Summary
- Unlock a new map, Stella Montis, through a global community event requiring you to contribute resources to restore mountain tunnels.
- Features 2 new ARC enemies, the Matriarch and the Shredder, alongside major technical improvements on movements, quest progression and maps.
- Adjusted item values and crafting requirements for balanced experiences like Wolfpack increasing to 5,000 Coins and XP rewards.
Fresh contents just reloaded on ARC Raiders with its first major expansion, North Line Update 1.2.0. It arrived on November 13, 2025, introducing new gameplay elements and addressing several technical issues affecting player experience. So, here’s a breakdown of the North Line update on ARC Raiders.
New Content and Community Event
North Line brought a new mountain research facility map, Stella Montis, for a fresh selection in the roster. Unlike previous map releases, you have to participate in the Breaking New Ground event to unlock the map. The event begins at 1:30 AM PT/ 4:30 AM ET during the launch day.
You have to work along with other raiders to contribute resources and restore tunnels in Speranza. In the process, you’ll earn a new currency called Merits. Then, after the first phase completes, the Staking Our Claim phase begins and unleashes players into Stella Montis.
There will be exclusive progression tracks, challenges, and rewards awaiting you in Stella Montis. However, it will remain available only until December. Plus, two new ARC enemies will also challenge raiders’ skills and tactics.
The Matriarch serves as a new threat that makes the Queen look friendly by comparison. This spawn only during specific map conditions like the Queen’s Harvester event. Meanwhile, the Shredder exclusively appears on Stella Montis which forces you into close-quarters combat scenarios.
Technical Improvements and Bug Fixes
Other than the additional maps and enemies, they also fixed technical issues which affect players since its launch. It includes character movement latency on servers and the desync problem causing players to take damage even before getting hit. Moreover, the quest progression also received major fixes that prevent completion during collection of multiple objectives or items within a single round.
They also correct achievement tracking problems though players still need to redo their single-objective achievements. Multi-objective ones only require completing the unfinished steps. The North Line update also reduced the delay between firing at ARC units and impact effects on targets.
Also, the maps were patched to resolve numerous terrain holes to prevent players from falling through the world. Other map-specific fixes include collision improvements for Dam Battlegrounds, flickering issues in Buried City, and breaching adjustments in Spaceport’s Departure Building.
Balance Changes and Economy Adjustments
For this update, they made adjustments to items and crafting systems for balanced gameplay. The powerful Wolfpack launcher increased to 5,000 Coins while crafting requirements changed to 2 Refined Explosives + 2 Sensors to 3 Refined Explosives + 2 ARC Motion Cores. It makes the weapon more expensive but adjusts its availability to match the effectiveness.
Then, ARC Motion Cores and ARC Circuitry now unlock at Refiner Level 2 instead of Level 3. This gives you earlier access to crucial components but raises the crafting cost to 8 ARC Alloy. They doubled the Launcher Ammo value to 200 Coins with 4 Metal Parts + 1 Refined Explosives for 6 rounds for crafting recipe.
Meanwhile, the Spotter Relay value dropped significantly to 2,000 Coins. Besides these weapons, the XP distribution massively changed as well. Here are some of the big decreases and increases you should know:
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- Damage XP (Bastion, Bombardier, Leaper & Rocketeer): 2 per hit
- Looting XP:
- Bastion: Reduced to 250 XP
- Bombardier: Reduced 300 XP
- Rocketeer: Increased to 500 XP
- Leaper: Increased to 500 XP
Quality of Life Improvements
On top of these gameplay adjustments, the Raider hatches now properly grants you immunity upon entering. They also increased the interaction distance so you access it easier now. Meanwhile, Field crafting selection remains on selected items after completion but lets players now split inventory stacks.
North Line patch also improved weapon handling by preventing automatic slinging when throwing grenades. It also fixes bullets veering sideways when you fire close to walls. Plus, they decreased Anti-Tick Field attachment time to 0.5 seconds to make it more responsive.
For your audio options, you can now have the System Default setting for voice chat and balanced breathing sounds with helmeted and non-helmeted ones.
Conclusion
Embark Studios continue to improve ARC Raiders with the North Line Patch update last November 13, 2025! This brought in new contents to enjoy while making necessary adjustments to improve the gameplay performance. While there’s more to address within the game, the developers worked hard to provide immediate fixes.
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