Arc Raiders Empathetic Prototypes: Grapple, Drop, and Catch the Crate

Arc Raiders has never been short on odd quests, but Empathetic Prototypes plays more like a stunt sequence than a fetch job. Instead of walking up to a door and pressing a button, you climb the North Trench Tower in Spaceport with a grappling hook, slip through its windows, and catch a crate dangling from a mechanical arm before you can deliver the item Lance wants.

The route begins at the base of the tower. Fire your grapple at the roofline, pull yourself up, and go through the only door on top. Inside, a row of thin windows lets you hook onto one and launch yourself out the opposite side, leaving you hanging off the outside of the tower. Below you, the crate sits on its arm. Your goal is to land on it, either by swinging back and forth until you connect or by dropping and mashing the grab button until you catch its edge.

Once you're on the crate, carefully make your way onto the arm it's attached to. A prompt there lets you release the load, and the crate drops into the trench. Use your grappling hook on a nearby wall to control your descent and reach the bottom. Open the crate and the Project Pathos Empathy Core goes straight into your inventory.

The hard part comes at extraction. You have to get the core out alive, and dying before you leave means repeating the whole sequence. That's why the guide strongly recommends an augment with a safe pocket, and suggests keeping your grappling hook in that pocket until you actually need it. Hooks can only be bought in limited quantities each week, so losing one is a real cost even if the quest itself is simple to restart.

Once you're out, return to Lance to finish the quest. It's a clear example of how Arc Raiders uses its traversal tools as part of the quest design, not just as a way to get around the map.