ARC Raiders skill tier list for Frozen Trail 2.0

The best loot capstone in the game and the reason most PvE and PvPvE builds put 31 points in Conditioning.

Mandatory and worth it: every Mobility build starts here.

Maxed in every tested build and the natural partner of Sprinting on Fumes.

The most-picked capstone in Frozen Trail. An Adrenaline Shot skips the winded recovery.

Mandatory and strong for one point: every build takes it.

Maxed in every tested build. Getting out of exhaustion early is a fight-winner and a lifesaver on extracts.

The loot pick at the Conditioning choice. In Millzaa's test, badly overloaded sprinting without it was slower than walking; with Speedy Mule you move almost normally.

One point, big payoff: Millzaa measured almost 10 lb saved on a Hullcracker and Volcano loadout.

Maxed in every loot build. More carry limit means fewer overload penalties to fix with other skills.

The usual path to Fight or Flight. Maxed in every tested Mobility build.

Core in every PvP and PvPvE build: it turns taking damage into the stamina you need to escape.

Maxed in every tested build: dodges are the stamina you spend most in fights.

A steady saving on every sprint. Maxed in every tested build.

Maxed in almost every build. Faster searches mean less time standing still.

One point, real utility, and the path to Looter's Luck.

The best pure loot skill in Survival.

Mandatory: every Conditioning point starts here, so the real question is whether you go into Conditioning at all.

Two or three points are enough for most builds (the tested PvE and PvP builds stop there). Max it only on heavy loot runs.

Cheap and useful: one point that also unlocks the Conditioning choice node.

The fight pick at the Conditioning choice. Take it on light PvP builds that rarely run overloaded.

A squad skill. With Crawl Before You Walk it roughly doubles how far you crawl when downed (about 40 m to 80 m in Millzaa's test). Solo players can skip it.

Good for solo locker routes, where breaching fast matters more than downed time.

Only helps while overloaded, so it pairs with Mule's Gallop on loot builds and is dead weight elsewhere.

A squad skill and one of the three paths to the Conditioning finals, which is why PvPvE builds reach Security Breach through it.

Situational. Tests report no damage and no reliable stun, but it interrupts looting and extracting and works in PvE mode. Fun in aggressive squads, skippable elsewhere.

Guides disagree. Arc Raiders Hub picks it because Vaults on Vaults on Vaults still drained a little stamina in their test; others rate the free vaults higher.

The better pick on low-Mobility builds that never reach the capstones; Vault Spring is the usual pick on deep Mobility builds.

Good for PvP around cover and a common place for Expedition points.

Map-dependent: great escapes on vertical maps such as Pendola Pass, little use elsewhere. The usual second Mobility capstone with Expedition points.

Strong on paper and KeenGamer's pick, but Arc Raiders Hub reported it glitchy at launch. Test it before you commit.

Core for stealth and solo builds; one point is enough elsewhere to unlock Quick Roll or Minesweeper.

Every tested build takes it for fights. Minesweeper is the alternative for mine-heavy PvE.

The PvE pick at the Survival choice if mines keep killing you. Quick Roll wins for PvP.

A squad skill: it buys the seconds a teammate needs to revive you.

The money capstone. Millzaa measured about double the Powercells; it costs 31 Survival points.

Good for squad support. Guides list different item sets (ammo, Zipline, grenades, Defibrillator), so check the menu in game.

Strong on long squad raids. Known issue: it may be unavailable after unlocking until you restart the game.

A one-point path node toward the 10-point choice. Few carryables make it matter on its own.

A one-point path node toward Off the Wall and the Mobility finals.

Mostly a path to the Mobility finals. Max it only on movement builds that live on walls.

A marginal reduction. Mostly filler to reach the 10-point Survival choice.

Only for dedicated stealth players.

A stealth skill. Most builds take one point only to reach A Little Extra.

Basic materials only; worth it on crafting and farming builds that breach a lot.

Skip it. Testers found it barely hurts ARC and takes many hits to down a Raider.

Rarely matters on its own. One point is a cheap filler to reach 40 Mobility for a second capstone.

The default window is already generous. Take Nimble Climber's side of the branch instead.

Weak on its own. One point is the path to Turtle Crawl for squads.