# ARC Raiders Patch Notes 1.18.0

- Product: ARC Raiders (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/arc-raiders)
- Vendor: Embark Studios
- Date: 2026-03-03
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1808500/view/491592187300021707
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/arc-raiders/releases/2026-03-03-patch-notes-1.18.0

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- **fixed** — Fixed an exploit that allowed players to put weapons in a safe pocket without the Safekeeper Augment
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue that allowed players to put the Snaphook into a safe pocket while in use
- **changed** — Lowered the drop rate of rare blueprints slightly and raised the drop rate for high tier materials in First Wave Caches on the Hurricane map condition
- **fixed** — Added a very hot fix for the Dam Controlled Access Zone
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where some ARC would occasionally cause performance drops
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the final stage of the quest Worth Your Salt could not be completed if someone else had already done it in the same raid
- **fixed** — Fixed a rare issue where players would crash when navigating to the Player Proximity menu

Raiders!

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- Fixed an exploit that allowed players to put weapons in a safe pocket without the Safekeeper Augment.

- Fixed an issue that allowed players to put the Snaphook into a safe pocket while in use.

- Lowered the drop rate of rare blueprints slightly and raised the drop rate for high tier materials in First Wave Caches on the Hurricane map condition.

- Dev note: The main reason for this change is that the First Wave Caches have been handing out a _lot_ of blueprints, especially given how good players have been at tracking them down and looting them. To help balance that out, we’re bumping up the drop rates for higher-tier materials inside the caches. So while you might see a few fewer blueprints overall, you’ll be getting better materials in return. Caches will still be a solid way to find blueprints, just not to the point where you can reliably walk away from every session with 3–5 of them.

- Added a very hot fix for the Dam Controlled Access Zone.

- Fixed an issue where some ARC would occasionally cause performance drops.

- Fixed an issue where the final stage of the quest “Worth Your Salt” could not be completed if someone else had already done it in the same raid.

- Fixed a rare issue where players would crash when navigating to the Player Proximity menu.

See you topside!

//Ossen