Arc Raiders Live Update 2.3.0 — Heavy Shield Buff, Flame Spray Buff & Frigate Loot
Live Update 2.3.0 is the first full Live Update since Frozen Trail 2.0. It buffs the Heavy Shield and the Flame Spray, turns the Firefly Burner into an impact grenade, and moves the best Frigate and Emperor loot deeper inside. The Expedition Vault is being shut down, a new player project called Souls Offering starts, and the Grappling Hook gets another round of fixes. Embark also says fix patches return to a three-week cycle, with store updates every week.
Balance Changes
Heavy Shield: 80 to 90 Charge
The Heavy Shield's base charge goes up from 80 to 90. Embark calls it a small survivability buff and says it will keep watching how it plays. If you skipped heavies for mobility, they are now a little easier to justify for Frigate runs and PvP-heavy maps.
Flame Spray: 10/s to 13/s, Half the Durability Drain
Flame Spray damage rises from 10 to 13 per second and its durability drain is cut by 50%. Its fire also no longer passes through walls, so it stops hitting targets you could not see.
Firefly Burner Explodes on a Timer
The Firefly Burner now activates on impact, leaves a trail of fire behind it and explodes after about three seconds. Throw it where enemies will be, not where they are.
Adrenaline Shot at Full Stamina
You can now use an Adrenaline Shot at max stamina, so you can pop it before a fight. The effect does not stack: using a second one only refreshes the duration.
Better Loot Deeper Inside the Frigate and the Emperor
Containers near the Emperor's entrance now give lower-tier rewards, with higher-tier loot further inside. The Frigate works the same way: areas deeper in have a higher chance of better rewards. Exploit prevention in locked Emperor rooms was expanded too. More on both in our Pendola Pass guide.
Blueprint Drops
Dolabra, Bobcat, Equalizer, Jupiter, Tempest and Vulcano blueprints can now drop in any major map condition, with a slightly lower chance for that pool. Redirection pods drop the Emperor Key blueprint less often and can give ARC parts and high-tier ARC loot instead. Furniture Design drop rates were inverted and are fixed.
New: Souls Offering & Noxious Set
Souls Offering Player Project
A new community player project. Raiders can stop to honor fallen Raiders, and everyone who takes part shares in the Soul's Offering.
Noxious Set
A new cosmetic set ships with the update.
Expedition Vault Shut Down
The Expedition Vault is being disabled. Everything stored in it moves to your stash, and you get Bronze Statuettes back for any vault slots you bought.
Gameplay & ARC Fixes
Grappling Hook Fixes
Map Fixes
Pendola Pass
Spaceport & Stella Montis
Performance, Stability, Audio & UI
Known Issues
Embark lists these as still open after 2.3.0:
Should the PvE Toggle Come Back to Arc Raiders?
Embark's PvE toggle test ran October 13 to 20, and Embark plans to share what happens next in November. Tell us what you think before then. It takes five seconds, it's anonymous, and we'll publish the results here and pass them on to Embark.
We'll post the results once the poll closes. Embark is also sending its own survey to players after the test, so look out for that in-game or by email.