ARC Raiders 1.36.0 Update Notes: Expedition, Trials Season, and THE FINALS Crossover

ARC Raiders just received its 1.36.0 Live Update, adding a fresh Expedition plus a new Trials Season, kicking off a THE FINALS crossover, and rolling out a broad set of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements.

This page breaks down everything included in the 1.36.0 Patch for ARC Raiders, including where to find the complete Patch Notes.

Fourth Expedition

The departure window for the Fourth Expedition runs from July 7, 2026 to July 21, 2026. Since the Patchwork Outfit is earned through the first three Expeditions, this fourth run is your next chance to grab the opening piece of the Zenith Outfit.

For players taking part in their fourth Expedition, the Expedition Challenge will no longer award Skill Points. Instead, you’ll receive Blueprints and Raider Tokens. This Expedition also introduces a Mystery Reward test. To claim all five Bonus Rewards, you need to reach these damage totals before the departure window ends:

• Reward 1: Deal 5 000 total damage
• Reward 2: Deal 10 000 total damage
• Reward 3: Deal 30 000 total damage
• Reward 4: Deal 50 000 total damage
• Reward 5: Deal 100 000 total damage

Completing each departure objective grants you one Blueprint. Possible Blueprint drops include:

• Heavy Gun Parts Blueprint
• Complex Gun Parts Blueprint
• Padded Stock Blueprint
• Extended Barrel III Blueprint
• Muzzle Brake III Blueprint
• Stable Stock III Blueprint
• Vertical Grip III Blueprint
• Venator Blueprint
• Rascal Blueprint
• Osprey Blueprint
• Trailblazer Blueprint
• Anvil Blueprint
• Bettina Blueprint
• Hullcracker Blueprint
• Tempest Blueprint
• Vulcano Blueprint
• Dolabra Blueprint
• Aphelion Blueprint
• Combat Augment Mk 3 Flanking Blueprint
• Tactical Augment Mk 3 Defensive Blueprint
• Looting Augment Mk 3 Safekeeper Blueprint
• Looting Augment Mk 3 Survivor Blueprint
• Wolfpack Blueprint
• Powered Descender Blueprint
• Snap Hook Blueprint

There are also additional bonuses for this Expedition: you’ll gain +12 stash space (for a total of 48 extra stash slots on the fourth Expedition). That stash bonus will be pushed to 60 once you reach the fifth Expedition. Separately, the bonus Skill Points earned from Expeditions are capped at 15.

Trials Season 5

Trials Season 5 runs from July 7, 2026 through September 30, 2026. By finishing these Trials during the event window, you’ll earn outfit variants for Scorta based on your final placement.

Legendary Raiders who reach Hotshot or Cantina Legend will unlock exclusive Red and Blue color variants. More cosmetics to unlock include:

• Backpack: Green Bruiser
• Backpack Charm: Pressure Gauge
• Backpack attachment: Hydraulic Pump
• Emote: Come at me

Matchmaking Updates

ARC Raiders will now track your playstyle separately for Solo, Duo, and Trio matches. You’ll then be matched based on the category corresponding to the round type you’re entering. That means if you want to influence what matchmaking you experience, you can adjust your squad size—assuming you typically play differently in those formats.

The Finals Crossover

The THE FINALS crossover runs from July 9, 2026 to July 30, 2026. If you complete a set of Contracts in THE FINALS, you’ll unlock the Azimuth outfit and the Archeologist backpack bundle within ARC Raiders.

Bug Fixes & Content Updates

ARC

• Increased the loot value dropped by ARC Turbines.
• Fixed an issue where an ARC Turbine could vanish shortly after it spawned.
• Knockback from Queen and Matriarch stomps will no longer pass through walls.

Cosmetic

• Fixed a clipping problem affecting the Marco Outfit.
• Resolved an issue where the Bog Walker Set was missing newly added color variants.
• Refunds will shortly be issued to players who spent additional Raider Tokens to unlock the new colors.

Items

• Weapons dropped on the ground now show their currently installed modifications.
• ARC Turbine parts will no longer be dropped from Couriers.
• Higher-value items will now appear on the shelf in the Raider Den, even when you have large stacks of lower-value items whose combined total surpasses the individual value of the higher-value item.

Maps

• Fixed multiple locations where players could become stuck or clip through terrain.
• Corrected several areas on The Dam, near spawn bunkers, where players could fall through the map geometry.

Quests

• Fixed a bug where the Quests tab could return to the “Done” screen after claiming a reward and pressing ESC, preventing selection of a new quest.