ARC Raiders Gets ‘Very Hot Fix’ in New Update, Launches Today

ARC Raiders has dropped its latest update, with Patch 1.18.0 introducing plenty of new fixes and adjustments.

You shouldn’t expect anything in the way of new content this time around. For that, you’ll have to wait for the upcoming ‘Flashpoint’ update.

In the meantime though, allow me to guide you through Patch 1.18.0.

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For starters, the update has fixed an exploit that allowed players to put weapons in a safe pocket without the Safekeeper Augment.

The issue where players could put the Snaphook into a safe pocket while in use has also been addressed.

Alongside that, developers have lowered the drop rate of rare blueprints “slightly” and raised the drop rate for high tier materials in First Wave Caches on the Hurricane map condition.

Explaining the change, Embark Studios said, “The main reason for this change is that the First Wave Caches have been handing out a lot of blueprints, especially given how good players have been at tracking them down and looting them.”

They continued, “To help balance that out, we’re bumping up the drop rates for higher-tier materials inside the caches.

“So while you might see a few fewer blueprints overall, you’ll be getting better materials in return.

“Caches will still be a solid way to find blueprints, just not to the point where you can reliably walk away from every session with three to five of them.”

A hot fix has been introduced for the Dam Controlled Access Zone, while an issue has been rectified where some ARC would cause performance drops.

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In the quest “Worth Your Salt”, an issue has been fixed during the final stage where it could not be completed if someone else had already done it in the same raid.

Finally, devs have eradicated a rare issue where players would crash when navigating to the Player Proximity menu.

The update is officially rolling out now across all platforms. If you don’t see it downloading immediately, it’s recommended that you restart your client.

As I said, if you’re after something a tad more exciting, ‘Flashpoint’ is on the way this month at some point. Embark is yet to specify when.

That update will introduce a new map condition, new ARC threat, a player project, and a “scrappy update”.

I’m imagining it’ll drop in the latter half of March given that February’s update, ‘Shrouded Sky’, arrived on 24 February.