Arc Raiders devs drop "very hot fix" to finally stomp the door and weapon exploits that have been plaguing the game since launch
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Anthony McGlynn
2025-11-27
One of the most irritating problems in Arc Raiders has finally been fixed. Embark Studios just rolled out a patch to sort out that locked door exploit that allowed players to loot rooms they'd otherwise need a keycard for.
The change was flagged in the official Discord, with accompanying patch notes. "Update 1.4.0 is now rolling out on all platforms," Ossen Julia, community lead on Arc Raiders, says. "It may be quite a small one, but the big news is that the gun quick swap exploit has been patched, and we have made a very hot fix for the locked room exploits."
The problem stems from players being able to push themselves through locked doors if they approach them at just the right angle. Once inside, there's a basic switch for opening the door, allowing people to easily exit or welcome in teammates. It's relatively easy to replicate, with clips going around of streamers seeing it in action.
Arc Raiders door exploit makes keycards useless, and players demand the banhammer for those using it: "The sooner Embark bans people doing this, the sooner it will stop"
Arc Raiders update nerfs a gun "capable of outgunning full squads" and may answer a fan who asked Embark to let them show off 600+ rubber ducks: "Your Raider Den has been ducked out"
Arc Raiders players were already grumbling, and after another patch of nerfs a fierce debate brews: crafting UI is definitely a mess, but should the stash actually get buffed?
The community has been hoping for a remedy to the glitch for some time now. Some players were requesting a simple ban for anyone doing it, but this is much better since it means nobody has to be barred for taking advantage of an in-game gap in the fence.
The gun swap issue relates to a method by which players could fire the shotgun much faster than intended by switching between it and a quick item. A serious annoyance, especially if you run into a squad doing it, that's been circumvented as well.
The term "very hot fix" indicates there may be a wrinkle or two as this update is massaged into the full game. If you're heading in to do some raiding, be wary of any foibles going on, whether they be related to locked doors and loot or something else in Embark's extraction shooter.
The backbone of Arc Raiders, Scrappy the rooster, is based on a real bird who crashed a dev Zoom meeting and was photoscanned in as something "we'll definitely replace later"
sp00ky
Nov 27, 07:09 PM
warm Not for speedrunners. [deleted] rekt
freewifi
Nov 27, 05:29 PM
Time sink, but fun.
quantumDuck
Nov 27, 04:29 PM
Multiplayer focused #outstanding
madScientist_
Nov 27, 02:09 PM
👀 tight as a tick like that Full of bugs, but playable. who cares
snaccAttack
Nov 27, 01:39 PM
kind of boring. Yeah, this game is awesome, 10/10. 😱
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