How to get the Showstopper Blueprint in Arc Raiders

The Showstopper is one of the strongest crowd-control grenades in Arc Raiders, and the Showstopper Blueprint is the only way to craft it on demand. It delivers a delayed blast that not only damages targets but also stuns them, which is extremely valuable when you need breathing room to revive teammates or focus down a boss.

How the Showstopper Blueprint drops

The Showstopper Blueprint is a general world loot drop. It behaves like most other non-quest blueprints in Arc Raiders: a rare item that can appear in high-value containers and special loot boxes across all five maps.

There is no fixed quest reward or guaranteed single location. Instead, the blueprint can drop from:

• High-value containers in major points of interest on any map
• Security lockers in “high value” buildings
• Rusted or breachable loot boxes in contested zones
• Raider-oriented containers such as Raider Caches and grenade-related containers

Players report finding the Showstopper Blueprint:

• In red security lockers inside the Warehouse Complex on Blue Gate
• In lockers inside high-value buildings across various maps
• In breachable boxes in the north yellow zone of Dam Battlegrounds

Blueprints, in general, have a low base drop chance, roughly in the low single-digit percentages per eligible container. The Showstopper Blueprint follows that pattern, so it is normal to farm for several raids before seeing it.

Best places and containers to farm the Showstopper Blueprint

Because the blueprint is part of the regular loot pool, the most efficient way to chase it is to lean into systems that already boost blueprint drops, then favor the container types that roll blueprints more often.

Focus on high-value areas and heavy container density

Blueprints tend to show up more often in regions marked as high-value loot, especially where there are many large containers that roll multiple items at once. On each map, some locations stand out:

• Dam Battlegrounds – Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments have large numbers of containers. The residential blocks in the north are particularly dense and slightly out of the way, which means more uninterrupted looting.
• Buried City – Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and buildings in the New District combine weapon cases, security lockers, and general containers.
• Spaceport – Arrival and Departure Buildings, Control Tower A6, and the Launch Towers are all high-value zones with security lockers at or near the tops of key structures.
• Blue Gate – Pilgrim's Peak, Raider's Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse are stacked with multi-item containers. One confirmed Showstopper Blueprint drop came from a red locker in the Warehouse Complex on this map.
• Stella Montis – Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center have the best container density here, with some extra security lockers in the Western Tunnel.

Running routes through these locations increases your total container count per raid, which in turn raises your odds of rolling the Showstopper Blueprint, even if nothing guarantees it in a single run.

Prioritize container types that favor blueprint drops

Not every box is equal. Certain container types are disproportionately likely to hold blueprints, including Showstopper:

• Security Lockers – These are among the most reliable blueprint sources. High-value buildings in places like Blue Gate and Dam Battlegrounds often hide a few of them, sometimes behind the Security Breach skill requirement.
• Raider containers – Raider Caches, weapon boxes, medical bags, and grenade tubes have an elevated chance to roll blueprints. Events that reveal or spawn extra Raider Caches are especially lucrative.
• Rusted and breachable boxes – Players have pulled Showstopper from breachable crates in the yellow zone of Dam Battlegrounds and from rusted or breach doors in residential areas on multiple maps.
• Large “multi-roll” containers – Any chest or locker that spits out several items at once slightly improves the chance that one roll comes up as a blueprint.

Use Night Raids and storms to nudge the odds

While the Showstopper Blueprint does not require a specific event, some global conditions seem to raise the spawn rate of rare blueprints in general.

• Night Raids – Night runs increase the chance of higher-rarity loot in containers. Grenade blueprints benefit from this boost.
• Electromagnetic Storms – Storms behave similarly, pushing container loot toward more unusual drops, including rare blueprints.

Combining Night Raids or storms with routes through high-value areas packed with security lockers and raider containers gives you the highest practical chance of rolling Showstopper in a reasonable number of attempts.

How Trials and Surveyors fit into blueprint farming

The Showstopper Blueprint itself is not tied to a known quest or specific Trial, but it sits inside the same loot ecosystem that makes other blueprints more common when you engage with late-game systems.

• Trials – Weekly Trials, unlocked from around mid-character levels, reward crates that can roll very high-end loot, including blueprints. While there is no fixed Showstopper reward, consistently hitting three stars across Trials every week adds more blueprint rolls on top of regular raids.
• Surveyors – Large ARC Surveyors, especially on Spaceport and Blue Gate, can drop unusual blueprints when destroyed and looted. Showstopper is a grenade-focused item, so it is not singled out here, but killing Surveyors during a blueprint grind is still worthwhile.

These systems are best treated as complementary. They do not replace container farming, but they do stack more loot rolls over time.

How to learn and use the Showstopper Blueprint

Once you extract with the Showstopper Blueprint, it functions like any other blueprint in Arc Raiders.

Step 1: From the lobby, open your inventory. Locate the Showstopper Blueprint, which appears as a book-like item rather than a grenade.

Step 2: Select the blueprint and use the “Learn and Consume” action. This permanently unlocks the Showstopper recipe in your Workshop, and the blueprint item disappears after use.

Step 3: Head to your Workshop and go to the Explosives Station. Make sure you have it upgraded to the required level for Showstopper crafting.

Showstopper crafting requirements

The Showstopper grenade is crafted at Explosives Station 3. Once the blueprint is learned, the recipe calls for:

Step 1: Upgrade your Explosives Station to level 3 if you have not already. This often requires previous blueprints and a stockpile of base materials.

Step 2: Farm Advanced Electrical Components by looting technical crates, dismantling certain gear, and regularly hitting industrial POIs and research-focused buildings.

Step 3: Collect Voltage Converters from high-tech containers and late-map structures. They are less common, so consider banking them specifically for Showstopper and other high-impact explosives.

Step 4: Return to the Explosives Station 3, select the Showstopper recipe, and craft as many grenades as your materials allow.

Why the Showstopper is worth the grind

The Showstopper stands out because it performs two jobs at once. The delayed explosion gives you time to set up, and when it detonates, it both damages and stuns grouped enemies. That combination locks down ARC Surveyors, Rocketeers, and raider squads long enough for teammates to reposition, heal, or finish priority targets.

Early on, some quests hand out a limited number of Showstopper grenades as consumable rewards. Those drops help you learn the grenade’s timing and radius, but they do not unlock the crafting recipe. The blueprint is the long-term goal that turns Showstopper into a repeatable part of your kit rather than a one-off reward.

Expect the blueprint to feel rare. Treat each high-value building or locker route as part of a long-term project, not a single-session objective, and always keep a safe pocket available so you do not lose the blueprint on extraction. Once it finally drops and the recipe is unlocked, Showstopper becomes one of the most reliable panic buttons you can bring into any raid.