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Apex Legends Loot Guide: How to Loot Faster and Smarter
This guide provides practical tips for improving looting efficiency and inventory management in Apex Legends. It covers strategies for acquiring weapons, ammo, healing items, and attachments, as well as advice on managing death boxes and optimizing rotations, incorporating changes from Season 30.
DayZ: Badlands Gets New Trailer Showcasing Survival, Loot, and The Rebuilding System
Bohemia Interactive has released a new trailer for the upcoming DayZ: Badlands expansion, confirming its release date of October 15th. The expansion introduces new survival mechanics like dehydration and scarce water, regional clothing, and enhanced personal radios for decoding loot locations. It also features a rebuilding system allowing players to fortify dilapidated structures. DayZ: Badlands will be available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Marathon's experimental new mode lets you scavenge alone, but only for a little while
Bungie has launched a new experimental mode for Marathon called Sponsored Survival as part of its Season 2 update. This mode allows a single player to scavenge and fight bots in a low-risk environment for 18 minutes before facing other players or new enemy types. The developer is also testing a second PvE mode and considering a purely PvP-focused mode in the future.
I found 200 Crude Gold Bars in a single spot in Crimson Desert, which amounts to 1,500 silver for only ten minutes of…
This guide details how players can find approximately 200 Crude Gold Bars in the Harpy Nest location within Crimson Desert's Pailune region. Selling these bars to a specific merchant in Vellua can yield around 1,500 silver, making exploration more lucrative. The article also suggests that these items may respawn and mentions another potential loot spot in the Vault of Vengeance.
How to sell items and loot in Windrose
This guide explains how to sell items and loot in Windrose by detailing which vendors accept specific goods. Players must find the correct faction vendors, such as the Brethren of the Coast, Rogue Buccaneers, People of Tortuga, or Smugglers of Port Royal, to sell items like crafting materials, animal heads, and contraband for in-game currency.
Marathon’s latest update makes a major quality of life change to in-match looting
Marathon's latest update, version 1.0.6.1, introduces significant quality-of-life improvements, primarily focused on in-match looting and bug fixes. Key changes include doubling the stack size for Depleted Patch Kits and Depleted Shield Charges to six, increasing daily stock limits for certain Sponsored Kits, and improving the drop rate of healing items from Recruits. The update also addresses several combat and user interface issues.
The Stream Team: Portal hopping in Planet Crafter
Massively OP's MJ Guthrie is exploring the portal-hopping mechanics in Planet Crafter, finding cool new areas filled with loot. She enjoys scratching her explorer itch while simultaneously filling her storage. The article also lists upcoming streams featuring other games like Crystalfall, Warframe, Guild Wars 2, and Star Trek Online.
"Coin pusher roguelike" Raccoin sells over 100K units on Steam in 24 hours
The coin pusher roguelike Raccoin has achieved over 100,000 unit sales on Steam within its first 24 hours of release. Developed by Doraccoon and published by Playstack, the game combines arcade coin pusher mechanics with roguelike and deckbuilding elements. Separately, Embark Studios released the Flashpoint update for Arc Raiders, which aims to improve the looting experience by prioritizing players with custom loadouts for fresh servers.
Arc Raiders' Flashpoint update addresses a major player complaint, throwing geared players into less games in-progress
Embark Studios' latest update for Arc Raiders, titled Flashpoint, introduces changes to how geared players are matched into games. Players who equip valuable loadouts are now more likely to join fresh servers, addressing complaints about joining in-progress matches where loot has already been scavenged. This update also includes new enemies, weapons, and in-game events, alongside increased loot value in locked rooms.
How to loot bird’s nests in ARC Raiders
This guide explains how to find and loot bird's nests in ARC Raiders, a task for the Week 22 trials. Nests only appear on rooftops in the Buried City map when the 'Bird City' modifier is active. Looting nests provides XP towards Epic-grade rewards and can yield valuable items like credits, resources, and ammo.
ARC Raiders Guide to Completing the Controlled Access Zone Puzzle
This guide details how to complete the Controlled Access Zone puzzle in ARC Raiders' Dam Battlegrounds map, a high-risk, high-reward area requiring significant teamwork. Players must find and insert a Fuel Cell, simultaneously press four hidden buttons, and then repair a final door with various materials to access valuable loot, emphasizing coordination and speed to survive against other players.
How Black Ops Royale is Reviving a Fan-Favorite Call of Duty Experience
Call of Duty: Warzone introduces a new mode called Black Ops Royale, supporting up to 100 players in 25 squads. This mode emphasizes equal footing by removing Loadouts, Buy Stations, and in-game cash, requiring players to scavenge for weapons and upgrade them through rarity tiers.
How Black Ops Royale is Reviving a Fan-Favorite Call of Duty Experience
Call of Duty: Warzone introduces a new mode called Black Ops Royale, designed to offer a fresh Battle Royale experience for up to 100 players in squads of four. This mode emphasizes equal footing by removing Loadouts, Buy Stations, and in-game cash, requiring players to scavenge for weapons and upgrade them through rarity tiers.
Best Marathon faction upgrades and how to unlock them
This guide details the best faction upgrades in Marathon, focusing on those from CyberAcme, NuCaloric, and Sekiguchi for early-game benefits and essential Armory items. It explains how to unlock these upgrades by increasing faction rank through contracts and meeting salvage requirements, noting that progress resets seasonally.
How to complete the Marathon Cutthroat Competition Traxus contract
This guide details how to complete the Traxus Cutthroat Competition contract in Marathon by finding rod salvage on the Dire Marsh map. Players need to collect Deimosite Rods, Cetinite Rods, or Ballistic Turbines, primarily found in the Maintenance area or Arms Lockers, and successfully exfil in a single run. The guide suggests prioritizing the Maintenance POI for reliable spawns and utilizing the Thief's X-Ray Vision trait for easier loot detection.
How To Increase Your Backpack Inventory Size In Marathon
In the extraction shooter Marathon, increasing backpack inventory size is crucial for carrying more loot. The only way to expand inventory is by equipping better backpacks, which can be found through looting or purchased from the Armory after unlocking specific skills. These backpacks offer additional slots beyond the default eight, with rarer versions providing up to 24 extra slots.
Best Marathon faction upgrades to unlock first
This guide details the best faction upgrades to unlock first in Marathon, a brutal extraction shooter. It recommends prioritizing CyberAcme's Expansion upgrade for increased vault space and Informant.exe for better data card rewards. Other key upgrades include those that enhance stamina, shields, and agility, along with specific Rook capstone upgrades that provide significant starting advantages.
Arc Raiders devs had to nerf the blueprint drop rate because players are too good at finding them: 'First Wave caches have been handing out a lot of blueprints'
Embark has nerfed the blueprint drop rate in Arc Raiders due to players finding them too easily, particularly from First Wave Caches. To compensate, the developers are increasing the drop rates for higher-tier materials within caches, making it easier to craft better gear.
How to get a Breathtaking Snowglobe in Arc Raiders
This guide explains how to find the rare Breathtaking Snowglobe trinket in the game Arc Raiders. Players are advised to search sealed loot rooms and chimney nests, particularly in the Buried City area, and to prioritize running the 'Bird City' map condition to increase the chance of finding these valuable items.
