How to Get Guitar in Arc Raiders - Solving Puzzle Guide

The guitar reward in Arc Raiders comes from a hidden, server-wide puzzle buried deep in Buried City. It was added with the Cold Snap update and quickly became the most demanding environmental challenge in the game. The solution requires activating fifteen concealed buttons scattered across the entire map. Each button plays a musical tone and must be pressed in a fixed sequence. The reward is cosmetic, but the process exposes how far Arc Raiders pushes shared-world puzzle design.

How To Solve The Arc Raiders Guitar Puzzle & Get a Reward

The puzzle centers on a locked door near the Red Tower in Buried City. Musical note graffiti beside the door shows the correct sequence, but the real difficulty lies in execution. All fifteen buttons are active at once, spread across distant points of interest, and the puzzle tracks progress server-wide rather than per squad. Any incorrect press by any player resets the entire chain.

• Follow the correct order from Plaza Rosa to Red Tower
• Press all fifteen buttons without interruption
• Open the door immediately after the final input

The full route takes roughly twenty minutes at a steady pace. Completing it without coordination is unlikely due to random player interference.

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All Red Buttons Locations in Arc Raiders

The buttons appear across Buried City in fixed locations and must be pressed in strict order.

Inside the upstairs kitchen of the leftmost building in Plaza Rosa

From the Galleria roof, zipline down the elevator shaft and move left

On the warehouse roof, positioned between two vents

Inside the newspaper stand in Marano Park

Behind the couch in the lounge at the top of South Grandioso apartments

Outside the second-floor window of the pale blue house in Piazza Arbusto

Inside a bus north of the Library

Inside the red building on Corso da Vinci, collapsed on the ground floor

In East Buried Properties, inside a ruined structure beside a generator

In the lower hospital stairwell, accessible from the front entrance

Beneath rubble along the collapsed section of the Abandoned Highway

On the rooftop of the West Church Ruins, next to a chimney

Inside the attic of the Santa Maria building, reached by zipline or skylight

Inside the small tower below Marano Station, northwest of Piazza Roma

On the ground floor of the building north of Red Tower, at the base of the stairs

The locked reward room sits directly behind the fifteenth button. Thanks to Nickko Kimiko for the video guide I use to find every button.

More Arc Raiders Puzzles - Blue Gate Guides

Beyond Buried City, Blue Gate remains the game’s densest puzzle map, built around batteries, switches, terminals, and timed hazards. These challenges form reliable loot routes rather than one-time curiosities. Ancient Fort requires hauling three batteries into exposed fuse boxes to open a basement cache. Raider’s Refuge hides four rotating red-button switches among church ruins, unlocking a cellar once all are found. Reinforced Reception splits into two layered puzzles, one following terminal color paths and another opening a sealed red room with carried fuzes. Deforester Husk uses ARC Power Cells to trigger flame-filled interiors that reward speed and route control. Together, Blue Gates puzzles define how Arc Raiders blends all these elements we need to create an epic moment, whether in solo or cooperative play.