If you’ve noticed the Lush Blooms event active on your map, you’ve been in one of the most profitable windows in ARC Raiders. It’s a temporary world state that floods the map with high-tier Natural or biological loot, and you will find more items than usual from plants, trees, and specific containers. Want to make the most of this special event? You should prepare ahead of time, so you know what’s the situation and where to find all the extra loot. Here’s everything you need to know to level up your haul during this time-limited map modifier.
When Does Lush Blooms Activate in ARC Raiders?
Lush Blooms is a dynamic event that can randomly trigger on four ARC Raiders maps: Blue Gate, Spaceport, Buried City, and Dam Battlegrounds. For 45 minutes under this map condition, the Raiders in the match get the benefits of a loot boost for Nature items as the game increases the spawn rates and drop quantities for these resources.
This includes everything organic—fruits like Lemons and Apricots, crafting materials such as Agave, Prickly Pears, Olives, Seeds, and different mushrooms. These Supplies can either be sold for Coins (like 10 Apricots sell for 6,400 Coins) or required for the Expedition Projects. While the difficulty of the maps stays the same (e.g., Dam Battlegrounds remains a 2/5 threat level), the potential payout for a successful extraction skyrockets if you know where to find Nature products.
Remember, Lush Blooms doesn’t increase industrial crates, weapon boxes, or mechanical loot. To get the most out of it, you need to shift your looting habits. During the event, you will see small, light brown Wicker Baskets spawn around residential areas, camps, and Nature Points of Interest. They are very easy to miss because they blend in with the dirt and grass, but these baskets should be your priority target. They have the highest density of Nature loot during the modifier, and often drop rare herbs or large stacks of common plants.
When you interact with fruit trees or bushes during Lush Blooms, you don’t just get a single item. The quantity of drop items will be doubled or tripled. Interacting with the tree will shake it, and the fruits or mushrooms will fall to the ground. You have to manually pick up the dropped materials, so don’t run off before collecting your payday.
Best Nature Loot and Plant Locations
Although the map modifier spans the whole map, certain POIs are more dense with vegetation, as you’ll have to focus on loot type-specific areas, like you do to find any other item in ARC Raiders.
- Dam Battlegrounds: Hydroponic Dome Complex on the Dam map has a lot of plant clusters and Wicker Baskets. If that area is too crowded, visit the islands scattered around Red Lake to farm Apricots for a big profit.
- Blue Gate: If you spawn here, head to the Olive Grove, which is a consistent source of Olives. Trapper’s Glade should be your backup choice, especially for seeds and mushrooms.
- Buried City & Spaceport: These maps are generally drier, so the strategy demands a slight change. You will have to look for desert-style vegetation on these maps, such as Prickly Pears and Agave. In Buried City, check the deserts in the southern part of the map. Spaceport is rocky and sparse terrain, so you’ll be hunting for healing herbs rather than dense orchards.
The difficulty ratings for maps don’t change during Lush Blooms, so plan your gear accordingly. You will likely encounter other Raiders with the same loot farming mind and have to kill deadly ARCs, especially in high-value places like the Hydroponic Dome.
