Embark Studios pushed the Expedition Project window live in ARC Raiders on December 22, 2025. An in-game countdown now indicates the next Expedition window will begin on February 22, 2026.
Players who finish the Expedition are reset to level one with an empty stash, no skills, and cleared workbenches. The reset also hands out short-term benefits: temporary buffs, a modest stash boost, and the exclusive Patchwork skin for participants.
Raiders report that the game lets you immediately start assembling your next Expedition caravan as soon as the reset completes, so the loop begins again right away. On PC, users have been manipulating the system clock while the game is running to push the internal calendar forward. That method has exposed future map conditions, trials, and other content before the timer would naturally reach those states.
Each Expedition loop runs roughly two months, so the February 22 window fits the cycle players have been tracking. The current Expedition was moved before it went live, which is part of why dates can shift; see Embark’s December scheduling change for the prior timing update.
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ARC Raiders
Developed by Embark Studios
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer, extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
- Genre: Shooter
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release: 2025-10-30
- Publisher: Embark Studios
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Age Rating:
ESRB T / PEGI 16 / GRAC 15+ / USK 18 / CLASS_IND 14 / ACB M
- IGDB Rating: 89.7/100
