Celeste’s Journals is a questline tied to Celeste, the trader and de facto leader of Speranza. It’s a straightforward scavenger hunt with location-based objectives across the overworld, framed as recovering her personal notes from key sites. Expect multiple legs that each point you toward a specific landmark.

Celeste’s Journals quest overview

The quest asks you to retrieve journal entries from named locations on the map. Each step emphasizes a distinct region or vantage point, and progress updates as you secure each journal. Known objectives include:

Objective text (as surfaced in-game) What it means on the map
Retrieve Celeste’s Journal from the South Swamp … Head into the South Swamp region and search the designated point-of-interest highlighted for the step.
Find the Northern Outpost overlooking the Red Lakes Locate the named outpost positioned north of the Red Lakes area with a clear vantage over the water.

Each leg resolves once you interact with the journal at the marked spot. The questline continues with additional location prompts of the same format.

How to approach each location

  • Travel by region first. The objective text calls out the biome or area (for example, South Swamp or Red Lakes), then narrows to a named outpost or landmark.
  • Hug high ground for “overlooking” clues. Phrases that reference a view or vantage typically point to elevated structures, ridgelines, or balconies within the named outpost.
  • Clear hostiles before searching. Journal props are simple to miss under pressure; secure the immediate area, then sweep interiors, rooftops, and lookout platforms.

Where this fits in Celeste’s questline

Celeste assigns multiple missions beyond her Journals, mixing exploration tasks and site visits. Two of her other quests currently surfaced include:

Quest Objective Reward
A Bad Feeling Find and search any ARC Probe or ARC Courier. 10 Metal Parts, 5 Steel Spring, 5 Duct Tape
Greasing Her Palms Visit three specific sites: the Locked Room in Water Treatment Control (Dam Battlegrounds), the rocket thrusters outside Rocket Assembly (Spaceport), and the barricaded area on floor 6 of the Space Travel Building (Buried City). Lure Grenade Blueprint, Electrical Components, Speaker Component

Celeste’s missions consistently anchor to named places, so read her prompts literally and trace the map labels to the exact structure or floor she calls out.

Who Celeste is in ARC Raiders

Celeste leads Speranza and acts as a trader, exchanging resources for practical materials and components as you level up. Her background frames Speranza as a hard-won refuge built through relentless preparation and community organizing, and her missions reflect that focus on gathering intelligence, scouting infrastructure, and stockpiling essentials.

If you’re tracking Celeste’s Journals, move region by region, prioritize any landmark with a commanding view when a clue mentions “overlooking,” and comb through the named outpost methodically. Her broader questline rewards patience and precise navigation—follow the text, trust the labels, and the journals fall into place.