How to unlock and farm energy clips in ARC Raiders

At first, not many people were interested in Energy Clips in ARC Raiders. You could only use them to recharge a few legendary weapons and those weapons weren't that popular. However, when people found out about the financial loophole that allowed them to sell these ammo for thousands of coins, everyone started to like them and more players wanted to know if there was a way to actually make Energy Clips.

The good news is that Energy Clips are craftable items. Even better, making them in bulk isn't that big of a deal. If you don't see the option to create Energy Clips in your Workbench, don't worry; it simply means that you lack a certain plan. Here's a complete guide that explains everything you need to know about what you're looking for Energy ammunition in ARC Raiders.

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Energy clips explained

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IN ARC RaidersEnergy Clips are a type of rare ammo used to charge legendary weapons such as Jupiter and Equalizer. Each set of energy clips holds up to five rounds, but one is enough to fully charge the magazine, regardless of capacity.

As a rare resource type, Energy Clips aren't something you'll come across very often in Topside. That said, there are still some reliable methods of making or obtaining them, which are explained below.

How to make energy clips

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To create energy clips on the desktop, you have to consume and learn the equalizer plan. Once you unlock this legendary weapon, the Energy Clip formula will be added to it ARC Raiders' Workbench automatically.

Creating a set of five power clips requires two batteries and one Advanced ARC Powercell. Both of these materials are relatively easy to grow ARC RaidersDam Battlegrounds map.

How to get an energy clip plan

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There is no specific plan for Energy Clips. Currently, the only way to unlock them is to use the equalizer plan. Some may think that learning Jupiter's plan will also unlock the formula, but this is not the case. Only unlocked by equalizer, not Jupiter.

How to manage Energy Clip materials

The following table shows the best ways to grow batteries and advanced ARC Powercells to make energy clips.

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How to get

Battery

  • Loot the Power Generation Complex (Dam Battlegrounds)

  • Buy them from Celeste

Advanced ARC Powercell

Kill the following enemies: Leaper, Rocketeer, Bastion, Bombardier, Surveyor, Sentinel or Queen

How to get energy clips without crafting

You don't need an Equalizer plan to get Energy Clips. A solid way to farm this type of ammo is through finishing ARC RaidersHarvester events. These timed activities allow players to enter a location where energy clips are usually plentiful.

Since more players are now looking to farm Energy Clips, you may find it more difficult to find them in Harvester, especially if other raiders have already cleared the area.

The best way to use energy clips

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Currently there is a money gap ARC Raiders which allows players to earn an impressive amount of coins by creating and reselling energy clips. If you need some cash, the best way to use this type of ammo is to sell it for 5000 coins per full stack or 1000 per round.

If money is not a concern, you should use Energy Clips. Weapons like the Equalizer are excellent for breaking the ARC shield, turning them into some of the best PvE options. By crafting or collecting a lot of energy clips, you can start taking down bigger enemies faster and farm a lot of epic and legendary items.


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Released

October 30, 2025

ESRB

Teen / Violence, Blood


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