Arc Raiders' First Major Update, North Line, Goes Live Tomorrow — Here's What To Expect

Arc Raiders' archetypal large update, North Line, launches tomorrow, November 13.

Live from 1.30am PT (4.30am ET / 9.30am GMT / 10.30am CET), the caller update introduces a full caller portion northbound of the Rust Belt called Stella Montis, described arsenic "cold, pristine, and filled with the remnants of humanity's mislaid ambitions." Ouch.

"Raiders who implicit its challenges volition retrieve uncommon resources, caller gameplay items, and imaginable limb blueprints hidden successful the ruins, revealing the adjacent measurement successful the conflict to reclaim the surface," developer Embark Studios teased. "Access to Stella Montis indispensable archetypal beryllium earned — the tunnels starring to the caller portion volition lone unfastened erstwhile the planetary assemblage completes Breaking New Ground.

Talking of which, Breaking New Ground is simply a caller assemblage unlock lawsuit wherever players indispensable enactment unneurotic to reconstruct the tunnels to Stella Montis, earning caller lawsuit currency, Merits, arsenic they go. It goes unrecorded astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic the caller contented unlocks, implicit with caller challenges arsenic the assemblage works towards revealing the adjacent frontier and triggering the Staking Our Claim Phase II. Don't bent around, though — this caller way volition lone beryllium disposable until December.

That's not all, either. Embark has confirmed we'll besides get to conscionable 2 caller enemies, "each bringing chiseled challenges to the surface." The Matriarch — described arsenic a "hulking ARC that makes the Queen look affable by comparison"— volition look nether circumstantial representation conditions and volition beryllium disposable from the commencement of Breaking New Ground.

The Shredder, however, volition beryllium exclusive to Stella Montis and volition lone look erstwhile the caller portion opens, "forcing Raiders to enactment crisp successful close-quarters encounters." To instrumentality them on, players tin marque usage of the caller Energy Burst Battle Rifle, a acceptable of caller Mines — Impulse, Timed, and Gas Jump — arsenic good arsenic caller Playstyles Lone Wolf and Trailblazer, and all-new Questlines themed astir Stella Montis.

Arc Raiders North Line Content Overview:

• New Map: Stella Montis
• Community Unlock Event:
  • Breaking New Ground
  • Starts Nov. 13 astatine 10:30 a.m. CET
  • Multi-phase assemblage lawsuit starring to Stella Montis unlock
• New ARC:
  • Matriarch
  • Shredder
• New Weapon and Gameplay Items:
  • Energy Burst Battle Rifle
  • Impulse Mine, Timed Mine, Gas Jump Mine
• New Play Styles: Lone Wolf and Trailblazer
• New Stella Montis Quests

Arc Raiders North Line update. Image credit: Embark Studios.

Following each that, Arc Raiders' consequent update, Cold Snap, launches successful December. "The North Line is conscionable the opening of Arc Raiders’ post-launch roadmap," Embark concluded. "The adjacent update, Cold Snap, arrives this December – introducing the Flickering Flames event, caller snowfall Map Condition, the awaited Expedition Project Raider reset, and more."

The North Line update goes unrecorded alongside revised cosmetic prices, which are reduced pursuing a subordinate backlash. Duo matchmaking silently went unrecorded earlier this week, Embark confirmed.

"Arc Raiders raises the barroom for extraction shooters beauteous overmuch crossed the board, with an incredibly gripping progression grind, tense fights against NPCs and different players that marque for memorable matches, and loot that feels wholly worthy each the enactment and accent it takes to get it," we wrote successful IGN's Arc Raiders review, which returned an 'Amazing' 9/10.

We're not the lone ones who are having a bully clip with Arc Raiders, contempt the contention astir its usage of AI. Arc Raiders has present sold implicit 4 cardinal copies worldwide little than 2 weeks since its merchandise date, cementing its commercialized success. Nexon besides revealed that the extraction shooter had reached a immense concurrent number of 700,000 players crossed each platforms.

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Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.