Update Quests

ARC Raiders has added quest lines in every big update: North Line (3 named), Cold Snap (5), Headwinds (7), Shrouded Sky (5), Flashpoint (9), Riven Tides (6) and Frozen Trail (22, of which 11 are named by reliable sources as of Oct 31, 2026). This page gives each line's objectives or rewards, with dates.

ARC Raiders has added a line of quests with almost every big update since launch, the largest being Frozen Trail's 22 on Oct 8, 2026; before it, PC Gamer lists North Line (3), Cold Snap (5), Headwinds (7), Shrouded Sky (5), Flashpoint (9) and Riven Tides (6) in its May 1, 2026 guide. No reliable source lists all 22 Frozen Trail quests as of Oct 31, 2026: this page gives the 11 that guides name. The launch line is on Main Questline, and the overview of all of them on Quests. Picking Up the Pieces, which people also look for here, is the very first quest of the launch line.

Quick facts

Lines since launch	North Line, Cold Snap, Headwinds, Shrouded Sky, Flashpoint, Riven Tides, Frozen Trail
Biggest	Frozen Trail, 22 quests, Oct 8, 2026
Frozen Trail quests named	11 of 22, as of Oct 31, 2026
Older quests changed in 2.0	The League, Reduced to Rubble, Life of a Pharmacist, Battening Down and Groundbreaking now need photos
Open bugs, 2.3.0	To the Skies, When Everything Falls, Clean Hands

Sources: Embark's 2.0 post and notes, Oct 8, 2026; PC Gamer, May 1, 2026; Embark's 2.3.0 notes, Oct 27, 2026.

Frozen Trail quests (2.0, Oct 8, 2026)

1:26 Frozen Trail added 22 quests, brought Cassio in as the Nomadic Envoy, and made quests pay XP. The ones guides have written up, with rewards and XP as those guides state them in Oct 2026, take you around Pendola Pass and beyond: In Embark's first look, Celeste and Shani follow signals to a downed Walker.

Quest	Giver	What to do	Rewards
Exploring Pendola Pass		Destroy 20 ARC; search the Cielo Sereno Observatory control room; bring a Wire to the Railyard antenna tower (reached only by Grappling Hook, Snap Hook or Zipline); search 3 containers in Commissary Supermarket. Any order
Tracks of the Beast	Shani, after Exploring Pendola Pass	Visit the Northern Tracks and Almatera Station; ping a Bully and a Skulker in one round; optional: destroy 3 Skulkers, deliver a Skulker Targeter
Sizing Things Up	Celeste	Photograph the Emperor's leg from the broken bridge east of Old Town; analyze the hydraulic joint south of Railroad Junction, or the probe by Almatera Station; search the Buried Harvester Payload for an ARC Conductive Coupler
Clean Hands	Nomadic Envoy	Find the yellow duffle in the Nomad Camp under the Railyard for the Equatorial Sundial; hold it out at the Old Town church tower railing; extract with it	Battered Paperback, Sextant, Shield Recharger, 5,000 XP
To the Skies	Apollo	Scan a crashed ARC Probe and an ARC Courier on any map but Stella Montis; follow their smoke	ARC Thermo Lining, ARC Performance Steel, ARC Synthetic Resin
Ruins and Reverberations	Celeste, who gives a Grappling Hook	Connect a Spotter Relay at the Observatory roof antenna; drop through the gaps and repair the crawlspace wires; return to the antenna	2 Smoke Grenades, Looting Mk. 3 (Safekeeper), 5,000 XP and more
A Path Not Yours		Follow Nomad trail markers from the Highway Collapse to the hideout and dig up the cache	Tellurion, 2 Magnets, 2 Batteries, 2 Power Cables, 2,500 XP
When Everything Falls	Shani, after Empathetic Prototypes	Take 7 photos on Spaceport, from the Water Towers east to the Launch Platform; Shani gives a Basic Camera	5,000 XP, Stiletto I, 100 Light Ammo, 3 Adrenaline Shots, Silencer I and more
Belly of the Beast	Shani	Two matches: on Redirection, take the Emperor Beacon from a relay, deploy it, shelter and loot the payload for the Emperor Gateway Conduit blueprint; then enter the Emperor with no condition active and search 5 containers for an Emperor Modulator	Snap Hook, Observatory Key, 3 Shield Rechargers, 3 Sterilized Bandages
Boarding the Frigate		Deal 100 damage each to a Hydra and a Vaporizer, plus damage to a Rocketeer; no kills needed

Sources: linked in each row, Oct 8 to 12, 2026. A blank cell means the source read for this page does not say. Divided is also named by guides, without steps in any source read for this page. Empathetic Prototypes is named only as the quest before When Everything Falls, and no source says which update added it.

2:05 Fixes since: To the Skies can finish on any map once one location's install is done, since 2.2.0, and Belly of the Beast's optional objective now needs the item its text names. Three are still open in 2.3.0's known issues: partial progress on To the Skies, "Photograph Port A" in When Everything Falls, and losing or selling the Equatorial Sundial for Clean Hands. Inside the Emperor, Sportskeeda says Hydras guard the first hall and central room, and 4 plus 4 yellow weak points open the climb; six more in the final room reveal 16 core containers (Oct 10, 2026). Update 2.3.0 moved better loot deeper inside. More on Frigate and Bully, Skulker and Hydra. In the clip, Embark's developers describe the fallen machine's alien interior.

Blue-white winter valley framed by dark pines, rooftops at the bottom and a long wrecked machine lying on the slope. — Snowy mountains rise over a village and a long wrecked machine on the slope, from Embark's Frozen Trail post Embark Studios

Riven Tides quests (1.26.0, Apr 28, 2026)

PC Gamer's list for this line gives rewards and unlocks, not objectives. Battening Down requires photos since 2.0. The Avian Alarm that people search for alongside these is not a quest but a player project added in the same update, paying 250 Raider Tokens in total; see Events and Feats. More on Riven Tides Update.

Quest	Reward	Unlocks after
Line in the Sand	2x Exodus Modules, 2x Magnetic Accelerator, 2x Magnetron	Last Entry
Safe Harbor	1x Surge Coil, 1x Heavy Gun Parts, 1x Horizontal Grip	Line in the Sand
A Wrench in the Works	5x Mechanical Components, 3x Mod Components	Safe Harbor
Battening Down	1x Riven Tides Hotel Keycard No.107, 3x Smoke Grenade Trap	Off the Radar
Shoring Up Defenses	1x Dockmaster's Detector	Off the Radar
Collision Course	1x Canto I, 1x Extended Medium Mag III, 1x Muzzle Brake II	Safe Passage

Source: PC Gamer's quest list, May 1, 2026.

Flashpoint quests (1.22.0, Mar 31, 2026)

Again rewards and unlocks only. Dust on the Wires pays nothing itself and opens the rest of its chain. More on Flashpoint and Shrouded Sky.

Quest	Reward	Unlocks after
Clamoring for Attention	5x Lure Grenades, 5x Noisemaker, 3x Tagging Grenade	Dormant Barons
Dust on the Wires	None	The Trifecta
Waking the Grid	1x Tactical MK.3 Revival, 3x Vita Shot, 5x Surge Shield Recharger	Dust on the Wires
Fragmented Logs	3x Showstopper, 3x Trailblazer	Worth Your Salt/Dust on the Wires
Furtive Meetings	1x Aphelion, 5x Energy Clip	Fragmented Logs
Last Entry	1x Yellow Light Stick blueprint	Furtive Meetings
Outstanding Balance	1x Extended Medium Mag III, 1x Silencer II	The Clean Dream
Settled in Full	30x Raider Tokens	Outstanding Balance
Test Case	1x Fireworks Box blueprint, 3x Seeker Grenade, 3x Blaze Grenade	The League

Source: PC Gamer's quest list, May 1, 2026.

Shrouded Sky quests (1.17.0, Feb 24, 2026)

Update 1.18.0 fixed the last stage of Worth Your Salt when someone else had already done it in the raid.

Quest	Trader	Objectives (PC Gamer, May 2026)
Stable Housing	Tian Wen	Go to the Security Bridge; Search for the safe in the side room by the third-floor staircases; Head upstairs to the fourth-floor control room; Use the Access Card Printer to print a key to the safe; Search for alternative ways into the safe; Retrieve the contents of the safe; Deliver the Project Heartwood Blueprints to Tian Wen
Keeping an Eye Out	Celeste	Locate the collapsed highway by the southern edge of the Barren Clearing; Find Bilguun's shelter, and search for clues of his presence
A Dead End	Shani	Find MANTIKOR's underground facilities; Find a way into the locked room in the Security Wing; Search the locked room and find the Dusty Film Reel
Worth Your Salt	Celeste	Search for the hidden battery prototype in a high place in Rocket Assembly; Bring the battery prototype to the Industrial Recharger, and use it to charge the battery; Deliver the charged battery to the drop-off point in the corner
A Rising Tide	Celeste	On Buried City, find the foreman's barricaded apartment south of Piazza Roma; Reach the Power Generation Complex and find a way into the Controlled Access Zone; Search the Controlled Access Zone for any clues about the foreman's reconstruction project

Source: PC Gamer's quest list, May 1, 2026.

Headwinds quests (1.13.0, Jan 27, 2026)

Embark's notes announced seven. The League has needed photos since 2.0. More on Cold Snap and Headwinds.

Quest	Trader	Objectives (PC Gamer, May 2026)
A Prime Specimen	Shani	Obtain two ARC Powercells; Interact with any ARC Deforester; Loot an ARC Deforester
With A View	Shani	Obtain a Rotary Encoder; Visit any of the Control Rooms near the Assembly Line; Use the Rotary Encoder to activate the server switch
The League	Apollo	On Dam Battlegrounds, photograph the goal by the Water Towers; Deliver a Deflated Football to Apollo; On Buried City, photograph the football magazines in any kiosk; Deliver a Bicycle Pump to Apollo
Combat Recon	Shani	Scope out a cover spot in the Parking Garage staircases; Scope out a cover spot in the attics around Main Street; Scope out a cover spot in the busses near Marano Park; Destroy two Spotters; Deliver a Spotter Relay to Shani
On Deaf Ears	Lance	Find the researcher's guest logs on the reception computer; Find where the researcher held their lecture and access their notes; Find information about the prototype on the Medical Research computers; Find the printed shipping logs in the Assembly Workshops
On The Map	Lance	Head to where the Fuel Lines snapped, and transmit your location; Head to the antenna near the Fuel Control and transmit your location; Head to the cactus patch in the wall breach and transmit your location; Transmit your location from the roof of the Container Storage Building; Find the container covered in tarp and mark it
Bombing Run	Shani	Destroy a Bombardier; Deliver a Bombardier Shell to Shani

Source: PC Gamer's quest list, May 1, 2026.

Cold Snap quests (1.7.0, Dec 16, 2025)

Update 1.13.0 added interactions to Groundbreaking's final objective, and it has needed photos since 2.0.

Quest	Trader	Objectives (PC Gamer, May 2026)
A Toxic Trail	Shani	Find the barrel near Water Treatment Control; Investigate the truck in the swamp
Paving the Way	Apollo	Grab the note from Water Treatment Control; Collect the researcher's data at their flat in Piazza Roma
The Stench of Corruption	Shani	Use the terminal in the Fuel Control building; Use the terminal in the Arrival Building
The Clean Dream	Apollo	Search containers in the underground tunnels and interact with the Filtration System; Head to the Maintenance Bunker, interact with the Purification system, and photograph some blueprints
Groundbreaking	Apollo	Inspect the board in the room at Pilgrim's Peak; Photograph the Abandoned Housing Project

Source: PC Gamer's quest list, May 1, 2026.

North Line quests (1.2.0, Nov 13, 2025)

These arrived with Stella Montis. See North Line.

Quest	Trader	Objectives (PC Gamer, May 2026)
In My Image	Lance	Find and search three androids
Cold Storage	Shani	Search any J. Kozma Ventures container
Snap and Salvage	Tian Wen	Take a photo of any of the rovers in the Sandbox; Deliver a Flow Controller and Magnetron to Tian Wen

Source: PC Gamer's quest list, May 1, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

How many quests did Frozen Trail add to ARC Raiders? Embark says 22, in update 2.0 on Oct 8, 2026. No reliable source lists them all as of Oct 31, 2026; guides name 11.

What are the Cold Snap quests in ARC Raiders? A Toxic Trail, Paving the Way, The Stench of Corruption, The Clean Dream and Groundbreaking, added in update 1.7.0 on Dec 16, 2025.

What are the Flashpoint quests in ARC Raiders? Clamoring for Attention, Dust on the Wires, Waking the Grid, Fragmented Logs, Furtive Meetings, Last Entry, Outstanding Balance, Settled in Full and Test Case, per PC Gamer on May 1, 2026.

What are the Riven Tides quests in ARC Raiders? Line in the Sand, Safe Harbor, A Wrench in the Works, Battening Down, Shoring Up Defenses and Collision Course, per PC Gamer on May 1, 2026.

Is Avian Alarm a quest in ARC Raiders? No. Avian Alarm is a player project added in update 1.26.0 on Apr 28, 2026, which paid 250 Raider Tokens in total.

Where is Picking Up the Pieces in ARC Raiders? It is Shani's first launch quest: visit a map area with a loot icon and loot three containers. Since update 2.1.0, areas on Pendola Pass count too.

Why can't I finish To the Skies in ARC Raiders? Embark lists partial progress as a known issue in update 2.3.0: extracting with only part done may block it. Since 2.2.0, one location's install should complete it on any map.