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Large spherical rolling ARC machines that patrol zones with a powerful laser weapon. Surveyors are heavily built balls of metal that roll along routes, stopping to fire a precision laser beam at detected players. Their armor is formidable except when they open up to fire.
Surveyors roll along patrol paths, periodically stopping to scan the area. When they detect a player, they halt and open their outer shell to deploy a laser weapon. While firing, their inner mechanisms are exposed and vulnerable. Between laser volleys they close back up and reposition. The laser is highly accurate and deals significant damage.
The Surveyor is a medium-class ARC machine with 400 HP and a danger rating of 5/5. Medium-class ARC machines are the workhorse threat in ARC Raiders. The Surveyor is dangerous in numbers and will pin you down with sustained fire, but a focused burst into the right weak point ends most engagements in seconds.
The Surveyor has 1 weak point: Inner core (exposed only when firing laser) (3x). Hitting the inner core (exposed only when firing laser) is the highest-value target — every shot landing there does 3x damage compared to body shots, which means you can drop the Surveyor with roughly 3 well-placed precision rounds from a mid-tier rifle. Body shots will work, but you'll burn through three to four times the ammo and pull every ARC patrol within a few hundred metres.
You'll find the Surveyor spawning in Dam Battlegrounds, Buried City, Spaceport, Blue Gate. Common drops include ARC Alloy, ARC Powercell, Surveyor Vault, which makes it a priority target for Raiders running crafting routes for the Workshop tech tree — the rare components from this enemy fast-track several mid-game upgrades. For full map context on where the Surveyor spawns, see our map guides, or compare it against the rest of the ARC bestiary on the enemies index.