How To Complete Paving the Way in Arc Raiders: Step-by-Step Guide

Paving the Way arrives with the Cold Snap update and introduces a quiet narrative thread tied to Apollo and ENELICA research. The quest splits cleanly across two maps and does not force completion in one deployment. Progress carries between runs, which changes how risky each step needs to be. Efficiency matters more than speed, especially for solo players.

Paving the Way Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Paving the Way begins with a document hunt and ends inside one of Buried City’s most exposed buildings. Apollo asks for proof of a missing researcher, and the trail runs through ENELICA infrastructure before pointing toward Piazza Roma. The quest stays grounded, with no combat gates or timers, but the locations attract traffic and patrols. Planning the order of maps reduces unnecessary losses.

Go to any ENELICA building and enter the interior.

Search the notice board inside the ENELICA building to collect the researcher’s note.

Deploy to Buried City and travel to Piazza Roma.

Climb the Piazza Roma building above the Convinio and reach the highest roof point.

Descend one floor inside the same building and search the researcher’s flat for data.

The ENELICA step works on several maps, but Blue Gate offers the shortest route. The ENELICA building near the Maintenance Bunker stands alone and stays easy to identify from distance. Inside, the notice board sits against the wall and completes the first objective instantly. After securing the note, Buried City becomes mandatory. Piazza Roma sits in a dense zone with multiple vertical routes, elevators, and open sightlines. The objective only triggers at the absolute top of the building, not the upper interior floors. Elevator shafts provide the safest ascent if nearby patrols block stair access. The final interaction sits one level below the roof. A room filled with stacked monitors marks the researcher’s flat. Interacting with the desk completes the quest and sends progress back to Apollo.

Completing Paving the Way rewards a Raider Hatch Key, three Seeker Grenades, and one Advanced Electrical Component. The key adds flexibility for future runs, while the components feed mid-tier crafting paths. Nothing here alters progression systems, but the payout fits the risk profile of Buried City traversal.

Arc Raiders Puzzles

Solving the guitar puzzle in Buried City stands apart from standard objectives. Added with Cold Snap, it functions as a server-wide sequence rather than a personal challenge. Fifteen hidden buttons play musical tones and must be pressed in a fixed order shown by graffiti near a locked door by the Red Tower. Any incorrect input by any player resets the chain, which turns coordination into the real obstacle. The reward consists of cosmetic guitars and shakers, with no combat value.

For beginners, need to look at Blue Gate puzzles: Ancient Fort requires carrying three batteries into exposed fuse boxes to unlock a basement cache. Raider’s Refuge hides four rotating red-button switches across church ruins, opening a cellar once all activate. Reinforced Reception splits into a terminal color-path room and a sealed red chamber that needs carried fuzes. Deforester Husk relies on ARC Power Cells to open flame-filled interiors that punish slow routing. These puzzles form repeatable loot routes rather than one-off events and define Blue Gate’s risk-reward balance.