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'ARC Raiders' Confirms Its Coin Dupe Exploit Use Punishments
Embark Studios penalizes players with warnings, coin removals, and suspensions after confirming the item duplication exploit harmed Arc Raiders' in-game economy and community experience.
- Having completed its review, the studio announced the investigation is finished, confirming the Arc Raiders item duplication exploit investigation is complete.
- Until it was patched last week, Arc Raiders suffered a duplication glitch that spread rapidly after streamer TheBurntPeanut demonstrated it publicly.
- Validating reports, Embark Studios described how it confirmed exploit use, assessed scope, and improved internal review tools and detection systems, according to its investigation process.
- Under the framework, low-severity offenders receive warnings while severe abuse can trigger coin removal and suspensions, Embark Studios said.
- Embark Studios said there was no Arc Raiders update on February 17, 2026 and confirmed Shrouded Sky launches February 24, 2026 with regional launch times listed.
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Arc Raiders Update: Duplication Exploit Bans Issued, Shrouded Sky Release Date Window Revealed
The latest Arc Raiders update didn’t include patch notes, as there was no patch released this week. However, Embark Studios has revealed punishments for players who used the infamous item duplication exploit. Finally, we also have a potential Arc Raiders Shrouded Sky release date. Arc Raiders Patch Notes Skipped – Duplication Exploit Bans Explained Screenshot: Embark Studios If you are looking for the latest Arc Raiders patch notes, there aren’t…
Embark Studios explains why it took so long to ban cheaters in Arc Raiders
Until it was patched last week, Arc Raidershad a serious problem with a duplication glitch. This exploit allowed players to infinitely duplicate essentially any item in the game, and it gained traction very quickly in the community. A number of streamers, including TheBurntPeanut, one of the game's biggest content creators, showed exactly how to do the exploit. If you're an optimist, this raises awareness so the devs could fix it quicker, but if…
Why is Arc Raiders banning exploiters now?
Why Embark is enforcing penalties in Arc Raiders Developers at Embark Studios have begun issuing warnings and suspensions to players who abused a duplication exploit and other recent glitches. The decision follows a period in which the exploit allowed some players to replicate valuable…
In ARC Raiders, a glitch drove its filth and cheaters weighed themselves in safety. But now the developers hold the players accountable and punish those who used exploits rigorously. What was that exploit that the players took advantage of? In ARC Raiders, there have been more and more bugs and glitches in recent times, which allowed players to draw unfair advantages from it. Probably the most serious of them was the so-called "duplication explo…
After massive exploit incidents in ARC Raiders, the team closes its investigation and announces warnings, coin withdrawals and bans.
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