ARC Raiders Bully Enemy Guide – Weak Points, Attacks, and How to Get Bully Fragmenters

TL;DR:

• The Bully is a new four-legged ARC enemy added to Pendola Pass in the Frozen Trail update (October 8, 2026).
• Its weak points are the leg joints and its head, which opens up during attacks to reveal a secondary damage window.
• Do not trade shots with it in the open — use cover, bait its charges, and punish from elevation or a choke point.
• It attacks with cluster grenades at range and a 360° spinning shotgun turret up close.
• Killing a Bully drops a Bully Fragmenter — an Epic-tier throwable that functions as a cluster grenade and also serves as a crafting material.
• Heavy ammo weapons and explosives are the safest picks — Frozen Trail made explosives more than 50% stronger against ARC armor plates.
• Bullies often spawn in pairs and can push into Gondola extraction areas — don’t let your guard down near exits.

The Bully is the kind of enemy that punishes overconfidence hard. When players first see it lumbering across the snow in Pendola Pass, a lot of them make the mistake of rushing it — and promptly get flattened. It’s not slow, it’s not clumsy, and it absolutely does not give ground. This guide covers everything you need to know about fighting the Bully in ARC Raiders, from its attacks and weak spots to the best weapons for the fight and how to farm Bully Fragmenters efficiently.

What Is the Bully in ARC Raiders?

The Bully is a heavily armored, four-legged ARC machine introduced with the Frozen Trail 2.0 update. It’s exclusive to Pendola Pass, the new frozen mountain map that dropped on October 8, 2026. There are 8 confirmed Bully spawn locations across Pendola Pass, and they frequently appear in pairs, so expect to deal with two at once in some areas.

Think of it as a mid-tier boss fight more than a standard enemy encounter. The Bully is designed around relentless aggression — it gallops at your position, closes distance faster than you’d expect, and doesn’t back off. It’s the kind of threat that punishes players who try to stand and trade in the open.

All Bully Attacks in ARC Raiders

Understanding what the Bully can do is the first step to surviving it. It has a clear set of attack patterns depending on how far away you are:

• Cluster Grenade Launcher (ranged): At distance, the Bully fires cluster grenades that spread on impact and can shred your health before you realise what hit you. If you’re caught in the open with no cover when these land, you’re in trouble fast.
• Shotgun Turret (close range): Close the gap on a Bully and it switches to a shotgun burst that spins in a 360° radius. This means running behind it doesn’t help — it can punish you in any direction.
• Bull Rush / Charge: Like the Leaper, the Bully can charge and cause severe damage on impact. A direct hit knocks Raiders down, leaving you exposed while it lines up a follow-up attack. This is the move that catches most players off guard when they think they’ve got distance.

Combine all three and you have an enemy that threatens you at every range. It keeps pressure on constantly, and that’s the design — it wants to force mistakes.

Bully Weak Points – Where to Aim

The Bully’s body is heavily armored and shooting its torso or upper frame wastes ammunition without doing meaningful damage. There are two actual weak points you should be targeting:

Bully Weak Points Knee Joint

• Leg joints: The knee joints on all four legs are the primary weak points. Consistent, accurate hits here with heavy rounds break it down far more efficiently than spraying at its main chassis. Since its legs are always visible regardless of its facing, this is your default target throughout the fight.
• Head (during attacks): The Bully’s head opens up and reveals a secondary weak spot during certain attack animations. This is a brief damage window, but hitting it during that opening deals strong burst damage. Train yourself to recognize the animation and commit shots to the head when it appears — then immediately return to the legs.

Breaking the leg armor is the core loop of the fight. Destroying one Bully grants +500 XP, so it’s worth the effort even if you’re not specifically farming Fragmenters.

How to Kill the Bully in ARC Raiders

Use Cover and Elevation — Don’t Trade in the Open

The Bully’s in-game description gives the exploit away directly: it “will pursue threats well beyond the point of caution.” That’s the thing to abuse. It commits hard to its charges, which means it can be baited into tight passages, around corners, and through choke points where you can break its momentum and punish the recovery.

Rooftops and elevated positions are particularly strong. Get up high, harass the Bully from above, and drop down or reposition when it uses its cluster grenade attack. The grenade arcs upward, so staying mobile on elevated ground can help you dodge the spread. If you’re indoors or at street level, use building corners and large obstacles to interrupt its charge path.

Solo Strategy

Fighting a Bully alone is effectively a solo boss fight. The key is enclosed areas — walls and structures absorb the cluster grenades and give you a consistent angle to chip the leg joints from safety. Peek, fire at the legs, retreat behind cover, and repeat. Don’t get greedy. The Bully’s shotgun turret punishes anyone who rushes it, and its charge will knock you down if you’re caught in the open mid-reposition.

Patience is the word here. Erratic movement makes the leg joints difficult to hit cleanly — discipline on your shots matters more than fire rate.

Squad Strategy

With a squad, the fight opens up considerably. One player draws aggro and baits the Bully’s focus while the rest target the leg joints from secondary angles. If the Bully fixates on you, go defensive — use cover and let your team deal damage until it shifts its attention. Rotate who’s being targeted to keep the heat manageable.

One warning: if a Bully is present, keep at least one squad member watching its approach rather than having everyone chase smaller ARC machines in the same area. The Bully’s aggression range is long, and getting flanked by it mid-fight with another enemy is how wipes happen.

Best Weapons to Use Against the Bully

Frozen Trail’s explosive rebalance is relevant here — explosives are now more than 50% stronger against ARC armor plates, which makes them significantly more useful against the Bully’s heavy chassis than they were before. High damage-per-shot weapons that let you land precise hits on the small leg joint targets outperform fast-firing options that scatter rounds across the armored body.

Confirmed strong picks against the Bully:

• Hullcracker – High burst damage and strong ARC armor penetration. A go-to for the fight, though a single shot won’t guarantee a kill.
• Rascal – Works well when targeting from elevation.
• Modified Anvil with X-Rounds / Explosive Bullets Amplification – The amplification setup makes this a strong option for sustained leg damage.
• Heavy ammo weapons generally – Any weapon in the heavy ammo category that rewards accurate single shots is a better fit than SMGs or fast-firing rifles that spread damage across the armored sections.
• Explosives (Tether Launcher, grenades) – The Tether Launcher introduced in Frozen Trail can slow the Bully while squadmates target the joints or set up explosives. A tethered Bully can still fire, so don’t assume the fight is paused — use that window, then get clear.

For weapon upgrades that make these fights easier, our weapon upgrade guide covers the Gunsmith process, and our ARC Motion Core farming guide covers materials you’ll need for higher-tier crafts.

Where to Find the Bully on Pendola Pass

Bullies are currently exclusive to Pendola Pass, the frozen mountain map added in Frozen Trail. There are 8 Bully spawn locations across the map, and they tend to appear in pairs — plan for two enemies at once rather than one isolated fight.

A few things to know about Bully spawn behavior:

• They pull in other ARC enemies around them, so a Bully fight can escalate quickly if there are Skulkers or Husks nearby.
• They can and do enter extraction areas. If a Bully is between you and the Gondola Transceiver, save enough ammo and health to deal with it before boarding.
• Other Raiders will often converge on a Bully fight for the drop — stay aware of your surroundings while fighting, especially in the later minutes of a raid.

For a full breakdown of the map layout and the safest routes around Pendola Pass, our Pendola Pass map guide covers all districts, key loot spots, and all four Gondola extraction points.

How to Get Bully Fragmenters

What Is a Bully Fragmenter?

The Bully Fragmenter is an Epic-tier item that drops from killing a Bully. It has two uses:

• As a throwable: It functions exactly like the cluster grenades the Bully fires at you during combat — throw it and it releases a spread of smaller explosions across a large radius. Particularly devastating in enclosed areas and tight extraction chokepoints.
• As a crafting material: The Bully Fragmenter counts as a crafting material for at least one new quest and for upgrading the Level 3 Research Table. More crafting applications are expected to surface as the Frozen Trail season develops, following the same pattern other ARC-dropped items have followed in previous updates.

Given the crafting role, it’s worth holding onto Fragmenters rather than burning all of them as grenades — especially early in the season before the full crafting tree is known.

Which Parts to Loot After Killing a Bully

After a kill, loot quickly. Large ARC enemies draw attention from other Raiders, and someone nearby may grab the drop before you do. One Bully typically drops around one Fragmenter per kill, so if you need several you’re looking at a multi-run grind. The limbs also drop Mechanical Components, ARC Alloy, and other ARC parts — worth picking up for crafting alongside the Fragmenter.

For reference on managing what you bring out of a run, our guide on recycling and selling items is useful when your backpack fills up fast after a Bully fight. And our safe pockets guide covers how to protect your Fragmenters if you go down before extracting.

Bully Farming Tips

• Learn the 8 spawn locations on Pendola Pass and build a route that hits multiple in one run.
• Always go in with a full ammo load. The Bully is a resource-intensive fight and you’ll chew through stock faster than expected.
• Don’t start a Bully fight if your health is already low from a prior engagement — the cluster grenades can one-cycle a weakened Raider.
• If two Bullies are present, focus one at a time. Splitting fire on two armored enemies while both charge you is a fast way to lose the fight.
• Use Flash Freeze and Avalanche Shelters to your advantage — the Bully doesn’t shelter, and you can sometimes force the fight on your terms by controlling space around a shelter entrance.
• Check our Sentinel Firing Core farming guide and Leaper Pulse Unit guide for context on how similar ARC enemy farming works across the game.

If you’re still gearing up for Pendola Pass raids, our ARC Raiders survival tips guide and best skills to unlock first are solid starting points. The game is available on PlayStation and Xbox in addition to PC.

ARC Raiders Bully FAQ