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where to find comet igniter arc raiders

You get the Comet Igniter in ARC Raiders by hunting the new Comet ARC enemy and looting it before it explodes.

What the Comet Igniter Is For

  • Comet Igniter is a special resource tied to the Weather Monitoring System / Shrouded Sky project.
  • It only drops from the Comet ARC, a small, fast, rolling enemy that behaves like an aggressive suicide bot.

How to Make Comets Spawn

To find Comet Igniter, you first need Comets to appear:

  • Play raids with the Hurricane weather condition active; Comets are strongly associated with this event and show up frequently there.
  • Comets crash from the sky into outdoor areas, leaving a short visible trail or impact effect as they land before they start patrolling.
  • They do not spawn on the fully indoor map Stella Montis.

Best Maps and Hot Spots

You can technically find Comets on most outdoor maps, but players consistently report clusters in a few zones:

  • Buried City
    • North of Plaza Rosa , near the Santa Maria houses and other open streets.
* Open parks and plazas where you have clear sky and long sightlines.
  • Dam Battlegrounds
    • Around the Control Tower POI and nearby open platforms.
* During Hurricane events, between the **water treatment elevator** and the **primary facility** , plus surface areas near the swamp.
  • Blue Gate
    • Around Checkpoint and Village , including surrounding fields and roads.
* Near the **head house** , warehouse complex, and warehouse air shaft; several Comets can patrol here at once.
  • Spaceport (if available in your rotation)
    • Between large buildings, near parking areas, and along open approaches to big structures.
* Reports mention spots below the **power gen complex** , near staff parking, inside the **rocket assembly building** ground floor, and near **launch towers**.

How to Recognize and Fight Comets

  • Visually, they look like a small rolling ARC ball , similar in shape to Surveyors but more armored and explosive.
  • Once they notice you, they rush in and self-destruct , dealing heavy damage or outright killing you if you are not careful.
  • They patrol open ground; if you stay to roads, fields, parks, and plazas you’re more likely to see them than in tunnels or tight interiors.

Combat tips (so they actually drop Igniters)

To get a Comet Igniter, you must kill the Comet before it explodes ; if it self-destructs, you lose the drop.

  • Engage at medium to long range so you have time before it reaches you.
  • Use burst damage or explosives (weapons like Hullcracker or strong seekers) to quickly break its armor and hit its core.
  • Use verticality or kiting routes :
    • Climb ladders, ramps, or platforms and force it to path awkwardly while you shoot.
* At Spaceport and Dam, ramps and multi-level catwalks give you safe reset angles.

Once the Comet is destroyed without self-detonating:

  1. Run up to the wreck.
  2. Loot the body to grab the Comet Igniter.
  3. Extract safely to keep the item and progress your Weather Monitor System project.

Quick Step-by-Step Route Example

If you just want a fast farm loop:

  1. Queue into a raid with Hurricane weather active.
  1. Pick Blue Gate or Buried City if available.
  2. Run a loop through:
    • Blue Gate: Checkpoint → Village → warehouses / air shaft.
 * Buried City: North of Plaza Rosa and other open plazas/parks.
  1. Scan skies and open ground for a rolling ball-like ARC or fresh impact trails.
  2. Burst it down before it reaches you, loot, then repeat another loop.

Bottom note: Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.

TL;DR: Queue Hurricane raids, search outdoor hotspots on Buried City, Dam Battlegrounds, and Blue Gate, then destroy Comets before they blow up and loot their bodies to get Comet Igniters.