The Anvil Splitter sits in an awkward place in ARC Raiders right now. The legendary tech mod itself clearly exists and drops from scavenging, but the blueprint that should unlock repeatable crafting is treated very differently by the game’s loot system.
What the Anvil Splitter mod actually does
The Anvil Splitter is a legendary weapon modification that can only be attached to the Anvil rifle. Instead of firing a single high-damage round, the Anvil fires multiple weaker projectiles.
| Property | Value / Effect |
|---|---|
| Mod type | Tech mod (weapon modification) |
| Rarity | Legendary |
| Compatible weapon | Anvil |
| Projectiles per shot | +3 (total of four projectiles) |
| Damage change | 70% reduced damage per projectile |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Sell price | 7,000 Coins |
In practice, the Splitter converts the Anvil into a close and mid-range weapon that throws a small spread of rounds. Each pellet hits for much less, but at short distances where you can consistently land multiple projectiles on a target, the output can still feel strong. The trade-off is a heavy loss of effectiveness at long range, where projectiles will miss, or only one will connect.
Recycling and salvaging also treat the mod as a high-value component source. Recycling an Anvil Splitter yields Mod Components and a Processor, while salvaging it yields Mechanical Components. That makes every duplicate you find useful, even if you never equip it.
Where the Anvil Splitter mod drops
The Anvil Splitter itself is obtainable as loot in the field. It is tagged with a generic “Scavenging” source, which covers containers, lockers, and similar world loot rather than traders or quest rewards.
Players consistently report finding the mod in higher-risk conditions such as night raids and lightning storms, usually from premium containers like red lockers, breachable or key-locked rooms, office drawers, and raider caches. Specific callouts include staff rooms on the Dam and dense residential areas in Buried City, but those are examples rather than guaranteed farms.
Because the mod is legendary, its drop rate is low and heavily diluted among other high-end items. Treat it as a rare world drop that can appear on any map where tech mods are in the loot pool, and not as something you can reasonably target from a single fixed chest.
How the Anvil Splitter blueprint is defined in the data
On paper, the Anvil Splitter Blueprint is a normal blueprint entry. It is described as a blueprint that lets you craft an Anvil Splitter, with a value of zero Coins and a note that it drops from looting topside. It also lists a Gunsmith 3 requirement for crafting, although the specific material costs are not publicly documented.
In the game’s broader blueprint catalog, it appears alongside other weapon and mod blueprints, grouped with entries like Anvil Blueprint, Silencer I–III, Kinetic Converter Blueprint, Horizontal Grip Blueprint, and more. Structurally, nothing about the listing suggests it is exotic or seasonal; it is simply another legendary mod recipe that should sit on the workshop side of the game.
That is the design intent: find the blueprint, learn it, and then turn future materials into additional copies of the Anvil Splitter instead of relying on rare random drops.
Why players say the Anvil Splitter blueprint is “not in the game”
The friction comes from how ARC Raiders currently populates its loot pools. The Anvil Splitter mod itself is clearly live, but long-term players have not been able to produce verifiable evidence of the blueprint dropping in normal play.
Several consistent points emerge from community experience:
- Players can and do loot the Anvil Splitter mod from containers and bodies.
- No one has substantiated a blueprint drop with clear, repeatable proof.
- Crafting menus display empty slots that line up cleanly with missing legendary mod blueprints, such as Anvil Splitter and Kinetic Converter.
- Some third-party tools mark Anvil Splitter, Kinetic Converter, Horizontal Grip, and Silencer III blueprints as “not in game” or unassigned to live loot containers.
When multiple high-level players have hundreds of hours in the game, have seen almost every other blueprint, and still have never seen a specific recipe, it strongly suggests the blueprint is either disabled or trapped in a loot table that cannot practically trigger. This mirrors earlier phases of ARC Raiders, where specific rarities of weapon blueprints technically existed in the data but did not drop at release.
Several claimed “proof” screenshots of the Anvil Splitter Blueprint have circulated, often tied to loot from places like Cold Snap Spaceport or Dam testing annex rooms. In each case, scrutiny from other players has pointed out inconsistencies, misidentified items (for example, confusing it with a silencer blueprint), or obvious image editing. None of those claims has held up after community review.
Current working reality: you can use the mod, not reliably craft it
Putting those details together leads to a clear practical situation for ARC Raiders as it stands now. The Anvil Splitter mod itself is live, legendary, and scavengable, but the blueprint that should unlock workshop crafting does not appear in the real loot rotation.
That means there is no dependable way to grind for the recipe. You can still build a loadout around the Splitter if you get lucky with drops, but you are always at the mercy of RNG for replacements. Treat each copy as a one-off item rather than a craftable part of your long-term build plan.
Some blueprint-centric services advertise Anvil Splitter Blueprint sales. Given the lack of credible in-game drops, those offers rely either on internal test data, placeholder entries that never drop on live, or simple mislabeling. For normal players, there is no supported path to buy or force the blueprint into your account.
How the Splitter changes Anvil gameplay
The Anvil, in its base state, is a precision rifle with strong damage per shot and good reach. Installing Anvil Splitter shifts it toward a more forgiving but more situational role.
- Damage per projectile is heavily reduced, so the one-tap potential at long range is mostly gone.
- A four-projectile pattern means partial hits are common at mid-range, softening enemies instead of deleting them.
- In close quarters, landing multiple projectiles on a large target can still produce high effective DPS, especially against clustered or slow-moving enemies.
Player opinions on this trade-off are split. Some like the way the Splitter smooths out aim errors and rewards aggressive, closer play on a high-tier Anvil. Others see it as a downgrade that breaks the weapon’s core strength and describe it as effectively useless in high-stakes, long-range fights.
The right call depends on how you play. If you mainly use Anvil as a long-range anchor, leaving it unmodified or paired with classic accuracy mods makes more sense. If you frequently fight at short and medium distances and want a rifle that behaves almost like a hybrid between a DMR and a shotgun, the Splitter can feel powerful when the stars align.
Practical advice if you find an Anvil Splitter
Once you actually loot an Anvil Splitter, you have three realistic options: equip it, hold it as a trade chip, or break it down for components.
Use it on a high-level Anvil. The mod scales best when attached to a high-tier Anvil, where the base damage is high enough that four reduced-damage projectiles still hit meaningfully hard. The spread also synergizes with builds that already favor mid-range brawls and mobility.
Do not expect a blueprint unlock. Learning the mod does not unlock a recipe, and picking one up does not appear to add any new entry to your workshop’s craftable list. Treat the mod as consumable gear, not as the start of a crafting loop.
Recycling is a safe fallback. If the Splitter does not fit your build, recycling and salvaging send its value back into the broader economy through Mod Components, a Processor, and Mechanical Components. Given the rarity and sell price, you should still think twice before trashing your first copy, but duplicates can legitimately help accelerate other projects.
Avoid chasing ghosts. Spending hours running specific routes purely for the sake of a blueprint that does not demonstrably drop is a recipe for burnout. If you enjoy night raids, high-risk areas, and breachable rooms, run them for the overall loot and treat any Splitter mod drops as a bonus rather than the goal.
The net effect is that ARC Raiders currently treats the Anvil Splitter as a rare, exotic tech mod you stumble into rather than a craftable part of the late-game economy. It reshapes the Anvil into a close- and mid-range brawler in a way some players love, and others avoid entirely, but until the blueprint is genuinely wired into live loot tables, its role will stay limited to lucky drops and one-off experiments instead of becoming a staple of workshop-crafted builds.