How to complete Back on Top in ARC Raiders – Destructoid

Quest “Upstairs” in ARK Raiders is one of those unique missions in which you have to travel through different regions.

To complete Back on Top, you will have to visit specific locations in all four regions. Naturally, completing all the tasks can take a fair amount of time, and it will largely depend on where you spawn. In this guide, you will find key locations on all four maps that you need to visit and paint the wall.

Walkthrough of the ARC Raiders Back on Top quest

The quest “Upstairs” can be divided into four parts.

  • On the battlefields near the dams, mark the House of Samples.
  • On the Blue Gate, mark the white observation tower south of the warehouse complex.
  • At the cosmodrome, mark the South Trench tower.
  • In Buried City, mark the building with the mural in Buried Objects.

All four locations will have designated areas for spraying and completing tasks.

Template house location

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The House of Patterns is located in the northern part of the map (as marked on the map above). You need to go to the wall to spray it and complete the quest. The exact location on the wall for this piece and the next three does not matter. Just spray and the quest will automatically update.

Spraying a patterned house
Spraying Pattern House. Screenshot Destructoid

You can find the House of Patterns in the northernmost part of the map, right next to the energy complex. This place is also close to where you can complete Direct recording quest

Tower overlooking the location of the warehouse complex

Location of the observation tower in ARC Raiders
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The location of the Lookout Tower can be a little confusing, but I've marked it on the map above. It is located south of the warehouse complex. You will have to approach the white tower to spray and leave your mark, which will complete this task.

Spraying tower
Spraying the Tower. Screenshot Destructoid

Be extremely careful, as there is usually a Bastion in this location. Try not to engage in battle, mark the Tower and get to the next location. If you die, you will still save your progress (but will lose your inventory).

Location of the South Trench Tower

Location of the South Trench Tower in ARC Raiders
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The South Trench Tower, located in the northern part of the spaceport, is easy to find and hard to miss. Find yourself at the location marked on the map and spray any part of the building's wall to complete the quest.

Spraying the South Trench Tower
Spraying the South Trench Tower. Screenshot Destructoid

You don't even have to go to the entrance. All the necessary places are on the ground floor.

Building with a mural in the Buried Properties location

Mural wall at ARC Raders
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This may be the most confusing place on the property. You'll have to go north in the Buried Objects region to get to the location marked on the map above (just be present and you'll end up right in front of a house with murals on the walls). You will come across a wall with murals that you will have to spray and complete your mission.

Mural building in ARC Raiders
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Rewards for Back on Top quests in ARC Raiders

Here's the full list of rewards you'll receive by completing the Upstairs quest.

  • One Renegade I
  • One stable supply III
  • Eighty medium rounds

If you want to complete Tian Wen's other quests, Unexpected initiatives And Industrial espionage are a good choice in terms of the rewards they offer.


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