Embark Studios has started drip-feeding content teasing the next ARC Raiders map, coming as part of the Riven Tides update at the end of April. It’s supposed to be the biggest and most important update since ARC Raiders came out in October 2025, and it’s bringing with it a new map that looks to be centered around a massive hotel complex.
Today’s tease came in the form of an email, sent to random gamers and talking about the ‘Panorama Azzurro’, a sprawling, derelict hotel. It also provides some snapshot images of the hotel, revealing a location that’s literally crumbling.
Riven Tides Map Revealed Further by Embark
Embark Studios is slowly uncovering more of the new Riven Tides update, set to arrive in a couple of weeks. It’ll expand ARC Raiders immeasurably, adding the game’s first new map in five months, introducing a large-scale ARC enemy, and bringing in a new Raider Deck, Project, and fresh quests.
In an email doing the rounds today, Embark Studios unveiled more information about Riven Tides with ‘Field Observation 001’, which suggests more intel is incoming.
Here’s what the email says:
Time: 18:06
Location: Hotel front/interior
Grid Ref: Marked
Reporting Scout: ********
Panorama Azzurro.
Shani was right, the old resort is still standing.
You can still find the disco posters on the walls.
I want to do a full sweep, but I’m not sure the stairs won’t crumble underneath me.
Action: Marking the coordinates and pulling back to the tennis courts.
Status: Standby
Here are the images associated with the email:
From what we know, Riven Tides will introduce a coastal map, and that’s backed up by this being a resort. We’ve also seen changes to the in-game map that showcase something existing at a broken portion of the game’s coastline. There are references to a hotel, a cargo port, and beaches.
This could be a major enough update to introduce an ARC enemy tied to the ocean. Players have long since become bored by the flying ARC enemies that are so commonplace in ARC Raiders now, and they want something truly fresh.
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