The hotel on Riven Tides looks like a normal loot stop at first, but Room 107 proves there is more going on behind those locked doors. What starts as a small hotel room can turn into a chain of hidden key rooms, extra safes, medical loot, weapons, grenades, and even a deeper purple-key route.

After testing these rooms across multiple runs, the main takeaway is simple: Room 107 is not valuable because of the room itself. It is valuable because it can lead to Room 208. That said, the system has RNG. Sometimes you get the next key. Sometimes you get a volcanic rock and quietly question the developers' sense of humor.

• Riven Tides Hotel Key System Explained
• How to Get the Hotel Room 107 Key
• What to Check Inside Room 107
• Room 208: The Real Payoff
• Should You Save the Purple Riven Tides Key?
• Is the Double-Key Room Worth It?
• Best Riven Tides Hotel Loot Route
• Loot Priority: What to Keep and What to Drop
• Player Risk: Expect Company
• FAQ
• Is the Room 208 Key guaranteed from Room 107?
• Where is the hidden safe in Room 107?
• What does the volcanic rock mean?
• Is Room 208 worth opening?
• Should I use the purple Riven Tides key right away?
• What is the best loot from the purple key room?
• Are Riven Tides hotel key rooms good for solo players?
• Summary

where the value is, what to check, when to save your keys, and how to avoid wasting a good Riven Tides run.

↖ Riven Tides Hotel Key System Explained

The hotel key system seems to work like a small loot chain. One locked room can contain a safe, and that safe may contain another key. If you get lucky, a basic-looking room turns into access to a much better locked area.

The important part is that the best loot is not always in the first room. If you open Room 107 and leave without checking the hidden safe, you may miss the real reward.

↖ How to Get the Hotel Room 107 Key

Room 107 is one of the better keys to chase because it can come from a quest instead of pure random luck.

To get it, complete the Riven Tides investigation quest:

Once the quest is done, you receive the Hotel Room 107 Key.

This makes Room 107 a good starting point for players who want a planned Riven Tides loot route instead of relying only on random key drops.

↖ What to Check Inside Room 107

Room 107 looks underwhelming when you first walk in. A few suitcases, some basic loot, nothing too exciting. The real point of interest is the security box under the bed.

If you find the Room 208 Key, keep going if the area is safe. That is the best outcome.

If you find a volcanic rock, it likely means you hit the dud roll for that safe. It is funny once. Less funny when your backpack space is crying.

↖ Room 208: The Real Payoff

Room 208 is where the hotel starts to feel more interesting. It is not just one room. It opens into a larger two-story locked area with more containers and better loot variety.

The biggest mistake here is assuming a door leads back into the public hotel hallway. Some connected rooms are still part of the locked area, so keep looting before you leave.

From experience, Room 208 is worth opening when you have space. It gives better container density than Room 107 and has enough loot variety to make the key feel useful even when the safe does not hit big.

↖ Should You Save the Purple Riven Tides Key?

Yes, in most cases. The purple key should not be treated like a casual open it and see key.

Some purple-key rooms appear to require access through another locked room first. That means if you only have the purple key but not the first access key, you may not be able to reach the actual door.

The deeper purple room can contain a lot of containers, but do not expect guaranteed top-tier weapons every time. In one run, we found plenty of loot, explosive materials, utility items, and several containers, but the weapons were still only level 2.

That does not make the room bad. It just means the value may come from materials, blueprints, and repeated farming, not one lucky weapon drop.

↖ Is the Double-Key Room Worth It?

The double-key route has a high ceiling, but the floor can be disappointing. That is the honest answer.

If you open it once and get nothing special, it feels bad. But rooms like this usually need a bigger sample size. After several runs, the blueprint and rare material value becomes easier to judge.

Our current read: the purple room is worth farming, but not worth risking a full kit if the hotel is already contested.

↖ Best Riven Tides Hotel Loot Route

If we are running the hotel seriously, this is the route that makes the most sense:

This route works because it keeps the logic clean. We are not opening keys randomly. We are using each key to unlock the next possible layer of value.

↖ Loot Priority: What to Keep and What to Drop

Hotel rooms can fill your bag fast. If you do not sort loot properly, you will end up overweight with mediocre items while better loot sits on the floor.

A simple rule works best: if it does not help us unlock, craft, fight, upgrade, or sell well, it goes first.

↖ Player Risk: Expect Company

Locked rooms are loud, predictable, and attractive. If another raider hears you opening doors and looting containers, there is a good chance they will come looking.

The hotel can turn from quiet to chaotic quickly. We have had runs where the loot was fine, but the real profit came from another player trying to push the key room at the wrong time. Greed is contagious in ARC Raiders; luckily, so are bad decisions.

↖ FAQ

↖ Is the Room 208 Key guaranteed from Room 107?

No. Room 107 can give the Room 208 Key, but it can also give a volcanic rock instead. The safe under the bed appears to be RNG-based.

↖ Where is the hidden safe in Room 107?

The safe is under the bed. Do not leave after checking only the suitcases, because the under-bed safe is the main reason to open Room 107.

↖ What does the volcanic rock mean?

The volcanic rock seems to be a dud reward or filler result from hotel room safes. Since it can appear in more than one locked room, it may be part of the hotel key-room loot system.

↖ Is Room 208 worth opening?

Yes, especially if you got the key from Room 107. Room 208 has better loot density, medical supplies, weapon containers, server cabinets, and more chances at useful items.

↖ Should I use the purple Riven Tides key right away?

Usually no. Save it until you know the route and have the access key needed to reach the purple door. Using it as part of the full key chain gives better value.

↖ What is the best loot from the purple key room?

The best expected value seems to come from augment blueprints, rare materials, explosive compounds, and utility items. Do not expect guaranteed high-level weapons every run.

↖ Are Riven Tides hotel key rooms good for solo players?

They can be, but solo players need to move carefully. Check the safe quickly, avoid overlooting, and leave once you have strong value. The longer you stay, the more likely another raider pushes you.

↖ Summary

The Riven Tides hotel key system in ARC Raiders is worth learning because it is built around chained value. Room 107 can lead to Room 208, Room 208 can open into a larger locked area, and the purple key route may offer the best long-term farming potential.

Our recommendation is simple: use Room 107, always check the under-bed safe, continue to Room 208 if the key drops, and save the purple key until you can run the full route. The loot is not guaranteed, but the route has enough upside to be worth repeating.

Just remember the extraction rule that never changes: a full backpack means nothing if someone else carries it out for you.