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Arc Raiders is an extraction shooter developed and published by the same studio that brought us The Finals, Embark Studios. The game will be available for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X.
As an extraction shooter, the concept of progression wipe is solemnly attached to Arc Raiders. In a recent announcement post from Embark, the devs shared an in-depth look at how they will handle progression wipe as a whole. Here's an in-depth look at how players can expect the progression wipe or expedition project system to work in Arc Raiders.
How Progression Wipes Will Work in Arc Raiders
According to Embark, the progression wipe system in Arc Raiders will be known as "The Expedition Project". In the full game, players will have access to a feature called “Projects”. At level 20, the first major project players will have access to is the Expedition Project.
Upon completion, this project makes a character reset available. If a player completes a reset, they will be able to do so again so long as they complete another of these projects. This progression wipe is voluntary and will only affect players who choose to go through with the project.
One thing a mandatory wipe does not do is respect the investment of those players who do not have as much time to play overall. To counter that issue that is created by a mandatory progress wipe, Embark has decided to go through with "The Expedition Project" as the primary way to reset progress and create a fresh gameplay loop.
Expedition Project Timeline
The Expedition Project will run in a cycle of about 8 weeks. During these eight weeks, players can contribute to and progress on their Expedition Project, which will require a significant time investment.
The ability to finalise the project will be available at the beginning of the eighth week and will remain so for the duration of that week. If a player has completed all of the project's required stages, they will be able to commit to completing the Expedition during this time.
What do you keep through an Expedition vs. What is lost?
- Players will lose anything inherent to their character’s progress. Levels, skills, items/inventory, workshop, crafting capabilities, etc.
- Players will keep cosmetics (earned or purchased), awards, achievements, rankings, etc. Essentially anything rooted solely in the metagame or involving real money will be preserved.
- For convenience, after completing an expedition, players will be able to skip the majority of the onboarding and tutorial steps they went through as a new player. This being things like unlocking certain features, maps, etc. as they play through the early game. These will just be available from the start of a fresh reset.
- You'll keep unlocked Maps, workshop Stations, Codex Entries, Raider Tokens, credits, Raider Decks, trials, cosmetics, bonus Skill points from expeditions.
Expedition Project Benefits and Incentives:
- Permanent account unlocks for each completed Expedition
- Unique cosmetic rewards for each completed Expedition
- Account “buffs” that are applied for the duration of the following Expedition cycle
Initially, the benefits of a progression wipe will centre around cosmetics & bragging rights, quality of life, and smoothing out some aspects of progression for those who have gone through a reset. The second Expedition project's timeline will start on February 25, 2026.
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