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Beginner Guide

For your first raid, choose a mode, pack basic equipment, and pick one objective. Learn the route to extraction before taking optional fights. The steps below are a suggested starting routine, not requirements for completing a raid.

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At a glance

  • Choose Isolated to learn without other player squads. Choose Open + Solo for PvPvE against other solo operatives.
  • Take a loaded primary, matching spare ammunition, a usable medkit, and intact armor. Inspect the items, not just their rarity.
  • After completing your objective, consider extracting if ammunition, healing, or time is running low, your armor is badly damaged, or you are unsure of the route ahead.

Set up the raid in five steps

  1. Open Missions, select Raids, and pick a location with an objective you can explain in one sentence.
  2. Read the raid subtype: green marks Isolated and blue marks Open. In Open, choose Solo to face other solo players. Group is the squad option, while Any combines solo and squad matchmaking.
  3. Read the objective verb and equipment requirement. A handgun objective will not progress from rifle kills.
  4. Verify loaded weapons, correct spare ammunition, armor durability, and a charged medkit in inventory with its quick-access slot bound.
  5. Mark a primary extraction direction. Your backup route is the path you have already cleared.

Sources: 250 Shades of Liberty · Update 0.4.0.62

Run one objective, one route, one extraction

After a loud fight, reload, heal, and move away from the firing position before opening your inventory. Gunfire can attract monsters and players to the exact place where you are least ready for another contact.

Spawn
Orient before movingMatch a large landmark to the map and identify your extraction direction.
Approach
Clear a reversible routeAt every junction, know which doorway, road, or stairwell returns to known ground.
Objective
Confirm the tracker changedDo not spend more ammunition nearby until you know the required step counted.
Exit check
Check whether you can still reach extractionLow supplies, badly damaged armor, uncertain routes, or limited time are reasons to head back. Do not wait for a second problem when time is already short.

Fix the cause of a failed raid

You died with a full backpack.Set the extraction trigger before deployment. A completed objective plus damaged armor is enough reason to leave.

You ran dry during extraction.Reserve one full magazine or a known number of shells for the route out.

You became lost after a fight.Reverse through the last cleared landmark instead of sprinting into a new building or vegetation.

The objective did not progress.Re-read the exact weapon, target, item state, or interaction requirement before repeating the raid.

Sources & references

  1. Active Matter official siteOfficial

    Current raid loop and core game description.

  2. 250 Shades of LibertyOfficial

    Current inventory, medicine, crafting, map, and matchmaking rules.

  3. Update 0.4.0.62Official

    Current raid subtype icons, inventory, quick-access slots, and Workshop navigation.