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Frozen Trail is the biggest ARC Raiders update since launch. It went live on October 8, 2026, and it is free for every Raider. It adds a new map in Pendola Pass, a flying ARC ship called the Frigate, three new ARC, two new guns, a fifth weapon tier called Amplified and your own base in the Outpost. This guide covers every piece of it, so you know what changed and what is worth chasing first

Most of the update lives in the late game. The new map is one of only two places that drop Amplification Modules, the Frigate is the hardest fight in the game, and every Raider now needs an Outpost to reach the new weapon tier. If you would rather skip the grind, every item and service from the update is in the store in its own section, from Amplified Weapons to the Outpost

What is new in Frozen Trail

• Pendola Pass: the seventh map, a frozen Italian village with a fallen Emperor you can walk into
• Two new conditions: the ARC Frigate on every map, and Redirection on Pendola Pass only
• Three new ARC: Bully, Skulker and Hydra
• Two new guns: the Stiletto battle rifle and the Bantam hand cannon
• Amplified weapons: a fifth quality tier above IV for 15 guns, each with its own upgrade tree
• The Outpost: a base you unlock with a project, home of the Research Station
• Progression: a rebuilt skill tree with every point refunded, the Reward Pass in place of Raider Decks and 22 new quests

Pendola Pass, the new map

Pendola Pass is an old Italian village and Exodus transport hub beyond the Rust Belt. It is the biggest play space in the game: about the size of Dam on the outside, but far denser inside, with several layers you can move through. Four things make it play differently from every other map:

• Fallen Emperor: a crashed Emperor ARC you can enter with an Emperor Gateway Conduit. It is one of only two places that drop Amplification Modules
• Ballistic Gondola: there are no hatches. Call the gondola from a radio beacon with a tall antenna. It fits three Raiders
• Flash Freeze: ice storms roll through parts of the map. Shelters open when one is coming and hold extra loot
• Dynamic loot: the loot value of each zone changes from raid to raid, so there is no fixed best route

The Frigate and Redirection

The ARC Frigate is one of ARC's largest ships. It patrols as a map condition on every map, Pendola Pass included. While it is up there are no locked doors, no Raider Hatches, no free loadouts and less loot on the ground. The prize is inside: breach containers that hold Amplification Modules

1. Board: climb onto one of the round drones it lowers, Disrupt it and ride it back up. Stay clear of the turrets under the hull
2. Get in: open the side panels in the cargo area and shoot the yellow valve to open more. A Grappling Hook or Snap Hook helps
3. Sabotage: three Raiders pull the levers to raise the Power Core, take out the Hydras, then shoot the glowing orange cores

Redirection is a Pendola Pass only condition. Emperor Beacons go live across the map: loot one and deploy it to pull a Harvester Payload to your spot. There is no Flash Freeze, but debris falls from the sky

New ARC: Bully, Skulker and Hydra

All three live mostly on Pendola Pass and are built to push you out of cover

Stiletto and Bantam, the new guns

Neither gun can be Amplified in this update. The Anvil moved up to blue (Rare) and the Bantam took its old place as the green hand cannon

Amplified weapons

Amplified is a fifth quality level above IV for 15 guns. Each gun gets a branching upgrade tree that can change how it fires, like a fully automatic Burletta, a scoped Renegade or a Rattler with incendiary rounds and a 64 round drum. To get one you unlock the Outpost, max the Research Station, socket an Amplification Module that matches the gun's rarity, research the upgrade and buy it with Emperor parts. Amplified guns have 200 durability, and if you die with one, whoever loots it gets it at 10%

Module	Guns it unlocks
MK I · Common	Hairpin, Kettle, Rattler
MK II · Uncommon	Burletta, Il Toro
MK III · Rare	Anvil, Canto, Osprey, Rascal, Renegade
MK IV · Epic	Bettina, Hullcracker
MK V · Legendary	Aphelion, Equalizer, Jupiter

New gadgets

• Grappling Hook: climb, hang halfway and swing across gaps. Quieter and cheaper than the Snap Hook
• Tether Launcher: two shots that tie any two points together for 10 seconds
• Yank Grenade: pulls what it hits toward the blast, great for dragging flying ARC down
• Basic and Advanced Camera: needed for the Outpost and five older quests
• Mountaineer's Detector: finds things buried in the snow
• Emperor Beacon: pulls a Harvester Payload to you in Redirection

The Outpost and the Research Station

The Outpost is your base outside Speranza, and the Research Station inside it is the only way to Amplified weapons. You unlock it with the Sheltered Retreat project:

1. Stage 1: photograph a farmland house near the Ruined Homestead on Blue Gate. Reward: Advanced Camera Blueprint
2. Stage 2: hand in 3 Planks, 5 Sheet Metal, 10 ARC Alloy and 3 Advanced Electrical Components. Reward: Red Light Stick Blueprint
3. Stage 3: distract and destroy ARC. Reward: Hotel Chair Design, 15 Planks and 5 Durable Cloth

Research Station level 1 takes 3 Mini Pump, 35 Planks and 5 Battered Paperback. Level 2 takes 3 Calculator, 3 Raider Logbook and 5 Skulker Targeter. The Gunsmith also gets a new level 4 that needs an Emperor Modulator

Stencils, designs, the Reward Pass and the skill tree

• Weapon Stencils: 14 weapon finishes you learn once and apply with Stencil Parts. 8 drop Topside, 5 are Premium Pass only and 1 comes with the DLC
• Furniture Designs: 100 blueprints for Outpost furniture
• Reward Pass: replaces Raider Decks, and Cred is gone. 60 levels at 150 points each, with your old decks in the Legacy Pass
• Skill tree: rebuilt with every point refunded. Pick one of two skills mid-branch and two of three at the end

Balance changes worth knowing

• Anvil: now Rare, and its Tech Mod slot is gone
• Snap Hook: range 18 m, 4% durability per use and a higher power cost
• Heavy Shield: slows you 10% instead of 15% and wears down slower
• Explosives against ARC: about 50% more damage to armor plates and 30% less to weak points
• Stash: two more levels, up to 328 slots

Frozen Trail F.A.Q.