Embark Studios Between a Rock and a Hard Place due to item duplication glitch in ARC Raiders

Embark Studios' popular extraction shooter ARC Raiders There has been some controversy surrounding the recent crackdown on a duplication glitch that allows players to spawn multiple items in their inventory through unintended means. Loot is a huge part of it ARC Raiders' Gameplay loop, players spend most of their time above in search of valuable items while trying to survive against PvE ARC enemies and other raiders in PvP. To that end, it's understandable why Embark would want to punish players who take advantage of this glitch to ensure all players are on an even playing field and to deter future attempts by others to cheat the system.

Item Duplicate ARC Raiders This gives some players an incredibly unfair advantage, as players can essentially craft an infinite number of powerful weapons, including: ARC Raiders''Activates Nade and fires at the enemy. part of the challenge ARC Raiders While you explore the upper reaches, you can manage a limited number of resources and recreate powerful items like Trigger 'Nade infinitely, allowing you to utilize all your skills in the game's battles. Moreover, players could amass huge amounts of coins by replicating and selling valuable items. ARC Raiders'It provides unfair economic benefits to merchants.

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ARC Raiders will have a hard time justifying a ban on overlapping defects

replication defect ARC Raiders It was fixed as of February 10th, when an OTA hotfix addressed the bug a few hours after the February update. ARC Raiders Released. However, there was a period where it looked like Embark Studios would not be addressing this flaw at all, as it was not initially mentioned as a known issue in the update's patch notes. However, Embark later stated that it would quickly release a hotfix for the glitch once it was brought to their attention via social media, and that it was now no longer available to utilize in-game.

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Why Some ARC Raiders Players Have Difficulty Duplicating Items

Embark's initial response was somewhat vague about the results. ARC Raiders Player caught using replication glitch. Performing this glitch required the player to take a consumable item from a quick use slot, hold it in their hand, go into their inventory, split a stack of that item, recombine it, and then split the stack again to be able to throw that item an unlimited number of times. Players who took part in the glitch have already had duplicate items removed from their inventories, but Embark is taking another step to crack down on this. ARC Raiders Players who severely exploit the glitch will be subject to further review, and players deemed to have severely exploited the glitch will potentially be banned.

this ARC Raiders The duplication glitch primarily affected quick-use consumables such as grenades and friendly ducks, the latter of which players can sell for infinite coins.

It seems unlikely that ARC Raiders content creators will be banned for using a copy glitch.

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popular ARC Raiders Steamboat TheBurntPeanut was one of the most infamous users of this replication glitch, often using it to spam Tigger 'Nades at his opponents during matches. Perhaps TheBurntPeanut is one of the reasons why the use of this glitch is so widespread. ARC Raiders Considering the content creator has over 1.5 million YouTube subscribers and nearly 2 million Twitch followers, that's before the patch. However, it seems unlikely that TheBurntPeanut will be punished too harshly for its participation in this glitch. ARC Raiders Although content creators exist, this puts Embark in the awkward position of facing any possible bans due to replication defects.

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Just 24 hours after the ARC Raiders' replication glitch, another game-breaking exploit is going viral.

ARC Raiders players have discovered yet another game-breaking exploit, just 24 hours after Embark patched a viral item duplication flaw.

The ARC Raiders' replication glitch should be punished, but Embark cannot choose which targets are affected.

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There is a lot of uncertainty about how broadly the penalties for this flaw will apply, as Embark's criteria for penalties for copying flaws are so vague and use non-specific terms like “excessive” to indicate which users will be considered subject to a ban. On the one hand, it doesn't seem entirely fair to punish players for mistakes made by developers. It's not like that. ARC Raiders Players were hacking the game to accomplish these attacks. It was simply a bug discovered organically by players.

An Arc Raiders player prepares a grenade at Stella Montis. Image via Embark Studios

On the other hand, Embark may want to discourage players from trying to abuse bugs like this in the future by making cases where players are “over-duplicating” items and banning or temporarily suspending them. ARC Raiders account. However, doing so would create a problem for which there is no easy solution, as it would require developers to ban large content creators like TheBurntPeanut along with regular players. This largely falls to Embark to determine what constitutes “excessive” use of a glitch, but passing judgment either way is likely to shake up the department. ARC Raiders Fan base.

If Embark banned anyone for using the replication glitch above a certain threshold, it would scare off some of the biggest content creators in the game and risk losing followers as well. However, if these content creators are exempt from the ban, banned players may view this as an unfair exemption or “streamer privilege”, potentially giving these creators license to abuse exploits in the future without fear of repercussions. TheBurntPeanut is already somewhat controversial among users. ARC Raiders His Bungulators streamer war has left players distressed. ARC Raiders It was back in November last year. The special treatment provided by Embark could help sow further discord between players and the streamer's fan base, creating a more toxic gameplay environment in the long run.


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released

October 30, 2025

ESRB

Youth/Violence, Blood


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