Bombardier – Arc Raiders ARC Enemy Guide & How to Kill

Bombardier Overview

The Bombardier is a large ARC machine and the more dangerous cousin of the Bastion. It carries about 2,670 health, a light-armor classification, and trades the Bastion’s gatling gun for a long-range artillery cannon — plus two flying drones that make that cannon scarily accurate. Win the fight by dealing with the escorts first and punishing its reload windows.

Attacks

• Mortar Fire. A powerful, long-range artillery strike. It prefers to hold distance and lob shells at you, so don’t try to out-range it in the open.
• Shockwave. A close-range area pulse — don’t get cornered next to it.

Spotters (Kill These First)

The Bombardier is almost always escorted by a pair of small flying drones called Spotters. They feed it real-time position data, which is what makes its mortar fire so precise. Take the Spotters down first to blind the machine — though note both drones respawn after they’re destroyed, so expect to clear them more than once during a long fight.

Weak Points

• Rear yellow cylinder. The canister on its back is the priority target — destroying it can disable the Bombardier quickly.
• Leg joints (yellow kneecaps). Shooting the joints impairs its mobility and exposes the unarmored inner sections.

How to Kill It

• Deadline one-shot. One well-placed Deadline mine next to its canister will destroy it in a single hit.
• Kill order. Drop the Spotters → crack the leg joints to slow it and expose the body → focus the rear cylinder.
• Punish the mortar. Attack immediately after it fires its mortar — that’s when it’s most vulnerable.
• Use cover and angles. Stay out of open sightlines while the Spotters are alive; their data is what lands the artillery on your head.

Where the Bombardier Spawns

• Dam Battlegrounds — Primary Facility, Night Raid
• Buried City — Parking Garage roof, Marano Park, north of Plaza Rosa
• The Spaceport — east of Vehicle Maintenance, The Trench
• The Blue Gate — Raider’s Refuge, Checkpoint, Traffic Tunnel

Drops

Destroying a Bombardier awards 500 XP (plus ~300 XP each for scavenging the core, shell, and legs). Its loot table includes:

• Bombardier Cell — a unique upgrade item used at the Refiner (the main reason to farm it)
• ARC Powercell, Advanced ARC Powercell
• ARC Alloy, ARC Performance Steel
• ARC Motion Core, ARC Flex Rubber
• Mechanical Components, Heavy Gun Parts
• Launcher Ammo

Bombardier vs Bastion

Same body shape, different threat. The Bombardier is white/light-blue, fires a long-range cannon, and is the one with the flying Spotters. The Bastion is black-grey, fights solo, and uses a short-burst gatling gun. If you see escort drones and incoming artillery, it’s a Bombardier — clear the Spotters before anything else.