Raider Tokens and Reward Passes

12:32 Raider Tokens are ARC Raiders' premium currency, spent on bundles, outfits, backpacks, charms, emotes and Scrappy outfits, and since Oct 8, 2026 the Reward Pass is how you earn its cosmetics: 60 levels, a Free track and a Premium track that costs 1,150 tokens and returns up to 1,150. Reward Passes replaced Raider Decks, and Reward Points replaced Cred, which expired on Oct 8, 2026. Embark says paying buys no gameplay items, and that holds with one small exception, the Banjo.

Quick facts

Sources: Embark's Frozen Trail post and 2.0 notes, Oct 8, 2026.

How Reward Passes work

12:57 The Frozen Trail Reward Pass has 60 levels on two tracks. The Free track holds all new base outfits, cosmetics, weapons, gadgets and items, plus up to 200 Raider Tokens; Embark's Sep 23 preview counted five outfits and 20 cosmetics there. The Premium track costs 1,150 tokens, can pay back up to 1,150, and holds premium toggles, colorways, legendary stencils and hairstyles, with no gameplay items.

Only one pass can be active at a time, and Reward Points go to whichever one that is. As of 2.0, Feats pay Easy 15 RP, Medium 25 and Hard 50, and three weekly milestones pay 250 RP each. Update 2.2.0 added, removed and rebalanced Feats on Oct 20, 2026, so those values may have moved, and 2.3.0 renamed Daily Feats to Feats and Weekly Bonus to Milestones. A progress bug acknowledged on Oct 9 was fixed in 2.1.0. More on Events and Feats.

No Embark post read for this page says when the Frozen Trail pass ends. Its gameplay rewards are the same weapons and gadgets covered on Weapons and Gadgets and Grenades; the Grappling Hook blueprint, for example, is at level 12 of the pass, or found elsewhere, per Beebom on Oct 9, 2026.

The Legacy Reward Pass

The Legacy Reward Pass is free and merges every Raider Deck's cosmetic rewards and tokens into one pass. Anything you already claimed stays yours. Older deck content, such as Goalie and Surgeon, therefore remains reachable.

Raider Tokens

Buying them. Destructoid listed packs of 500 tokens for $4.99 and 1,150 for $9.99, with no 1,600 pack, in Nov 2025; this was read only in a search excerpt, and current prices were not read. The Deluxe upgrade and the Tick Hunter Set each include 2,400 tokens, and the Collector Set up to 3,550 with its pass. See Price and Editions.

Earning them. Tokens have been handed out by play, and the amounts are small next to prices.

The price cut. After launch complaints, Embark lowered cosmetic prices on Nov 13, 2025 and refunded tokens to earlier buyers. Destructoid's excerpt says Bog Walker fell from 2,400 to 1,600 tokens and single skins by about 100. Store prices change weekly, and no reliable source lists them all as of Oct 31, 2026.

Retired: Raider Decks and Cred

Raider Decks were the earlier reward tracks, bought with Cred from Feats, which could also be spent at Shani. A soft cap of 800 Cred arrived in 1.7.0 so players could not fully unlock a new deck from savings. Free decks included Goalie from Dec 26, 2025 and Surgeon from Feb 24, 2026.

Embark warned on Sep 8, 2026 that Cred worked until Oct 8 and that any remainder would then expire. Insider Gaming reported on Sep 28 that decks went because players earned Cred faster than designers could manage. Press also noticed the change in kind: Insider Gaming called the new system a paid battle pass mechanic. Embark's phrase is "natural evolution".

Is ARC Raiders pay to win?

21:26 By the published rules, no. Tokens buy cosmetics, and the Premium track has no gameplay items, while weapons and gadgets sit on the Free track. The exception worth stating is the Banjo blueprint, available only in the Collector Set; it is an instrument. One thing paying does not buy is safety: raiders who down you can loot your weapon along with its Stencil. In the clip, from Nov 2025, a developer says Embark needs ways to earn money that do not feel predatory.

Frequently asked questions

What is the ARC Raiders Reward Pass? It is ARC Raiders' battle pass style reward track, added on Oct 8, 2026. The Frozen Trail pass has 60 levels, a Free track and a Premium track bought with 1,150 Raider Tokens.

Is the ARC Raiders Reward Pass worth it? The Premium track pays back up to 1,150 of its 1,150 tokens, per Embark, so a full run costs nothing in tokens after the first purchase. It holds only cosmetics, so the choice is whether you want those.

What happened to Raider Decks and Cred in ARC Raiders? Both were retired on Oct 8, 2026. Reward Passes replaced Decks, Reward Points replaced Cred, leftover Cred expired, and the free Legacy Reward Pass holds all the old Deck rewards.

How do you get Raider Tokens for free in ARC Raiders? ARC Raiders pays small amounts through events, Expedition objectives and the Free pass track, such as up to 200 on the Frozen Trail Free track.

Is ARC Raiders pay to win? Embark says no: ARC Raiders' Raider Tokens buy cosmetics, and the Premium pass has no gameplay items. The Banjo blueprint, an instrument, is the only item found to be sold only in a paid set.

How do you earn Reward Points in ARC Raiders? ARC Raiders pays Reward Points for Feats and three weekly Milestones. At update 2.0 those paid 15, 25 or 50 points per Feat and 250 per Milestone; update 2.2.0 then rebalanced Feats.

Sources

• Cold Snap, Embark Studios, Dec 16, 2025
• Cold Snap - December Update 1.7.0 Patch Notes, Embark Studios, Dec 16, 2025
• Shrouded Sky content update, Embark Studios, Feb 23, 2026
• Riven Tides, Embark Studios, Apr 28, 2026
• Live Update 1.33.0, Embark Studios, Jun 16, 2026
• The Fourth Expedition, Embark Studios, Jun 25, 2026
• Store Update 1.40.0, Embark Studios, Aug 4, 2026
• Live Update 1.45.0, Embark Studios, Sep 8, 2026
• Frozen Trail content preview, Embark Studios, Sep 23, 2026
• Frozen Trail, Embark Studios, Oct 8, 2026
• Frozen Trail 2.0 Update, Embark Studios, Oct 8, 2026
• Collector Set DLC: Gear up for Frozen Trail, Embark Studios, Oct 8, 2026
• Store Update 2.1.0, Embark Studios, Oct 13, 2026
• Store Update 2.2.0, Embark Studios, Oct 20, 2026
• Live Update 2.3.0, Embark Studios, Oct 27, 2026
• Upgrade to Deluxe Edition, Steam, read Oct 31, 2026
• Arc Raiders gives players 500 free Raider Tokens, GamesRadar+, Nov 3, 2025
• Arc Raiders improves duo matchmaking and is reducing some cosmetic prices after backlash, GamesRadar+, Nov 2025
• ARC Raiders devs heed community calls, reduce prices of cosmetics, Destructoid, Nov 2025
• ARC Raiders getting paid battle pass mechanic, Insider Gaming, Sep 2026
• Embark Explains Why It Removed Raider Decks From ARC Raiders, Insider Gaming, Sep 28, 2026
• Arc Raiders Grappling Hook Guide, Beebom, Oct 9, 2026
• Frozen Trail: First Look | ARC Raiders, Embark Studios, Sep 23, 2026 (video)
• The Evolution of ARC Raiders EP2 - The Life of a Raider, Embark Studios, Nov 28, 2025 (video)