Welcome to the ARC Raiders game news blog! We bring you the latest and most timely updates, including version changes, developer news, event announcements, gameplay breakdowns, details on weapons and gear, map intel, and community highlights.
First Wave Husks are old, broken ARC machine wrecks scattered around the surface maps — you search/breach them (not fight them) to complete this trial. They're different from regular ARC enemies and usually count toward weekly trial objectives.
Arc Raiders – Cold Snap is a major winter-themed update and limited-time event that launched in mid-December 2025 for Arc Raiders, introducing new survival challenges, map changes, quests, and rewards for players.
The Locked Gate is a special event/map modifier that can occur on the Blue Gate map in ARC Raiders. During this event, a massive gate at the Checkpoint area is locked and blocks access to a high‑loot underground area—until players complete the event's objective.
The Hidden Bunker is a special map condition event that appears on the Spaceport map in Arc Raiders. When active, it introduces an underground bunker filled with loot and interactive terminals — but you must unlock it first.
In ARC Raiders, an Electromagnetic Storm is a dynamic map-wide event that periodically activates on certain raid maps and dramatically changes how a raid plays out. It's more than just weather — it alters objectives, hazards, loot risk, and tactics during the run.
In ARC Raiders, a Night Raid is a special map modifier/event that turns a standard raid into a nighttime version with higher risk and better rewards.
The Matriarch is a massive ARC machine — a boss‑level enemy that's significantly larger and more dangerous than the Queen ARC. It was introduced in the North Line update and only appears when a special Matriarch event condition is active on the map.
The Launch Tower Loot is a Dynamic Event / map condition on the Spaceport map in Arc Raiders. During this event, special high‑tier loot is locked at the top of the central launch towers, and players must activate a generator to open access.
Husk Graveyard is a dynamic map modifier/event that can occur on several standard maps in Arc Raiders. It isn't a separate physical location you travel to — instead, when this event is active on a map, the landscape becomes littered with downed ARC machine husks (wrecked machines you can breach and loot).
Prospecting Probes is a map modifier event in ARC Raiders. When it is active, the map spawns far more ARC Probes than usual, changing how players approach looting, movement, and risk during a raid. This event does not require player activation. It appears automatically as part of the game's dynamic event system.
