ARC Raiders Bait, Fetch, Blast: Quest Guide and How to Kill the Bully

• Quest access: Complete Tracks of the Beast and accept Bait, Fetch, Blast from Apollo.
• Supplied equipment: Three Showstopper, two Barricade Kit, a Medium Shield and a Looting Mk. 3 augment.
• Weapon recommendation: Bring an Anvil for aimed shots or a Hullcracker for explosive damage, with enough ammunition to finish the encounter.
• Control recommendation: A Tether Launcher or mines can help hold the target for a burst.
• Supplies: Bring healing and shield recovery, and leave a safe-pocket slot available for the delivery item.

Pack your chosen weapons and ammunition alongside the supplied equipment.

Use Cielo Sereno Observatory and the bus by Commissary Supermarket as search landmarks on Pendola Pass. Neither landmark is a guaranteed spawn.

1. Approach your chosen search area with a building or solid obstacle nearby.
2. Listen for the Bully and scan the open ground before crossing.
3. Choose a covered firing position before drawing its attention.

Give yourself a place to break contact and reload instead of chasing the machine into the open. Use the ARC Raiders map hub to plan your broader route.

For support with the Pendola Pass run around this encounter, see the Pendola Pass raid boost.

Choose One Destroy Objective

The three destroy objectives are grouped under COMPLETE EITHER OR: destroy a Bully, destroy its head or destroy four of its legs. Completing one method satisfies this group, so you do not need to complete the other two. Delivering a Bully Fragmenter is a separate objective.

Destroying the head does not immediately destroy the whole machine. A headless Bully can continue running and burning, so keep your distance instead of treating the completed head objective as an all-clear to loot.

How It Fights

The Bully charges in, fires a close-range canister blast, runs past and circles back. It can also throw cluster grenades from range. Its moving body does not mean its weapon has stopped tracking you.

Move sideways out of the charge lane and return to cover. Backpedalling along the same line keeps you in front of the attack.

Target the Yellow Knee Joints

The yellow knee joints give you a smaller, less armoured target than the torso. Wait for a turn or a brief stop, then concentrate your fire rather than spraying rounds across the whole body.

The gun housing opens during firing, but aiming into an attack is riskier than taking a clean knee shot from cover.

Pin It, Then Burst It

1. Set up your firing angle and reload before using the control tool.
2. Tether a leg or catch the charge with a stun.
3. Follow immediately with aimed shots or a Snap Blast Grenade.
4. Break contact to heal and reload before the next pass.

A Deadline is another explosive option for a pinned target, but give yourself room to retreat from the blast. Treat control tools as an opening for damage, not a reason to stand beside the Bully.

Keep the Fight Near Cover

Do not chase the machine when it runs off. Hold a position with a clear escape angle so the next charge comes through a lane you can see. A supported weapon and a good firing position matter more than emptying your ammunition as quickly as possible.

Search the Bully remains, including a detached head, and take a Fragmenter if one is present. Keep clear of the machine if it is still moving after losing its head.

1. Wait for a safe opening to approach the detached remains or wreck.
2. Search the remains, including the detached head, for a Fragmenter.
3. Move a Fragmenter from the loot list into your inventory if you find one.
4. Place the delivery copy in an available safe pocket.

Keep one for Apollo rather than throwing or recycling it. The Fragmenter is an explosive throwable as well as the item you need to deliver.

The Tether Launcher Has No Repair Option

The repair option for the Tether Launcher is unavailable. Do not rely on repairing a worn launcher before this hunt.

1. Head to an active gondola transceiver on your map.
2. Request a Ballistic Gondola and move to its landing marker.
3. Open a pod and board for the return to Speranza.
4. Open Apollo's quest screen and deliver the Bully Fragmenter.

Keep the delivery copy available for Apollo rather than using it during the trip to the gondola.

The Showstoppers, Barricade Kits, Medium Shield and augment are supplied when you accept the quest. They are not additional items in this completion reward table.

No follow-up quest is listed after Bait, Fetch, Blast in ARC Raiders. Tracks of the Beast is its prerequisite and introduces the Bully through a ping objective, not this fight.

For another assignment, return to the ARC Raiders quest hub.