Update 1.3.0 for ARC Raiders arrives with a wide array of balance adjustments, gameplay refinements, and targeted bug fixes across Speranza and the surrounding zones. Key item changes affect the economy, crafting, and ammunition systems, with Deadline, Power Cells, and Launcher Ammo receiving new values to improve consistency. The Venator pistol sees its upgrade fire rate reduced and its weight corrected after being identified as too dominant, while explosive damage has been recalibrated to deliver a more predictable impact across enemy types. This ensures larger ARC units remain challenging while keeping smaller threats unaffected.
A substantial round of fixes improves AI behavior, enemy navigation, map collisions, and mission stability. The Shredder’s movement now behaves more reliably, barricades can no longer clip through players, and several environments—including the Dam Battlegrounds, Spaceport, Blue Gate, and Stella Montis—receive collision and navigation corrections. Additional improvements address crashes, audio attenuation, player spawns, weapon visibility, and blueprint drop rates. These changes collectively aim to smooth out combat flow and reinforce fairness during PvPvE encounters.
Full Patch Notes
Balance Changes
• Items
- Deadline
• Buy value increased from 8,100 to 15,000 Coins
• Sell value increased from 3,000 to 5,000 Coins
• Crafting updated
– Old: 2 Explosive Compound + 1 Synthesized Fuel
– New: 3 Explosive Compound + 2 ARC Circuitry
• Trader stock reduced from 3 to 1 - Power Cell
• Sell value reduced from 640 to 270 Coins - Launcher Ammo
• Buy value adjusted
– Old: 10 for 6,000 Coins
– New: 6 for 4,500 Coins
• Sell value increased from 200 to 250
• Crafting updated
– Old: 6 for 4 Metal Parts + 1 Explosive Compound
– New: 6 for 1 ARC Motion Core + 2 Crude Explosives
• Crafting available at the Workbench without needing a blueprint
• Venator Rebalance
- Upgrade fire rate bonus reduced from 22/44/60% to 13/26/40%
- Weight increased from 2 to 5
• Explosive Damage Adjustments
- Rebalanced ARC explosive interactions for more consistent results
- Minimal impact on smaller enemies such as Turrets
- Larger enemies such as the Bastion now take slightly less explosive damage
Content and Bug Fixes
• ARC
- Fixed reinforcements spawning outside the map
• Shredder
- Improved response to Lure Grenades
- Adjusted movement and handling
• Slightly reduced turn speed
• Improved braking
• Stiffer suspension
• More stable reactions to impacts - Improved navigation to prevent getting stuck on corners
• Audio
- Reduced volume attenuation for tinnitus and concussion effects
• Maps
- Barricades can no longer overlap characters
- Dam Battlegrounds
• Fixed players getting stuck in the elevator shaft
• Fixed unintended access to the locked Control Tower room - Spaceport
• Added collision to staircase walls and ceiling in Hidden Bunker
• Fixed access to a wall near the Launch Tower ramp - Blue Gate
• Fixed railings that blocked bullets incorrectly - Stella Montis
• Fixed terrain collision near Train Station
• Fixed location where players could get stuck
• Removed two spawns too close to ARC spawn areas
• Fixed missing visibility collision in Business Center area
• Miscellaneous Fixes
- Fixed crash when using Raider Voice on non AVX2 PCs
- Fixed crash when surrendering after reconnecting
- Fixed invisible collisions left behind after scavenging Shredder parts
- Fixed Trials weekly rollover showing outdated ranks
- Updated recommended AMD driver to 25.11.1
- Raider Den updated
Movement Improvements
• Improved enemy ground detection on angled surfaces
Weapons
• Aphelion
- Fixed overly bright distant tracers
- Increased blueprint drop rates
• Stitcher - Corrected reload time scaling displayed in player facing stats
ARC Raiders is a third-person cooperative extraction shooter from Embark Studios, set on a dangerous future Earth where players venture from the underground refuge of Speranza to face ARC machines and rival Raiders. The game blends looting, crafting, and tactical encounters as players fight to survive and extract with their earnings. It launched on October 30, 2025, for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with full cross-play and cross-progression.
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