The absolute best attachment setup for the Bobcat submachine gun in ARC Raiders focuses on minimizing per-shot dispersion and controlling side-to-side bounce to maximize its incredible time-to-kill (TTK). Because the baseline weapon fires at a blazing fast 66.7 rate of fire but suffers from a meager 20-round magazine and a shaky 45.9 stability score, picking the right modifications makes or breaks this weapon in both high-stakes PvP and intense PvE raids.
The Meta "Laser Beam" Build
This is the universally agreed-upon best-in-slot (BiS) meta configuration used by high-level players to keep the Bobcat's extreme fire rate perfectly accurate:
Muzzle: Compensator III – Crucial for keeping your crosshair tightly contained, as it slows down your per-shot dispersion bloom and shrinks maximum weapon spread.
Underbarrel: Horizontal Grip III (or Angled Grip III) – The Bobcat naturally upgrades its horizontal recoil management by 45% at tier four (Bobcat IV). Combining it with a Horizontal grip completely eliminates side-to-side sway, leaving you with only simple vertical recoil that you can easily pull down to counter.
Magazine: Extended Light Mag III – An absolute requirement. The base gun deals 6 damage per bullet, meaning it takes 20 shots to kill an enemy wearing light armor. At its native fire rate, it empties its standard 20-round clip in a fraction of a second. This leaves zero margin for error. Upgrading to the Extended Light Mag III boosts your capacity by +15 rounds, pushing the total to 35 and giving you critical multi-kill potential.
Stock: Kinetic Converter (Aggressive) or Padded Stock (Stable) – If you want pure melting speed, the Kinetic Converter boosts your fire rate by an extra 15%. If that pushes the recoil past what you can handle, swap to the Padded Stock for rock-solid stability.
Before rushing to assemble this build, make sure you've unlocked the necessary parts. If you are struggling to find the right drops in the Buried City or during Blue Gate events, you can always check out U4N to get cheap arc raiders blueprints directly, saving you hours of RNG farming so you can jump straight into crafting.
The Sweat Hip-Fire Variation
If you prefer running and gunning without aiming down sights (ADS), you can tweak the build slightly to optimize maximum movement and close-quarters hip accuracy:
Muzzle: Compensator III
Underbarrel: Horizontal Grip III
Magazine: Extended Light Mag III
Stock: Lightweight Stock – Gives you high-speed agility and faster weapon-swapping to seamlessly dominate engagements up to 30 meters out completely from the hip.
While a raw base Bobcat has a hefty 3.53-second reload time—which feels painfully slow compared to the Stitcher's 1.56 seconds—bringing this weapon up to Bobcat IV cuts that reload duration down by 40%. When paired with the Extended Light Mag III and a Compensator, the math swings heavily in your favor, dropping its practical close-range TTK down to roughly 1.4 seconds and cementing it as the premier close-quarters option.
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