Arc Raiders PvP Tips: Weapons and Items by Their Own Text

Arc Raiders PvP tips from each weapon's wiki figures and each item's own text: weapons by range, healing, stamina, smoke and tags, with no weapon ranked.

Category: Strategy · Updated 2 November 2026

Arc Raiders PvP tips, from the weapons' wiki pages and each item's own text: each weapon's effective range, what the healing items restore, and what smoke and tags do, since smoke blocks sight and a tag lets you briefly track where Raiders are. This guide ranks no weapon, because the pages it reads give figures, not rankings. Matchmaking, downed Raiders and what a death costs are on the PvP combat page.

Shotguns and the Bobcat

The Il Toro and the Vulcano are Shotguns on Shotgun Ammo, with effective ranges of 20 m and 26 m at tier I on their wiki pages. The Il Toro's item text says it has a large bullet spread, sharp falloff and high damage output, and the Vulcano's says it has good bullet spread but sharp falloff. The Bobcat is a Fully-Automatic SMG on Light Ammo with a 44 m effective range on its wiki page, and its text says it has a high fire rate but low accuracy.

Assault Rifles and the Venator

The Arpeggio and the Tempest share Medium Ammo and a 55.9 m effective range at tier I, and the Arpeggio vs Tempest comparison sets out how they differ. The Venator is a Semi-Automatic Pistol on Medium Ammo with a 48.4 m effective range on its wiki page, and its text says it fires two shots at a time.

The Jupiter and the Osprey

By their wiki pages, the Jupiter deals 60 damage per shot with 5 rounds on Energy Clips, and the Osprey I 45 damage with 8 rounds on Medium Ammo. Their wiki pages give effective ranges of 71.7 m and 80.3 m. The Jupiter's own text calls it a bolt-action sniper rifle with exceptional damage output and accuracy, but slow handling.

Healing, Stamina and Revives

An Adrenaline Shot's text says it fully restores stamina and temporarily increases stamina regeneration. Bandages and Herbal Bandages each gradually restore health over time, and a Shield Recharger gradually recharges your shield, by their item text. A Defibrillator quickly revives a downed Raider and restores some health, by its item text. The wiki's Getting Started page says using Bandages or a Shield Recharger takes a few seconds in which you cannot hold a weapon, which it calls not something to try in the middle of a fight.

Smoke and Tags

A Smoke Grenade creates a lingering smoke cloud on impact that blocks visibility from ARC and other Raiders, per its item text. A Tagging Grenade detonates after a delay and tags Raiders and ARC enemies in an area, so you can briefly track their location, by its item text. The Firecracker's own text says only that it sparks and pops, so this guide claims nothing else for it.