TL;DR
ARC Raiders has roughly 100 quests, called commissions, and every one of them comes from the five traders in Speranza: Shani, Celeste, Tian Wen, Apollo, and Lance. You unlock them in waves, but once a commission is available you can finish it in any order. Nothing is missable. The list below is current as of Riven Tides (update 1.26.0), grouped the way the game actually hands the work out: by trader, in unlock order. We have flagged exactly which quests pay real currency, because almost none of them do.
How quests work in ARC Raiders
Quests are commissions you pick up from a trader, complete on a run, and turn in for a reward. You start with a handful from Shani. Clearing those opens more of her board and unlocks the other four traders one at a time. From there the questline branches across all five, and the order you tackle the unlocked ones is yours to set. We want to be blunt about this because a lot of "in order" lists imply a strict 1-through-100 path that does not exist. The game lists commissions in non-chronological order, and finishing them in any sequence has no effect on your save.
The other rule worth knowing before you grind: most quests pay in gear, materials, and cosmetics, not coins. If you came here expecting a clean Raider Coin payout per quest, that is not how the economy works. Four commissions in the entire list hand over flat currency. The rest give you weapons, attachments, shields, healing, crafting components, or outfit colors. We cover the currency exceptions explicitly below so you do not waste a run chasing coins that were never on the table.
Each trader pays for something different
The fastest way to plan your grind is to pick the trader whose rewards you actually want, then work their board.
Shani runs the largest share of commissions and the early on-ramp. Her rewards skew toward gear, weapons, keys, ammo, defibrillators, and cosmetics. If you are new, you are doing Shani's quests first whether you planned to or not.
Tian Wen is Speranza's gun craftsman. His board is the one to farm for weapons, weapon attachments, and blueprints. Magazines, muzzles, grips, and stocks come from him.
Celeste rebuilt the city and her quests reflect a tech focus. Expect crafting materials, mechanical and electrical components, and blueprints. This is your component pipeline if you are crafting your own kit.
Lance runs the medical bay. His rewards are healing items, shields, defibrillators, and Tactical augments. Farm Lance if your loadout leans toward survivability.
Apollo leans into grenades, traps, collectibles, and outfit cosmetics. His board is where the throwables come from.
The opening quests (Shani's on-ramp)
These are the first commissions every Raider sees, and they double as a clean tutorial for the loop. Objectives are short and most can be done on any map.
| Quest | Trader | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Picking Up The Pieces | Shani | 1x Rattler III, 80x Medium Ammo |
| Trash Into Treasure | Shani | 1x Tactical Mk. 1, 3x Adrenaline Shot |
| Clearer Skies | Shani | Black (Hiker Color), 1x Light Shield, 3x Sterilized Bandage |
| Off The Radar | Shani | Black White (Origin Color), 2x Defibrillator |
| A Bad Feeling | Celeste | 5x Duct Tape, 5x Steel Spring, 10x Metal Parts |
| Hatch Repairs | Shani | 1x Binoculars, 1x Raider Hatch Key |
| The Right Tool | Tian Wen | Cheer Emote, 1x Extended Light Mag I, 1x Stitcher II |
| Down To Earth | Shani | 1x Combat Mk. 1, 1x Medium Shield |
Picking Up The Pieces just wants three containers grabbed at any POI, and it pays a item:rattler plus 80 Medium Ammo, which is a real starter weapon and not a token reward. A Bad Feeling is your first Celeste commission and the moment the component economy opens up. The Right Tool is Tian Wen's first board, so finishing it is what gets you onto the attachment pipeline.
The four quests that actually pay currency
Out of the full list, these are the only commissions that reward flat coins or Raider Tokens. Everything else is items.
| Quest | Trader | Location | Currency Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Root Of The Matter | Celeste | Buried City | 1000x Coins (plus Succulent Backpack Charm) |
| A Dead End | Shani | The Blue Gate | 2000x Coins (plus Patchwork Warden Color) |
| Bombing Run | Shani | Any | 30x Raider Tokens (plus Finger Gun emote) |
| Settled in Full | Tian Wen | Any | 30x Raider Tokens |
A Dead End is the single biggest flat payout at 2000 Coins, and it requires a Dusty Film Reel to turn in. The Root Of The Matter needs an Experimental Seed Sample. Plan those turn-in items before you head into the run, because both quests are map-locked and you do not want to clear the objective only to realize you skipped the required handover. The extraction mechanics guide covers how to carry those handover items out clean.
Map-locked quests and the season chain
Many later commissions can only be completed on a specific map: Dam Battlegrounds, Buried City, Spaceport, The Blue Gate, Stella Montis, or Riven Tides. The early Shani quests are mostly marked "Any," so you can knock them out wherever you land. As you move deeper, the location column starts dictating your route, and two short branch chains gate themselves behind specific maps: the Blue Gate questline and the Stella Montis questline each run three commissions on their home map.
Quests arrive in seasonal waves. The chain runs from the launch set through North Line, Cold Snap, Headwinds, Shrouded Sky, Flashpoint, and now Riven Tides, with the six newest commissions belonging to Riven Tides itself. The count climbs every season, so the number you see today is the floor, not the ceiling.
Full quest list, in unlock order
Grouped by the order the game surfaces them. Trader and primary location follow each entry.
Shani: Picking Up The Pieces (Any) - Trash Into Treasure (Any) - Clearer Skies (Any) - Off The Radar (Any) - Hatch Repairs (Any) - Down To Earth (Any) - The Trifecta (Any) - Dormant Barons (Dam/Spaceport/Blue Gate) - A Lay Of The Land (Spaceport) - Eyes In The Sky (Dam/Buried/Spaceport) - Our Presence up There (Dam) - Lost In Transmission (Spaceport) - Communication Hideout (Buried City) - Into The Fray (Any) - Deciphering The Data (Spaceport) - Dust On The Wires (Spaceport) - A Dead End (Blue Gate) - Fragmented Logs (Stella Montis) - Furtive Meetings (Stella Montis) - With A Trace (Blue Gate) - Cold Storage (Stella Montis) - Last Entry (Stella Montis) - Combat Recon (Buried City) - A Toxic Trail (Dam) - With A View (Stella Montis) - Clamoring for Attention (Blue Gate) - Mixed Signals (Any) - Waking the Grid (Spaceport) - A Prime Specimen (Blue Gate) - Out Of The Shadows (Any) - Reduced to Rubble (Blue Gate) - Bombing Run (Any) - The Stench Of Corruption (Spaceport)
Tian Wen: The Right Tool (Any) - A Better Use (Dam/Buried/Spaceport/Blue Gate) - What We Left Behind (Dam/Buried/Spaceport) - Broken Monument (Dam) - Marked For Death (Buried City) - Market Correction (Buried City) - Eyes On The Prize (Buried City) - Industrial Espionage (Buried City) - Unexpected Initiative (Buried City) - Back on Top (Dam/Buried/Spaceport/Blue Gate) - The Major's Footlocker (Dam) - Snap And Salvage (Stella Montis) - Outstanding Balance (Blue Gate) - Safe Harbor (Riven Tides) - Collision Course (Any) - Settled in Full (Any) - Stable Housing (Stella Montis) - Armored Transports (Blue Gate)
Celeste: A Bad Feeling (Any) - Greasing Her Palms (Dam/Buried/Spaceport) - Straight Record (Dam) - Keeping The Memory (Dam) - Echoes Of Victory Ridge (Dam) - A Balanced Harvest (Dam) - Untended Garden (Dam) - A Symbol Of Unification (Dam) - After Rain Comes (Buried City) - The Root Of The Matter (Buried City) - Celeste's Journals (Dam) - Water Troubles (Dam) - Source Of The Contamination (Dam) - Switching The Supply (Spaceport) - Power Out (Spaceport) - Flickering Threat (Dam) - Bees! (Blue Gate) - Tribute To Toledo (Any) - Digging Up Dirt (Buried City) - Worth Your Salt (Spaceport) - Line in the Sand (Buried City) - A Rising Tide (Buried/Dam) - Turnabout (Spaceport) - Keeping an Eye Out (Blue Gate) - A Wrench in the Works (Spaceport)
Lance: Doctor's Orders (Any) - Medical Merchandise (Dam/Buried/Spaceport) - A Reveal In Ruins (Buried City) - Prescriptions Of The Past (Spaceport) - Life Of A Pharmacist (Buried City) - In My Image (Stella Montis) - On Deaf Ears (Stella Montis) - A New Type Of Plant (Dam) - On The Map (Spaceport)
Apollo: A Warm Place To Rest (Buried City) - Paving The Way (Dam/Buried/Blue Gate) - Groundbreaking (Blue Gate) - Espresso (Any) - Safe Passage (Any) - What Goes Around (Any) - The Clean Dream (Spaceport/Blue Gate) - Sparks Fly (Any) - Building A Library (Buried City) - A First Foothold (Blue Gate) - The League (Dam/Buried) - Battening Down (Riven Tides) - Shoring Up Defenses (Riven Tides) - Test Case (Any) - Movie Night (Any)
What to do with the rewards
The weapons these quests hand over are not filler. Early commissions drop a item:rattler, a item:vulcano, an item:anvil, a item:burletta, and an item:aphelion, among others, and where each of those lands in the current meta decides whether it is worth slotting or scrapping for parts. Cross-check each against the weapon tier list before you commit a stash slot to it. The augments you earn, item:tactical-mk1 through 3, item:combat-mk1, and item:looting-mk2, set the spine of any loadout, since the augment locks your shield compatibility, weight ceiling, and quick-use slots; the augment tier list ranks which one to build around. The shields you pull from Clearer Skies, Down To Earth, and Prescriptions Of The Past give you a item:light-shield, item:medium-shield, and item:heavy-shield option to test against your augment of choice. Grind the trader whose rewards fit the build you are running, turn the loot straight into a loadout like the
Build: 0a4d46caff06squad anchor, and let the quests fund the kit instead of the other way around.