Arc Raiders Gets PvE-Focused Event and New Rewards as Embark Squashes Duplication Bug in New Update

Developer Embark Studios has published Arc Raiders update 1.15.0, adding a caller PvE-focused lawsuit and caller rewards portion (finally) squashing an infamous duplication glitch.

Patch notes posted to its authoritative website item what is simply a amazingly hefty update up of February’s Shrouded Sky contented drop. While fans proceed to hold for a caller Arc menace and Raider Deck, today’s changes bring backmost a fan-favorite lawsuit portion delivering a caller mode with its ain acceptable of cosmetics to unlock.

Arc Raiders players who driblet into Speranza volition find Shared Watch arsenic update 1.15.0’s astir notable addition. The limited-time event, which ends February 24, asks Raiders to squad up with friends and strangers against Arc to gain merits. Merits unlock rewards that scope from tools similar a Vita Spray oregon acoustic guitar to imperishable unlocks similar the Slugger acceptable oregon adjacent a small rooster-sized helmet for Scrappy. Killing Arc is the champion mode to progress, making the Shared Watch Event much of a PvE mode arsenic Embark warns that nary Merits tin beryllium earned from PvP encounters.

“The Shared Watch is an yearly vacation that reminds america of the existent enemy, by celebrating those that look retired for their chap Raiders,” the workplace said successful its spot notes. “Tolerate, team-up, oregon instrumentality retired immoderate ARC - it’s each successful the tone of the Shared Watch.”

The Arc Raiders squad has besides brought backmost the wintertime Cold Snap lawsuit backmost arsenic a representation information aft its removal past month. Players volition besides announcement the Trailblazer has been deed with a nerf that lowers its harm to ample Arc similar Leapers and Bastions, portion removing its quality to bash harm done walls.

These things, on with a database of bug fixes, are the headlines for update 1.15.0, but 1 of the astir important changes really arrived successful a astonishment hotfix conscionable moments aft the spot went live. In a station connected X/Twitter, Embark announced the hotfix should bash distant with the point dupe glitch that precocious wormed its mode backmost into the game. As the workplace continues to tackle reports of cheaters, the station besides says players who “duplicated excessive amounts of items volition beryllium taxable to further reappraisal and imaginable penalties.”

“Nothing beats earning your loot the hard way, present get backmost retired determination and stack those coins honestly!”

Arc Raiders players had been utilizing the latest mentation of the dupe glitch to illegitimately hoard items and adjacent marque tons of speedy cash. It resulted successful immoderate awkward situations, arsenic Raiders recovered themselves coming crossed mountains of invaluable small ducks.

Embark is continuing done its Escalation roadmap, which volition spot caller representation conditions, caller Arc threats, a caller map, a caller ample Arc, and much added by the extremity of April. Its adjacent Expedition launches February 25, bringing on a fewer changes for players unhappy with the fertile reset diagnostic the archetypal clip around.

We precocious sat down with Embark CEO Patrick Söderlund for an interrogation to larn much astir the post-launch roadmap, punishments for cheaters, hotels successful Italy, and however the squad plans to promote PvE players. We besides learned astir however the occurrence of Arc Raiders has changed the workplace for the better.

You tin spot the afloat spot notes for the caller update below.

Arc Raiders Update 1.15.0 Patch Notes

Raiders,

What happens topside, stays topside - Raiders person to permission their grudges astatine the tubes.

But Speranza besides has a conscience. While Raider unit can’t beryllium wholly controlled, Celeste is keen to punctual america wherefore we took refuge nether the particulate of the Rust Belt; and that conscionable due to the fact that we unrecorded successful the dirt, we don’t ever person to enactment similar it.

The Shared Watch is an yearly vacation that reminds america of the existent enemy, by celebrating those that look retired for their chap Raiders. Tolerate, team-up, oregon instrumentality retired immoderate ARC - it’s each successful the tone of the Shared Watch.

What’s New?

• Shared Watch
  • This is an accidental to squad up successful the combat against the machines.
  • The Shared Watch Event starts contiguous and ends connected February 24. Players volition gain merits from destroying, assisting and damaging ARC and gain rewards. No merits volition beryllium earned from PvP encounters. Bring a person oregon bring a stranger, but supra all, bring capable ammo to marque definite the machines announcement you first.
• Cold Snap Map Condition
  • Winter is not rather done with the Rust Belt - We are bringing backmost Cold Snap!
  • The representation information is backmost successful rotation connected outdoor maps with the aforesaid premix of hazard and reward. Frostbite harm volition marque your travel topside a abbreviated 1 if you don’t question shelter, but for those who bash brave the tundra - there’s accrued loot worth astatine stake!
  • You tin inactive cod Candleberries, but they are nary longer tied to immoderate event. You tin besides collect, and throw, snowballs! Use them wisely, oregon don't.
• Cosmetics
  • The Vulpine set
  • The Slugger set

Content and Bug Fixes

Some of you person noticed changes successful past updates that didn’t marque it into the spot notes, convey you for flagging those and keeping america connected our toes!

We’ve been gathering ARC Raiders for years, but we’ve lone been unrecorded for a abbreviated while, and we’re inactive increasing into the bushed (and discipline) of unrecorded operations. Making spot notes that are complete, accurate, and casual to travel is simply a musculus we’re actively training.

We’re improving our interior process truthful less things gaffe through, and erstwhile thing does, your reports assistance america drawback it rapidly and update the notes. Please support letting america cognize erstwhile you spot thing missing, it genuinely helps.

Miscellaneous

• Improved instances wherever players sometimes could not reconnect aft disconnecting from a game.
• Fixed an contented wherever the lucifer commencement passageway country sometimes wasn’t being shown.
• Fixed an contented wherever trials’ nonsubjective rewards could neglect to assistance astatine the extremity of a circular owed to a timeout, ensuring partial rewards are awarded erstwhile earned.
• Fixed an contented wherever the extremity of circular surface would sometimes amusement incorrect merits, XP, and Live Event points.
• Fixed an contented wherever players’ level icons would sometimes amusement incorrectly.
• Fixed an contented wherever crafting would sometimes get cancelled.

Utility

• Trailblazer Grenade
  • The explosions nary longer woody harm done walls.
  • Deals much harm to tiny enemies but little harm to bigger enemies specified arsenic the Leaper and Bastion.

Weapons

• Fixed inconsistent limb cycling erstwhile bound to keys different than the rodent wheel; keybinds present swap weapons reliably.

Known Issues

• One of the Marco acceptable helmet variants whitethorn look incorrectly successful preview and successful the paper but volition look correctly successful game.
• Players whitethorn occasionally not person a accomplishment constituent arsenic indicated successful the effect screen. A reboot/playing different circular fixes the issue.
• ‘Purchase Raider Tokens’ leafage whitethorn look successful beforehand of the inbox and illustration leafage erstwhile switching betwixt them.
• Player animations whitethorn look breached erstwhile interrupting a hunt of the Baron Husk.
• Certain containers whitethorn beryllium unavailable to beryllium interacted with.
• Ziplines placed onto destroyed ARC parts volition not look correctly.
• Scrappy “Batting Helmet” and the “Slugger” outfit mightiness not look correctly successful the lawsuit preview.
• The “Blindsided” accomplishment whitethorn not trigger arsenic intended connected the archetypal attempt.

See you Topside,
//Ossen
And the ARC Raiders Team

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