ARC Raiders Turns One: A Free Anniversary Gift Is in Your Inbox, Plus 6 Billion Rounds and 3.9 Million Queens Down
ARC Raiders is officially one year old. On Friday, October 30, 2026, exactly a year after launch, Embark Studios published a thank-you post on the official site. It comes with two things worth knowing about: a free gift that's already waiting in your in-game inbox, and a year-one infographic packed with some properly ridiculous numbers.
How to claim the free anniversary gift
You don't need a code. Embark calls it "a small token of our appreciation" and says you only have to log in and open your inbox to collect it. The studio hasn't said what the item is or how long you have to claim it, and Digg notes that the official X post doesn't name it either. So check your inbox today rather than waiting.
Per the same Digg roundup, the official account also lined up an anniversary Twitch stream featuring Ossen, Raz and guest developers.
Year one in numbers
Embark's "Your First Year in Numbers" graphic covers 2025 to 2026. The highlights:
- 6 billion rounds played
- Over 14.8 billion ARC destroyed
- 3,920,595 Queens and 2,919,521 Matriarchs taken down
- The Anvil was the Rust Belt's favourite weapon
- 6,800 tonnes of food fed to Scrappy, whose favourite snack is apricots
- 5,643 Raiders healed by a single Raider, and a record of 18 strangers healed in one raid
- 3,625 Raiders taken out by a volcanic rock
That last one is our favourite. Embark doesn't explain how it counted any of these, so treat them as the studio's own figures.
A huge first year
The anniversary caps a big run. In its press release for the anniversary gear collection, CORSAIR says ARC Raiders has sold more than 16 million copies worldwide and won Best Multiplayer Game at The Game Awards 2025. CORSAIR also says orders from that collection start shipping on October 30. We covered the full list of in-game rewards and prices here.
October alone brought the Frozen Trail update and Pendola Pass, a week-long PvE matchmaking test, and the Soul's Offering Raider Project in Update 2.3.
What's next
Embark isn't sharing a roadmap yet. The anniversary post only says the team is "already hard at work on what comes next" and has "lots planned for the future." Here's what's on the calendar:
- Today, October 30: log in and claim the anniversary gift from your inbox
- Through November 1: the current weekly rotation, with the Cauldron and Cultist backpack (our week guide)
- November: Embark has said it will share more on the PvE test results (background here)
Here's to year two, Raiders. See you Topside.
