Don't neglect crafting furniture in your Arc Raiders outpost—it unlocks hundreds of extra storage slots

Arc Raiders ' new outpost system arrived with the Frozen Trail update, and like many I'm sure, I pretty much ignored the entire furniture aspect of it. My mind was occupied with upgrading the outpost itself, building rooms, and trying to get an Emperor Modulator and Frigate Inductor to level my Gunsmith and Research Bench. I wanted those spicy new amplified weapon upgrades like explosive bullets or incendiary shells.

I assumed the whole building outpost furniture thing was a cosmetic feature, but I was dead wrong. Crafting furniture in your Arc Raiders outpost actually gives you hundreds of extra storage slots for items and weapons and it's fairly easy to unlock, you just need to:

Reach level 18 to start the Sheltered Retreat project.

Donate some materials including planks and sheet metal.

Damage flying arc and a Bully for the final step.

After that, you can complete the project and move in, recycle all of the boxes under blankets to …