Arc Raiders update
Definition
A reference to the latest software patch or content expansion for ARC Raiders, a free-to-play PvPvE extraction shooter developed by Embark Studios.
Specifically, the December 2025 'Cold Snap' update (version 1.7.0), which introduces winter weather effects like snowfall, player footprints in snow, skill tree resets, toggleable aim-down-sights, and new quests and cosmetics to the Rust Belt maps.
Examples
The Arc Raiders update turned the Rust Belt into a slippery winter trap, where my footprints might as well be neon signs saying 'loot me'.
After the Arc Raiders update, I finally reset my skill tree—turns out I'd been building a raid boss instead of a raider.
Streamers are losing it over the Arc Raiders update; one snowball fight and your squad's extraction turns into a comedy of errors.
Grabbed the new cosmetics from the Arc Raiders update, now I look like a festive fool sliding across frozen maps.