ARC Raiders Just Added Three New Ways to Die, and One Is a Bloodbath-in-a-Box
The weather forecast for the Rust Belt is "lightning" with a 100% chance of getting third-partied at a new bunker.
I was just starting to get comfortable. I had my loot runs, I knew the spawns, I knew how to avoid the worst of the clankers.
So, of course, Embark just threw a grenade into the whole system. Reports are coming in from Topside of "unusual weather" and "erratic ARC behavior". That's corporate-speak for "we've added three new map modifiers designed to kill you in new and exciting ways."
And I can't wait to dive in.
Electromagnetic Storm
This one sounds like pure, beautiful chaos. It can hit Dam Battlegrounds, Spaceport, and Blue Gate. The sky is just cracking with lightning bolts, and apparently, it's frying both ARC and random junk.
This is a classic double-edged sword. A smart raider—that's me, hopefully—can use the storm to cover their sound or even lure bots into a lightning strike. But I'm also 100% going to get zapped myself while trying to look cool.
The real draw? Rumors of "curious formations" left behind by the strikes. That sounds a hell of a lot like "new high-tier loot" to me.
Hidden Bunker
This is the bloodbath-in-a-box I was talking about. A "long-sealed bunker" has been found near the Spaceport outskirts.
Every radio in the game is apparently chirping about it, which means everyone, and their mothers, and every ARC bot in the vicinity, is swarming it. Whatever is in that bunker must be insanely valuable.
This is the place to be for any and all raiders. It's going to be an absolute, unadulterated meat grinder. I'm heading there immediately.
Blue Gate Night Raid
Alright, so we all know how miserable the night raids on the other maps are. They're a special kind of paranoia-fueled hell.
Well, now Blue Gate is getting its own dedicated murder-darkness.
The report says ARC grow "meaner in the dark" here too, and raiders are "hungrier for the rare salvage found under moonlight".
So, great. The map that's already full of brutal choke points and confusing verticality now gets to be pitch black. Fantastic. This is going to be terrifying.