ARC Raiders: Patch Notes zu Riven Tides - Das ändert sich mit Update 1.26.00

Update 1.26.0 for ARC Raiders is out now and brings many new contents for Raiders and survivors in Speranza. We will show you what to look forward to in our patch notes.

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What kind of update is this? ARC Raiders released a huge patch after the release of Riven Tides, which is now supposed to fix some bugs. The update was released on April 28, 2026, at 11:00 AM German time and was over 10 GB in size on Steam. You can find out what fixes you can expect now in the ongoing article.

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Patch Notes in 1.26.00 – What’s changing

What do the patch notes say? Update 1.26.00 brought new contents to ARC Raiders, including a new opponent, map, and changes for the trials. We will now go through the official patch notes and list for you in English what is changing (source: arcraiders.com):

BALANCE CHANGES

WEAPON ECONOMY ADJUSTMENTS

The weapon economy is increasingly unbalanced. Players who engage intensely in PvP need to make many difficult decisions regarding their weapons, while the friendliest players constantly pile up new weapons. The aim is to balance this, so that all players are confronted with weapon wear and new possibilities to combat this wear are introduced.

NEW FEATURE: REPAIR WHEN UPGRADING

Weapon upgrades become very expensive if the weapon needs to be repaired beforehand. This makes access to them less attractive than desired. To create more options for repairing low durability weapons and to improve the upgrade cycle:

When upgrading a weapon, 25% of its maximum durability is now repaired.

WEAPON DOWN & DURABILITY

Embark reduces the number of weapons found at the edge of the map to increase the value and excitement of high-level areas and closed rooms.

Embark increases the range of durability with which weapons can spawn while simultaneously reducing the average durability outside closed rooms. This should be balanced out by the new repair feature when upgrading.

Average durability of found weapons: 50 → 30

These changes mean that you might find weapons with only 15 durability at the edge, while in closed rooms you will continue to find weapons with around 60 durability.

DURABILITY LOSS WHEN SHOT

Embark has heard the dissatisfaction that maintaining high-level weapons is very expensive compared to low-level ones. The team wants high-level weapons to have longer durability than low-level ones. Therefore, the durability loss when shot will be adjusted accordingly:

Common weapons: +75% durability loss when shot
Uncommon weapons: +50% durability loss when shot
Rare weapons: +35% durability loss when shot
Epic weapons: -5% durability loss when shot
Legendary weapons: -10% durability loss when shot

WEAPON DURABILITY LOSS WHEN UNCONSCIOUS

Embark wants intense PvP to remain a meaningful playstyle for ARC Raiders. To adapt this playstyle to other gameplay styles, weapon durability loss will be reduced by 50% when a player becomes unconscious.

Durability loss on weapons of unconscious players: -30% durability → -15% durability

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Comets have been removed from standard sessions on the Dam Battlegrounds.
The number of fireflies on the Dam Battlegrounds has been greatly reduced.
The number of comets in the Buried City has been reduced.

Developer note: The addition of comets and fireflies increased the difficulty in beginner sessions too much. To bring the player experience back to the desired level, we decided to reduce their numbers in the most affected sessions.

GAMEPLAY

Stella Montis

The distribution of Exodus recycling materials has been adjusted to distribute them more evenly across containers.

ITEMS

Evaporator Regulator

Stack size increased from 1 to 3

Trigger Grenade

Developer note: It is no longer possible to throw a new grenade while triggering one that has already been thrown. Instead, you have to wait until the animations are completed. This should reduce the spamming of the trigger grenade by increasing the delay between the grenades, effectively preventing the ability to ignite a second grenade prematurely with the first one.
A delay of 1 second has been added after throwing before the next throw/trigger action is possible.
A delay of 1.3 seconds has been added after triggering before the next throw/trigger action is possible.

Photoelectric Cloak

The weight of the photoelectric cloak has been increased from 1 to 3 to better match its rarity/cost.
Increased energy consumption rate from 2.5/s to 10/s
Developer note: The photoelectric cloaking has been significantly too strong until now, especially regarding its activation duration. This change aims to make the deployment mindful. The strength of the cloaking remains the same in the activated state, but you may now need to seek cover earlier or rethink your approach in heavily contested areas by ARC.

WEAPONS

Bettina Balancing

Developer note: The Bettina has been improved to match its rarity. The base damage and damage against ARC armor have been increased to maximize the usefulness of each bullet. At the same time, the base fire rate has been reduced. The spread has been adjusted to allow for longer bursts of fire without loss of accuracy. The stack size of heavy ammunition has been increased to simplify carrying the required ammunition. These changes should make each shot more effective while increasing the hit rate if you control your bursts well.

Base damage increased from 14 to 16
Base fire rate reduced from 285 to 235
Spread per shot reduced by about 40% (making the spread slower)
Spread recovery time improved by about 30%
Damage against ARC armor increased by about 33%

Heavy Ammunition

Stack size increased from 40 to 60

CONTENT AND BUG FIXES

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General

Aim assist now correctly targets the joints and weak points of Bastion, Bombardier, Queen and Matriarch.
A bug has been fixed causing Vaporizer and ARC Surveyor patrols to move only after being alerted.
A bug has been fixed causing ARC enemies not to react to sounds from nearby breakthroughs.

Bastion

A bug has been fixed causing the Bastion to be too accurate when switching targets in the middle of a firefight.

Vaporizer

Added more maps and conditions.

ANIMATION

Emotes

The emote system has been revamped, allowing for even more emotes to be played while running. Give it a try!

AUDIO

General

A potential crash related to voice output data has been fixed.
A bug has been fixed causing the voice output of the vendor to be triggered too often at the start of rounds.
The sound effects for cosmetic helmets have been updated.
A bug has been fixed causing emote previews in the shop to play without voice output.
A bug has been fixed causing footsteps to no longer be played.
Footstep and impact sounds on different surfaces (e.g., bridges) have been corrected as the wrong surface sound was played previously.

Emotes

A bug has been fixed causing target and emote sounds to continue to play or double after reconnecting to a game; the audio output now stops correctly.

Voice Chat

To enhance communication, an option for noise suppression has been added in voice chat.
A bug has been fixed causing voice chat to drop after opening the platform user interface.

COSMETICS & CUSTOMIZATION

Character Customization

A bug has been fixed causing facial hair and face masks to be displayed incorrectly when switching faces or outfits.

GAMEPLAY

General

A bug has been fixed causing objects to be placed in extraction lifts before they opened.
A problem has been fixed causing bullets to be fired from the wrong position when shooting from rotating or moving objects (e.g., Rocketeer debris).
A problem has been fixed causing the achievement “Death from Above” to be completed by standing on destroyed Rocketeer parts.

Expedition

A problem has been fixed causing players who signed up for an expedition not to depart at the scheduled time.
An option for delayed departure has been introduced.

ITEMS

Binoculars

A problem has been fixed causing the zoom levels of binoculars not to function.

Zipline

A problem has been fixed causing entering a zipline from above to cause fall damage and push the player when hooking into the ground.
A problem has been fixed causing zipline anchors to sometimes be invisible after placement.

Vitaspray

A problem has been fixed causing the simultaneous use of Vitaspray to heal oneself and others to increase the healing speed.
MAPS
The Blue Gate

MAPS

The Blue Gate

Fixed several environmental issues: floating/intersecting objects corrected.
Restored wind damage and detection of interior and exterior areas.
Fixed severe culling near the church.
Fixed a spot where players could get stuck under an ARC wreck.
Fixed an issue causing some supply stations to be non-interactive.

Buried City

Fixed spots where players could clip through walls and fixed flickering on rooftops.
Fixed an issue causing some supply stations to be non-interactive.
Fixed a problem causing players to take shield damage in buildings during the hurricane.
Removed a problematic zipline in the Old Town.

Spaceport

Fixed spots where players could get stuck, improved collision detection near the launch towers, and fixed texture flickering.
Fixed an issue with multiple ladders in the trench that could cause players to be catapulted high into the air.

Dam Battlegrounds

Diverse environmental bugs have been fixed, including:
- A spot where one could get stuck near the cargo lift.
- Trees protruding through the wall.
- Floating grass.
- Misaligned cafeteria objects.
- Incorrect concrete materials.
Several common spots where players could get stuck have been fixed to improve navigation.

MOVEMENT

The movement speed in crouch mode is now limited to normal walking speed when using items.
A bug has been fixed that could trigger hard landings at incorrect times.

PERFORMANCE

Further general performance improvements.
Intel XeSS has been updated to SDK version 3.0.0.
The rubber band phenomenon when reaching the edge of the play area has been reduced.

QUESTS

A bug has been fixed causing eliminations with the seeker grenade not to count towards quest progress for “Safe Path”.

SOCIAL

A popup is now displayed when trying to use voice chat in a PlayStation Party since both cannot be used simultaneously.
The reasons for reports are now presented more clearly instead of in a dropdown menu.

STABILITY

A server crash that could occur at the end of rounds, especially when players disconnected and reconnected, has been fixed.
Issues with missing the expedition departure have been fixed, which could cause the game to become unresponsive when loading or the character to show as missing. A rare crash that could occur when triggering visual or auditory effects from certain items has been fixed. A crash that could occur with certain outfits has been fixed.

User Interface

General

Multi-selection in the inventory is now enabled by default on project screens.
The scroll bar design in the customization menu has been updated.
Challenge previews have been added to the practice area so you can check the challenge details before starting.
Crafting suggestions take priority over recycling suggestions when gathering resources.
A bug has been fixed causing “Ping Target” to sometimes display the wrong message.

Expedition

The departure screen has been updated with a progress indicator for your expedition quest, now providing information on catching up.
The login status is now on the left of the main menu, and the number of quests and achievements displayed has been reduced.
The late departure notification now only shows the number of rewards and catch-up rewards.
The progress indicator no longer shows the last step.
The login status widget in the menu has been moved and adjusted to the new carousel layout.
A bug has been fixed causing the expedition screen not to switch to the last step after completing step 5, missing the departure view and skill point progress.
A bug has been fixed causing quest tracking on the map menu to appear for players who had not started an expedition.
The text on the expedition explanation screen has been updated for better clarity. A countdown timer has been added to the departure confirmation prompt in expeditions, and the appearance has been improved.
The expedition screen now shows the timer for all steps to make the progress more clear.
The “Expedition Info” page now only displays expedition rewards and no longer skill points.
Step preview in expeditions activated.
The issue where expedition quest titles, descriptions, and goals did not display correctly on the departure screen and tracker has been fixed.
The departure notification has been added, and the behavior of the expedition icon has been corrected.

Projects

A bug has been fixed causing the use of a controller in the project screen to prevent returning to the reward preview after selecting the “Close” button.
The event preview now only shows the project button when the event is active and unlocked.
A bug has been fixed causing project goals to appear selected in the preview of future or past steps in the project screen.
A bug has been fixed causing an outdated step to appear in the “Homepage” menu.

Inventory

An option has been added to the “Inspect” tab in the inventory to toggle the tooltip on and off.
Surge Coil
The tooltip for the surge coil now correctly displays the actual range of the item (10 m) instead of the previously incorrect number (75 m).

Emote Wheel

All slots in the emote wheel can now be filled with any emotes.
A button has been added to the emote selection screen to reset the emote wheel to default settings.

Raider Hideout

A bug has been fixed causing the weapon display to sometimes not account for all storage slots.
Workshop
A bug has been fixed causing the “Acquire Resources” menu to display suggestions from locked workshop stations.

Visual Effects

Puncture marks now properly follow every moving object hit.
The popping of character clothing when changing camera distance has been reduced, improving consistency in movement and zoom.
The visual effect of the ARC Surveyor summoning the evaluator has been improved.

KNOWN ISSUES

In rare cases, purchases in the customization screen may not work.
- Reopen the customization screen to fix the issue.
The Firefly may sometimes disappear after deactivating and drop a incendiary grenade.
In some rooms of the Hidden Bunker, Shredders float to the ceiling.
The ARC may appear on the dam within the geometry.
The flying ARC may sometimes get stuck idling.
The “Buy Raider Tokens” page may briefly appear before switching between inbox and profile page.
Player animations may render incorrectly when the search for Baron Husk is interrupted.
The quest “On the Radar” cannot be completed in Riven Tides.
Visual bug when viewing the “Crash Mat” in spectator mode.
The Leaper can jump through the turbine.
The event skin preview incorrectly shows event progress after the round.

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