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Solo ARC Raiders: how to decide what a loadout is actually worth
A solo loadout framework for weighing replacement cost against the objective and the risk of losing your gear during extraction.
ARC Raiders
ARC Raiders is a third-person extraction shooter built around descending to a hostile surface, gathering materials, and getting back out alive. The tension sits in the decisions: what to bring, when to fight machines instead of players, when a full bag is worth more than one more room. Our coverage focuses on the judgement calls — run planning, loadout economics and reading a fight you do not have to take.
- Embark Studios
- Nexon
- 8 articles
Start with ARC Raiders
Learn the extraction loop with cheap runs, then decide what your gear and one more fight are worth.
Your first ARC Raiders runs: what to do before you know the map
Use early runs to learn routes and exits.
Solo ARC Raiders: how to decide what a loadout is actually worth
Price a kit by what it costs to replace.
When to extract in ARC Raiders: the signals that mean leave now
Know when the bag you have beats the loot ahead.
ARC Raiders solo vs squad: what actually changes about the run
Choose a plan that fits the people in your run.
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ARC Raiders Frozen Trail is live: what changed from the preview
Embark launched Frozen Trail on 8 October 2026. The 2.0 notes confirm Pendola Pass, the Frigate, new ARC threats, Reward Passes, amplified weapons and a reworked Skill Tree, with new details beyond the September preview.
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ARC Raiders Trials Season 5: dates, rewards and the cost of chasing placement
ARC Raiders Trials Season 5 ran from 7 July to 30 September 2026. This record explains its Scorta placement rewards and why challenge runs cost more than ordinary extraction runs.
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ARC Raiders defensive PvP matchmaking test: what 1.39.0 changed
In July 2026, Live Update 1.39.0 began testing whether defensive PvP should have zero weight in the playstyle estimate used for matchmaking. Embark also defined how starting and third-partying fights were classified.
Christian Baldwin3 min read
Beginner guides
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Your first ARC Raiders runs: what to do before you know the map
A beginner plan for extraction shooters that does not depend on map knowledge you have not built yet — what to bring, what to ignore, and how to turn early runs into information instead of losses.
Christian Baldwin2 min read
Strategy and loadouts
GuideARC Raiders
ARC Raiders solo vs squad: what actually changes about the run
Compare solo and squad decisions in ARC Raiders, from route planning to gear risk and extraction, without assuming one playstyle is always safer.
Christian Baldwin2 min read
GuideARC Raiders
When to extract in ARC Raiders: the signals that mean leave now
A practical framework for weighing your haul, the next objective and the extraction points still available in ARC Raiders.
Christian Baldwin2 min read
Features
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What extraction shooters ask of you that other FPS games do not
How extraction objectives and carried gear change the decision to fight, using official ARC Raiders and Hunt: Showdown guides as examples.
Christian Baldwin2 min read
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