Updates

11 ARC Raiders pages in Updates.

• Anti-Cheat and Fair PlayARC Raiders uses Denuvo Anti-Cheat at kernel level, Anybrain detections and in-house models, and since Sep 30, 2026 any account caught cheating is permanently banned with no warnings. Embark also uses license and hardware bans, and returns loot lost to identified cheaters automatically.
• Cold Snap and HeadwindsCold Snap (1.7.0, Dec 16, 2025) gave ARC Raiders its winter condition, the Flickering Flames event and the first Expedition. Headwinds (1.13.0, Jan 27, 2026) added Solo vs Squads, the Trophy Display and Bird City. Shared Watch (1.15.0, Feb 10, 2026) added a PvE-only event and brought the snow back.
• ExpeditionsAn Expedition is ARC Raiders' optional prestige reset, trading your level, stash, skills and blueprints for permanent bonuses and temporary buffs. Five have run, the last from Sep 8 to 29, 2026. None is running or dated now: Embark says Expeditions return in early 2027 with major changes.
• Flashpoint and Shrouded SkyShrouded Sky (1.17.0, Feb 24, 2026) brought ARC Raiders the Hurricane condition, the Firefly and Comet and a big weapon balance pass. Flashpoint (1.22.0, Mar 31, 2026) added the Close Scrutiny ARC Operation, the Vaporizer, the Dolabra and the Canto.
• Frozen TrailFrozen Trail is ARC Raiders' 2.0 update, released Oct 8, 2026, and Embark's biggest since launch. It added the Pendola Pass map, the Frigate and Redirection conditions, three new ARC, two weapons, Weapon Amplification, the Outpost, a reworked Skill Tree, Reward Passes and 22 quests.
• MatchmakingARC Raiders matches you partly by playstyle, one of the strongest factors, on a scale rather than friendly and aggressive buckets, as Embark explained on May 20, 2026. Similar players are more likely, never guaranteed, and since Jul 2026 Solo, Duo and Trio playstyles are tracked separately.
• North LineNorth Line is ARC Raiders' first content update, patch 1.2.0, released Nov 13, 2025, two weeks after launch. It added the Stella Montis map, the Matriarch and Shredder, a community unlock event, and a fix for the desync problem. This page also covers the launch patches through 1.6.0.
• Patch Notes and UpdatesThe latest ARC Raiders update is Live Update 2.3.0, released Oct 27, 2026, which added the Noxious Set and the Soul's Offering project, raised the Heavy Shield's charge from 80 to 90 and moved Emperor loot deeper inside. This page lists every Embark post on Steam since launch, newest first.
• PvE ToggleARC Raiders has no PvE mode as of Oct 31, 2026. Embark tested a PvE matchmaking toggle with no player damage from Oct 13 to Oct 20, 2026, players ran more than 30 million PvE rounds, the toggle was then removed, and Embark expects to say more in November.
• Riven Tides UpdateThe Riven Tides update is ARC Raiders' patch 1.26.0, released Apr 28, 2026. It added the coastal Riven Tides map, the ARC Turbine, the Beachcombing condition, the Last Resort event, the Avian Alarm project and a big change to how weapons lose durability.
• What Comes NextEmbark has not named or dated the next big ARC Raiders update. What it has announced is two content updates a year, fixes every three weeks, weekly store updates, a PvE follow-up in November 2026, Trials Season 6 ending Jan 12, 2027, and Expeditions returning in early 2027.

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