Jiangsu warehouse: locating the building that starts the LiDAR trail
The Jiangsu warehouse is a specific building inside the Spaceport map in ARC Raiders, and it is the first named location you visit during the A Lay of the Land quest given by Shani, the head of Security. Shani asks you to track down LiDAR scanners, and her briefing tells you that the trail begins by finding this warehouse. Understanding what the building looks like, where it sits on the map, and what you actually do inside is the difference between walking in circles at the edge of Spaceport and extracting with the first quest item of the route.
This guide focuses on that single building: how to approach it, how to clear the route from a typical match spawn, what to expect on the inside, and how to carry the information you find safely into the next step. It also covers the decisions that matter most for the match: which augments to bring, which side of the building to enter from, and how to treat the first-floor to second-floor climb so that you do not get pinned by other players or by ARC enemies before you reach the foreman’s office.
Where the Jiangsu warehouse sits on the Spaceport map
The Jiangsu warehouse is in the northwest portion of the Spaceport map, inside the Alberi Hills region. The Alberi Hills area sits away from the dense cluster of points of interest near the center of the map, so the building is treated as a quieter side objective rather than a hot drop. The trade-off is distance: depending on your spawn and the chosen exit direction, the route to the warehouse can be long, and the return trip is equally long if you are already committed to extracting somewhere else.
Because the building is off-center, most players who need it plan their match around it rather than stumbling into it. The practical implication is that you want to know the rough approach before you load in. If your spawn is on the opposite side of Spaceport, the Jiangsu warehouse becomes a multi-minute run rather than a short detour, and that time pressure shapes every other decision in the quest, including the next destination, Control Tower A6, which sits closer to the center of the map.
Recommended conditions for the run
The quest that leads you to the Jiangsu warehouse, A Lay of the Land, only spawns on the Spaceport map. The map rotation is fixed, but Spaceport can appear with several different condition modifiers in ARC Raiders. For a quest that asks you to enter a side building, read shipping notes, and then travel across the map to a second named location, the safer plan is to attempt the run when Spaceport has either no modifiers or one of the more permissive modifiers.
Permissive modifiers like Lush Blooms keep the basic mechanics of the map intact while reducing some of the harsher environmental effects. The point of picking a tamer condition is not to make the Jiangsu warehouse easier on its own, but to lower the cost of a mistake on the long cross-map walk that follows. A single bad fight in the Alberi Hills region can cost you the LiDAR scanner, and a single hazard on the way to Control Tower A6 can end the run before you find the second quest item.
How to prepare before leaving for the warehouse
Because the Jiangsu warehouse is your first stop in a two-part objective, the items you carry into Spaceport directly affect how safely you can finish the quest. The most important preparation is bringing an Augment that has at least one safe pocket. A safe pocket does not protect you in combat, but it does keep quest items safe if you go down on the way to extraction.
For a run that takes you from Alberi Hills in the northwest to Control Tower A6 near the center, a second slot to think about is healing. The Spaceport map rewards players who can recover from a single fight without burning a long cooldown, so a small medical reserve is a sensible precaution. A third consideration is a way to reposition quickly, because the building-to-building transition can otherwise eat a lot of time on foot.
Approaching the building
The Jiangsu warehouse is a large rectangular structure with several legitimate entrances. You can enter from any side of the building, which gives you flexibility based on the surrounding terrain, the location of any ARC patrols, and whether other players have already committed to the same approach. If the visible doors are contested, a window is a viable entry point, and breaking a window to create your own entrance is a legitimate option rather than a fallback.
The key decision when you arrive is whether to enter from the side that gives you the shortest path to the foreman’s office, or to enter from a quieter side even if it costs you a few extra seconds. The northwest corner of the building is the part of the structure you need to reach, so favor approaches that put you on that side of the warehouse. If you spawn on the map edge that is already close to Alberi Hills, this is straightforward; if you spawn on the opposite side, the path to the northwest is a long run, and the entry side becomes less important than simply arriving intact.
Inside the Jiangsu warehouse: finding the foreman’s office
Once you are inside, the immediate objective is the foreman’s office, which sits on the top floor so the foreman can oversee the warehouse workers. The foreman’s office is not a hidden room. It is positioned so that the occupant has a view across the warehouse floor, which is exactly why the desk you need is the one near the outer edge of the upper level rather than against an interior wall.
The first interior task is to make your way to the far northwest section of the warehouse, because the foreman’s office is in that corner. From the entrance you choose, head for the northwest wall and look for the stairs that lead up to the second floor. The stairs are a fixed architectural element, so a quick scan of the corners in the northwest section of the building will find them. The top of the stairs lands you on the floor where the foreman’s office is located, and from there you can orient yourself toward the outer edge of the building.
Reading the shipping notes
On the second floor, look for a desk close to the far edge of the warehouse, facing the warehouse floor. The desk is the one with a golden indicator on it, and the indicator is the prompt to read the shipping notes. The notes themselves are the reward of this stage of the quest: the text on them explains that the LiDAR scanners were sent to Control Tower A6, which is the next objective.
Treat the moment of reading the notes as a checkpoint rather than a finish line. As soon as the prompt is resolved, your in-game map updates to mark the next destination, and you now have a new long walk ahead of you. Before you leave the second floor, confirm that the LiDAR trail marker is in fact Control Tower A6 rather than a generic waypoint, and that you are oriented toward the center of the Spaceport map. Reading the notes is the only way to learn the correct next building, because the quest does not pre-mark the destination.
From the Jiangsu warehouse to Control Tower A6
After reading the shipping notes, the quest route takes you across the Spaceport map to Control Tower A6, which sits closer to the center. The tower is in the southeast section of the map center, past the Departure Building and the Launch Towers, and it is located above the Vehicle Maintenance and the Container Storage points of interest. Reading those landmarks in order is the easiest way to navigate, because they form a rough chain from the outskirts toward the heart of Spaceport.
The walk from Alberi Hills to the center of Spaceport is the longest part of the quest, and it is the segment where most runs fail. You can expect to cross open ground, deal with whatever modifiers the current rotation has placed on the map, and possibly pass other players who are running their own objectives. Plan the route in your head before you leave the Jiangsu warehouse, because once you are on the open map, stopping to read a landmark usually costs more time than simply walking to it.
Approaching Control Tower A6
Control Tower A6 is a tall structure, and the entrance path uses the east side of the building. From the east side, look for stairs that lead up to the second floor on the eastern side of the tower. The stairs are a deliberate feature of the design, because the second floor contains a small office on the south side that is the actual objective space. Going in from the east and climbing the eastern stairs keeps your approach aligned with the office you need rather than the larger tower facilities.
Once you reach the second floor, hug the southern section of the floor and loop around the office. Inside or beside the office, there is a pile of boxes that has a golden indicator reading search for scanners. The LiDAR scanner you are looking for is hidden among those boxes, and interacting with the prompt transfers the scanner into your inventory as a quest item. After that, the only mechanical step left is to extract.
Extracting with the LiDAR scanner
Extraction is the part of the run where the Augment’s safe pocket earns its keep. Place the LiDAR scanner into the safe pocket as soon as you have it, and then move toward your planned extraction point. If you go down on the way out, the scanner is preserved in the safe pocket, and you can still escape with it as long as the extraction itself succeeds. If the scanner is left in your regular inventory, a death on the way to extraction can lose the item outright, and you will need to start the route again.
For quests like A Lay of the Land, the safest extraction plan is to call an exit point that is roughly on the way back toward the Alberi Hills region rather than a random call in the center of the map. The reason is simple: leaving from the center forces you to walk through the densest part of Spaceport, while leaving from a point closer to the building you just cleared shortens the time you spend exposed in contested ground.
Rewards and what Shani gives you next
When you extract with the LiDAR scanner and return it to Shani, she hands you a small reward bundle. The bundle is centered on access rather than raw loot: it includes the Dam Testing Annex Key, three Ziplines, and two Smoke Grenades. The Dam Testing Annex Key opens a new location for follow-up content, the Ziplines give you a new way to reposition vertically and across gaps, and the Smoke Grenades are a defensive tool that is useful both in the Jiangsu warehouse area and in later quests that take you back to Spaceport.
Treat the reward bundle as a loadout expansion. Once you have the Ziplines, several parts of the Spaceport map that were tedious to reach on foot become trivial, and the Smoke Grenades change how you can safely approach a contested point of interest. If the Dam Testing Annex unlocks a follow-up quest, the same principle applies as for the Jiangsu warehouse: prepare an Augment with a safe pocket before you leave, because the next quest item is again something you do not want to lose in transit.
Common failure modes on the Jiangsu warehouse run
The most common reason the run fails is approaching the warehouse from the wrong side of the map because the spawn was unfavorable. The fix is to accept that the long walk is part of the quest, and to plan the route before you engage any ARC enemies on the way there. The second most common failure is reading the shipping notes and then leaving the building through a random exit, which pulls you away from the path to Control Tower A6 and adds time you do not have. The fix is to leave the foreman’s office through the side of the building that puts you on the shortest path toward the Departure Building landmark.
The third failure mode is reaching Control Tower A6 with the LiDAR scanner in your standard inventory rather than in a safe pocket. The fix is simple: place the item as soon as you have it, before you move toward extraction. The fourth failure mode is fighting on the way to extraction because another player has been tracking the same quest. The fix is to plan an extraction point that is not the obvious one, and to use the Ziplines and Smoke Grenades you already own, if you have them, to break line of sight and reposition.
How the Jiangsu warehouse fits the broader Spaceport quest loop
The Jiangsu warehouse is a spoke inside the Spaceport quest cluster rather than a standalone location. It introduces the A Lay of the Land quest, gives you the first LiDAR scanner, and connects to Control Tower A6, which is itself a named point of interest. The pattern of finding a paper trail in a quiet building and then using it to reach a central structure repeats across several other Spaceport quests, and the Jiangsu warehouse is the cleanest example of that pattern.
Once you understand the pattern, the same preparation applies across the cluster: bring a safe-pocket Augment, plan your approach to the quieter building first, treat the second floor as the real objective space, and protect the quest item on the way to extraction. The Dam Testing Annex Key, the Ziplines, and the Smoke Grenades you receive at the end are the bridge into the next set of objectives, and they are also the tools that make the rest of the Spaceport quest loop faster to clear.
Practical checklist for the Jiangsu warehouse run
- Confirm the match is on the Spaceport map and that you are running A Lay of the Land from Shani.
- Choose a match modifier that is tamer than the harshest options if you want a safer run.
- Bring an Augment that has at least one safe pocket and slot the LiDAR scanner into it as soon as you have it.
- Plan a route from your spawn point to the Alberi Hills region in the northwest of Spaceport.
- Approach the Jiangsu warehouse from the side that puts you closest to the northwest corner of the building.
- Enter through any door or break a window if the visible entrances are contested.
- Head to the far northwest section of the warehouse and climb the stairs to the second floor.
- Read the shipping notes on the desk with the golden indicator, on the outer edge of the upper floor.
- Use the notes to set Control Tower A6 as your next waypoint, not a generic map marker.
- Cross the map toward the Departure Building and the Launch Towers, then enter Control Tower A6 from the east side.
- Climb the eastern stairs to the second floor and loop around the southern office to find the pile of boxes with the golden search prompt.
- Place the LiDAR scanner into your Augment’s safe pocket before you start the extraction run.
- Call an extraction point that shortens the return trip rather than one in the densest part of the map.
- Hand the LiDAR scanner to Shani after a successful extract to receive the Dam Testing Annex Key, three Ziplines, and two Smoke Grenades.
Decision table: which side to enter the Jiangsu warehouse from
| Entry side | Pros | Cons | Best when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest-facing side | Shortest path to the foreman’s office stairs. | Closest to other players approaching from the Alberi Hills edge. | Your spawn is on the map edge nearest to Alberi Hills, and the route is uncontested. |
| South or east side | Quieter entry, more time to read the room before committing. | Adds a few seconds of interior walking to reach the northwest corner. | You hear gunfire or see other players around the northwest corner. |
| Broken window | Independent of door state, lets you bypass a contested entrance. | Noise from breaking glass can attract ARC patrols or other players. | All visible doors are blocked or watched, and you need an immediate entry. |
Decision table: how to carry the LiDAR scanner through extraction
| Storage choice | Behavior on death | Behavior on extraction | Recommended use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augment safe pocket | Scanner is preserved if you go down. | Scanner exits the map with you on a successful extract. | Default choice for any quest that requires turning in a LiDAR scanner or other named item. |
| Standard inventory | Scanner is dropped on death and can be lost. | Scanner exits the map with you on a successful extract. | Only acceptable if you are confident the extraction route is uncontested and you have a rez plan. |
How long the Jiangsu warehouse run actually takes
The run has two long walks and two short interior segments. The first walk is from your spawn to the northwest of Spaceport. The second walk is from the warehouse to Control Tower A6 near the center. The interior segments are the climb to the foreman’s office and the climb to the second floor of Control Tower A6. If you account for cautious movement, the time you spend inside the two buildings is small compared with the time you spend outside, and the time pressure on the run is shaped by the modifier on Spaceport and by how many other players are contesting the same path.
A useful planning heuristic is to set yourself a soft time budget for the cross-map walk. If you reach the Departure Building and have not yet seen a viable route into the center, it is often better to abort the Control Tower A6 attempt and extract empty, then retry the run in a cleaner match. The Jiangsu warehouse is repeatable, the shipping notes are repeatable, and the LiDAR scanner is repeatable, but recovering the run after a failed extraction usually costs you more time than restarting from a better spawn.
Frequently asked questions
Where exactly is the Jiangsu warehouse in ARC Raiders?
The Jiangsu warehouse is a specific building in the northwest portion of the Spaceport map, inside the Alberi Hills region. It is the first named location you visit during the A Lay of the Land quest given by Shani.
Do I need a specific map modifier to do the Jiangsu warehouse quest?
No, the quest itself is not locked to a specific modifier. A Lay of the Land only spawns on Spaceport, but it can be done with any modifier active. For a smoother run, choose a Spaceport match with no modifier or with a tamer modifier such as Lush Blooms, because the route crosses most of the map.
What should I bring into Spaceport for the Jiangsu warehouse run?
Bring an Augment that has at least one safe pocket so you can store the LiDAR scanner once you have it. A small medical reserve and a way to reposition are also sensible, because the second half of the quest takes you from Alberi Hills to the center of the map.
Where is the foreman’s office inside the Jiangsu warehouse?
The foreman’s office is on the top floor of the building, in the northwest corner, so the foreman has a view across the warehouse floor. Reach it by going to the far northwest section of the building and climbing the stairs to the second floor, then look for a desk on the outer edge of the upper level with a golden indicator.
What do the shipping notes in the Jiangsu warehouse tell me?
The shipping notes confirm that the LiDAR scanners were sent to Control Tower A6, which is your next destination on the Spaceport map. The notes are the only in-game source of that target, so reading them is mandatory before you leave the building.
Where is Control Tower A6 after I leave the Jiangsu warehouse?
Control Tower A6 is in the southeast section of the center of Spaceport, beyond the Departure Building and the Launch Towers. It is above the Vehicle Maintenance and the Container Storage points of interest, and the recommended approach is from the east side of the building.
What is the safest way to carry the LiDAR scanner to extraction?
Place the LiDAR scanner in your Augment’s safe pocket as soon as you collect it. That way, if you go down on the way to extraction, the item is preserved and you can still complete the quest as long as the extraction itself succeeds.
What does Shani give me when I turn in the LiDAR scanner?
After a successful extraction, Shani gives you the Dam Testing Annex Key, three Ziplines, and two Smoke Grenades. The key opens new content, and the Ziplines and Smoke Grenades are reusable loadout tools for later Spaceport quests.
Can I do the Jiangsu warehouse run with a squad?
Yes. The interior of the building is small enough that a coordinated squad can clear the route quickly, and the cross-map walk to Control Tower A6 is safer with a teammate covering sightlines. The main risk with a squad is that other players are more likely to contest the building, so plan an entry side together before you arrive.
What should I do if another player reaches the Jiangsu warehouse first?
If another player is already inside the Jiangsu warehouse when you arrive, you have two sensible options. The first is to hold an outside position and wait for them to leave, because the interior is small and a fight inside is risky. The second is to reset the run entirely and look for a quieter match. A quest restart is usually faster than a contested fight inside the building, because the shipping notes and the LiDAR scanner are both repeatable in a fresh attempt.
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