ARC Raiders Research Points: how to get and spend

ARC Raiders Research Points pay toward selected Research Station unlocks. Bring back eligible research items, inspect the station's conversion options and check the complete target cost before committing them.

A useful spending order

1. Unlock access through the Outpost project. ARC Raiders Research Station: unlock and costs separates access, installation and later upgrades.
2. Inspect the item you intend to convert. Reserve any copies needed as upgrade materials.
3. Find the blueprint or design you actually want in the station catalogue.
4. Read its points, materials, station level and any task together. A sufficient point balance does not satisfy the other gates.
5. Prefer a useful, reachable target over points spent merely to clear a menu marker.

How many points do I need?

Single source catalogue examples: ARC Scrappy lists the level-1 Grappling Hook Blueprint at 2,000 points and Bantam Blueprint at 3,000. These are target costs, not item-conversion payouts. The live station may also require materials; check its complete entry.

UNSURE: we have not independently reconciled every research item payout or all current targets. Research offers selected unlocks, not a proven replacement for every blueprint drop. A missing target will not necessarily appear because you farm more points.

Related: ARC Raiders beginner guide: your first safe return, ARC Raiders Research Station: unlock and costs, ARC Raiders what to keep, sell or recycle, ARC Raiders Grappling Hook: craft and use, ARC Raiders Frigate Inductor: where to look.