Level 75 Without a Single Kill: How I Play Arc Raiders Differently

I have 130+ hours in Arc Raiders. I'm level 75. I have 37 Raider revivals. And I have zero knocks, zero kills.

Not because I'm bad at shooters. Because I don't shoot back.

How I Got Here

About a month ago I saw Burnt Peanut on a YouTube Short and tuned into his stream. Watched him play Arc Raiders and something about the game clicked. I mentioned it to my nephews and they told me it was good, so I started watching more videos and eventually just tried it.

I was hooked instantly.

But here's the thing. I've never been a PvP guy. I play Death Stranding. I play Cyberpunk. Strategy games. I've never been a COD type player grinding kill death ratios. So when I dropped into Arc Raiders for the first time, I just didn't shoot at other Raiders. And I never started.

The Ghost Combat Medic

My loadout is simple. Anvil 4, Renegade 4, ziplines, Snaphook, hatch keys, and as many heals, shields, and adrenaline as I can carry. Survival augment. I'm not built to fight players. I'm built to survive and help.

Dam Battlegrounds is my home. That's where I learned the game, learned the spawns, learned the cache spots and case locations. I run Spaceport and Buried City too. I tried Blue Gate once and got killed by ARC immediately so that's still on the to do list.

A typical run for me is surveying from the outskirts, working my way in, hitting cache spots and case spawns, and keeping my head down. When I see a Raider flare nearby I move toward it. Sometimes I get there in time. Sometimes I can't find them. Sometimes other Raiders are already there saying nobody went down.

But when I do get there, during a Harvester event, a Matriarch fight, when someone's down and their squad is busy, that's the moment. That's why I play. 37 revivals and counting.

The Reality of Zero Kills

People think playing pacifist is some kind of peaceful zen experience. It's not. It's harder than PvP.

At any moment anyone can drop me. I've been put down a handful of times. Early on I'd get mad about it. Now I'm just disappointed. But every time it happens it proves the point. I'm still the friendliest Raider out there.

ARC kills me more than other players do but Raiders have gotten me too. I have never once shot back. Not once.

Sometimes when a Raider rolls up on me I stop running. I walk toward them and tell them I'm not shooting back. I used to say "this is going to be a great kill," kind of throwing it back at them. I've mellowed out on that. Now I'm more calm about it. And honestly? Sometimes they leave me alone. They realize I'm not a threat and just move on.

I team up when I have keys or blueprints to give away. If ARC is attacking another squad and I'm nearby I jump in to help. That's the gameplay loop for me. Not extraction PvP but extraction cooperation.

130 Hours to Level 75

It took me about 130 hours of playtime to hit level 75. When I got there I genuinely thought I'd never make it. The PvE grind when you're playing solo and not engaging other Raiders is slow. You don't get kill XP. You don't get knock XP. Everything comes from extractions, missions, caches, and the occasional revive.

Right now I'm working on the new Trials and building out my Trophy Case. The Expedition wipe is at 54 days and I'm not doing it. I just got here. I just hit 75. I'm not ready to give that up yet. Maybe next time around but right now I want to enjoy what I've built.

Why I Play This Way

Playing like me is harder than PvP. Full stop. The grind is brutal when you're doing everything the slow way, the PvE way, the first time around way. You're not running meta loadouts designed to wipe squads. You're running survival gear hoping to make it to extraction alive.

But that tension, knowing it's you against everyone and everything, is a rush. Every extraction feels earned. Every revive matters. Every time a hostile Raider walks past you because they realized you're not a threat, that's a moment you don't get playing the normal way.

If you want to try this know what you're signing up for. You have to like problem solving. You have to like stealth. You have to be okay with the fact that you're going to get killed by people who don't care that you're friendly. And you have to enjoy the grind for what it is. Slow, hard, and entirely yours.

I'm Scorp. Zero knocks, zero kills, and I'm not changing.