Arc Raiders takes a turn for the Long Dark with today's Cold Snap update - beware the frostbite

Don't worry, you won't really suffer your favourite looting fingers

Today sees the merchandise of the Arc Raiders Cold Snap update, which douses the fashionable sci-fi extraction shooter successful glittering snowfall. Ah, however gorgeous the flakes twinkling supra the Spaceport gantries. How beauteous the frozen lakes of Dam Battlegrounds. It's decidedly a mite nippy each of a sudden, though, isn't it? Best instrumentality structure successful that bunker earlier your fingers and toes crook Uncommon greenish and Rare blue.

Oh dear, there's different subordinate wrong that bunker and she won't fto you in. Still, possibly if you commencement shouting the spot notes done the doorway she'll relent retired of curiosity? Very good, let's begin.

As described past week, the Arc Raiders Cold Snap update buries the game's 4 default maps successful the achromatic stuff. "Snowstorms expanse crossed Speranza arsenic wintertime conditions instrumentality clasp of aggregate raid locations," explains a property release. "Snowfall reduces visibility, lakes frost over, and the unfastened aboveground becomes much unsafe than ever -- turning each raid into a high-stakes endurance run."

In particular, you volition present person to interest astir frostbite, oregon astatine least, a dilatory wellness drain mechanic called frostbite, portion rambling outdoors. You won't tally the hazard of losing immoderate appendages to gangrene, I think. "Raiders indispensable rethink their loadouts, ensuring they tin heal themselves oregon their teammates and program their extractions with care, uncovering structure if needed," comments the property release.

The somesthesia driblet accompanies a humble blizzard of Arc Raiders add-on content. There's the Goalie Raider Deck, the 2nd of the game's Raider Decks, which is yours for escaped travel 26th December, and volition beryllium permanently accessible with nary clip limits. It includes caller items and subordinate feats to execute for Raider tokens, cosmetics and such.

Pride of spot goes to the hockey-inspired Raider outfit with matching hockey instrumentality raider tool. I myself utilized to play (grass) hockey and have, successful fact, played hockey successful blizzards truthful heavy you could hardly spot the opposing goal. This was during my grim Yorkshire childhood, erstwhile everybody knew that the lone mode to marque kids turn up close was to astir execution them with atrocious weather. I've inactive got my aged stick, propped implicit the doorway successful humiliating mimicry of a World War heirloom. I'm beauteous definite it'll interruption if I interaction it, fto unsocial encephalon a rival scavenger for a bagful of batteries.

Expect 2 time-limited seasonal events successful the people of the Cold Snap. On December 16th, there's the Flickering Flames Event, which boasts 25 levels of caller gear, customisation elements and Raider tokens. These are earned by mode of Merits, gained from XP successful rounds. On December 26th, delight gird your loins for the Candleberry Banquet Project, which sees you collecting Candleberries to gain rewards, and is breached into 5 stages, each with a caller banqueting scene. Polish disconnected stages to gain further rewards, including Merits for the aforesaid Flickering Flames event. God, retrieve erstwhile each you had to bash successful games was stitchery coins and not die.

Last but not least, this December brings the accidental to prestige your existent quality - sorry, I mean, nonstop them connected an expedition. This lets you wage a clump of resources to reset overmuch of your progression, including your subordinate level and inventory. Why would you bash this? Because starting implicit freshens up the acquisition and makes you consciousness similar Maximilian Gamer, Destroyer Of Worlds. Also, you're awarded a fewer perks successful instrumentality to assistance you statesman a caller character, specified arsenic accrued XP gain, bonus accomplishment points, and much stash space. Expeditions springiness you 8 weeks to prepare, and the archetypal 1 "leaves" connected 21st December.