# ARC Raiders HEADWINDS - Patch Notes 1.13.0 - Product: ARC Raiders (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/arc-raiders) - Vendor: Embark Studios - Date: 2026-01-27 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1808500/view/540002712213782700 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/arc-raiders/releases/2026-01-27-headwinds-patch-notes-1.13.0 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Solo vs Squads matchmaking option for level 40+ Raiders to queue into Squads and receive +20% bonus XP on round completion - **added** — Trophy Display long-term project requiring hunting ARC groups across 5 steps with rewards including blueprints, Raider Tokens, Howl emote, guitar, and 300,000 Coins - **added** — Bird City permanent map condition on Buried City with nesting birds, new bird traps, ziplines, and increased rooftop combat and flying ARC - **added** — 2 new types of Epic Augments - **added** — 7 new quests - **added** — Open Parties option allowing Embark and platform friends to join seamlessly - **added** — Squad Invites feature allowing squadmates to invite others to the party - **added** — Mouse smoothing option - **added** — Gamepad rebinding - **added** — Matchmaking delay option for stream sniping mitigation - **changed** — ARC traversal of obstacles improved - **changed** — Leaper improved at walking when it loses its legs - **changed** — Container types spawning condition specific blueprints lowered during Electromagnetic Storm, Hidden Bunker, and Locked Gate - **changed** — Chances of finding higher tier weapons in weapon cases raised - **changed** — Chances of finding Matriarch and Queen unique parts in their armor pieces slightly lowered - **changed** — Night Raid lighting on Stella Montis updated with most lamps turned off - **changed** — Loot spawn locations on Stella Montis adjusted for more even distribution - **changed** — Aim assist made consistent across different framerates - **removed** — Musical puzzle from Buried City - **fixed** — Enemy of my Enemy achievement progress tracking - **fixed** — Hook, Line, and Sinker achievement tracking - **fixed** — Snitches aborting ARC call when Lure Grenade is thrown - **fixed** — Snitches making noise after destruction - **fixed** — Spotters following players into buildings and getting stuck - **fixed** — Emotes missing voice lines in store and customization preview - **fixed** — Voice chat cutting in some cases - **fixed** — Raider hatch timing bug and camera getting stuck on failed interaction - **fixed** — Multiple interactable containers across all maps - **fixed** — Cliff collision issues around raider outpost tower on Dam Battlegrounds - **fixed** — Elevator shaft collision on Dam Control Tower preventing player stuckage - **fixed** — Collision issues inside Pattern House on Dam Battlegrounds - **fixed** — Players reaching unintended location in Water Treatment on Dam Battlegrounds - **fixed** — Invisible wall in nook beneath Buried City highway - **fixed** — Floating rocks and grass on Spaceport - **fixed** — ARC spawn location during Hidden Bunker on bunker antennas to prevent spawning on top of antennas - **fixed** — Seedvault extraction glitch on Stella Montis allowing players to remain in extraction point after closure - **fixed** — 40 locations on Stella Montis where players frequently got stuck - **fixed** — Bastion on Stella Montis spawning out of bounds and attacking through walls - **fixed** — Tick grab allowing brief dodge-roll window to remove the Tick - **fixed** — Dead Shredders now properly labelled as scavengeable when pinged - **fixed** — Players playing guitar while using zipline - **fixed** — Marco set helmet variant appearing incorrect in-game - **fixed** — Trinket items not being placeable in trinket slots - **fixed** — Input registration failures at framerates above 30 - **fixed** — Various clipping issues - **fixed** — Various crash fixes Raiders, Trouble is brewing in the Rust Belt. Heavy sandstorms have been battering the surface. Flocks of birds have been spotted around Buried City, gathering around chimneys for what many assume to be nefarious reasons. And to top it all off, maverick Raiders have been spotted hunting ARC for sport, and single-handedly taking on entire squads. --- ##### What’s New? - **Solo vs Squads** - Solo vs Squads is a new matchmaking option for our experienced and highly skilled players who enjoy the PvP aspect of the game. Solo Raiders level 40 and above will get the "Solo vs Squad" toggle above matchmaking to join the Squads queue and tackle squads of Raiders head-on. When opting in, players will receive +20% bonus XP at the end of the round on both successful extract, and defeat. - **Trophy Display** - A new long-term project which requires players to hunt increasingly dangerous groups of ARC to submit their parts for rewards. Raiders will be able to build a new Display Case over 5 different steps (same as for the Candleberry Project) and each level will add a new item to the Display Case. - The rewards for completing each step include blueprints as well as Raider Tokens, and full completion also brings additional rewards including a Howl emote, a guitar and 300,000 Coins. There is currently no fixed end date and it will not be impacted by Expedition resets. - **Bird City** - Flocks of birds have moved into Buried City, building nests in the empty chimneys. We got some reports of them storing shiny trinkets inside so make sure to inspect them. This new permanent map condition will be applied to the Buried City map only which will cycle in and out of rotation weekly. There will be more bird traps and ziplines present on the map. Raiders can expect more combat in, on, or around the rooftops, including more flying ARC, and more players in proximity. - **New Items** - 2 new types of Epic Augments - **7 New Quests** --- ##### Patch Highlights - Open Parties - The option to set your party to open so your Embark and platform friends can join you seamlessly (even when you're in round to wait in the lobby to join your next match). - Squad Invites - Added the option for squadmates to invite others to the party as well as the party leader. - Achievement fixes. - Stella Montis Seed Vault extract fix. - Mouse smoothing option added. - Gamepad rebinding. --- ## ##### Content and Bug Fixes ##### Achievements - Fixed issue causing progress towards Enemy of my Enemy achievement to not get tracked. - Fixed issue causing Hook, Line, and Sinker achievement to not track correctly. ##### ARC - ARC traversing obstacles has been improved. - **Leaper** - Leaper is now better at walking when it loses its legs. - **Shredder** - Dead Shredders are now properly labelled as scavengeable when pinged. - **Snitch** - Fixed an issue where Snitches would abort calling down ARC if players threw a Lure Grenade during the call. - Snitches will no longer make noise after they are destroyed. - **Spotter** - Fixed an issue where Spotters would follow players into buildings and get stuck. - **Tick** - When grabbed by the Tick, players will now have a brief window of time where they can dodge-roll to remove the Tick. ##### Audio - Fixed an issue where emotes were missing voice lines in the store and customization preview. - Fixed voice chat cutting in some cases. - Improved voice chat connection. ##### Maps - **General** - The types of containers that can spawn condition specific blueprints have been lowered during Electromagnetic Storm, Hidden Bunker, and Locked Gate. - Raised the chances of finding higher tier weapons in weapon cases. - Slightly lowered the chances of finding Matriarch and Queen unique parts in their armor pieces to make it a bit harder to get them without destroying them completely. - Fixed multiple containers across all maps that were not interactable. - Fixed a raider hatch timing bug and camera gett _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1808500/view/540002712213782700]_