The Arc Raiders Shrouded Sky replace is right here, however as a substitute of Hurricanes and new cosmetics, all gamers can discuss are the way it nerfs one of the greatest grenades for PvE.
Followers anticipated to see particulars about all of the new content material when developer Embark Studios printed prolonged patch notes for replace model 1.17.0 earlier immediately. Details about playable pianos and beard cosmetics was all there, however what in addition they discovered was that the studio behind the massively well-liked multiplayer sport had upped the crafting necessities for one of its most iconic instruments: the Wolfpack.
As outlined in Shrouded Sky’s accompanying patch notes, the Wolfpack, a throwable gear that showers Arc enemies with homing explosives, now requires one Rocketeer Driver to craft. Now, gamers will want the part, in addition to two Arc movement cores and an explosive compound, to make only one Wolfpack.
The adjustments fall in line with a collection of new changes to useful resource necessities, which see Arc elements additionally added to the recipes for the Deadline mine, Trailblazer, Showstopper, and Vita Spray. It’s the Wolfpack tweak that has Raiders up in arms, although, principally as a result of Rocketeer Drivers are infamously uncommon and onerous to gather. Essentially the most constant option to discover one of these epic gadgets is to kill a Rocketeer – a activity that at the moment takes two Wolfpacks to perform.
Though some believe the change is understandable considering the previous recipe asked relatively little from players, a lot of the neighborhood on-line has already began voicing their considerations.
“Let me simply kill a rocketeer to get 1 wolfpack that may half kill one other rocketeer,” one Reddit person teased.
“I don’t even need the blueprint anymore,” one other participant replied.
“First time I’ve mentioned this but when they preserve going in this path folks will cease taking part in,” a X/Twitter person added. “It’s onerous sufficient to assemble some of these sources.”
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— ARC Central (@TheARCcentral) February 24, 2026
The grenade can’t lock on to different gamers however can tear by means of hordes of small Arc, making it one of the greatest PvE instruments Raiders have at their disposal. It may possibly additionally shortly dismantle the armor featured on giant Arc, comparable to the Matriarch, Queen, Leaper, and Bastion, nevertheless it’s the math asking gamers for two Wolfpacks to kill one Rocketeer that has followers questioning Embark’s judgement. Whereas displaying concern about how replace 1.17.0 asks gamers to work tougher for crafting supplies, some have began chiming in with their very own suggestions for methods to repair the situation.
“If rocketeers begin constantly dropping greater than 1x driver, we will discuss,” one participant suggested.
“They should up the drop odds on drivers,” one other added. “Proper now you’re fortunate if you happen to get two. Make two the base with larger odds of 3+. In any other case wolfpacks will mainly simply be used when looted on the map.”
Some gamers are asking for extra rewarding Rocketeer loot and diminished necessities for the Wolfpack, however others are nonetheless exploring all Shrouded Sky has to supply. The February replace launched immediately, specializing in map adjustments for Dam Battlegrounds and the new Firefly and Comet Arc threats as its newest additions.
Embark CEO Patrick Söderlund shared extra about how the studio plans to proceed constructing on Arc Raiders in the months forward throughout an interview with IGN earlier this month. Whereas sharing details about how its current success has allowed the crew to really feel safe about their future, he additionally mentioned how Embark reacts to participant suggestions.
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