ARC Raiders Straight Record: Victory Ridge and All Three Power Switches

Complete Broken Monument and deploy to Dam Battlegrounds. Nothing has to be extracted, so a free or budget loadout is sensible.

Watch the open northern approach for drones and Wasps. Drones can pull in more contact if they spot you, so route choice matters more than carrying expensive gear.

Victory Ridge is the broad northern edge of Dam Battlegrounds, not a tiny standalone POI. Zoom the map out fully if you are having trouble spotting its label.

That explains why the 'reach Victory Ridge' objective can tick while you are still far from the EMP trap. Treat the objective trigger as confirmation that you entered the region, not that you found the machine.

Use West Broken Bridge as the neighbouring landmark when orienting toward the EMP area.

The old EMP trap sits in Victory Ridge, southwest of West Broken Bridge and directly north of the Hydroponic Dome Complex. Look for a tall thin pole or antenna with wires looping around it and a yellow panel at the base.

1. Move into the central Victory Ridge area between the named landmarks.
2. Look for the wired antenna-style machine.
3. Interact at the yellow panel near the base.
4. Use the trap as the center point for finding all three switches.

Switch 1 is directly north of the EMP trap on top of a small cliff or rocky mound. Use the safest visible path around or up the rock from your approach angle.

1. Face north from the trap.
2. Reach the top of the rocky mound.
3. Find the yellow switch box and disable it.

Switch 2 is east of the trap on the first-floor balcony of a ruined house. Use the rubble or boxes below the balcony to climb up.

1. Move east from the EMP trap.
2. Find the ruined house with an accessible first-floor balcony.
3. Climb the rubble or boxes below.
4. Disable the yellow switch box on the balcony.

Switch 3 is south of the trap along the trail toward the Hydroponic Dome Complex. Check the path edge on the ground near a tree and a power-pole cable.

1. Return toward the EMP trap if needed.
2. Follow the southbound trail toward the Hydroponic Dome Complex.
3. Scan the path edge near the tree and cable landmark.
4. Disable the ground-level switch.

This is the easiest switch to miss because it sits farther from the other two.

Return to the EMP trap after disabling all three switches and interact with it again to shut it down. You can treat the switches as a set and clear them in whichever route is safest unless the game explicitly blocks an interaction.

The final interaction completes the quest, and rewards can be claimed without extracting.

Binoculars can also be useful when you move on to Reduced to Rubble.

Keeping The Memory is the next quest to watch for after Straight Record. Both are Celeste quests on Dam Battlegrounds, so plan them together once the follow-up appears.