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ARC Raiders streamer bounties

Some of the most-hunted names in ARC Raiders belong to streamers, and BountyRaiders keeps a set of platform-funded bounties on well-known creators live at all times. They are in-game challenges: land in a raid with the target through normal matchmaking, eliminate them, and prove it on video. Right now 53 streamer bounties are live, worth $1,070 in total.

Live streamer bounties

How streamer bounties work

The platform-funded streamer bounties are posted by BountyRaiders itself, so they do not expire the way community contracts do: they stay on the board until someone collects. Community members can also post their own bounties on creators, at any amount from $5 up, and those follow the normal 30-day rules.

Two things make a streamer bounty different from any other contract on the board. Video proof is mandatory, not optional. And because the platform bounties are $20 each, they sit above the Free tier's $10 cap: you need Premium or VIP to claim one.

Who can claim a streamer bounty

Tier required by bounty amount
Bounty amountTier neededProof
Up to $10Free, Premium or VIPVideo for streamer targets
$10.01 to $25 (includes the $20 platform bounties)Premium or VIPVideo
Above $25VIP onlyVideo

Premium is $3.99 a month and pays a $20 streamer contract out at $18 after the 10% fee. Compare the tiers.

What the video has to show

  • How you encountered the target: the approach, not just the last two seconds.
  • The fight and the knockout, with the KNOCKED OUT entry or the elimination clearly visible.
  • Both names, the target's and your registered ARC name, in the same match.
  • No cuts between the encounter and the kill, and no third-party overlays on screen.

A clip or a VOD timestamp both work. Screenshots alone are rejected for streamer targets, because a still image cannot show how the target was found.

Stream sniping: what it is and why it is banned

Stream sniping is watching a streamer's live broadcast to work out which server, map or location they are in, then queueing or moving to intercept them. In ARC Raiders that means using the stream to time your queue, read their position from their own screen, or follow their route. It is the reason streamer bounties require video: the clip shows how you found the target, not only that you killed them.

It is banned here for two reasons. It is not a hunt; it is using information the target cannot see you using, and a bounty is supposed to reward skill in normal play. And it crosses the line from gameplay into harassment, which is the line this whole site is built on. Kills are only paid when they come from normal matchmaking and normal gameplay.

Moderators compare your clip against the streamer's VOD. Suspicious timing, a route that only makes sense if you knew where the target was, an overlay or second screen in shot, or a queue that lands you with the same streamer repeatedly all get the claim rejected. A repeat offence is a permanent ban and forfeits the wallet.

Is putting a bounty on a streamer harassment?

Not if it stays in the game. Streamers are eliminated in ARC Raiders by strangers every session; a bounty only means the stranger who does it fairly gets paid. What turns it into harassment is anything beyond that: contacting the streamer, spamming their chat, stream sniping, or targeting them outside a raid. All of it is prohibited and enforced.