Last week, ARC Raiders offered a preliminary glimpse, via email subscription, at some details regarding the new Riven Tides map. Now, with just 10 days remaining until the update's official launch, the game has finally released a more formal teaser trailer.

Although the teaser is quite brief, it does reveal glimpses of additional areas within the new map, content that extends beyond the information previously shared via email. Furthermore, ARC Raiders has unveiled even more content across various social media platforms.

In this article, we will compile and present all this new information regarding Riven Tides, ensuring you are fully prepared for the final week leading up to the update's arrival.

Preview of three new skins

If you have been keeping up with ARC Raiders' official updates, you know that the launch of Riven Tides will coincide with the opening of Expedition 3 deployment window, an event accompanied by a host of significant updates to the game's expedition mechanics.

These updates include revisions to the skin rewards offered during previous expeditions. More specifically, if you have participated in all three of the expeditions released to date, you will be eligible to receive the corresponding Evolved versions of those skin sets.

With this in mind, ARC Raiders has released a preliminary look, via social media, at the concept art for this third skin set. The standout piece among them is undoubtedly the one positioned in the center.

The headpiece of this particular skin features a design that obscures the upper half of the face, adorned with distinctive gold armor plating. It is further complemented by a pair of wildly styled gauntlets and clothing accents featuring vibrant, eye-catching colors.

The set on the left resembles a spacesuit, though with a less bulky profile. The entire outfit features a subtle, low-profile gray color scheme, offering extensive coverage; the only exception is the helmet, which features a translucent amber-tinted visor that allows your face to remain visible.

In contrast, the skin on the right adheres to the more conventional Raider combat gear aesthetic. The only distinct feature is the facial ornamentation, which utilizes a unique faceplate paired with a Cyclops-style red laser eyepiece.

Whichever skin you manage to acquire, it is sure to provide a unique flair to your combat experience.

However, please note that in-game skins typically offer no functional advantages or stat boosts; if you are looking to enhance your actual combat capabilities, it's faster and more effective to buy ARC Raiders blueprints on IGGM!

The new teaser and related context

The recently released teaser for Riven Tides clocks in at a mere 15 seconds. Building upon the two map-related images previously revealed via email last week, this teaser offers a deeper look at the interior of Panorama Azzurro, an area expected to serve as the central hub of the new map.

Based on the content of this short video, it is evident that the hotel's interior is even more dilapidated than we had imagined, overgrown with weeds and bearing traces of destruction everywhere.

If you feel this content hasn't quite satisfied your appetite, don't worry; shortly thereafter, the developers released an article titled Riven Tides: Scout Report.

In addition to the two images previously included in the email, the article unveiled four new images bearing the titles: "Pool, Dry", "Beachfront/Bar", "Customs House", and "Stacking Yard".

Both the format and content of the article suggest it serves as a log entry. The author remains anonymous, though they are likely the same individual who penned the entries found in the earlier email, someone who consistently makes reference to Shani.

Notably, some players within the community have used this information to theorize that Shani may not be a entirely trustworthy ally; rather, she could very well be secretly colluding with the human factions that participated in Great Evacuation and fled into space.

To date, ARC Raiders has offered little in the way of further elaboration or introduction regarding the game's overarching narrative and backstory. Perhaps this latest update, delivered through the figure of Shani, will finally provide us with more insight.

The article is structured into two main sections: a general overview, followed by a more detailed introduction to the map's layout presented through pairs of images. Each pair is accompanied by a specific title and descriptive text:

• Approach 18:06: A log entry documenting Panorama Azzurro and the surrounding ruins.
• Exterior, rear 18:39: Appears to depict the map's dilapidated beachfront resort facilities.
• Harbor 19:14: A fully industrialized dockyard, completely devoid of any resort-like atmosphere.

By piecing together these textual descriptions, we can begin to form a preliminary picture of the new map's overall layout: a composite environment formed by two distinct zones with entirely contrasting aesthetics.

The resort facilities zone features a swimming pool and a massive plastic water slide, extending all the way from the hillside down to the beach, which appears to have once served as a water park attraction.

Additionally, the area is strewn with several sun loungers and features a second bar area. It seems the people who once inhabited this place certainly knew how to have a good time and celebrate.

As for Harbor zone, it is a world apart. Dominated by towering cranes that scrape the sky and mountains of stacked shipping containers, the entire environment feels cold, stark, and industrial.

This area offers an abundance of verticality and cover opportunities, making it an ideal playground for players who enjoy creating chaos or adopting a stealth-oriented playstyle.

Ultimately, within the intricate confines of hotels and industrial docks, you can enjoy the thrill of engaging in combat against other players or smaller ARC units; meanwhile, on the open sands of the resort beaches, you may find yourself facing off against the newly introduced, massive ARC enemies.

Interestingly, at the very end of Riven Tides: Scout Report, the chronicler notes that while observing a certain building, he sensed a massive shadow drifting slowly and steadily across the sky, yet when he looked again, he found absolutely no trace of it. This is very likely a teaser regarding the aforementioned massive ARC units.

What can you do this week?

First off, the new Weekly Trials have begun, and as this marks the final round of Season 3, which determines your ultimate ranking, be sure to complete all trials with a 3-star rating before time runs out.

Related: Arc Raiders Expedition Dilemma: Why Optional Wipes Create a Tough Choice And How to Fix the Conflicting Timeline

Furthermore, the launch of Riven Tides signifies the conclusion of the collection phase for Expedition 3. If you wish to ensure a successful and complete run of this expedition, remember to verify that you have gathered all necessary materials and coins before the end of the week.

We hope the information provided in this overview proves helpful as you continue your journey in ARC Raiders, especially as you look forward to the exciting new content on the horizon! Best of luck!

Dear adventurers, with the arrival of SS12 Lunaria, a lot of new content is coming to us! It is worth mentioning that this is almost the norm in every new season. A new hero is always added to the game, and of course Lunaria season is no exception! This time it's Scent Weaver Sage. The abilities of this new character are not as simple as her appearance. Her extremely high damage and mobility in the final stage will definitely make your jaw drop!

For example, she can easily stack 40,000 points of armor, more than 130% defense improvement, 50% Injury Buffer, 100% AoE damage bonus, 300% movement speed, and more outrageous and perverted attributes. 

Although it is almost impossible to activate all of these attributes at the same time, the wide variety and extremely powerful tools Sage has in her hands give her extremely high mobility, allowing her to easily compete in many different build playstyles. Once it enters the later stages and is fully equipped, Scent Weaver Sage can show its extremely terrifying combat capabilities.

Obviously, Sage is still a growth hero. Although he may be a little hesitant at the beginning compared to other veteran heroes, he will achieve explosive growth soon! Therefore, we guess that this hero will most likely be significantly weakened in SS13, so now is a good time to experience her!

Next, let us talk about what this Sage hero is capable of and how she stacks up those abnormal attributes.

Elixir Skills System

In fact, the core of the entire build revolves around the reworked system of Elixir Skills; through these skills, she can choose one as a base to concoct her own customized elixir.

Custom elixir

First, you need to choose one of the many options as a starting base for elixir. After configuring it into Hero Trait, you can further add an offensive and a defensive ingredient to it.

• Offensive Ingredients: Increases extra damage on critical hits; gains a chance to trigger Double Reaps (this even stacks to 100%); automatically applies a layer of debuffs to enemies each time a skill is cast.
• Defensive ingredients: Add Injury Buffer; Damage Taken as Mana; Physical Taken as Elemental, which also has a chance to stack to 100%!

It is worth mentioning that once these ingredients are selected and added, they are completely integrated into elixir itself and become an integral part of it. This means that the elixir buffs you stack up through various means will also act on the attributes provided by these ingredients, thus further amplifying their effects.

Level 45 traits

In addition, when your character reaches level 45 and unlocks the corresponding traits, you will also gain a means to make these elixir effects last forever.

Another additional benefit brought by level 45 traits is: you will gain the ability to automatically cast Empower Skills and Curse Skills; moreover, the effects of these automatically cast skills will be dynamically increased according to your flask gain effect, doubling their power.

However, Elixir Skills themselves cannot be automatically cast through Sage skills. Therefore, you still need to reserve a Preparation support skill for it, or use the season-specific Activation Medium to trigger it manually later.

Level 75 traits

For Scent Weaver Sage, the elixir you choose as the base for custom potion is very important, because it will directly affect the hero's skill effects and damage. Among the many options, there are many options with extremely powerful effects.

Faced with these attractive elixir options, how to choose is indeed a very confusing problem. However, the good news is that this decision-making process will become slightly easier after reaching trait level 75. Because at this point you can unlock and craft a second bottle of custom elixir.

Although this second bottle of elixir cannot use the same ingredient as the first bottle, it has its own exclusive ingredient pool. For example, you can choose to convert the overflow life recovery into energy shield recovery; or obtain a multiplier bonus that can greatly increase the chance of blocking. Moreover, this second bottle of customized elixir can also enjoy the bonus of level 45 trait, thus achieving permanent coverage of the potion's effect.

How to improve the elixirs effect?

Next, let's dive into how to further enhance these elixir effects. In this regard, there are indeed many excellent matching solutions.

Steel Vanguard

First, Steel Vanguard is getting a minor rework, aiming to give Sage some additional elixir charge generation speed increases, additional damage bonuses, and some elixir effect buffs.

However, the real core highlight of this change is the new Tailored Remedy notable talent: as long as you use two or more Elixir Skills at the same time, you can get up to 60% additional Elixir effect bonus.

If you only use one Elixir Skill, although you can still get Elixir effect bonus, it will come with an extremely severe penalty: the duration of the potion is greatly reduced by 40%. In short, this is definitely a powerful talent with great value. Almost every Sage player will choose to light up this talent without hesitation.

Unique items

In addition, Torchlight Infinite SS12 also introduces new unique items specially designed for Scent Weaver Sage: including a pair of new gloves Omni that can provide elixir effect bonus and can permanently maintain an elixir active state; and a new belt Golden Touch with staggeringly powerful attributes. This belt not only provides the defense attributes and life bonus that Sage covets but also greatly increases the rate of charge generation.

Even for other builds, this is a piece of equipment with excellent attributes. More importantly, if you can use Elixir Skill frequently and continuously, this belt will provide you with a huge damage multiplier.

Pets & Hero Memory Revival

In addition, new pets can also provide massive elixir effect bonuses. With the new Hero Memory Revival mechanism, you can also add the elixir effect bonus to one of your Hero Memory to achieve further multiplication of the elixir effect.

Build gameplay

Finally, as a new hero, the question you may have been thinking about is: how exactly does she play? What are the build options?

In fact, it's the projectiles or AoE builds that we think really shine. In SS12, the most powerful build core of Scent Weaver Sage is Chromatic Shot Sage. This build takes full advantage of Sage's unique ability to convert damage into random elements and cause explosions. It improves output efficiency by focusing on high-speed AoE damage clearing, and uses Licorice Note and Basic Scent Bottles to mix ingredients to obtain various buffs, thereby creating a unique and extremely fast-paced gameplay.

One of the core features of this genre is that it triggers an explosion when killing an enemy, producing a wide range of green AoE damage, thereby achieving an efficient screen clearing effect.

In addition to this, you can also try armor stacker play in the late game, because we can get a ridiculous amount of armor just by combining armor and defense elixir even with a relatively small investment of Torchlight Infinite Flame Elementium.

Completing an armor stacker with Sage was much easier than the extreme budget required for any other build. And later in the game, since the armor stacker doesn't require anything other than movement speed, you can simply switch to Blurry Steps and Movement Speed ​​potion to get 400% movement speed, making it the single fastest armor stacker variant. You can easily blow up the entire screen in a very satisfying way.

Whether you want to use Chromatic Shot to clear the screen in one second, or you want to build the most powerful armor stacker at a very low cost, this Sage advanced guide is an essential manual for you to dominate Torchlight Infinite SS12! Good luck!