ARC Raiders Blue Gate Cellar Key — Location and Loot Breakdown

The Blue Gate Cellar Key is a single-use key in ARC Raiders used on the Blue Gate map. It unlocks a locked cellar (basement) entrance, granting access to an underground loot room.

This key can be used on two different cellar doors on the map. Each key opens one cellar only and is consumed on use.

Before anything else:

• Always put the key in your Safe Pocket

• The locked door has red indicator lights

• Close the door after entering if you don’t want to get pushed

How to get the Blue Gate Cellar Key

The Blue Gate Cellar Key is a random drop.

It is most commonly found while looting:

• residential areas and houses

• searchable furniture and containers

• backpacks

• other players’ inventories

Loot quality in ARC Raiders scales heavily with Night Raids. Night Raids guarantee higher overall loot value than standard daytime runs, making them the best time to both find keys and spend them.

Amber and red loot zones contain denser searchable furniture, which is why keys are more frequently found — and more efficiently spent — during Night Raids.

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Where the Blue Gate Cellar Key is used

The Blue Gate Cellar Key can open two different cellar locations on the Blue Gate map:

• A cellar near the Ruined Homestead, on the southern side of the map

• A cellar located between Raiders’ Refuge and Trapper’s Glade, south of Raiders’ Refuge

Both entrances lead to underground rooms with similar structure and loot potential.

The cellars are accessed from outdoor areas and can be reached during standard pathing through Blue Gate. During Cold Snap events, these locations also provide immediate shelter from frostbite, making them tactically useful beyond loot alone.

What it unlocks

Opening the cellar grants access to a small underground loot room.

Based on in-game usage, the cellar can contain:

• valuables

• consumables

• crafting materials

• searchable containers and drones

• occasional blueprints

There may be:

• grenade or utility containers

• breach containers

There is no guaranteed weapon crate, and some runs may not contain one at all.

Loot results vary significantly from run to run. Some cellar runs can be strong, while others may feel underwhelming.

Final Thoughts & Ranking

The Blue Gate Cellar Key is a situational utility key. It can be especially useful during Night Raids, but it does not guarantee high-end drops.

This key opens a small underground room with limited container count and highly variable results. Overall volume is low, and there is no consistent high-value payoff compared to larger locked locations.

Tier Placement

In our ARC Raiders key ranking, the Blue Gate Cellar Key is placed in Tier C. Tier C keys are not weak — they’re simply not worth planning a run around.

If you want to compare this key to others across all maps, check out our ARC Raiders Keys Ranked from Worst to Best tier list. Each key there links to a dedicated breakdown explaining exactly where it’s used and what it unlocks.

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