Arclight City Apartment Guide: Housing Features and Is It Worth It?

Housing adds another layer to Arclight City’s text-based cyberpunk world.

There are many apartments to choose from – each costing different amounts of Euro Dollar (in-game currency) which is taken weekly for rent.

Apartments are part of the games progression, but how do you know if getting an apartment is worthwhile, and what should you consider before investing in one?

What Can Apartments Do?

Apartments aren’t simply places to visit.

The game includes apartment-related functionality such as cooking, inventory storage and more mercenary slot benefits.

Cooking in Your Apartment

The apartment kitchen allows you to prepare dishes using ingredients and recipes.

Some meals provide character buffs which makes cooking a useful part of your preparation for other activities.

Understanding Housing Benefits

The MegaEstate housing system includes apartment listings and information about their features.

Some housing standards provide mercenary slot benefits. The start apartments mean you can recruit 5 mercenaries, while better, more expensive apartments mean you can gain extra slots to recruit more mercenaries.

Another benefit includes unlocking more inventory slots so you are able to carry more items.

The vault is a feature that acts like a bank, so you can take items out of your inventory to free up space, and deposit them like a banking system so you can take them out again later. Again, the more expensive the apartment the more vault slots you can have.

Consider Your Priorities

Before investing heavily in housing, ask yourself what you want from it.

Are you interested in cooking? Do you need the listed mercenary benefits? Would the resources used to rent an apartment be more useful for equipment or another upgrade right now?

If you’re new to the game, it’s not worth getting an apartment straight away.

Compare Before Committing

Review the available apartment options and their displayed benefits.

Don’t assume that a more expensive option is automatically the best choice for your current character.

Final Thoughts

Apartments can provide more than a cosmetic feature, particularly for players interested in cooking and mercenary-related benefits.

Whether housing is worth prioritising depends on your current goals and the benefits offered by the available listings.

Focus on levelling your character first, I would recommend you don’t start renting an apartment in Arclight City until you reach at least level 15.