ARC Raiders Latest Patch Notes and Updates

ARC Raiders Latest Patch Notes and Updates

The latest ARC Raiders update is Store Update 1.34.0, released June 23, 2026, and the most recent gameplay update is Live Update 1.33.0 Forgotten Relics from June 16. Here is the part that decides whether you need to touch your loadout: no weapon, augment, or shield stat has changed since Nomadic Envoys 1.29.0 on May 19, 2026. Every patch since then has been store, event, or quality-of-life work. Your tier lists, the DPS calculator, and your saved loadouts are still accurate.

This page tracks what actually changed in each recent ARC Raiders update and links the full notes for every one. Start at the top for the current state, then use the index at the bottom to open any single patch.

What changed in Store Update 1.34.0

Store Update 1.34.0 (June 23, 2026) is a cosmetic rotation with one fix attached. It adds the Aeronaut Set and the Short Upswept hairstyle to the store, and it closes some duplication exploits that let players clone items. No weapon, augment, shield, or map-condition value moved. If you only care about combat, there is nothing here to learn.

Live Update 1.33.0: Forgotten Relics

Live Update 1.33.0 (June 16, 2026) was the first Live Update since Nomadic Envoys, and it is the most recent patch with real gameplay content. The headline is the Forgotten Relics event. You earn Merits two ways, from XP as you play and by pulling scattered relics out of containers like lockers, drawers, and crates, with higher-rarity relics worth more. The catch is the one that defines an extraction game: you have to extract to bank your Merits. Go down before the exit and the run pays nothing.

Running alongside it is Converging Paths, a community project live from June 16 through July 27. It moves in stages, secure nomad passage, gather supplies, then recover relics, all tracked on a Display Case. Clearing it grants a red-black Saltwalker Outfit variant, a Sextant backpack charm, and Raider Tokens, with 300 Raider Tokens earnable across the season.

One loot change is the only thing in 1.33.0 that nudges a build decision. The entity:rocketeer now drops Launcher Ammo instead of Heavy Ammo. That feeds the item:rascal grenade launcher better in PvE and kills a Heavy Ammo farm route, but it changes no weapon stat. The Rascal weapon guide walks the anti-ARC loadout if you want to lean into it. The patch also corrected an aiming-down-sights bug that was costing accuracy on some weapons. Treat it as your shots landing the way they always should have, not a buff to fold into the math.

The rest is fixes and convenience. entity:queen and entity:matriarch can now plant their feet on uneven and moving terrain, ending the floating and sliding. entity:firefly no longer leaks an incendiary grenade before it dies. On the anti-cheat side, Loot Compensation returns your lost gear automatically when an identified cheater knocks you out, and an Action Notice tells you when someone you reported gets banned. Gamepad players gained dedicated Sell, Recycle, Repair, Salvage, and Drop inputs. Free Loadout is switched off for the Night Raid and Close Scrutiny conditions during a three-week test.

Full breakdown: ARC Raiders 1.33.0 patch notes.

No balance changes since Nomadic Envoys 1.29.0

Nomadic Envoys 1.29.0 (May 19, 2026) is still the line in the sand for the combat meta. It was the last patch to move numbers that matter to a loadout. item:bettina went to 250 RPM, the item:photoelectric-cloak power cost was cut in half, the item:tactical-mk3-healing augment got an area-of-effect rework, the item:combat-mk3-flanking augment started accepting the item:medium-shield, and the item:rascal grenade launcher joined the roster. Everything after it, 1.30.0 through 1.34.0, has been repricing, cosmetics, events, and bug fixes.

What that means in practice: the post-Nomadic-Envoys reads still hold. item:bettina sits at the top after its buffs, item:anvil, item:renegade, and item:bobcat lead PvP, and the item:dolabra legendary shotgun is still brutal up close. Cross-check any kit against the ARC Raiders weapon tier list or the augment tier list; none of it has shifted since 1.29.0. Load the proven PvP kit in the optimizer and the numbers come out exactly where they did in May.

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The Fourth Expedition (July 7 to 21, 2026)

The Fourth Expedition runs July 7 to 21, 2026, and reworks how repeat veterans get paid. Players completing their fourth expedition earn Blueprints and Raider Tokens instead of Skill Points, delivered after departure. Blueprints reset each expedition; Raider Tokens stay. Rewards scale with damage dealt, topping out at 100,000 damage. Permanent gains include the first tier of the new Zenith Outfit and an extra 12 stash slots, with total expedition Skill Points capped at 15. The same announcement covers consecutive-run buffs to XP, materials, and repairs, more Ermal vault slots, and a new Trials Season.

Every ARC Raiders patch (newest first)