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ARC Raiders Frozen Trail 2.0 is now out! Patch highlights: • New map: Pendola Pass • New map conditions: Frigate and Redirection • New enemies: Bully, Skulker, Hydra • New weapons: Bantam and Stiletto • Amplified Weapons • Revamped Skill Tree • New items: Grappling Hook, Basic and Advanced Cameras, Tether Launcher, Yank Grenade, Mountaineer's Detector, Banjo and Harmonica • The Outpost, including a new Research Bench • Lootable Design items that unlock craftable Outpost furniture • Quest changes, with 22 new quests • New Reward Pass system • Weapon Stencils • Updated default gamepad mapping • Reworked Map Selection screen • Collector DLC is available now • Stash can go two levels higher, to 328 without Expedition bonuses Skill Tree: • Middle of each branch is now one choice between two skills. You can pick again after a reset • End of each branch has two nodes. After the required skill point spend, you can take up to two of the three skills • Fight or Flight stamina is up about 25% per level. Stubborn Mule regen is up about 33%. Back on Your Feet healing goes from 30 to 40 • More skill changes are likely as Embark watches how people use it Weapon Stencils: • 14 stencils: 5 on the Frozen Trail Premium Pass, 1 in the DLC, 8 found Topside • Learned like blueprints, then applied to compatible weapons with Stencil Parts from Topside • A downed Raider can still lose the weapon, stencil included Outpost: • Unlocked by completing a project. Accept the quest and bring a camera • Can be expanded with modules. Unlocking it also opens the research station • 100 Furniture Designs added: 4 on the Frozen Trail Pass, 1 in the DLC, 73 found Topside • Designs work like blueprints and are used to craft Outpost furniture Reward Pass: • Cred is removed. Reward Points now go to whichever pass is active • Frozen Trail Pass has 60 levels, with a Free track and a Premium track • Old Raider Decks move to the Legacy Pass. Rewards already unlocked stay granted • Only one pass can be active at a time Feats: • Easy: 15 Reward Points, +1 weekly milestone progress • Medium: 25 Reward Points, +2 weekly milestone progress • Hard: 50 Reward Points, +3 weekly milestone progress • Three weekly milestones, 250 Reward Points each, at 4, 8, and 12 progress • Feats can still be finished after that, but the milestone rewards wait for the weekly reset Twitch Drops: • Oxygen Respirator at 60 minutes, Mailbox at 120 minutes • Live October 8 to November 4, 2026 Content and bug fixes: Animation: • Knockback now matches the direction you are pushed • Fixed jitter and broken movement animations after reconnecting and being revived • Fixed getting stuck on small obstacles while sliding • Added map and inventory interaction animations, proximity-chat mouth movement, exhaustion after running out of breath, and a dust-off after sliding • Fixed items staying in hand during knockout or some interactions ARC: • Vaporizer multi-target laser gives a clearer dodge window • Fire status visuals added for ARC drones • Higher-tier Queen and Matriarch leg loot moved from the armor pieces to the leg pieces. Armor can still hold some loot • Rare enemy detection errors reduced • Matriarch can use all of its ranged attacks again • Physical force against some ARC rebalanced Audio: • Character sounds occlude more naturally through walls and obstacles • More metal groan variations • Snap Hook now has attach, detach, and rope sounds • Skill Tree unlock sound updated, with a hold-interaction cue • Fixed some weapon sounds failing to play • Raider Voice model quality improved Cosmetic: • Celeste's appearance updated • Backpacks with lights have an emissive toggle, so the lights can be turned off • Zenith Outfit now has its intended toggles. Owners should get the missing ones shortly Gameplay: • Solo vs. Squads is no longer a matchmaking option while Embark reworks its role • Explosive damage vs ARC reworked. Hullcracker deals over 50% more to armor plates and about 30% less to fragile parts • More contextual ping info for ARC and objects • Stash max is 328 without Expedition rewards or Nomadic Envoy space • Loot can be dropped to the ground from containers • No sprint-climb on ladders while exhausted • Fixed some vaults onto destroyed ARC or other movable surfaces launching the player • Weapon slot weight reduction applies only to the loadout • Map can be opened while downed • Better hit registration when shooting from on top of ARC • Heavy Shield durability decay cut from 0.20 to 0.15. Movement penalty cut from 15% to 10% • Scrambling: a sprint at a steep slope can carry you up for a short time • Tumbling too long now drops you into a slide Items: • Flame Spray range increased to match the visual • Placed ziplines break if they intersect something • Snap Hook range cut from 20m to 18m, durability use from 2% to 4% per use, power cost from 50 to 60. It is meant as burst mobility next to the Grappling Hook, not a straight upgrade. Full power still allows several uses, not instant back-to-back ones • Items that spawned outside their intended areas or containers now stay in the set locations Weapons: • Anvil rarity moved from Green to Blue. Bantam takes the uncommon hand cannon role • Anvil Splitter is no longer a mod. It is an upgrade option for the Amplified Anvil, and the Anvil Tech Mod slot is removed. Existing Splitters can be sold or recycled into Amplified Fragments • Jupiter no longer hits ARC parts behind the target twice. Stronger against armor, slightly weaker against weak spots • Hullcracker no longer looks incomplete in the inspect menu • Dolabra can destroy the yellow weak points inside the Harvester • Weapons picked up from the ground keep their attached parts Maps: • Doorblockers on small side-sliding doors now sit vertical • Texture quality improved on several maps • Fixed downed players getting stuck on terrain • Some map-edge areas are darker than intended • Blue Gate: lighting adjusted, and some stuck spots fixed • Buried City: Hospital Roof is climbable again. Ray-traced lighting restored on boarded shutters. Fixed light bleeding into an interior • Pendola Pass is testing Dynamic Loot Zones. Area loot type stays the same, but value can change from raid to raid • Riven Tides loot value up about 15%. Some floating objects fixed Performance: • Memory, performance, and stability optimizations, including lower enemy memory use • Fixed players sometimes seeing different outfits on the same character • Fixed a crash when changing graphics settings • AMD FSR updated to 4.1.1 Traders: • Celeste now trades furniture materials and new gameplay items • Tian Wen no longer sells Anvil and Hullcracker. Those move to the weekly Nomadic Envoys rotation • Launcher Ammo and Energy Clips have a daily purchase limit • Shani's offers are now Coin based, including Cameras, Light Sticks, and other social items • Apollo has a set of Epic Augments added • Cassio replaces Ermal with the Nomadic Envoys, trading valuables and offering quests. Ermal is back on the trail Quests: • Quest and objective completion now grants XP, shown in the description and on claim • Older photo objectives now need the new camera: The League, Reduced to Rubble, Life of a Pharmacist, Battening Down, Groundbreaking Social: • Fixed party join sometimes failing on Xbox game invites • Fixed Voice Chat failing in some cases, especially on PS5 and Xbox UI: • Quest list sorting updated • Fixed long Settings lists disappearing while scrolling • Nomadic Trader offers no longer show in the Acquire Resources menu • Emote and Quick Wheels take mouse input more smoothly • End-of-round screen previews milestone progress and rewards from that round. Milestone updates also show in the in-round log • Fixed recipe unlocks showing "unknown not installed" instead of an unlock, including Snap Hook, Blaze Grenade, and Crash Mat • In-round daily quest text formatting fixed • Store panels scroll when content runs past the screen, and the last toggle is selectable • End of Round map now shows the round data more reliably • Fixed closing Inventory during matchmaking disabling gamepad navigation until you change screens VFX: • Burning effects no longer stay stuck on other players after they end • Fixed blocky or mismatched terrain squares on some maps at higher graphics presets Duplicated items: • Embark is restricting accounts holding high amounts of duplicated items and removing items gained through duplication Known issues: Gameplay: • Weapon meshes can be partly invisible with attachments • Vaulting onto destroyed ARC or similar movable surfaces can still launch or shove you, rarely • Footsteps can go silent while shoulder swapping and sprinting • Field Repair can be unavailable after unlock. A restart works for now, and a fix is in progress • Tether Launcher cannot be repaired yet. Planned for an upcoming update • Rare invisible lobby spawn: no loot, Quick Wheel, or container use, but you can still fire and take damage. Returning to Speranza should restore the loadout from before that match • Hydra can detect and shoot through walls in the Cargo area • Standing on the side of the Cargo drop can instantly eliminate you. A fix is in progress Outpost: • Most of these already have fixes planned for an upcoming Live Update • First unlock step, Research Topside Living Conditions, needs a photo of a farmland house. Camera is at Shani, the Workbench, or Topside • Some furniture clips through the structure • Some slots stay unselectable when furniture blocks them • Camera can be blocked by furniture or the character • Main building lighting breaks with Shadow quality on Low • Camera returns to the base room after leaving decorate view • Sitting at a table with chairs clips through the table • Leaving Customization view steps the Raider back after a 10 second delay • Outpost tab has no orange dot after the first unlock objectives Quests: • Sizing Things Up cinematic does not trigger on completion • Picking up the Pieces cannot be completed on Pendola Pass. It works on other maps, with a fix planned • The Light Impact Grenades damage feat can be completed with the Hullcracker Audio: • Some weapons, especially the Anvil, may not play firing sounds on low-spec PCs • Equipped Rubber Ducks can be squeezed and make noise without being thrown UI: • Weapon meshes sometimes partly disappear • Recent Expedition departures can leave a Projects and Raider notification dot that does not clear • Non-English keyboard layouts reset keybinds to default after each raid • Expedition screen can still be opened through the Nomadic Envoys, but it does not work • Loadout weight can differ between Speranza and in-round, and between the main menu and in-round • Premium Reward Pass lock icons can stay on rewards after purchase Pendola Pass: • Various clipping and collision issues • Vaulting some steep surfaces can slide you back down • Vaulting onto destroyed ARC or other movable surfaces can launch or shove you

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