ARC Raiders: How to Complete the Keeping the Memory Quest (Formicai Hills)

Besides looking for Coffee Pots or a Water Filter, you can complete the Keeping the Memory quest in ARC Raiders. This short but emotional side mission from Celeste doesn’t focus on big fights or rare loot. Instead, it pushes you toward the lore and asks you to honor a fallen soldier in ARC Raiders Formicai Hills. You’ll travel to a wreck site, find a missing helmet, and place it on a small memorial. Simple on paper, but easy to miss in practice.

Here’s a clear, step‑by‑step breakdown of how to finish Keeping the Memory quest and what to do if it bugs out.

How to Start Keeping the Memory Quest in ARC Raiders

Celeste gives you the Keeping the Memory quest. Once it’s active, your main objective is:

• Investigate the wreckage in Formicai Hills
• Recover a fallen soldier’s helmet
• Place it on a memorial pole to keep Celeste’s promise
• From here, everything happens in the Dam Battlegrounds map.

ARC Raiders Formicai Hills Wreckage Location

Once the quest is tracked, you need to reach the wreck site in ARC Raiders Formicai Hills. Open the Dam Battlegrounds map. Look toward the southern area of the map. Zoom in until you see a marked area called “Wreckage.” Set a waypoint and move toward that label.

There is a spawn point nearby, which sometimes cuts down travel time. Still, you may need to trek a bit before you reach the exact spot.

When you arrive, you’ll find a huge Derelict Baron Husk resting among the trees. Approaching it will update your objective and partially complete the Keeping the Memory quest. From here, your next task is to locate the missing helmet.

Where to Find the Helmet in Keeping the Memory

After you get close to the Derelict Baron Husk, the quest text changes to:

“Search for the Missing Helmet.”

The helmet is easy to overlook because it blends into the environment, but here’s how to find it:

Stand near the Baron Husk wreckage. Look to the right side of the husk. Check the small bush just to the right of the wreck. Interact with the bush at the marked spot to pick up the helmet. It’s basically “hidden in plain sight.” The quest marker and the highlighted bush (if you’re close enough) should help, but the description above will get you there even if the marker isn’t obvious.

How to Place the Helmet and Finish the Quest

Once you have the helmet in hand, you’re almost done with Keeping the Memory quest. Walk a bit further ahead from the bush and wreck. Look for a small memorial pole sticking out of the ground. The pole has a holographic projection of the helmet above it, so it’s easy to spot. Interact with the pole to place the recovered helmet. After you set the helmet on the memorial:

Rewards for Completing Keeping the Memory

Claim your quest rewards for completing Keeping the Memory in ARC Raiders. You receive:

• 5× Simple Gun Parts
• 5× Duct Tape
• 5× Magnets

Can’t Complete Keeping the Memory Quest?

Sometimes, Keeping the Memory quest refuses to cooperate. Players have reported two main issues:

• The helmet is missing from the bush next to the Baron Husk.
• A helmet is already placed on the memorial pole when you arrive.

Both situations look like bugs, not intended behavior. Until the developers patch this, you can try the following workaround.

Workaround Steps

Enter the mission with a free loadout. This makes it easier to repeatedly retry without caring about gear. Check where you spawn in Dam Battlegrounds. If you do not spawn near Formicai Hills, open the menu and choose “Surrender.” Re‑queue and repeat until you spawn close to Formicai Hills.

As soon as you load in near ARC Raiders Formicai Hills. Rush straight to the Baron Husk wreck. Try to complete Keeping the Memory quest as fast as possible. For more ARC Raiders content, stay posted to RetroNoob.