Buried City

Buried City is the ARC Raiders urban map in Southern Calabretta, unlocked after 6 rounds in TheGamer's Feb 2026 guide. Its best loot is at the Hospital, Space Travel and Town Hall, and it has four key rooms, metro station exits and the Bird City condition.

0:38 Buried City is the ruined town in Southern Calabretta that Embark used for the ARC Raiders gameplay reveal, and the second map most players reach: TheGamer has it unlocking after 6 rounds, at medium difficulty (Feb 27, 2026). The best loot is at the Hospital, Space Travel and Town Hall. Exits are metro stations, and rooftops matter here more than on any other map because of the Bird City condition. Game Rant notes that train station signs suggest an old name, "Marano", an inference from signage rather than anything Embark has said (Nov 18, 2025). The clip opens on a Buried City title card over the reveal's early gameplay.

Quick facts

Unlock	Play 6 rounds (TheGamer, Feb 27, 2026)
Difficulty	Medium (TheGamer, Feb 27, 2026)
High-rated loot areas	3 (PCGamesN, Jun 24, 2026)
Keys	4 named rooms (Dexerto, Apr 29, 2026)
Raider Hatches	4 (Shacknews, Nov 2, 2025)
Exit	Train stations, console underground
Own condition	Bird City, since update 1.13.0, Jan 27, 2026

Sources: TheGamer's unlock guide, PCGamesN, Dexerto's key list, Shacknews, TheGamer on extraction, Embark's 1.13.0 notes.

Points of interest and loot

Area	Loot rating	Loot types
Hospital	High	Medical
Space Travel	High	Commercial, Technological
Town Hall	High	Old World
Library	Medium	Commercial, Old World
Research	Medium	Medical, Technological
Grandioso Apartments	Medium	Residential
Plaza Rosa	Medium	Medical, Commercial

Source: PCGamesN's map guide, Jun 24, 2026. No reliable source has re-rated these since Frozen Trail.

Old World and Residential loot is where trinkets turn up, which is why TheGamer names Buried City for selling (Nov 4, 2025; check loot zones since). The Money Making Guide has more.

Keys

Key	What it opens
Town Hall Key	Town Hall door
Residential Master Key	Apartments in the building south of West Village
JKV Employee Access Card	Fourth-floor door in the Space Travel building
Hospital Key	Door in the Hospital

Source: Dexerto's key list, Apr 29, 2026. Sources disagree on the JKV card: TheGamer puts its door at the top floor of the parking garage (Feb 14, 2026), while Dexerto and Gfinity place it in the Space Travel building. Every map's keys are on Keys.

Raider Hatches and metro exits

Shacknews lists four hatches: Collapsed Supermarket (northeast of Hospital), Train Station (west of Library), Highway Overpass (at Town Hall) and Old Town (under Abandoned Highway Camp), dated Nov 2, 2025: check in game.

4:41 The standard exit here is a train station with several entrances and its console underground against the gated tracks. TheGamer says stations can take a fight to get into, with ARC slightly less likely close by, and that benches and curved walls give cover (Nov 1, 2025). Process and timing are on Extraction and Raider Hatches. The clip, a launch-era guide, explains the metro station's alarm and wait.

Bird City and other conditions

14:29 Bird City is a permanent condition on this map only, cycling in and out of rotation weekly, added in 1.13.0. Birds nest in the chimneys and store trinkets inside, there are more bird traps and ziplines, and Embark warns of more combat around the rooftops, more flying ARC and more players nearby. Update 1.17.0 slightly lowered the chance of rare loot in chimneys. Update 1.45.0 sent players to Bird City for the community-designed Rubber Ducks. In the clip Embark recalls the idea: a small January condition with rubber ducks in nests hidden in the chimneys.

The tracker also schedules Husk Graveyard and Hurricane here (read Oct 31, 2026), and the Frigate visits this map. Update 2.2.0 made ARC Turbines near-certain in Buried City sessions where they were only a chance before. Every effect is on Map Conditions.

Changes worth knowing

Update 1.26.0 reduced Comet presence here to bring beginner sessions back to the intended difficulty. Update 1.13.0 removed the musical puzzle and made the guitar a purchase at Shani's, so old guides to the puzzle are stale. Update 2.1.0 reduced memory use here, especially on Xbox Series S.

Frequently asked questions

How do you unlock Buried City in ARC Raiders? TheGamer says to play 6 rounds to unlock Buried City in ARC Raiders (Feb 27, 2026).

Where is the best loot in Buried City in ARC Raiders? PCGamesN rates the Hospital, Space Travel and Town Hall as High in ARC Raiders' Buried City (Jun 24, 2026). Pick the Hospital for medical items and Town Hall for Old World items.

What is Bird City in ARC Raiders? Bird City is a recurring ARC Raiders condition on Buried City only: chimneys hold nests with trinkets, and there are more ziplines, more flying ARC and more rooftop fights, per Embark's 1.13.0 notes.

Where does the JKV Employee Access Card go in ARC Raiders? Dexerto says the ARC Raiders JKV card opens a fourth-floor door in the Space Travel building (Apr 29, 2026). An older TheGamer guide names the parking garage's top floor, so the newer source is the better bet.

How do you extract from Buried City in ARC Raiders? Go underground at a train station and use the console by the gated tracks, or use one of the Raider Hatches with a key. ARC Raiders' extraction alarm draws attention, so scout first.