Broad Shoulders is a passive skill within the Survival skill tree in ARC Raiders. It is widely considered an essential "quality-of-life" skill for players who want to maximize loot extraction.
Arc Raiders Broad Shoulders Stats & Perk
| Name | Broad Shoulders |
|---|---|
| Description | Increases the maximum weight you can carry. |
| Skill Affected | Max Encumbrance |
| Known Value(s) | Increases maximum weight by 2 points, per level, up to a maximum of 10. |
| Max Points | 5 |
| Requires | Suffer In Silence |
How Much Weight Scaling?
Increases the maximum weight capacity your Raider can carry.
- Scaling: It provides +2 kg (or approximately 2 lbs) of additional capacity per point invested.
- Maximum: At its max level (5/5), it grants a total of +10 kg of extra carrying capacity.
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Is worth it?
Broad Shoulders is considered a top-tier, must-have skill in ARC Raiders for nearly every playstyle, offering a crucial +2kg weight capacity per point (up to +10kg total). This QoL upgrade allows you to hoard more loot, avoid overencumbrance, and comfortably carry extra gear.
Essential for Combat: For PvPers, it helps manage extra weapons, armor, and augments picked up from bodies.
Best Time to Get: It is best unlocked after securing Marathon Runner and Youthful Lungs for mobility.
Strategic Usage
- Loot Efficiency: The extra 10kg represents a significant increase (nearly 30% for a "Free Kit" loadout), allowing you to carry more high-value items without becoming over-encumbered.
- Comparison to "Loaded Arms": While Broad Shoulders provides a flat increase to total capacity, the Loaded Arms skill reduces the weight of equipped weapons by 50%. Many veteran players recommend taking both to carry heavy loadouts (like the 14kg Equalizer) and still have room for resources.
- Synergy: Broad Shoulders is the prerequisite for unlocking Looter's Luck, which gives a chance to reveal twice as many items at once while searching containers.
Troubleshooting Tip
If you are over-encumbered even with the perk, it may be a known UI bug where the weight limit doesn't refresh properly. Dropping and picking back up an item while "topside" (during a raid) often forces the game to recalculate your new capacity.
Broad Shoulders Vs Loaded Arms
| Skill | Broad Shoulders (Survivor Tree) | Loaded Arms (Conditioning Tree) |
|---|---|---|
| Effect | Increases your overall maximum carry weight. | Heavily reduces the weight of equipped weapons (up to 50% reduction). |
| Best For | Carrying more loot in general, regardless of what you are holding. | Players running heavy, high-tier primary weapons and attachments. |
| Tip | Often considered a "must-have" for hoarding loot. | Highly efficient, makes heavy weapons lighter without taking up extra backpack space. |
Early/General Use: Broad Shoulders is generally more useful as a baseline, as it works on all items, including weapons when unequipped.
Endgame/Heavy Loadouts: Loaded Arms is superior for heavy weapon users to prevent being overencumbered while carrying maxed-out gear.
Combined: Combining both skills provides the highest possible efficiency, allowing you to carry massive amounts of loot.
