On November 13, 2025, the North Line patch for the cooperative shooter ARC Raiders from Embark Studios was released. Just two weeks after the official release, players received another location, Stella Montis, two new opponents with improved artificial intelligence, weapons, quests and some “styles” of the game. But in order to get all this, you will first have to work hard at the event — the details are in the material.
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The Stella Montis Map and the Breaking New Ground event
The new, fifth map of Stella Montis is an abandoned research complex deep in the mountains north of the Rust Belt. You won’t be able to play it right away. To begin with, the entire community of the game will have to go through the Breaking New Ground event (“First Steps”). In order to make their way to the mountains, the raiders need to rebuild the tunnels by collecting and donating building materials to the community.: fabric, chemicals, metal, rubber and plastic parts.
Breaking New Ground Event Screen in ARC Raiders
All raiders who have completed at least five races are allowed to participate in the construction, and they are awarded with Merit points (a new event currency) for their contribution to the common cause. When players build the tunnel, the map will become available along with the new stage of the Betting Our Claim progression, then you can exchange the points you received for helping with repairs for various rewards. The upgrade progress system offers players a variety of equipment customization options.
In the new location, players will see the development of the storyline, new tasks and technologies, as well as two new types of enemies — Matriarch and Shredder. Among other things, players will receive a new Energy Burst Battle Rifle and three mines: Impulse Mine, Timed Mine and Gas Jump Mine. The developers have promised two specializations for players — Lone Wolf (“Loner”) and Trailblazer (“Trailblazer”), but it is not yet clear in what skills or augments they will be expressed, only that they will help players in team play and tactics.
Key points of the update
History and goals: what awaits gamers in the multiplayer PvE mode?
Embark Studios continues to actively develop its extraction shooter in a sci-fi setting. After its release, the project garnered positive feedback from players and the community for its graphical gameplay and effects. Seasonal content and events have become a trademark of the title, allowing developers to keep in touch with the audience. The creators plan to release regular updates with new maps, game mechanics and innovations. At the same time, the team is working on optimizing the performance of PC and console versions on various platforms. The system’s achievements and rewards motivate users to explore each territory, collect resources, and improve inventory. Character customization and the item creation system through crafting add variability to the gameplay.
New Patch and balance changes
With the North Line update, ARC Raiders released patch 1.2.0, which fixed many bugs — reduced latency and the likelihood of “out of sync”, removed many places where players could fall through textures, and fixed achievements that did not work. As for the balance, farming experience and obtaining materials has become more difficult. The error correction affected the stability of the connection and the user interface. The most significant changes were:
With the North Line update, ARC Raiders released patch 1.2.0, which fixed many bugs — reduced latency and the likelihood of “out of sync”, removed many places where players could fall through textures, and fixed achievements that did not work. As for the balance, farming experience and obtaining materials has become more difficult. The error correction affected the stability of the connection and the user interface. The most significant changes were:
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Popular and powerful Wolfpack grenades have increased in value from 3 to 5 thousand and are now being crafted from rarer resources.;
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Ammunition for Hullcracker increased in price by 2 times, from 100 to 200;
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The amount of experience awarded for dealing damage has decreased from 3 to 2 for Bastion, Bombardier, Rocket Launcher and Jumper;
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Reduced the experience for the Bastion parts loot from 500 to 250, and the Bombardier from 500 to 300;
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At the same time, we increased the loot experience from the Rocketeer’s engines (from 200 to 500) and the Jumper’s legs (from 250 to 500).
Such changes may be related to the farming method during the Hidden Bunker event, when players hunt respawning robots and can thus collect a very large amount of experience for finding parts.
Finally
Judging by the pace of updates, ARC Raiders continues to evolve without slowing down, offering players cooperative challenges, new zones and opponents, keeping the audience’s attention and strengthening the project’s position among popular action shooters. The graphics and character animations continue to impress, while technical support and regular patch notes demonstrate the creators’ concern for product quality.
Earlier, developers from the Embark studio used text-to-speech technology to create dialogues, which caused a mixed reaction from the gaming community.
Arc Raiders update The installation was successful for most players, and the system requirements remained the same. ARC Raiders recently set a sales record in history with 4 million copies.
