In ARC Raiders, keys are super useful items that help you unlock special rooms, buildings, or bunkers across different areas like The Dam, Spaceport, Buried City, and Blue Gate. These locked places usually have good loot, materials, or quest items inside. You can find most keys by searching drawers, cabinets, and containers in places like the Ruby Residence or the Research & Administration building. Some keys can also be earned by finishing certain quests. In this guide, you will find all the key locations and what each one is used for.
All Keys Locations and Use
Some of the best gear in ARC Raiders is locked away behind special doors that can only be opened with keys, but finding those keys isn’t easy. They’re rare drops, and you will need them to unlock rooms or areas that hide valuable loot. Some can be found while exploring, while others might need to be crafted or looted from enemies. Knowing where to find these keys and what they unlock can save you time and help you get rare gear.
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Raider Hatch Key
To get a Raider Hatch Key in ARC Raiders, you’ve got two main options: you can either buy one or craft it yourself. If you’d rather buy it, head over to Shani, the security trader in Speranza. She sells Raider Hatch Keys for 9,000 Coins. It’s the faster route if you’ve got the cash to spare.
If you want to craft the key instead, you will first need to set up a Utility Workbench in your workshop. It takes some Arc Alloys to build, but it’s worth having since you can craft all sorts of useful gear there before a mission. You will also get the Raider Hatcher Key in the Hatch Repairs, Mixed Signals, Our Presence Up There and the Trifecta quests.
Once your workbench is installed, you will be able to craft a Raider Hatch Key. Just make sure you’ve got 1 Advanced Electrical Component and 3 Sensors on hand. Keep in mind, though, that you will need to upgrade your Utility Workbench to Level 2 before you can craft certain items, including the Raider Hatch Key.
How to Use Raider Hatch Key
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The Raider Hatch Key opens one of the hidden Raider Hatches scattered around the map. These hatches serve as quick extraction points, letting you escape fast when things get too dangerous.
When you open your map, you’ll see several extraction points marked on it. Some of them, however, have a small down arrow; these are called Raider Hatches. Unlike regular extractions, using a Raider Hatch won’t alert other players around you, making it a much safer way to leave the mission.
To use one, just walk up to the hatch and interact with it while carrying a Raider Hatch Key. Keep in mind that this method gives you slightly less bonus experience compared to using the elevator, and it will also consume one Raider Hatch Key each time you extract this way.
Dam Surveillance Key
The Dam Surveillance Key is dropped at random but can usually be found in cabinets and drawers in residential-type buildings. Some reliable spots are the second floor of the Research & Administration building and the Ruby Residence building in Dam Battlegrounds. Remember that the key will not always be found in the same location, so a little searching may be required. It is a random drop, so you have to find it in different places to get one.
How to Use the Dam Surveillance Key
This key unlocks a door inside the Water Treatment Control building at The Dam. You will often find useful loot or quest-related items inside. To get there, head over to the Water Treatment Control building in the Dam Battlegrounds. You’ll find it toward the southern end of the map. Enter through the southern entrance, then take the doorway on your right, and another right just after that. The room you’re looking for will be tucked away in the corner. Inside, you’ll find several loot spots worth checking out, so make sure to search the area carefully.
Dam Staff Room Key
The Dam Staff Room Key can be found as a random drop inside the Research & Administration building in Dam Battlegrounds. Head over there and start checking any drawers or cabinets you come across. The key has a good chance of spawning in one of them. Like many other keys it is also a random drop.
How to Use Dam Staff Room Key
Once you’ve got the key, make your way to the Control Tower, which is right next to the Research & Administration building. Go to the Control Tower entrance on the Dam Battlegrounds map, right near the entrance, and you’ll spot a locked door that requires the Dam Staff Key. Once you unlock it, you’ll find yourself inside a room filled with lockers you can break into for some extra loot. The Dam Staff Room Key opens up a locked door in the Research and Administration building at The Dam. It’s worth checking for supplies or hidden notes there.
Dam Control Center Tower Key
The Dam Center Tower Key can be found as a random drop inside the Research & Administration building in Dam Battlegrounds. Head over there and start checking any drawers or cabinets you come across. The key has a good chance of spawning in one of them. Once you’ve got the key, make your way to the Control Tower, which is right next to the Research & Administration building. You can also get the Dam Control Centre Tower Key in the Trifecta Quest. Since it is a random drop, you have to find it in all of the places to find it.
How to Use Dam Control Center Tower Key
Go to the Control Tower entrance on the Dam Battlegrounds map and use your key to unlock and enter the building. This key grants you access to the Control Centre Tower at The Dam. It’s usually a high-security area, so expect good rewards or mission objectives inside. Make your way to the Control Tower.
From the entrance, turn left and follow the path until you reach an elevator with a zip line going up. Use it to climb to the top, then step out of the elevator and turn right. You’ll see a locked door where you can use the Dam Control Key. Inside, you’ll come across a few turrets, so be careful. Make sure to check every locker, cabinet, crate, and any loot lying on the floor before you leave.
Dam Testing Annex Key
The key doesn’t have a fixed spawn point, but you will most likely come across it in the Research & Administration building. You can stumble across it while looting almost any container, and it might even appear outside the Dam map, though it’s mainly linked to that battleground.
Once you have the key, head to the southeastern corner of the Dam map; that’s where the Testing Annex sits. Enter through the main door and keep moving straight. Eventually, you will reach a large steel door with a panel next to it. You will also get the Dam Testing Annex Key from the A Lay of the Land quest.
How to Use Dam Testing Annex Key
The Dam Testing Annex Key works for two different locked doors inside the Testing Annex. Once you have the key, make your way to the Testing Annex building and enter through the ground-level door. Head straight inside, and you’ll find a locked door that requires the Dam Testing Annex Key. Use the key to open it, and you’ll find some loot waiting inside.
There’s also a second door in the same building that the key can unlock. From the first door, turn right and walk down the hallway until you spot another locked door. Use your Dam Testing Annex Key again to open it and grab all the loot you can find inside.
Spaceport Trench Tower Key
If you want to find it, the best place to look for the Spaceport Trench Tower Key is in the Ruby Residences, which is located on the Dam Battlegrounds map. There often is a key somewhere around or even inside the building. If it is not there, look for it in the Research and Administration building as well; those are the closest places. The key doesn’t have a fixed spawn point, so find it in all the available places.
How to Use Spaceport Trench Tower Key
Once you’ve got the key, head over to the North Trench Tower. Climb all the way to the top of the facility, and you’ll notice a blue staircase on your left. Go up the stairs, and you’ll come across a locked door that can only be opened with the Spaceport Trench Tower Key.
This key is quite useful; it unlocks a total of eight doors across both the North and South Trench Towers. Each tower has two locked rooms on the first floor and two more on the second, all containing valuable loot. You’ll also need this key later on for the Turnabout quest, so make sure to hang on to it.
Spaceport Container Storage Key
The Spaceport Container Storage Key usually shows up inside cabinets or drawers in residential areas, such as the Ruby Residence on the Dam Battlegrounds map. If you’re looking for this key, make sure to search through the drawers and cabinets in these residential zones; that’s where you’re most likely to find it.
How to Use Spaceport Container Storage Key
The Spaceport Container Storage Key opens up one of the locked rooms in the Container Storage section of the Spaceport. Expect to find some loot crates inside. After getting the key, head over to the Spaceport map and find the Container Storage building. Take the stairs up to the top floor, where you’ll see a locked red door. Use your key to open it, and you’ll gain access to a storage area packed with red lockers, many of them containing weapons, attachments, and even some quest items.
Spaceport Ground Control Key
You won’t find this key in the Spaceport itself; it actually spawns on the Dam Battleground map and in random locations. The best place to look is inside the Ruby Residence building. The key appears in random spots, but this building gives you the highest chance of finding it. You can find Ruby Residence on the northeastern side of the map, close to the Hydroponic Dome Complex. If you don’t spot it there, try checking other locations like the Research and Administration building.
How to Use the Spaceport Control Tower Key
Once you’ve got the Spaceport Control Tower Key, head over to the Spaceport and use it to unlock the tower. This key lets you access the Ground Control Tower in the Spaceport. It’s a great spot to search for higher-tier equipment or mission clues. After you’ve got the key, make your way to Control Tower A6 and look for the entrance.
Use the zipline to get to the upper level, but be ready, there will be several ARC enemies waiting for you. Clear them out first before trying to use the key. Once the area is safe, head up the stairs to reach a metal door. Use your key to unlock it, and you’ll find plenty of loot waiting inside.
Spaceport Outskirts Bunker Key
At the Ruby Residence on the Dam map. Like most keys in the game, it’s a random drop that you can get from looting drawers and cabinets in residential areas. You can also search inside the Research and Administration building on the second floor. There is a great spot to find random keys, so make sure to check every cabinet carefully.
How to Use Spaceport Outskirts Bunker Key
The Spaceport Outskirts Bunker Key is a simple, makeshift key that gives you access to the Outskirts Bunker located in the Spaceport area. Inside, you will find various loot and resources, so it’s definitely worth unlocking.
Spaceport Warehouse Key
If you’re trying to get your hands on the Spaceport Warehouse Key, start by heading to Ruby Residence in the Dam Battlegrounds area. The key appears to be a random drop, and the upside is that you can also pick up several other keys here by chance, including the Research and Administration Key. Make sure to check that building once unlocked, as the second floor offers valuable loot, such as the Rattler l assault rifle, speaker component, canisters, duct tape, fabric, and more.
How to Use Spaceport Warehouse Key
Once you’ve got the key, head over to the Spaceport map and make your way to the Shipping Warehouse. Follow the stairs to the upper floors until you reach the locked door. That’s where you’ll use your Spaceport Warehouse Key. Inside, you’ll find plenty of loot in the room.
Buried City Town Hall Key
The Buried City Town Hall Key is a random drop in different locations. You can usually find keys by looting drawers and cabinets in residential areas or inside the Research and Administration building in Dam Battlegrounds. The second floor of that building is one of the best spots to search, so make sure to check every cabinet thoroughly. You will also get the Buried City Town Hall key from the Our Presence Up There quest.
How to Use the Buried City Town Hall Key
This key opens the door to the Town Hall located in Buried City. It’s one of the main buildings in the area and may hold quest objectives or good loot. Once you have the Buried City Town Hall Key, head to the Town Hall in Buried City, right in the center of the map. You’ll see a large door at the front of the building where this key is used.
Buried City Residential Master Key
If you’re looking for the Buried City Residential Master Key location in ARC Raiders, then you will need to first start with the Dam map. The key can be found at the Ruby Residence upon searching, and is most probably a random drop, because you get all these other keys as well that help you unlock different areas. There’s a high chance of getting the key to the Research and Administration building as a random drop. If you happen to get your hands on one, be sure to search the second floor of the building for valuable loot.
How to Use the Buried City Residential Master Key
The Residential Master Key can be used to unlock different apartment doors in the Buried City map. Inside these rooms, you’ll find plenty of containers and loot to search through. Just remember, the key is single-use. Once you unlock one door, it’ll be gone, so you’ll need to find another key if you want to open the others.
Buried City JKV Employee Access Card
You can find the JKV Employee Access Card at the Ruby Residence on the Dam map. It’s not a fixed spawn, meaning it can appear randomly. Keys like this often show up in residential buildings, so make sure to check drawers, cabinets, and shelves carefully.
You can also find them in the Research and Admin Building, especially on the second floor, which is a great spot to search. Just go through all the cabinets there, and you might get lucky and find one. It’s a PvP zone because of the nearby hospital, so be ready for other players. You will find it inside the room.
There are a couple of ways up: you can take the stairs or use the zip line, but either way, you need to get to the fourth floor. The door you want is in the hallway on that level; you can even jump in from a nearby ledge.
How to Use JKV Employee Access Card
Once you’ve got the keycard, head to the Space Travel building located next to the Parking Garage in the middle of Buried City. Go inside and make your way up to the fourth floor using the stairs. When you reach the top, you’ll see a locked steel door with a keypad slot beside it. Use your Buried Employee JKV Access Card on the keypad to unlock the door, head inside, and collect all the loot waiting for you.
Buried City Hospital Key
You can find the Buried City Hospital Key in the Ruby Residence building on the Dam map. While key drops in ARC Raiders are random, this is one of the best spots to start searching. If you don’t find it there, head over to the second floor of the Research and Administration building. There’s also a good chance the key will spawn somewhere in that area.
How to Use Buried City Hospital Key
You’ll find the Hospital in the northwest section of the Buried City map. Once you’re there, head up to the third floor using the stairs. Follow the path to the left, skip the first door, and you’ll see another room on your left. That’s where you can use your key to unlock the door and grab all the loot inside.
Blue Gate Communication Tower Key
You can find the Blue Gate Communications Tower Key in residential areas around the Dam Battlegrounds map. Its exact spawn spot can change, but it often appears near or inside the Research and Administration building. If you don’t find it there, try checking the Ruby Residence or the Pale Apartments. Both locations have plenty of containers and cabinets, and some of them may hold the key you’re looking for.
How to Use Blue Gate Communication Tower Key
This key opens a locked door by the Communication Tower near the Blue Gate. The Blue Gate Communications Tower is located at the very northern edge of the map. You can reach it from above by taking a zipline that leads all the way down. Follow the main path, and you’ll eventually reach the entrance to the locked room where your key is used. Unlock the door, head inside, and you’ll find plenty of valuable loot waiting for you.
Blue Gate Confiscation Room Key
You can find the Blue Gate Confiscation Room Key in residential areas around the Dam Battlegrounds map. Its exact spawn spot can change, but it often appears near or inside the Research and Administration building. If you don’t find it there, try checking the Ruby Residence or the Pale Apartments. Both locations have plenty of containers and cabinets, and some of them may hold the key you’re looking for.
How to Use Blue Gate Confiscation Room Key
To use this key, head over to the Blue Gate area. You’ll need to reach the Reinforced Reception zone first, that’s where you’ll find the entrance. Go inside and take the zipline down into the tunnels below. Once you’re down there, take the first right, and you’ll eventually reach the Confiscation Room. Use the key from your inventory to unlock the gate, and you’ll be able to grab all the loot inside.
Blue Gate Cellar Key
If you’re trying to get your hands on the Blue Gate Cellar Key, start by making your way to Ruby Residence, located within the Dam Battlegrounds region. The key seems to drop at random, but the upside is that you can also come across multiple other keys here by chance, including the one that unlocks the Research and Administration building. It’s worth checking out, as the second floor holds valuable loot such as the Rattler I assault rifle, a canister, duct tape, fabric, and more.
How to Use Blue Gate Cellar Key
To use this key, first make your way to the Blue Gate area. From there, head to the Reinforced Reception zone, where you’ll find the entrance you need. Go inside and take the zipline down into the tunnels.
Once you’re underground, turn right at the first path and follow the tunnels until you reach the Confiscation Room. Use the key from your inventory to unlock the gate and claim all the loot waiting inside.
Blue Gate Village Key
You can find the Blue Gate Village Key in residential areas around the Dam Battlegrounds map. Its exact spawn spot can change, but it often appears near or inside the Research and Administration building. If you don’t find it there, try checking the Ruby Residence or the Pale Apartments. Both locations have plenty of containers and cabinets, and some of them may hold the key you’re looking for.
How to Use Blue Gate Village Key
The Blue Gate Village Key unlocks one of the old buildings in the nearby village. You’ll find the Village on the western side of the map. When you get there, look for a large door that can be unlocked with your key. Open it up, head inside, and you’ll find plenty of loot waiting for you.
Patrol Car Key
You can find the key at the Ruby Residence on the Dam map. It’s usually a random drop, just like other keys you can find in residential areas. Be sure to check drawers, cabinets, and especially the Research and Administration building; there’s a good chance of finding one on the second floor there. Loot every cabinet you come across, and you should eventually get a random key drop. You will also get the Patrol Car key from the Armoured Transports quest.
How to Use the Patrol Key
Once you have the Police Car Key, head over to the Blue Gate area, specifically to the circular zone in the middle of the map known as the Head House in the Tunnel Networks. This small key unlocks the rear door of a patrol car.
