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    A raider's den

    Questions, answered

    The short versions, with receipts — every answer links into the sourced ledger it came from.

    Is ARC Raiders crossplay?
    Yes — crossplay spans PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, and it's on by default, so squads can mix platforms freely.Crossplay guide →
    Does ARC Raiders have cross-progression?
    Yes. Progress is tied to your Embark account rather than a storefront, so linking it carries unlocks, loadouts, blueprints, and cosmetics across platforms.Crossplay guide →
    How many maps does ARC Raiders have?
    Six raid maps: Dam Battlegrounds, Spaceport, Buried City, The Blue Gate, Stella Montis, Riven Tides. Each is surveyed on our interactive maps with extraction points, named locations, and loot areas.Survey maps →
    When do map events happen in ARC Raiders?
    Map conditions rotate in one-hour blocks on a server-wide schedule. Our event timers read Embark's official tracker and show what's active on every map and what's next, in your timezone.Event timers →
    What are Trials in ARC Raiders?
    Trials are weekly score challenges — a rotating set of objectives that award stars toward seasonal reward tracks. The current week's set (5 objectives) and scoring live on our Trials page.This week's Trials →
    How does the skill tree work?
    The tree has 45 nodes across three branches — Conditioning, Mobility, and Survival — with multi-rank nodes and prerequisites gating deeper tiers. Plan a build in the interactive skill builder, or browse every node in the skills database.Skill builder →
    Which weapons penetrate ARC armor best?
    Armor penetration is documented per weapon as a rating band. The armory ranks every documented weapon by that rating and lets you compare any two side by side — no invented numbers, just the sourced board.Weapons armory →
    How many quests are there?
    Our contract board currently documents 35 quests with objectives, rewards, and prerequisites, mapped as a dependency tree with local progress tracking that also feeds the needed-items haul list.Quest board →
    Where does Raiderism's data come from?
    Every fact is transcribed from cited sources — the community wiki, the RaidTheory dataset, and official Embark posts — versioned as dataset 1.36.1. Anything undocumented renders as a dash instead of a guess; per-fact citations live on each entity page.Item database →

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