Patch Notes and Updates

The latest ARC Raiders update is Live Update 2.3.0, released Oct 27, 2026, the fifth patch after the Frozen Trail 2.0 update of Oct 8. Below: every post Embark Studios has made on Steam since the ARC Raiders launch on Oct 30, 2025, newest first with a one-line summary and a link, then how the update schedule changed, then the three newest patches in detail, with 2.3.0 in full. The table was read against Embark's Steam posts on Oct 31, 2026.

Quick facts

Sources: Live Update 2.3.0, Oct 27, 2026; We're changing how we update ARC Raiders, May 13, 2026.

Update 2.3.0

Live Update 2.3 is a balance and fix patch with a small content drop: the Noxious Set and a new project, Soul's Offering, in which Celeste asks Speranza to honor Raiders lost on Pendola Pass. The notes give the project's story, not its stages or rewards. As context, 2.1.0 opened the PvE Toggle test and fixed the Reward Pass, and 2.2.0 closed that test and rebalanced Feats. Both are in the sections below.

These are the changes in 2.3.0 that alter how the game plays, all from Embark's notes of Oct 27, 2026.

Source for the table: Live Update 2.3.0, Oct 27, 2026.

The patch also extends the locked-room exploit protection to the Emperor, retunes the compactor killboxes inside it, and fixes the Daily Quests that did not refresh in menus. Ten known issues remain listed, among them the "To The Skies" quest failing after partial progress, "When Everything Falls" objectives such as "Photograph Port A", quest items like the Equatorial Sundial for "Clean Hands" that cannot be replaced if sold, and instability on some Xbox consoles. See Update Quests for those quests.

Update 2.2.0

5:38 Store Update 2.2.0, Oct 20, 2026 ended the PvE test and sent a survey to a sample of players from Oct 22. It made ARC Turbines spawn in nearly all sessions on Buried City, Riven Tides, The Blue Gate and Spaceport, and removed them from standard sessions and most minor conditions on Dam Battlegrounds. The Hydra's weapons now spread between targets as intended, with base damage raised to compensate. Pendola Pass got slightly more enemies. The Expedition Vault tab was removed, Feats were rebalanced, and "Ascend" on the Weapon Bench became "Amplify". Three Frigate cargo fixes stop riders being ejected, instantly knocked out or burned on the way down. The clip, from Sep 23, has developers on how the Hydra spreads its firepower.

Updates 2.1.0 and 2.1.1

Store Update 2.1.0, Oct 13, 2026 started the PvE test and added the Carrion Set. It fixed the Reward Pass not progressing, granted the missing Zenith toggles to everyone who finished a fifth Expedition, and made Frigate hatches burn when they open. Stamina consumables can no longer be used during the Sprinting on Fumes cooldown. Gondola markers now show from 175 meters instead of 120. Nights on Pendola Pass got darker. Hotfix 2.1.1, Oct 16 closed ways into locked rooms and item duplication; see Anti-Cheat and Fair Play.

How the update schedule changed

17:50 Embark has changed its rhythm six times, and the current one dates from Oct 27, 2026.

• Launch: a patch every Thursday.
• Dec 11, 2025: the weekly promise ended and the release window and store rotation moved to Tuesdays.
• Mar 24, 2026: small weekly patches, with larger content updates at the end of each month.
• May 13, 2026: content updates twice a year. Executive producer Aleksander Grøndal called monthly "not sustainable".
• May 26, 2026: a live update every three weeks, with store and Trials rotations weekly. Patch names changed to Store Update and Live Update around then.
• Oct 8 to 27, 2026: weekly fixes after Frozen Trail.
• Oct 27, 2026: back to fixes every three weeks and store updates weekly.

Embark's numbers skip: no Steam post exists for 1.5, 1.8 to 1.10, 1.14, 1.16 or 2.0.1.

Every post since launch

All links open Embark's post on Steam. "Post" means an announcement that shipped no patch.

Embark's own news site sometimes holds the longer version of a Steam post: the Steam post for 2.0 lists only highlights, and the full notes are there.

Frequently asked questions

What is the latest ARC Raiders update? Live Update 2.3.0, released Oct 27, 2026, is the newest ARC Raiders patch as of Oct 31, 2026. It added the Noxious Set and the Soul's Offering project.

What changed in ARC Raiders update 2.3.0? Update 2.3.0 raised the Heavy Shield's base charge from 80 to 90 and Flame Spray to 13 damage a second, reworked the Firefly Burner, moved Emperor and Frigate loot deeper inside, and fixed many Grappling Hook bugs.

How often does ARC Raiders get updates? ARC Raiders gets two content updates a year, fixes every three weeks and weekly store updates, as of Oct 27, 2026.

Where are the full ARC Raiders patch notes? Embark posts them on Steam and on arcraiders.com/news. The table on this page links each Steam post.

When is the next big ARC Raiders update? Embark has not named or dated it. See What Comes Next for what is announced.

Sources

• Live Update 2.3.0, Embark Studios, Oct 27, 2026
• Store Update 2.2.0, Embark Studios, Oct 20, 2026
• Hotfix 2.1.1, Embark Studios, Oct 16, 2026
• Store Update 2.1.0, Embark Studios, Oct 13, 2026
• Frozen Trail 2.0 Update, full notes, Embark Studios, Oct 8, 2026
• Store Update 1.30.0, Embark Studios, May 26, 2026
• Changes to the ARC Raiders update schedule, Aleksander Grøndal, Embark Studios, May 13, 2026
• We're changing how we update ARC Raiders, Embark Studios, May 13, 2026
• Patch Notes 1.21.0, Embark Studios, Mar 24, 2026
• Patch Notes 1.6.0, Embark Studios, Dec 11, 2025
• Every other post, linked in the table above, Embark Studios on Steam, Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026
• Frozen Trail: First Look | ARC Raiders, Embark Studios, Sep 23, 2026 (video)
• The Evolution of ARC Raiders S2: EP1 - Updating ARC Raiders, Embark Studios, Oct 2, 2026 (video)