ARC RAIDERS / GUIDE
Update 2.2.0: enemies, routes and quest risks
Hydra damage, Turbine conditions, traversal repairs, quest blockers and the end of the PvE beta.
PvE test has ended
Update 2.2.0 confirms that the temporary PvE beta has ended. A survey for a sample of participants starts on 22 October. No permanent PvE mode or replacement schedule is announced.
Hydra: spread attention and respect the damage
Combat considerations
Target distribution now switches between different targets more often, base damage has increased to compensate, and close-range aim is corrected.
In practice
Do not rely on one teammate distracting every firing angle.
Keep in mind
Exact new damage and health values are not published.
Turbines and map selection
ARC Turbine spawn consistency increases on Buried City, Riven Tides, Blue Gate and Spaceport. Dam Battlegrounds loses Turbine spawns in standard sessions and most minor conditions; remaining conditions have higher consistency. This is not a guarantee of a spawn in every raid. Pendola Pass has slightly more enemies and fixes for terrain, collision and lighting.
Frigate and Emperor hazards
Frigate cargo fixes address ejection and falling through. Cargo crush damage applies at its landing point and to riders inside; thruster heat affects the landing area, with no descent burns. Emperor platform synchronisation and compaction killboxes are corrected. These fixes do not make encounter interiors safe.
Traversal and repairs
can be repaired during a round again. rappelling, vaulting against walls and steep slopes, throwing aim and animation are improved. Those were 2.2 known issues: update 2.3.0 later fixed throwing inside the Matriarch shield; unintended launches remain separately noted. Hold backwards to jump away from a wall run; wall climbing can transition to ladders and .
Quest progress: To the Skies
To the Skies can now be completed on any map, with installation needed in one location. Partial progress followed by extraction can still block completion. Older recorded objective wording is historical where it differs; check the active in-game objective before consuming quest items. Belly of the Beast optional objectives now require the correct item for each objective.
Known quest and Gondola risks
The essentials
Selling or losing the can block Clean Hands.
In practice
Photograph Port A in When Everything Falls may not complete.
Keep in mind
The 2.2 Gondola downed-health issue was subsequently fixed in 2.3.0; this historical note does not describe the latest patch.
Speranza and combat corrections
Outpost control uses held left mouse button. Node tooltips show ranks, and the weapon-bench button reads Amplify. The Expedition Vault tab and offer are removed. Feats have been added, removed and rebalanced without a complete replacement threshold list. ARC react to Gondola Transceiver interaction, and aim against sliding targets is corrected.
Later fixes: Hotfix 2.4.1
Returning safely
The 5 November hotfix prevents entry into the Seed Vault extract while closed and fixes invisibility after leaving the Ballistic Gondola.
In practice
It also fixes invisible building collisions and Xbox crashes.
Keep in mind
These fixes supersede older descriptions of those issues; no weapon balance changes are announced.