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Index

Speranza dispatch · standing briefing

Read the ground before you drop on it

37 catalogued entities, 12 tracked patches and 8 written dispatches for ARC Raiders, each one tied to the official post that states it. Pick a hotspot on the surveillance plate to change this briefing.

Mission
Reach the ridgeline before the second sweep
Surface
Pendola Pass
Threat
Low contact, elevated exposure
Extract
Gondola lift, north station

Pendola Pass rewards a slow entry. The 2.1.0 pass removed the gaps and clipping that used to catch a raider mid-climb, so the ridge approach is quieter than it was at launch, but the exposed snowfield still gives an ARC drone a clean line of sight from above.

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Brand key visual with the wordmark, a hooded raider and a drone
Topside surveillance · four observation points · hover or tab to read

Category portals

Four indexes carry the reference data. Three carry the reading.

Threat Index ARC Units 7 entries Machine classes catalogued from official notes: armour behaviour, engagement range, and what each one does to a raid. Topside Atlas Surfaces 9 entries Named surfaces and landmarks, with the patch note that touched each one and what changed on the ground. Gear Bench Loadout 5 entries Weapons, gadgets and instruments documented from official balance notes, with the roles they actually fill. Raid Mechanics Systems 16 entries Expeditions, the reward pass, outposts, the skill tree and the anti-cheat programme, each tied to its source post.
Change Log Patch Rail 12 entries Every update from 1.43 to 2.2 in order, with what it changed and which surface it hit. Operator Notes Field Guides 4 entries Long-form practical guides: first hour, loot value, extraction decisions, and the mistakes that end runs. Long Reads Dispatches 8 entries Extended written dossiers rebuilt from hundreds of hours of raid footage, edited into continuous prose.

The raid cycle

Four stages, in order, with the decision each one actually turns on.

  1. 01 Prepare Buy, craft and repair in Speranza. Decide the kit before the map is decided for you.
  2. 02 Deploy Pick the surface and the insertion point. The first thirty seconds set the rest of the raid.
  3. 03 Loot Read value by slot cost, not by colour. A full pack with a slow route is a loss.
  4. 04 Extract Commit early or leave early. Standing on an extraction point is the most common way to die.

Loadout bench

Three slots. Selecting a slot swaps the plate and the three-line spec.

Stiletto shown on a dark plate
Selected · Battle rifle

Stiletto

  • Mid-range pressure
  • Punishes exposed ARC plating
  • Ammo-hungry under sustained fire
Open the full loadout index

Threat index

The six ARC classes most often named in official patch notes, with the post that names them.

Unit Plate Mentions Named in Dossier
Matriarch ARC contact plate for Matriarch 5 Store Update 1.47.0 / Store Update 2.1.0 Dossier
ARC Turbine ARC contact plate for ARC Turbine 4 Live Update 1.45.0 / Store Update 1.47.0 Dossier
Hydra ARC contact plate for Hydra 4 Frozen Trail / Store Update 2.1.0 Dossier
Wasp ARC contact plate for Wasp 3 Store Update 1.43.0 Dossier
Hornet ARC contact plate for Hornet 2 Live Update 1.45.0 Dossier
Bombardier ARC contact plate for Bombardier 1 Store Update 2.2.0 Dossier

Patch rail

Every tracked update in order. Selecting a node rewrites the dossier below.

Store Update · 2026-10-20

Wreck Set and the PvE wrap-up

The Wreck Set arrives and the PvE beta window closes.

  • Update 2.2 ships the Wreck Set and a batch of fixes; the build requires a restart to download.
  • The PvE Toggle beta test that ran from 13 to 20 October has ended, and feedback is being collected.
Read the official post

Field notes

Three editorial bands on what changed and why it matters to a raider.

Over-the-shoulder firefight against an orange ARC drone

Frozen Trail

What the snow changed

The 2.0 surface does not just add a colour grade. Snow opens sightlines, muffles footsteps unevenly, and turns every ridge into a decision about whether the sky is watching. Raiders who learned the older maps on sound alone have to relearn the approach.

Read the dispatch
Round-helmeted raider standing in a sunlit forest

Expeditions

The loop outside the raid

Everything between raids happens in Speranza: workbenches, the skill tree, the reward pass and the quest board. Treating that time as admin rather than as part of the run is why so many kits leave the hub already behind the curve.

Open the system dossier
Giant multi-legged ARC machine straddling a road

PvE beta

A toggle, tested in the open

The PvE toggle ran as a beta test from 13 to 20 October 2026 and closed with the 2.2.0 update. That framing matters: it is a tested mode with a defined window, not a permanent server rule, and the site treats it that way.

Read the PvE record

Dispatch shelf

Extended dossiers rebuilt from long-form raid footage and edited into continuous prose.

  1. 01 The First Hour Topsides A complete walkthrough of the loop from Speranza preparation to the first successful extraction. Field Manual
  2. 02 The Mistakes That End Runs The recurring errors that turn a good raid into a lost kit, ranked by how often they happen. Post-Mortem
  3. 03 A Field Manual for 2026 The full beginner curriculum rewritten for the Frozen Trail era, including what changed since launch. Doctrine
  4. 04 Lessons From Three Hundred Hours What only becomes obvious after a few hundred raids, and which of those lessons transfer to new players. Long Game
  5. 05 Reading the Skill Tree How the perk tree is structured, which branches pay off first, and where the tradeoffs actually bite. Progression
  6. 06 Surviving Frozen Trail What the snow surface demands that the older maps did not, from sightlines to sound and cold-weather routing. Expansion
  7. 07 The Solo Frigate Run A full solo route through the Frigate, room by room, with the loot thresholds that justify the risk. Route
  8. 08 The Frozen Trail Return Why the 2.0 update brought lapsed players back, and what the returning player needs to relearn. Analysis

Surface roster

Named surfaces and landmarks, each with the patch note that last touched it.

Red balloon object held up in a dark room Frigate poi · 23 mentions Codex card for the Skulker ARC unit Pendola Pass map · 15 mentions Amplified weapons banner with a rifle in profile Emperor poi · 8 mentions Tether launcher gadget shown on a dark plate Ballistic Gondola poi · 7 mentions Over-the-shoulder firefight against an orange ARC drone Buried City map · 4 mentions Over-the-shoulder firefight against an orange ARC drone Spaceport map · 3 mentions