ARC Raiders Frozen Trail Update Adds Pendra Pass Map And Grappling Hook On October 8
The update also introduces a Reward Pass, and all existing Raider Decks are folded into a free Legacy Pass, which makes progression the part of Frozen Trail that touches every current player rather than only those who reach the new endgame map.
Key Facts
- ARC Raiders update Frozen Trail launches on October 8.
- Frozen Trail adds the new map Pendra Pass, which includes an old Italian village and an Exodus transport hub beyond the Rust Belt.
- Three new enemies arrive in Frozen Trail: Bree, Skulker, and the turret Hydra.
- The Outpost is a second hideout in Frozen Trail that can be customized with modules and furniture.
- The fifth weapon quality tier introduced in Frozen Trail initially covers 15 weapons.
Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, Game Spark.
Embark Studios has detailed Frozen Trail, the major update for ARC Raiders, scheduled to launch on October 8. The update adds the new map Pendra Pass, a frozen region built around an old Italian village and an Exodus transport hub beyond the mountains around the Rust Belt, where one of the giant ARC machines called the Emperor has crashed with rare technology inside. ARC has sent its largest-class vessel, the Frigate, to patrol the area, and players can find a way aboard and fight through its interior. Three new enemies arrive: the charging Bree, the ambushing Skulker, and the three-unit turret Hydra. The Outpost is a second hideout that can be customized with modules and furniture, and a fully upgraded Research Workstation unlocks a fifth weapon quality tier, initially for 15 weapons, allowing changes such as a fully automatic Beretta, a scoped Renegade, and a Rattler with a 64-round incendiary magazine.
The Outpost is the beginning of a feature the development team wants to develop further, with the goal of making it a deeply personal space for players. The fifth weapon quality tier is called Amplified Weapons, a system built because skilled Raiders used only their favorite guns while many weapons went untouched.
Two new guns join the arsenal, in addition to the gadgets and the Pendra Pass map.
- Stiletto: a battle rifle using small ammunition, a low-cost early-game replacement for the Renegade
- Bantam: a snub-nose revolver using large ammunition, built around hip-fire
- Grappling Hook: climb to high places, rappel down buildings, swing across gaps
- Tether Launcher: fires a wire linking two points, used to drag enemy Raiders into ARC or pull them out of cover
- Yang Grenade: pulls nearby targets toward it when it explodes
- Camera: zoom and selfie functions
- Harmonica and Banjo: playable instruments
- Weapon Stencils: change weapon skins
Frozen Trail also adds a new quest line, a skill tree rework, and new map conditions, alongside work on matchmaking, anti-cheat, stability and quality of life. Celeste and Shani searched for the source of a strange signal echoing across Toledo, which led to Pendra Pass, an area with an observatory that was a major Exodus Project transport hub and a buried train depot. The game supports solo play or teams of up to three on PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store), PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.