If you’ve made it this far into Arc Raiders’ early questline, congratulations — Shani now trusts you with industrial plumbing.
Hatch Repairs is the next tutorial-style mission, this time teaching you how repairs work out in the Rust Belt. No ARCs to kill, no scavenging marathon… just you, a leaking pipe, and the hope nobody shoots you while you’re crouched on your knees doing maintenance work.
Let’s dive into how to clear this quest quickly and safely.
⭐ How to Complete the Hatch Repairs Quest in Arc Raiders
This quest becomes available after A Bad Feeling, and you’ll see this message from Shani:
“Our scouts have reported several Raider Hatches with leaking hydraulic pipes. They still work, but not for long. Mind patching one up, next time you’re out there?”
Your goal is simple:
➡️ Find any Raider Hatch → locate the leaking pipe → repair it → extract.
No specific map.
No specific hatch.
No specific pipes.
Just fix one leak, any leak, anywhere.
📍 Where to Find Raider Hatches
Raider Hatches appear across multiple regions. They’re those round metal underground entrances with machinery built into the sides.
Once you reach one:
What to look for:
- Steam shooting out of a pipe
- Fluid leaking from a crack
- Damaged pipe textures
- A repair interaction prompt when close
Sometimes the leaks are very subtle, so walk around every side of the hatch until you spot it.
🛠️ How to Repair the Hydraulic Pipe
Follow these steps to complete Hatch Repairs without missing the most important part — the Raider Hatch Key:
1️⃣ Find a Raider Hatch
Look for the circular underground hatch entrances scattered across the map.
Any hatch works — the quest isn’t tied to a specific location.
2️⃣ Locate the Damaged Pipe
A compromised pipe is always visibly leaking steam or hydraulic fluid.
Walk around the hatch structure until you see the leak.
3️⃣ Repair the Leak
- Approach the damaged section
- Hold E (or your platform’s interact button)
- Let the repair animation finish
- Wait for the confirmation message that the pipe is fixed
This completes the repair portion of the quest — but you’re not done yet.
🔑 4️⃣ Find the Raider Hatch Key (Most Players Miss This!)
After repairing the hatch, the key needed to actually extract through the hatch spawns somewhere close by.
Look around the hatch for any object you can interact with — the key can spawn:
- Inside a broken ARC drone
- On the floor next to debris
- Inside a small destroyed crate
- Or simply lying in the dirt a few meters from the hatch
🚪 5️⃣ Extract Safely
Once you have:
✔ The pipe repaired
✔ The Raider Hatch Key in your inventory
You can extract using your normal extraction method (elevator / train)… or immediately try out the newly repaired hatch.
🎁 Hatch Repairs Quest Rewards
For completing Hatch Repairs in Arc Raiders, you’ll receive:
| Reward | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Raider Hatch Key | ×1 |
| Binoculars | ×1 |
| XP | 6,000 XP |
The Raider Hatch Key is the important one, but the Binoculars are still a nice early-game tool (and yes, they also drop randomly later).
🔗 Related Arc Raiders Guides
Since this mission is part of the early-game progression loop, you might want to continue with or revisit these:
- Picking Up the Pieces – Looting Basics
- Clearer Skies – Fighting ARC Drones
- Trash Into Treasure – Scavenging Tutorial
- A Bad Feeling – ARC Probe Search Guide
- The Right Tool – How to Kill Hornet, Turret & Fireball
Final Thoughts
Hatch Repairs looks like a simple “fix a leak and go home” kind of mission, but it quietly unlocks one of the biggest quality-of-life upgrades in Arc Raiders: fast extractions.
Most new players only rely on the subway or elevator extractions — which usually means waiting, exposing yourself, and praying another raider isn’t watching from the shadows. Raider Hatches change that dynamic completely. Once you have a Hatch Key, you suddenly have the freedom to dip out instantly, skip long animations, and deny other players the chance to third-party you after a tough fight.
This mission doesn’t just teach you how to repair a pipe… it teaches you that mobility and escape options are part of your power level.
Binoculars as a bonus reward might not seem huge, but being able to scout a hatch from distance, check for ARCs or players, or plan your exit route? That’s the kind of tactical advantage most rookies overlook.
Get this quest done early, keep that key safe, and start thinking like a raider who controls their own extraction — not one who waits around and hopes for the best.
