The In My Image quest in Arc Raiders asks you to go into Stella Montis and “find and search” three androids for Lance. The twist is that android spawns are fixed, but which ones are actually searchable changes every raid, and you’re racing other raiders and some of the nastiest robots in the game to get there first.
The good news: you don’t need to extract with any loot, and you don’t need to find three specific bodies. Any three searchable android corpses inside Stella Montis will complete the objective, and the quest can be finished across multiple runs if you die or need to bail.
How the In My Image quest works
Once Stella Montis is unlocked, Lance in Sparza’s clinic hands you In My Image. The quest rules are simple:
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Objective | Find and search three androids inside Stella Montis. |
| Map | Stella Montis only; androids on other maps do not count. |
| Run restriction | No single-raid requirement; progress carries across raids. |
| Extraction | Not required; quest completes as soon as you return to the main menu. |
| Loot | You only need to interact with the androids; you do not have to take items. |
Androids in Stella Montis are basically loot containers disguised as humanoid corpses. On the minimap, they don’t have a special icon; you’re looking for bodies on the floor that prompt an interaction when you get close. On other maps, you may have walked past similar props that weren’t lootable. In Stella Montis, some of them become searchable each raid.
Two quirks make the quest feel inconsistent:
- Android locations are static, but only a subset is searchable in each match.
- If another player searches an android before you reach it, you can’t use that body.
That’s why most fast clears revolve around sprinting to a high-density area and checking a cluster of corpses before other raids converge.
Best regions in Stella Montis for androids
Androids are spread across the facility, but several areas consistently pay off. The main ones to know are:
| Area | Layer / Position | Why it’s good |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Research | South-west, upper layer | High android density, relatively clean layout, better lighting, lots of corpses in labs and side rooms. |
| Viewing Deck (near Medical) | Adjacent to Medical Research | Extra androids tucked along railings and corners; often ignored by other players. |
| Lobby & Atrium | Central vertical space | Corpses on walkways, stairwells, and bottom floor; easy to scan quickly if you pass through. |
| Assembly / Assembly Workshops | Industrial sections | Androids scattered around machinery, workbenches, and under desks. |
| Seed Vault | South-east corner | One compact vault room with three androids close together once you get inside. |
Among these, two approaches stand out:
- Rushing Medical Research from a favorable spawn.
- Targeting the Seed Vault for its cluster of three androids.
Fastest route 1: rush Medical Research
Medical Research, on the upper layer’s southwest side, is the most reliable fallback when spawn points don’t line up for the Seed Vault. The wing is full of laboratories, side offices, and small storage rooms, and many of them can spawn android corpses on the floor or against walls.
In practice, the loop looks like this:
- On spawn, check the map and confirm you’re not on the opposite edge of the facility. If you’re dumped far northeast with little time left on the clock, backing out and re-queueing is often faster than slogging across the map.
- Sprint straight to Medical Research. Avoid unnecessary fights; you don’t need loot from this raid.
- Once inside, sweep each lab in sequence. Look near:
- The center of each room.
- Beside gurneys, operating tables, or large medical equipment.
- Next to doorways and along corridors connecting labs.
Androids here are often clustered: it’s common to find two or more in a single medium-sized room, with others just outside in the hallway. The Viewing Deck overlooking Medical can also hide one or two bodies along the railing or tucked near benches; players tend to miss these, so it’s worth a quick detour.
Because which corpses are searchable changes per run, don’t waste time on bodies that don’t give an interaction prompt. Move on and keep sweeping labs until your quest counter in the map screen reads 3/3.
Fastest route 2: use the Seed Vault android cluster
The Seed Vault is the cleanest solution when you want three androids in one stop. It sits in the southeast corner of Stella Montis and is flagged as a high-tier loot area. Inside, three androids are positioned along its corridors in fixed spots, each close enough that you can clear the entire quest without leaving the vault.
| Seed Vault android | Relative position |
|---|---|
| Android 1 | Just inside the main door, on the left, near the door controls. |
| Android 2 | In the second corridor, near the intersection with the perpendicular hallway. |
| Android 3 | Near the north end of the easternmost corridor, close to the far exit door. |
The only friction is access. The Seed Vault has two doors:
- The smaller east door, which can be “open from the other side” only.
- The larger west door, which uses a Fuel Cell to unlock.
To actually get in, you usually need the big west entrance.
How to unlock the Seed Vault with a Fuel Cell
Reaching the Seed Vault is only half the job; getting inside requires a bit of scavenging.
- Approach the large west-facing door of the Seed Vault. You’ll see a Fuel Cell slot on the right-hand side of the frame.
- Search the hallway immediately outside the vault. A Fuel Cell is typically lying on the floor nearby.
Once you find the Fuel Cell:
- Pick it up and place it into the slot on the right of the big door.
- Use the button panel on the left side of the door to open it.
- Step inside, and the first android is directly beneath those same door controls on the interior side, making it hard to miss.
Sometimes, another team will have opened the vault already. If you see the door lit and able to be opened without a Fuel Cell, you can skip the search and go straight in. In that case, check the three android spots anyway; even if a body has already been searched, the others might still be available.
Quick warehouse route near some spawns
Depending on your initial spawn, it’s possible to finish the quest without ever touching Medical or the Seed Vault. Some runs drop you close to a storage or warehouse area linked by a zipline right out of spawn.
From those spawns, a simple pattern is:
- Ignore the main door in front of you and immediately take the zipline down to the lower warehouse floor.
- At the bottom, move forward a short distance to find the first android lying on the ground, often with another lootable container right beside it.
- Continue deeper into the warehouse and check the floor to your right for a second android.
- Push a little further into the aisles and catwalks to find a small cluster of android corpses; at least one is usually searchable and will make up your third.
All three quest interactions can sit within a compact rectangle in this storage wing, which makes it one of the easiest clears when you happen to spawn nearby.
How to stay alive long enough to search androids
Stella Montis is more dangerous than the surface maps because you’re fighting indoors with tight angles and limited room to kite. Almost every path is a potential funnel straight into Arc patrols or other teams. In My Image pushes you into busy, high-value areas, so expect company.
The main threats are:
- Shredders – heavily armed “janitor” bots that can knock you down in a single volley at close range. Treat them as mini-bosses and avoid unnecessary fights, especially if you’re running a free kit.
- Ticks – small, fast enemies that can jump you while you’re mid-search on an android, interrupting the interaction and potentially killing you.
- Other raiders – players racing for the same android bodies who may decide it’s easier to clear you out than share.
Given that you’re not trying to extract valuables, a minimal, disposable loadout is usually the best choice. That way, if you die to a Shredder while rummaging through a corpse, all you’ve lost is a few minutes. The quest progress remains, as long as you reach the main menu after interacting with the androids.
Two practical habits help:
- Check the raid timer when you load in. If you’re dropped into a match with only a few minutes gone and you’re reasonably close to Medical Research or the Seed Vault, commit. If the clock is already heavily drained and you’re spawning on the wrong side of the map, back out and requeue.
- When you start searching an android, clear nearby Ticks and listen for players. It’s often worth an extra few seconds of caution to avoid getting interrupted halfway through the interaction.
Tracking progress and turning the quest in
Quest progress updates as soon as you finish each search. To check it mid-raid:
- Open the map screen.
- Look at the quest list on the left; In My Image will show a counter like “2/3 androids searched”.
Once you hit 3/3, you can safely die, surrender, or extract. There is no requirement to survive or carry anything out. After the raid ends and you’re back in Sparza, talk to Lance in the clinic to hand the quest in and claim your reward.
From there, Lance’s questline continues into follow-up tasks that push you deeper into Stella Montis, but the most painful part—figuring out where to find three androids in this maze—should be behind you.
