Dam Battlegrounds

Dam Battlegrounds: the wiki's Maps page lists a 30 minute raid with no unlock requirement. Alcantara Power Plant, or "The Dam", stands as a silent sentinel amidst a toxic, waterlogged land.

• Difficulty 2 per the wiki's Maps page
• Points of interest: 41

Overview

Per the wiki, Dam Battlegrounds is the first playable map, built around a crumbling dam that splits swampland and forest. The map data marks white, orange and red loot zones on its markers: Red Lakes is the one it records as red, and Generator Hall, Power Generation Complex, Hydroponic Dome Complex, Control Tower and Research & Administration are recorded as orange.

Loot strategy

The map data marks Testing Annex, Pale Apartments and South Swamp Outpost as white zones. Locked rooms need their keys: the Control Tower door takes the Dam Control Tower Key, the staff room in Research & Administration the Dam Staff Room Key, the Testing Annex door the Dam Testing Annex Key, and the Dam Surveillance Room in the Water Treatment Control building the Dam Surveillance Key. The wiki's Dam Battlegrounds page calls the Controlled Access Zone a high-value loot area, opened by a switch puzzle and then a deposit of items. Quests send you here too: Medical Merchandise to the medical room in Research & Administration.

Extraction tips

Extraction points marked on the map: North Complex Elevator, Central Swamp Lift, Water Treatment, Water Treatment Elevator, Red Lakes Balcony Lift, Sunroof Hatch, Pump House Hatch, Spillway Hatch and Dead Old Baron's Hatch. Hatch markers need a Raider Hatch Key. Plan your route to end near one, and check its approach before you call it.

ARC encounters

The map marks Red Lakes as an ARC spawn area. Per the wiki, the Harvester map condition spawns a Harvester structure guarded by a Queen at a fixed location. Bring weapons for both close and mid range, since routes run from building interiors to open swamp.

Recommended loadout

Bring a rifle for the open swamp and a close range secondary for building interiors, plus healing. Check the map condition before you deploy.

Locations on this map

Extraction points

• North Complex Elevator (white zone): Northern extraction point.
• Sunroof Hatch: Hatch extraction at Ben Welder's Sunroof in the north west.
• Pump House Hatch: Hatch extraction on the far eastern edge, south of East Broken Bridge.
• Central Swamp Lift: Lift extraction in the western swamp, north of Water Treatment.
• Water Treatment: Extraction point north west of Water Treatment Elevator, marked as an orange zone.
• Spillway Hatch: Hatch extraction on the eastern side, north of Electrical Tower.
• Water Treatment Elevator: Elevator extraction beside Water Treatment Control.
• Dead Old Baron's Hatch: Hatch extraction in the south west, north west of Electrical Substation.
• Red Lakes Balcony Lift (white zone): Lift extraction at Red Lakes in the south east.

Locked doors

• Dam Surveillance Room (orange zone): Locked first floor room in the Water Treatment Control building, opened by the Dam Surveillance Key.
• Dam Control Tower Key: Locked door the Dam Control Tower Key opens: a door to the Control Tower, beside Primary Facility.
• Dam Staff Room Key: Locked door the Dam Staff Room Key opens, in the Research & Administration building, marked between it and the Control Tower.
• Dam Testing Annex Key: Locked door the Dam Testing Annex Key opens, at the southern edge of the Testing Annex compound.

Loot locations

• West Broken Bridge: Bridge crossing on the northern edge of the map, above Pattern House.
• Pattern House: Structure in the far north, between West Broken Bridge and the Generator Hall complex.
• Ruby Residence: Northern residence, north east of Pale Apartments.
• Generator Hall: Hall in the north, beside North Complex Elevator, marked as an orange zone.
• Raider Outpost East: Outpost on the eastern side of the northern industrial block.
• Pale Apartments: Residential complex in the north west, north west of Ben Welder's Sunroof, marked as a white zone.
• Power Generation Complex: Power facility in the north east, south east of Generator Hall, marked as an orange zone.
• Ben Welder's Sunroof: North west building with its own hatch, south east of Pale Apartments.
• Controlled Access Zone: Marked access zone between Power Generation Complex and Pipeline Tower. The wiki's Dam Battlegrounds history lists it as added in Update 1.17.0.
• East Broken Bridge: Bridge crossing on the eastern edge of the map.
• Hydroponic Dome Complex: Dome complex north of the map's centre, north west of The Breach, marked as an orange zone.
• Pipeline Tower: Tower south east of the Controlled Access Zone, on the way to East Broken Bridge.
• The Breach: Opening in the dam wall north of the Floodgates.
• Old Battleground: Open ground on the western side, north of South Swamp Outpost.
• Floodgates: The dam's floodgates, on the central spine between The Breach and Primary Facility.
• South Swamp Outpost: Outpost on the western side, west of Water Treatment, marked as a white zone.
• Primary Facility: Central facility beside the Control Tower and Water Treatment Control.
• Control Tower: Tower at the centre of the map, beside Primary Facility and north of Research & Administration, marked as an orange zone. The Dam Control Tower Key opens its door, and a quest objective sends you to its top.
• Research & Administration: Building complex at the centre, south of the Control Tower, marked as an orange zone. It holds the staff room the Dam Staff Room Key opens and the medical room the Medical Merchandise quest sends you to.
• Small Creek: Creek running through the centre south, between Research & Administration and the Wreckage.
• Electrical Substation: Substation in the south west, north east of the Water Towers.
• Electrical Tower: Tower on the eastern side, east of Testing Annex.
• Water Towers: Water towers on the south western approach.
• Testing Annex: Testing facility in the south east, south west of Red Lakes Balcony Lift, marked as a white zone. The Dam Testing Annex Key opens its locked door.
• Wreckage: Wreck field in the south, east of Scrap Yard.
• Scrap Yard: Scrap yard in the south of the map, north of Formical Outpost.
• Formical Outpost: Southernmost marked outpost on the map.

ARC spawns

• Red Lakes: Region in the south east, marked as an ARC spawn area and as a red zone, with Red Lakes Balcony Lift to its south east.

More on Dam Battlegrounds

• Dam Battlegrounds Guide
• Best Loadouts for Dam Battlegrounds
• Dam Control Tower Key Location in Arc Raiders
• Dam Staff Room Key Location in Arc Raiders
• Dam Surveillance Key Location in Arc Raiders
• Dam Testing Annex Key Location in Arc Raiders
• Dam Controlled Access Zone Key Location in Arc Raiders

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