When Does Arc Raiders Season End

Arc Raiders Riven Tides does not have an official end date yet. Embark Studios has confirmed the next major update, Frozen Trail, arrives in October 2026. This page updates when an official date is announced.

Arc Raiders Headwinds ended on April 28, 2026 at 13:00 UTC, after a 91-day run, the moment Riven Tides went live. The Headwinds Raider Deck closed at that timestamp.

Headwinds ended at 13:00 UTC on April 28, 2026 — 9:00 AM ET, 6:00 AM PT, 3:00 PM CEST. Arc Raiders season changes land at that hour, which is why Riven Tides ends at 13:00 UTC on October 15, 2026.

Frozen Trail is the next major Arc Raiders update, confirmed for October 2026. Embark Studios has described it as the largest update in the game's history, replacing the previous monthly release cadence with two major drops per year.

Arc Raiders has moved from a monthly cadence to two major updates per year. The current season, Riven Tides, launched April 28, 2026; the next major update, Frozen Trail, is confirmed for October 15, 2026. Smaller interim live updates — a new high-level trader and stash relief — land between the two. The live countdown on this page tracks the next major drop.

Arc Raiders is on its current season, Riven Tides (its fourth major content period since the October 2025 launch). Previous seasons: Headwinds, Cold Snap, North Line, and the Launch window. Each recent season ran roughly 1–3 months before Embark shifted to two larger updates per year.

The next major Arc Raiders update, Frozen Trail, is confirmed for October 15, 2026 — described by Embark as the largest update in the game's history. Interim live updates arrive before then. This page counts down to the Frozen Trail launch.

The Raider Deck is Arc Raiders' free progression system, replacing a traditional paid Battle Pass. All cosmetic rewards are earned through gameplay with no purchase required.

Arc Raiders is a third-person extraction shooter where squads of three drop into large maps, fight NPC ARCs (autonomous robotic constructs) and other players, loot gear, and extract before dying. Everything you extract carries over to your persistent stash and can be used in future raids — dying means losing whatever you brought in. Seasonal progression is tied to the Raider Deck (the free reward track), TEC faction reputation, and limited-time events like Last Resort. Major seasonal updates reset event progress but not your core extracted inventory or TEC standing.

No. This is an independent countdown site. Dates are sourced from official Embark Studios announcements. We are not affiliated with Embark Studios.

Arc Raiders Riven Tides ends at October 15, 2026 at 13:00 UTC. In local time that is 09:00 EDT on Oct 15 in New York, 06:00 PDT on Oct 15 in Los Angeles, 14:00 BST on Oct 15 in London, 15:00 CEST on Oct 15 in Berlin, 22:00 GMT+9 on Oct 15 in Tokyo. Every conversion is derived from the official UTC timestamp, so cities east of UTC can already be on the following calendar day when the season closes.