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Escape From Duckov crosses over with Escape From Tarkov — new map and Tarkov characters Feb 10

Developer Team Soda has announced Escape From Duckov’s first-ever crossover with Escape From Tarkov, with the studio’s blog post dating the update for February 10. The announcement teases a “brand‑new map” and the chance to “face off against classic characters from Escape From Tarkov,” according to the

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Arc Raiders Bird City event — when it runs and where to find valuable rubber ducks

Arc Raiders' Headwinds update introduced the Bird City map modifier for the Buried City: an avian-themed, minor modifier that appears multiple times per day and lasts one hour each time. Bird City is active every eight hours for a single hour. The schedule is: Pacific 12-1 am, 8-9 am,

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How to farm Arc Synthetic Resin in Arc Raiders for the Trophy Display

In Arc Raiders, Arc Synthetic Resin is a rare material you need for the Trophy Display project — PC Gamer explains where to farm it and why it can be tricky to collect. Arc Synthetic Resin can drop from looting Arc enemies such as Wasps and Hornets, with much higher chances

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Arc Raiders duplication glitch floods servers with rare rubber ducks — player extracted $2.8M

PC Gamer reports a duplication glitch in Arc Raiders is producing mountains of the new rare Familiar Duck, with players sharing screenshots and one Reddit user saying 'I extracted with $2.8M. Still confused.' The Familiar Duck is the most valuable duck, selling for 5,000 raider coins

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Arc Raiders player recycled 109 Venators after accidental nerf; devs reversed it

Following the Headwinds update, an Arc Raiders player recycled 109 Venator guns after a temporary, unintended nerf — but Embark has since reversed the change and some weapons were accidentally buffed. The Headwinds update introduced solo vs squads matchmaking and new cosmetic “duckies,” and arrived amid a severe DDoS attack. Embark

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Arc Raiders Trophy Display: all five stages, required resources and rewards

Embark Studios' Arc Raiders features a new permanent Trophy Display project, Polygon reported on Jan. 29, 2026 — a multi-stage challenge that focuses on taking down Arc enemies and displaying their robotic parts as trophies. Polygon described the project as "one tough cookie." The project is split into

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Best place to find Expired Respirators in Arc Raiders — Testing Annex tip

Expired Respirators are a rare-quality Medical item in Arc Raiders now required for the second stage, Soaring Menaces, of the permanent Trophy Display project; the best place to find them is the Testing Annex in the southeast of Dam Battlegrounds. Normally Expired Respirators aren’t very useful beyond selling for

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Arc Raiders players report suspected blueprint duplication exploit

Players of extraction shooter Arc Raiders say they've found a suspected duplication exploit after raiders were killed carrying many copies of the same blueprint, according to posts on the game's subreddit. Examples cited by players include one raider killed with 22 Tempest blueprints and another holding

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Arc Raiders: Where to find rare Geiger Counters in Stella Montis

Geiger Counters are a rare, sought-after item in Arc Raiders: they can be recycled into Exodus Modules and Batteries, sell for $3,500 each, and are required in threes to complete the Trophy Display’s final stage, Imposing Behemoths. PC Gamer says the best place to find Geiger Counters is

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Little Woody demo out now — play as a sentient tree in a short 2D puzzle (Steam aims Q2)

PC Gamer’s Elie says a free demo of Little Woody is available now, offering a short 2D point-and-click puzzle experience that the writer found charming if brief. In the demo you wake up in an abandoned test facility, climb out of a broken test tube and explore as a

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How to find surveyors and get surveyor vaults in Arc Raiders

Polygon (Published Jan 27, 2026) explains how to find surveyors in Arc Raiders and what you need to do to get surveyor vaults. Surveyors are large metal balls that patrol maps and scan the environment; they aren’t hostile until you shoot them. Polygon’s testing found surveyors most commonly

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Arc Raiders adds Safekeeper augment so stored items aren't lost on death

Polygon reports that Embark Studios' Arc Raiders "Headwinds" update (Jan. 27, 2026) added two new augments, led by Looting Mk.3 (Safekeeper), which introduces a safe pocket that lets players store items so they aren't lost on death. The Looting Mk.3 (Safekeeper) safe pocket

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Arc Raiders 'On Deaf Ears' guide: find all 4 Stella Montis hotspots

On Deaf Ears is a new Arc Raiders quest that sends players into Stella Montis to gather information to send back to Speranza, with four separate hotspots to check before extraction, according to GamesRadar's walkthrough. The first objective is to find the researcher’s guest logs on the

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Arc Raiders 'Movie Night' quest: where to find VHS tapes and a portable TV

The Arc Raiders "Movie Night" quest asks players to fetch a stack of VHS tapes and a portable TV and return both items to Apollo, according to Polygon's walkthrough. The quest has three steps: deliver a portable TV to Apollo; on Stella Montis, search the Cultural

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Arc Raiders 'On The Map' walkthrough: where to triangulate in Spaceport

Published Jan. 28, 2026 — The Arc Raiders "On The Map" quest takes place entirely in Spaceport and has players triangulating positions across the map; the objectives do not need to be completed in a single round, so you can resume if you get knocked. The first step is

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Arc Raiders 'On Deaf Ears' walkthrough: find all four computers on Stella Montis

Polygon (Jan. 28, 2026) outlines a walkthrough for Arc Raiders’ “On Deaf Ears” quest, one of the trickiest in the latest update because you must interact with four unmarked computers on Stella Montis; the quest can be completed across rounds and requires sending the gathered data to Lance. Step one:

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Arc Raiders: Where to find every On Deaf Ears objective on Stella Montis

On Deaf Ears in Arc Raiders sends you across Stella Montis to dig up research for Lance; it doesn’t require a random drop but does involve a lot of running, so bring a Raider Hatch key. First objective: find the researcher’s guest logs on the reception computer. The

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Arc Raiders: Where to find Arc Deforesters and fix 'A Prime Specimen' bug

Polygon published a Jan. 28, 2026 walkthrough for the Arc Raiders quest "A Prime Specimen," which sends players on Blue Gate to locate an Arc Deforester — a large, non-hostile tree‑cutting machine — but the objective can sometimes bug out and appear incompletable. There are three Arc Deforesters on

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Arc Raiders’ Trophy Display project: all materials and rewards from Headwinds

Arc Raiders' Headwinds update adds the Trophy Display, a permanent player project that has you hunting Arc machines and donating parts in exchange for blueprints, rare weapons, an emote, an acoustic guitar and coins. The Trophy Display has five stages you must complete to finish the project; you can

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Arc Raiders Headwinds update overhauls OG rubber duck, adds six new collectible ducks

As part of the Headwinds update, Embark has overhauled the original yellow rubber duck in Arc Raiders and added a batch of new collectible rubber ducks to the game. One new map condition on Buried City turns it into Bird City, and players are being directed to search chimneys for

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Arc Raiders and The Finals hit by extensive coordinated DDoS attacks, Embark says

Embark Studios says its servers are being hit by "extensive, co-ordinated DDoS attacks," causing players of Arc Raiders and The Finals to struggle to enter matches or to suffer persistent lag. Community lead Julia Ossen posted "An update on recent server issues" on Discord, explaining that

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Arc Raiders hit by extensive, coordinated DDoS attacks as Embark works on hotfix

Embark says Arc Raiders has been struck by "extensive, coordinated DDoS attacks" that have affected server stability, coming a day after the Headwinds update launched, one of the studio's community managers, Ossen, posted on the official Discord. Ossen wrote that "Both Arc Raiders and The

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Arc Raiders Combat Recon: where to find Spotter Relays in the Buried City

The Combat Recon quest in Arc Raiders' Headwinds update sends you back into the Buried City to scope three locations and hand a Spotter Relay to Shani. You must also destroy two Spotters (recon drones) to complete the objective; this quest is similar to With a View and Prime

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Arc Raiders 'With A View' quest: where to find Rotary Encoder and Ion Sputter

The Arc Raiders "With A View" quest, added with the Headwinds update, returns players to Stella Montis to find a Rotary Encoder, use it on a computer, then locate an Ion Sputter. Rotary Encoders are purple-tier (exodus) loot and can technically spawn anywhere on Stella Montis, but Assembly

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Arc Raiders' The League quest: where to find the football, pump and photos

The League is a new mission added to Arc Raiders as part of the Headwinds update, tasking players with assembling a Speranza soccer team by finding essentials like a deflated football and a bicycle pump and photographing goals and magazines. The mission breaks into four objectives: find and deliver a