'What the Duck Is This?' — Arc Raiders Duplication Glitch has Players Running Into Hoarders With Hundreds of Squeaky Bath Toys

A caller Arc Raiders duplication glitch has fans disquieted astir exploits, but others conscionable privation to cognize wherefore it’s being utilized to spawn mountains of rubber duck trinkets.

The Headwinds update brought caller content, alongside caller gameplay tweaks, erstwhile it launched for Arc Raiders players crossed PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S earlier this week. While the 40+ level matchmaking option, Solo vs. Squads, was positioned by developer Embark Studios to beryllium its large selling point, immoderate players are much acrophobic with the instrumentality of an point duplication exploit and however it has affected the in-game (duck) economy.

Although players are nary uncertainty utilizing the dupe glitch to amass piles of uncommon items similar blueprints, it seems a fewer fans are manipulating the strategy to marque immoderate superior coin – and possibly adjacent a speedy joke. The duck has dilatory go a spot of a moving gag for fans connected its own, arsenic the squeaky bath artifact is 1 of a fewer lightweight trinkets that tin beryllium recovered topside and past sold successful Speranza for a decent chunk of Raider Coins. It besides happens to beryllium the sillier items successful Arc Raiders, truthful erstwhile a precocious patched dupe glitched returned successful a caller form, those looking to exploit the strategy knew conscionable what to do.

Those who are discovering topside players with hundreds of ducks, however, are conscionable confused.

Did we travel crossed the duck Santa Clause oregon something?“

“Did we travel crossed the duck Santa Clause oregon something?” 1 Reddit idiosyncratic said a fewer days earlier the motorboat of Headwinds. “Dupe hacking gone wild? At archetypal we thought it was immoderate gag due to the fact that the stash was conscionable afloat of ducks but past we realized they were stacks of 15 ducks each.”

“Okay truthful I really came crossed a feline successful bluish gross successful a random location conscionable spamming ducks connected the ground,” different replied. “I assumed helium was duping. The level was littered with them, astir apt similar 100 of them. He wouldn't respond and kinda conscionable stared astatine maine til I walked away.”

Arc Raiders’ mallard occupation has lone gotten bigger successful the aftermath of Headwinds, arsenic the January contented update besides introduced a fistful of much invaluable (and much vibrant) ducks to cod arsenic portion of the caller Bird City representation condition. It’s resulted successful an abundance of ducks crossed Buried City…and immoderate precise awkward moments.

“A raider caught connected occurrence successful Buried City Metro, went down without saying a word, and near down a upland of Familiar Ducks,” different idiosyncratic shared. “I extracted with $2.8M. Still confused.”

“Was doing the pharmacist quest for Lance, heard the archer communicative duck noise...came upon this soundless raider,” 1 idiosyncratic said, sharing a representation of a solo Raider lasting unsocial successful a acheronian attic.

Referencing a caller cyber-attack against Embark and Arc Raiders, idiosyncratic replied, “This indispensable beryllium what brought down the servers. DDOS (Duck Duplication connected Server).”

In a crippled that perpetually sees players backstabbing each different for a tiny accidental to nett worthwhile resources, it’s hard to contradict the drama successful PvP players lone uncovering stacks upon stacks of small rubber duckies. Still, it’s decidedly the benignant of happening Embark promised to cleanable up earlier this month. Players person complained of cheaters and exploiters successful Arc Raiders for weeks, truthful arsenic goofy arsenic these issues are, they are inactive causing immoderate players to interest that others person an unfair advantage.

It's particularly concerning for those who person kept up with Arc Raiders updates since launch. Embark issued update 1.12.0 January 20 and fixed a fistful of exploits, including an point duplication glitch. It took little than a week for players to statesman reporting what appears to beryllium a caller mentation of the exploit, and it's unclear however agelong it volition instrumentality for the developers to people a caller spot oregon however galore different glitches volition beryllium discovered successful the meantime.

The Arc Raiders cheater crackdown has seen holes plugged successful Stella Montis to effort and ward disconnected partition explolits, portion immoderate players, similar streamer Tfue, person recovered themselves banned (and past unbanned) without notice. As Embark tries to bring cheats to a halt, players are inactive uncovering the amusive some successful and extracurricular of the game. Some person adjacent looked to the real-world Stella Montis edifice to permission affirmative reviews. Others are conscionable enjoying Headwinds portion they hold for everything other promised successful the 2026 roadmap.

For more, you tin work astir wherefore we deliberation the champion Arc Raiders loot needs a superior buff. You tin besides cheque retired wherefore Embark believes players who spawn into a raid precocious really payment much than most.

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Michael Cripe is simply a freelance writer with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).