ARC Raiders maps and locations: every confirmed raid zone
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Maps determine exactly what a raider is up against — from terrain type to active threats. Below is the officially confirmed list of ARC Raiders maps, sourced from arcraiders.com.
Four maps at launch
Per the official game description, four maps were available at launch on October 30, 2025:
- Dam Battlegrounds — forests, wetlands, and research facilities.
- Buried City — a city buried under sand dunes.
- Spaceport — an abandoned spaceport.
- Blue Gate — mountainous terrain with tunnels.
Maps as of August 2026
The official Map Conditions page now lists six playable maps: Buried City, Dam Battlegrounds, Riven Tides, Spaceport, Stella Montis, and The Blue Gate. That means at least two new maps have been added since launch — Stella Montis and Riven Tides.
- Riven Tides — an abandoned coastline with a resort and a port, officially added on April 27, 2026, alongside the new ARC Turbine machine. More on this and other machines in our piece on ARC machines.
- Stella Montis — present in the current official map list, but among the sources we checked there’s no dedicated announcement patch with an exact addition date — only the fact that this map is currently in the game is officially confirmed.
The Map Conditions system
A separate official page, arcraiders.com/map-conditions, describes the system of temporary conditions:
- 13 different conditions rotate across six maps.
- Each condition lasts one hour, per the official page description.
- Named condition examples include Hurricane, Night Raid, Matriarch, and Close Scrutiny — the last of which is specifically mentioned in the Flashpoint patch notes as a condition affecting the appearance of the ARC Assessor machine.
That means the same map can feel quite different depending on which condition is active at any given moment — Embark Studios describes this as a way to refresh the experience without adding new maps every week.
The seventh map: Frozen Trail
On August 12, 2026, Embark Studios announced the Frozen Trail update, planned for October 8, 2026, featuring a new snow-covered mountain map. The official announcement calls it the biggest update since launch — more on the full context of recent changes in our piece on recent updates.
What is officially NOT said
- The exact date Stella Montis was added isn’t recorded in a dedicated patch among the official sources we checked — only that it’s currently in the game is confirmed.
- Map size (in square kilometers or any other unit) hasn’t been published officially.
- The maximum number of players on a single map at once isn’t given as a number in the sources we checked.
- Whether any older maps will be removed after Frozen Trail launches is neither confirmed nor denied officially — the announcement only talks about adding a new map, not replacing existing ones.
How maps connect to the rest of the game
Every map is just an arena for the same “go out, gather, extract” loop, covered in our piece on your first raid. The danger on any given map depends not just on the location, but on which types of ARC machines show up there.
Frequently asked questions
How many maps are in ARC Raiders?
The official Map Conditions page lists six playable maps: Buried City, Dam Battlegrounds, Riven Tides, Spaceport, Stella Montis, and The Blue Gate.
Which maps were in the game at launch?
Four: Dam Battlegrounds, Buried City, Spaceport, and Blue Gate — per the official game description.
What are Map Conditions?
A system of 13 temporary conditions that rotate across the maps every hour — for example Hurricane, Night Raid, Matriarch, or Close Scrutiny, per the official Map Conditions page.
When is the next new map coming?
The Frozen Trail update, launching October 8, 2026, adds a new snow-covered mountain map — officially announced on August 12, 2026.