{"id":1716711,"date":"2026-10-11T17:09:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xppDPP9QK726D7JkPfpMKk"},"modified":"2026-10-11T17:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:09:57","slug":"arc-raiders-2-0-is-here-and-you-can-finally-turn-those-lights-on-your-backpack-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/arc-raiders-2-0-is-here-and-you-can-finally-turn-those-lights-on-your-backpack-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Arc Raiders 2.0 is here, and you can finally turn those lights on your backpack off"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I remember being a kid and wishing I had shoes that lit up. I know now that I was a fool. If I festooned myself with garish lights, how would I scavenge for supplies in a frozen wasteland without being spotted by strangers who may or may not kill me before I can use my grappling hook to get away? This isn’t a real problem I have, nor is it a real problem Arc Raiders players will have anymore, since your backpack now has an emissive toggle.<\/p>\n

That’s one of many little overhauls that arrived in Embark Studios’ popular extraction shooter Thursday, and you can read all about the rest in the 2.0 patch notes<\/a>. If you’ve not been tuned into the extraction world as of late, you did indeed read that right: Arc Raiders has gotten a big shakeup with the Frozen Trails update<\/a>, which comes bearing snowy mountains and grappling hooks.<\/p>\n

But that’s not what’s exciting about patch notes\u2014the best part of combing through each little bullet point is seeing all those long-awaited bug fixes and little quality-of-life changes like the aforementioned emissive toggle for backpacks. That and tidbits like “added mouth animation for when players are talking in proximity chat,” which I can only hope looks as silly in-game as it does in my imagination.<\/p>\n

Some other big, but also small changes include the fact that you can open the map when you’re downed now, new contextual animations for a variety of things (your character should look more exhausted when sprinting for a while), and an increased max stash size: 328 without expedition bonuses.<\/p>\n

Snowy and desolate as it might look, Arc Raiders seems to be picking up momentum with the new update. Its average player count has gone way up<\/a> recently, probably due to the free weekend that’s going on right now, so it seems like as good a time as any to dive back in if you’re so inclined. If that’s you, try out our guides<\/a> on how to arc raid with the best of ’em.<\/p>\n

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