Embark Studios has released a new update for ARC Raiders, which introduces a brand new time-limited event dubbed Shared Watch. Cold Snap, the freezing map condition introduced last December, is also back as a permanent addition to the game’s rotation.
The Shared Watch event is a new way for the studio to encourage co-operation between squads of players during raids by providing merits for destroying or assisting in the destruction of ARC. Participating in PvP, on the other hand, will reward no merits. The return of Cold Snap comes as no surprise, since the studio had announced that it was bringing the map condition back earlier this week.
Cold Snap brings with it a harsh new weather condition that can cause continuous damage to your health through frostbite as long as you are outdoors. Along with this, visibility is also quite heavily impacted, and ill-prepared players might even have trouble finding their footing thanks to the slippery icy surfaces.
The risks and rewards for Cold Snap will not be changed from its initial release – players can even still collect Candleberries. However, since the item is no longer tied to an ongoing event, it is functionally useless. For more details about all of the other changes made as part of the update, check out the full patch notes below.
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ARC Raiders 1.15.0 patch notes:
Miscellaneous
- Improved instances where players sometimes could not reconnect after disconnecting from a game.
- Fixed an issue where the match start tunnel scene sometimes wasn’t being shown.
- Fixed an issue where trials objective rewards could fail to grant at the end of a round due to a timeout, ensuring partial rewards are awarded when earned.
- Fixed an issue where the end of round screen would sometimes show incorrect merits, XP, and Live Event points.
- Fixed an issue where players’ platform icons would sometimes show incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue where crafting would sometimes get cancelled.
Utility
Trailblazer Grenade
- The explosions no longer deal damage through walls.
- Deals more damage to small enemies but less damage to bigger enemies such as the Leaper and Bastion.
Weapons
- Fixed inconsistent weapon cycling when bound to keys other than the mouse wheel; keybinds now swap weapons reliably.
Known Issues
- One of the Marco set helmet variants may appear incorrectly in preview and in the menu but will appear correctly in game.
- Players may occasionally not receive a skill point as indicated in the result screen. A reboot/playing another round fixes the issue.
- ‘Purchase Raider Tokens’ page may appear in front of the inbox and profile page when switching between them.
- Player animations may appear broken when interrupting a search of the Baron Husk.
- Certain containers may be unavailable to be interacted with.
- Ziplines placed onto destroyed ARC parts will not appear correctly.
- Scrappy “Batting Helmet” and the “Slugger” outfit might not appear correctly in the event preview.
- The “Blindsided” achievement may not trigger as intended on the first attempt.
