Arc Raiders Broad Shoulders Skill How Much Weight

Arc Raiders Broad Shoulders Stats & Perk
How Much Weight Scaling?
Is worth it?
Strategic Usage
Troubleshooting Tip
Broad Shoulders Vs Loaded Arms

Broad Shoulders is a passive skill within the Survival skill tree in ARC Raiders. It is widely considered an essential "quality-of-life" skill for players who want to maximize loot extraction.

Arc Raiders Broad Shoulders Stats & Perk

Name	Broad Shoulders
Description	Increases the maximum weight you can carry.
Skill Affected	Max Encumbrance
Known Value(s)	Increases maximum weight by 2 points, per level, up to a maximum of 10.
Max Points	5
Requires	Suffer In Silence

How Much Weight Scaling?

Increases the maximum weight capacity your Raider can carry.

Scaling: It provides +2 kg (or approximately 2 lbs) of additional capacity per point invested.
Maximum: At its max level (5/5), it grants a total of +10 kg of extra carrying capacity.

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Is worth it?

Broad Shoulders is considered a top-tier, must-have skill in ARC Raiders for nearly every playstyle, offering a crucial +2kg weight capacity per point (up to +10kg total). This QoL upgrade allows you to hoard more loot, avoid overencumbrance, and comfortably carry extra gear.

Essential for Combat: For PvPers, it helps manage extra weapons, armor, and augments picked up from bodies.

Best Time to Get: It is best unlocked after securing Marathon Runner and Youthful Lungs for mobility.

Strategic Usage

Loot Efficiency: The extra 10kg represents a significant increase (nearly 30% for a "Free Kit" loadout), allowing you to carry more high-value items without becoming over-encumbered.
Comparison to "Loaded Arms": While Broad Shoulders provides a flat increase to total capacity, the Loaded Arms skill reduces the weight of equipped weapons by 50%. Many veteran players recommend taking both to carry heavy loadouts (like the 14kg Equalizer) and still have room for resources.
Synergy: Broad Shoulders is the prerequisite for unlocking Looter's Luck, which gives a chance to reveal twice as many items at once while searching containers.

Troubleshooting Tip

If you are over-encumbered even with the perk, it may be a known UI bug where the weight limit doesn't refresh properly. Dropping and picking back up an item while "topside" (during a raid) often forces the game to recalculate your new capacity.

Broad Shoulders Vs Loaded Arms

Skill	Broad Shoulders (Survivor Tree)	Loaded Arms (Conditioning Tree)
Effect	Increases your overall maximum carry weight.	Heavily reduces the weight of equipped weapons (up to 50% reduction).
Best For	Carrying more loot in general, regardless of what you are holding.	Players running heavy, high-tier primary weapons and attachments.
Tip	Often considered a "must-have" for hoarding loot.	Highly efficient, makes heavy weapons lighter without taking up extra backpack space.

Early/General Use: Broad Shoulders is generally more useful as a baseline, as it works on all items, including weapons when unequipped.

Endgame/Heavy Loadouts: Loaded Arms is superior for heavy weapon users to prevent being overencumbered while carrying maxed-out gear.

Combined: Combining both skills provides the highest possible efficiency, allowing you to carry massive amounts of loot.

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