Barricades are introduced to protect you from raiders’ fire in ARC Raiders, not turn you into a lock-pick ghost. But since the game’s release, a strange exploit called the ‘barricade glitch‘ has let players break into sealed rooms and loot high-tier gear without a single keycard. You can either call it a clever trick or a quick way to get your account wiped.
What is the Barricade Glitch in ARC Raiders?
The barricade glitch is an exploit that lets players clip through locked doors and sealed areas using the deployable barricade gadget. Normally, you use these metal panels to block entrances or create temporary cover in fights. But with a trick or game bug, players can force their character through solid walls and walk directly into restricted rooms.
The locked doors require keycards to unlock, but you bypass them to get to loot-heavy locations like hospitals, control centers, or hidden bunkers. Inside, you can find purple-tier or powerful gear, which you should have usually collected endgame through normal playthrough. But thanks to the glitch, it’s currently (until fixed) an underground farming method, or call it “printing money.”
How the Barricade Glitch Works?
You place a barricade close to your character, and the game’s physics engine pushes you out of the object’s collision zone. If done near a locked door or wall, it often forces your character through the surface instead of away from it.
It was first discovered as a duo method, where one teammate places the barricade and the other stands tight against the locked door. The deployed object then nudges them through. Players later found that it can also be solo, in which you need to deploy two or three Barricade Kits in front at the right angle, crouch or move into position, and let the gadget push your character’s body into the room. Once inside, you can open the door from the panel for your squad.
It’s messy, inconsistent, and might take a while, but it works, and since barricades can be dismantled and reused, the same gadgets can open dozens of locked rooms in one match to get hands on free high-tier loot without the grind. On the other side of these doors are usually purple drops, rare crafting materials, or key quest items. When combined with nighttime raids (where loot spawns double), you can even walk out with tens of thousands of coins per run. For a looter-shooter built on risk and reward, that’s game-breaking. Whole squads can farm restricted spots and flood the economy with top-level equipment.
Is the Barricade Door Glitch Safe to Use in ARC Raider?
No, it’s not safe. Embark Studios hasn’t banned anyone yet, but the community stance is clear — if you exploit the barricade glitch, you should get a full account reset, meaning you’ll lose progress, coins, blueprints, and equipment.
Further, players who performed the glitch on live stream received heat from the community and risk getting reported. Since the devs have a strong anti-cheat policy and server-side item tracking, they’ll likely log who is accessing restricted loot rooms without keys. Even if you get away with it now, the glitch leaves a permanent footprint in server data.
Content creators who tested the glitch said Embark Studio will be rolling out fixes in the next updates. Until then, using the glitch is a gamble. Some players tried it just to confirm if and how it works, but doing it repeatedly will draw developer attention.
Should You Try the Barricade Glitch?
We don’t recommend but you can do it at your own risk. It sounds exciting to get early access to awesome loot or skip the grind for keycards, but with the developers aware of the bug and the community calling for account wipes, the risk isn’t worth the reward. The locked rooms are restricted areas you unlock with required items, and if you exploit them with tricks, it not only breaks the gameplay loop but will gets you flagged. Until the devs patch it out, it’s best to play it safe, get your loot the right way, and leave the Barricade Kits for cover where they’re meant to be used.
