Free loadouts in ARC Raiders are a built-in safety net. They’re prepacked, no-cost kits provided by the citizens of Speranza that you can take into a raid at any time. There’s no currency spend, no prerequisites, and no cooldown. If you extract, you keep what you carried out. If you die, you lose it and can immediately try again with another free kit.

ARC Raiders free loadouts quick answers

Topic Answer
Cost to use None.
Availability Unlimited; no cooldown.
Starting kit Randomized items provided for that run.
Bringing personal items Not permitted with a free loadout.
Inventory capacity Reduced versus normal kits.
Safe pockets Not available; everything is at risk until extraction.
Extraction rewards You keep the equipped kit and anything you looted.
High-value objectives May require your own gear (e.g., items you must bring in).
Best use cases Recovery after wipes, practice, scouting, quick squad onboarding.

ARC Raiders free loadouts explained

Think of a free loadout as a randomized, ready-to-go equipment set. It lets you jump back into the action even if your stash is empty or you’re reluctant to risk your best gear. These kits exist to keep you playing: hit a streak of bad runs, queue a free loadout, and you’re instantly back on your feet.

Successful extractions permanently add whatever you carried out to your inventory, so free loadouts can refill a bare stash over time—typically with lower-tier gear.

How free loadouts work in raids

  • You spawn with a randomized kit and nothing from your own inventory.
  • Inventory capacity is reduced versus a normal kit.
  • You don’t get safe pockets, so everything is at risk until you extract.
  • You cannot bring personal items in, which limits certain objectives that require special gear.

The design encourages careful play: scout, pick your fights, and prioritize a safe extraction to bank the kit’s value.

No cooldown and what it means

Free loadouts are available whenever you want them. That unlimited access removes the traditional “gear wall”—you’re never locked out after a wipe. It also shapes progression: while you can rebuild a baseline stash through repeated extractions, the lower starting quality and reduced carry potential prevent runaway profit.

When to choose a free loadout

  • After a wipe. bounce back immediately without spending currency or crafting.
  • Skill warm-up. get a feel for a map or combat loop before risking high-value items.
  • Solo scouting. learn spawn patterns and routes with minimal downside.
  • Team fill-in. join squadmates quickly when you’re short on gear.

Tip: Treat a free-loadout run as a “bank the kit” mission first. Extracting once to secure the set often sets up a more ambitious second run.

How to start a raid with a free loadout

From the raid prep flow, choose the option to enter with a free loadout rather than your own inventory. You’ll see the randomized kit before you deploy. You cannot add or swap in personal items for that run, and any stash management happens after extraction.

What you keep on extraction

Everything on your character at the moment of a successful extraction is yours to keep. That includes the weapons and items from the free kit and anything you picked up during the raid. If you don’t extract, you keep nothing from that run.

Note: Because there are no safe pockets, partial progress doesn’t lock in—extraction is the only checkpoint that matters.

Free loadouts and Scrappy: two safety nets

Free loadouts are one pillar of recovery. Scrappy, your item-collecting rooster companion, is the other. While free loadouts get you back into raids immediately, Scrappy passively helps replenish essentials over time. Together, they form a floor under your progression so you can keep playing and iterating on your builds even after a rough session.

Free loadouts are a simple promise: you can always play, and you can always rebuild. Use them to steady your economy, learn routes, and string together clean extractions. Save your bespoke builds for the objectives that demand them.