ARC Raiders Store Update 2.5.0 Is Live: Vanguard Set Gets New Orange and Black/White Colours
Embark Studios rolled out Store Update 2.5.0 for ARC Raiders on Tuesday, November 10, and it's another quick cosmetic drop. According to the official update post, the patch adds two new colour variants for the Vanguard Set: Orange and Black/White. As with last week's store refresh, Embark says no restart is required, so the new looks appear without kicking anyone out of a raid.
What's in Store Update 2.5.0
The 2.5.0 notes are short, and the community-run ARC Raiders Wiki logs the same single change:
- Vanguard Set, Orange: a bright new colourway for an outfit that's been in the store for months.
- Vanguard Set, Black/White: a high-contrast monochrome option.
- No restart: the content goes live server-side.
That's the whole list. There are no weapon, ARC, loot or map changes in this one, so your loadout and your Speranza stash are untouched.
How much does Vanguard cost?
Embark's post doesn't list prices, but community trackers do. ARCTracker and MetaForge both show the Vanguard Outfit at 1,300 Raider Tokens on its own, or 1,600 Raider Tokens as part of the full Vanguard Set bundle. Both trackers now list Orange and Black/White among the outfit's colour options. Treat those figures as a guide and check the in-game store before you spend, since Embark hasn't said anything about pricing for the new variants specifically, or whether they're time-limited.
The weekly store rhythm is holding
2.5.0 is the second straight Tuesday store drop since Embark said it was going back to its normal schedule. Store Update 2.4.0 on November 3 brought the Dead Eye Set and a Raider Tool skin fix (our coverage), and in that post the studio confirmed weekly store updates and gameplay fixes roughly every three weeks. That cadence was first laid out in the Live Update 2.3.0 notes on October 27.
The most recent fix patch was Hotfix 2.4.1 on November 5, which closed off the Seed Vault exploit and fixed Ballistic Gondola invisibility and several Xbox crashes.
Bigger picture
The cosmetic drop lands a day after Nexon's Q3 report confirmed ARC Raiders has passed 17 million copies sold, while warning that Q4 revenue will cool off after the launch-year peak (our breakdown). Steady store refreshes like this are part of how Embark keeps players engaged between big content updates. For this week's Trials and Nomad trades, including the Gas Mask, see our Nov 10–16 schedule.
What's next
- Next store update: if the weekly rhythm holds, expect the next one around Tuesday, November 17. Embark hasn't confirmed a date.
- Next fix drop: three weeks after Hotfix 2.4.1 would put the next gameplay fixes in late November. That's our estimate, not an announcement.
- PvE decision: Embark has said it will share more about PvE matchmaking in November; see our year-two explainer and CEO Patrick Söderlund's latest comments.
We'll update EarlyLoot as soon as Embark posts the next patch notes.
