The ARC Raiders Redirection Map Condition is a Pendola Pass event that lets you summon Harvester Payloads. Find a lit Damaged Emperor Relay, take its Emperor Beacon, deploy it in an open area, shelter from debris and breach the large upright payload for ARC Couplers and a chance at the Emperor Gateway Conduit blueprint.
The beacon is not the dungeon entrance key. Redirection supplies the three Coupler types that you later combine at Workbench Level 1. It also supplies ARC materials used elsewhere, making the event worth running after your first key.
Where ARC Raiders Redirection Map Condition appears
Redirection is a scheduled condition available on Pendola Pass, not a permanent feature of the map. Check the map-condition schedule before queueing. Active Damaged Emperor Relays project a tall red light beam into the sky and have a bright map icon. Other relays can be present but inactive.
While the ARC Raiders Redirection Map Condition runs, Flash Freeze does not take place. Falling debris is the main environmental threat, and Firefly ARC can appear. The bright red beam is visible to other Raiders too, so approaching a relay is not guaranteed to be uncontested.
ARC Raiders Redirection Map Condition: How to get an Emperor Beacon
Move towards an active Damaged Emperor Relay and interact with it to search the container. It grants an Emperor Beacon, an Epic quick-use item that stacks up to three. Equip the beacon in your loadout and move to a clear outdoor spot with open sky above.
The ARC Raiders Redirection Map Condition does not let you save an unused beacon for another raid. Extracting with a live beacon turns it into a Ruined Emperor Beacon, so use the one you collect during the current session.
Deploy the beacon and survive falling debris
Activate the Emperor Beacon in an unobstructed area. A signal calls down a Harvester Payload, but debris rains across the impact area first. Move away from the landing point or shelter under a nearby roof. Debris deals both health and shield damage, so standing underneath the drop is a fast way to lose your loot.
After the debris clears, approach the main upright payload and use its breach/search prompt. This is the important container in the ARC Raiders Redirection Map Condition. Smaller wreckage nearby is useful for ordinary salvage, but the main payload carries the Conduit components.
All known Redirection payload materials
The large payload can contain ARC Conductive Coupler, ARC Insulated Coupler and ARC Plated Coupler, as well as the rare Emperor Gateway Conduit Blueprint, Pneumatic Actuator, Pressure Regulator and general ARC parts. Smaller falling pieces carry materials such as ARC Alloy, ARC Circuitry and Motion Cores.
Drop quantities vary. The ARC Raiders Redirection Map Condition never guarantees that one payload contains every Coupler or the blueprint. Save one of each Coupler and prioritise the blueprint in your Safe Pocket when it appears.
How Redirection materials open the Fallen Emperor
Extract with the blueprint and use Learn and Consume in Speranza. At Workbench Level 1, combine one each of the Conductive, Insulated and Plated Couplers to create an Emperor Gateway Conduit. The finished key opens the circular hatch at the Fallen Emperor’s base near Piazza della Rupe.
The ARC Raiders Redirection Map Condition supplies the outside ingredients. Emperor Modulators and Amplification Modules are primarily dungeon loot, so you must enter the wreck after crafting the key to pursue Gunsmith IV.
Fast relay farming and extraction
Watch for a relay icon lighting up as the raid proceeds. Position near several reachable relays, take a beacon as soon as one activates and choose a payload landing spot close to solid cover. Search the large container before collecting lower-value debris pieces, and leave enough time to call a Ballistic Gondola.
The ARC Raiders Redirection Map Condition is valuable but noisy. Other players can see the beam and the incoming drop. Bring a Safe Pocket, keep your escape path in mind and do not assume the payload area stays safe after you finish breaching.
Redirection troubleshooting
If no beam is visible, check that you selected a Redirection session and that a relay has actually activated. If the payload will not deploy, move from under a roof into a clear outdoor area. If you extracted with an unused beacon, it is ruined and cannot be used for a new payload.
If no blueprint drops, continue farming: the ARC Raiders Redirection Map Condition rewards more searches but does not give a fixed schematic every attempt. The separate Conduit guide covers crafting after you extract.
Official game source: Embark Studios Frozen Trail 2.0 release notes.
