ARC Raiders: Tracks of the Beast Walkthrough on Pendola Pass

Tracks of the Beast is a reconnaissance job for Shani on the frozen Pendola Pass map, added in the Frozen Trail update. She wants eyes on the unfamiliar machines roaming the stretch between the Northern Tracks and the Fallen Emperor wreck before anyone tries to breach the Emperor. You visit two points of interest and mark two ARC units. No kills are required to finish the mandatory part.

Quick answer: In one raid, enter Pendola Pass and make your way to Northern Tracks; from there, travel southwest to Almatera Station. Target one Bully and one Skulker, clicking the middle mouse button to ping each. Extract, then claim your reward at Shani’s desk in Speranza.

Requirements and the starting kit

Shani offers Tracks of the Beast once you clear Exploring Pendola Pass, so complete the earlier quests in that chain first. All the tasks take place on Pendola Pass, so deploy there rather than on one of the older maps.

ARC Raiders trader menu with the Barricade Kit selected in the grid and its details panel on the right. — Apollo’s Grenades & Gadgets Trades tab shows the Barricade Kit, a quick use Uncommon item with 500 Health that costs 1,920 Coins and unlocks at level 7.

Taking the quest provides a small kit for you to bring on the raid.

2x Lure Grenade
3x Adrenaline Shot

Finish all four required objectives during one raid. Make sure you visit both locations and tag both machines before extracting.

Complete the four mandatory objectives

The route crosses the map’s northern area, around Railroad Junction and Frozen River. Visit the two locations first, then search the open ground around Almatera Station for the machines.

In Pendola Pass’s northern section, make for the Northern Tracks point of interest. Follow the rail lines and abandoned train coaches to reach it. If it is not visible on your map, zoom out fully. Entering the vicinity completes the objective automatically; there is nothing to interact with.

At the tracks’ terminus, locate the wrecked station: Almatera Station, in the map’s northwest. Despite its name, the site is not on the far northern edge, so turn southwest after Northern Tracks instead of continuing north. Arriving at the ruins completes the step. Go inside, and search the derelict trains as you pass for extra supplies.

Ping a Bully. This large, quick ground machine patrols near points of interest, and one is often close to Almatera Station. Find cover with a clear sightline, target the machine, and activate ping (the default on PC is the middle mouse button). You do not have to damage it.

A Bully’s body strike deals 85 damage, and it can close in fast. Ping it from cover, then move on instead of exchanging fire in the open.

Ping a Skulker. Smaller than a Bully, it rides low like a futuristic remote-control car; its pale shell blends into the snow. Listen for its noises while searching the open fields by Almatera Station. Aim at a Skulker and ping it as before. Tagging both machine types finishes the mandatory objectives.

Pinging the remains of a Skulker you have already destroyed can also register for this objective, so you are covered even if you kill one before tagging it.

Optional objectives: three Skulker kills and a Targeter

The quest has two optional objectives. Leave them both unfinished to keep to the quiet recon route, or complete them for the bonus rewards. Each involves a Skulker, the easier machine to fight.

When facing three Skulkers, focus fire on the vulnerable central weapon turret or the thrusters to bring them down quickly. Heavy Ammo options like the Bantam, Anvil, and Bettina make short work of them. Each Skulker’s gatling gun inflicts 12 damage per hit, so don’t let multiple ones shoot at you simultaneously.

Gun Shop trade menu with a tooltip over Heavy Ammo listing compatible weapons, stack 10/60, weight 0.5 and value 120. — The Gun Shop trades screen at Tian Wen shows a tooltip for Heavy Ammo, compatible with Bettina, Ferro, Bantam and Anvil.

A Skulker wreck may contain a Skulker Targeter. If you have a Safe Pocket, store the item there; then extract and deliver it to Shani in Speranza to finish the second optional task. Pick up the Targeter during your hunt for three Skulker kills to avoid making another trip.

Tracks of the Beast rewards

Reward type	Items
Base	3x Showstopper, 1x Grappling Hook, 5,000 XP
Optional	1x Skulker Targeter, 1x Wolfpack

The Epic Wolfpack grenade scatters into homing missiles, each dealing 166 explosive damage within a 100m range, which makes the extra Skulker farming worthwhile if you want a strong anti-ARC tool.

Turn in the job and what unlocks next

After pinging both machines, the quest tracker marks each objective as confirmed. Use any exit or raider hatch to extract, then return to Shani’s quest desk in Speranza and select Claim on the reward screen. The mission is marked complete afterward.

Clearing Tracks of the Beast opens up Bait, Fetch, Blast from Apollo and Belly of the Beast from Shani, both of which continue the push toward the Fallen Emperor.

Dim market hall seen from above with labels marking trader locations such as Clinic, Gun Shop, Security and Grenades & Gadgets. — The TRADERS screen overlooks the market hall and labels Celeste, Lance (Clinic), Apollo (Grenades & Gadgets), Tian Wen (Gun Shop), Shani (Security) and an Unknown trader.