Embark Studios has confirmed that ARC Raiders' next Expedition will not arrive until 2027, extending the game's content drought well beyond what was previously known. The fifth Expedition, running from 8 to 29 September, will be the last of these limited-time endgame events this year, meaning players face at least three further months without one, on top of an already thin schedule that includes just one major update before year's end.

Expeditions have been a core way for players to reset progress in pursuit of rewards, so their absence removes a key incentive to keep playing. The fifth event changes format slightly, dropping the requirement to reset quests for item farming and distributing Hullcracker blueprints through other means, likely future challenges, while also scrapping the advance "last call" notice, leaving players to track the dates themselves. The wider concern is timing: with roughly five months between major patches, alongside reports of cheating and matchmaking problems, ARC Raiders has slipped to "mixed" reviews on Steam for the first time since launch and has reportedly lost around 95% of its peak player base.