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ARC Raiders Will Add a Paid Tier to Its Reward Pass With Cosmetic-Only Items

The 60-level pass will return 1,350 Raider Tokens across both tracks, and a full completion can fund another Premium Pass if its price remains 1,150 tokens.

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Two armored ARC Raiders characters, including a masked Raider with red face paint, appear in promotional artwork for Frozen Trail.

ARC Raiders will replace its Raider Decks with 60-level Reward Passes when Frozen Trail arrives on October 8, 2026, according to Embark’s Frozen Trail content preview. Every player who owns the base game will receive the Free Pass, while a Premium Pass will offer extra cosmetics and Raider Tokens without adding gameplay advantages.

The Premium Pass will cost 1,150 Raider Tokens through the in-game store. It will also be included with the Frozen Trail Collector Set, and its 50 additional rewards will include exclusive Raider cosmetics and 1,150 more Raider Tokens. Across both tracks, Embark says the full Reward Pass contains 1,350 Raider Tokens.

That setup means players who complete the entire pass should have enough currency to buy another Premium Pass, provided the price remains fixed. Embark has not specified whether the pass will expire.

Reward Passes keep previous Raider Decks in reach

Raider Decks previously offered seasonal tiers that players progressed through by completing in-game tasks and earning digital credits. The new system will divide current progression between Free and Premium tracks, while a Legacy Pass will let players continue working toward unlocks from previous Raider Decks.

Older rewards therefore will remain available through the Legacy Pass instead of being cut off when Frozen Trail launches. The Premium track will add exclusive cosmetics and premium versions of some items available through the Free Pass, giving ARC Raiders a familiar paid battle pass structure alongside its free progression path.

Premium rewards stay cosmetic

During a virtual preview attended by GamesRadar+, product director Gerardo Basurto described the Reward Pass as a progression system built around the existing Raider Decks. The Free Pass will include the basic cosmetics and outfits, while the Premium Pass will add color variants, hairstyles, backpacks, and weapon skins called Stencils.

Weapon Stencils will only change a weapon’s appearance. Once a Stencil is learned and consumed, Raiders will permanently be able to apply it to any compatible weapon, and weapon stats will remain unchanged.

Executive producer Aleksander Grøndal also said the Premium track will be limited to cosmetic items and extra premium currency. In practical terms, paying for the pass will change how a Raider or weapon looks, not how well it performs in a raid.

The Collector Set adds more cosmetics and currency

The Frozen Trail Collector Set will include the Premium Pass along with the Renzo outfit, Dragon’s Breath Weapon Stencil, Bob Hair Style, and 2,400 Raider Tokens. Embark has not provided a price for the bundle in the available announcement details.

With the Reward Pass, Collector Set, and the wider Frozen Trail content arriving together on October 8, players will have a new way to spend and earn Raider Tokens. Whether the pass becomes a recurring part of ARC Raiders will depend in part on how Embark handles its duration after launch.

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