If you have been running heists in Neverness to Everness, there is a useful ARC ability that can save you a surprising amount of time and allow you to get a lot of money from it. As you probably know, some ARCs in NTE come with a special ability. It is not the base power of the ARC that your character benefits from when you equip that ARC, but a skill on top of that, that you can then use. Some have abilities that are mostly useful in combat, but a few others are more, let’s say, quality-of-life abilities.
The ARC in question is called Time Bandit, and it comes with the passive ability “ARC Picky – Summons Picky to pry open all nearby lockable objects.”
That description might not sound particularly exciting at first, but it turns out the skill works on safes during the Heist as well.
A Handy Shortcut for Heist Runs
Normally, opening every safe during a heist means running from room to room and waiting for the lockpicking animation to finish each time. With Time Bandit equipped, you can simply interact with all the safes you want to unlock first, within the same general area, and then activate the ARC ability.
As long as the safes are nearby, Picky will open them all at once. The tip was shared on Twitter/X by another player, and you can take a look at the video as well:
The effect does have its limits. It will not reach safes spread across multiple floors or on the opposite side of the building. However, for zones where you have multiple rooms in the same surrounding area, it can really speed things up.
Instead of standing around waiting for several lockpicking animations, you can immediately start collecting the rewards.
How to Get Time Bandit
If you do not already own the ARC, you can obtain Time Bandit through the ARC Shop under the ARC Exchange menu.
Heists remain one of the best ways to earn Fons regularly, so this is one of those small quality-of-life tricks that can make a big difference over time and speed up how much you collect each run.
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