappy. Rotate the satellite dishes on the Church Roof north of the Data Vault North-west of the Data Vault and directly west of Pilgrim's Peak, you'll find a small decrepit building with some crates and scaffolding you can ascend round the back. Climb to the top and interact with the satellite dishes to complete this one, then get off the roof before you get sniped. Nail down the roof plates on the Raider structure near Trapper's Glade This objective is just below the "Trapper's Glade" text on the map, in the forest. Again, you're looking for a small shack, and some dislodged sheet metal on the roof to fix. This is near where players can spawn, and it's in the middle of a cluster of named landmarks though, so watch out for other raiders. Complete all four, in any order and whether you manage to extract or not, Apollo will have a bunch of different grenades as your reward.
