ARC Raiders NEW Map Gameplay and Impressions...

jackfrags| 00:15:04|Apr 29, 2026
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The team introduces the brand new map Riven Tides and starts their exploration.

Riven Tides delivers a wild ARC Raiders session with new gadgets, treasure hunts, and a chaotic boss fight that ends in a wipe but hype moments all around.

Summary

Jackfrags teams up with Tommo and Will to dive into ARC Raiders' brand-new map, Riven Tides, which just went live. The crew grills gadgets and loot—from the descender and white flag to a playful metal detector hunt for treasure—while navigating enemy spawns and Easter eggs scattered around the map. A standout sequence shows players wiring up a three-light puzzle and discovering a disco-area that rewards coordination and timing for secret loot. The squad also experiments with the map’s verticality, noting roof positions as power spots for PvP skirmishes. Things escalate when the Tick enemies, Surveyors, and a goofy, chaotic vibe keep the action tense and humorous. Between firefights, the crew spots hidden rooms, tennis rackets, and a surprising amount of environmental storytelling that adds flavor to the exploration. The session culminates in a dramatic encounter with the Shredder, a flaming boss whose arrival shatters their momentum and wipes the squad, leaving viewers eager for a rematch. Overall, Will, Tommo, and Jackfrags bring infectious energy, praising the map’s depth, visuals, and the satisfying chaos of new mechanics. Sponsored by Inbox Studios, this video blends first impressions with a love for discovery and a dash of goofy banter.

Key Takeaways

  • Riven Tides introduces new gadgets like the descender and a white flag that interact with traversal and extraction scenarios.
  • Treasure hunting is a core activity, with players using a metal detector to locate loot and rare items on the map.
  • A three-light electrical puzzle with moving wires appears to unlock hidden loot or areas, rewarding teamwork and timing.
  • Players discovered a disco area triggered by instrument interactions, hinting at secret Easter eggs or rewards when completed as a group.
  • The map emphasizes vertical play and power positions on rooftops, influencing where teams engage in PvP.
  • The Tick, Surveyor, and a Shredder boss bring escalating danger, with the Shredder delivering aerial explosions that prove difficult to counter.
  • An initial wipe against the Shredder demonstrates the challenge, keeping viewers eager for a retry after more prep and coordination.

Who Is This For?

Essential viewing for ARC Raiders players and map lovers who want a hands-on feel for Riven Tides, including gadgets, Easter eggs, and boss encounters. Great for fans who enjoy chaotic, humorous co-op sessions that reveal map quirks and strategy hints.

Notable Quotes

"I'm Mary Poppins, y'all."
A goofy moment highlighting the lighthearted tone of the session.
"This thing is so cool."
Expressing enthusiasm about the new descent device or gadget shown early on.
"The roof is like the power position on this map."
Commentary on map strategy and vertical combat advantages.
"Oh no, the not the roly poly tick. Get it."
Humorous line that references the tick enemy while looting.
"Shredder. OH MY GOD. SHUT THE DOOR. Shut the door."
Climactic moment describing the boss encounter and panic.

Questions This Video Answers

  • How does the Shredder boss mechanic work in ARC Raiders on the new map?
  • What new gadgets are introduced in ARC Raiders Riven Tides and how do you use them effectively?
  • Where are the Easter eggs located on Riven Tides and what rewards do they unlock?
  • What strategies are best for rooftop fights on the new map in ARC Raiders?
  • How do the disco/interactive lights puzzles influence loot on Riven Tides?
ARC RaidersRiven TidesShredder BossTick EnemiesSurveyorMetal Detector TreasureDescenderWhite FlagEaster EggsDisco Puzzle
Full Transcript
What's this? I've got What? Um, what's this? Oh, it's the descender. Oh, what the hell? And there he goes. This then. Oh, look. I've got my white flag. Oh, let's have a look. Can I see it from here? I I dropped my I surrender. Just You can just carry that towards the extract. Can I see it? I surrender. Tom, can you come down, Tom? Yeah. Yeah, I'll come down. I'll come down. I think I activated a little bit too late. It's not It's not that much upwards thrust. This thing is so cool. No idea they were putting that in. I'm Mary Poppins, y'all. I'm Mary Poppins. I think you've got to get used to the flight mechanics there, Tom. Welcome back to R Creators. Today we're checking out the brand new map Riven Tides with Tommo and Will. It's just gone live and we had a blast exploring, trying out new gadgets, hunting for treasure, finding Easter eggs, and getting ruined by the new enemy. Good times all around. Thanks to Inbox Studios for sponsoring the video today. If you're interested in checking the game out, the link is below. With that said, we're going to some absolute shenanigans today, and I think you'll enjoy this one. Drop a like if you would too. That'd be much appreciated. Let's get into the action now. What do you think about this? I'm looking for treasure with my metal detector. Oh, yeah. Hello. Oh, he's found me. Oh, god. Wait, there's something green here. He's found me. What you going to stick that? It's a very unusual device, isn't it? Look at it. Oh, I found something. No way. What have you got? Get your hands in the dirt. What's it going to be? No way. It was already blinking. What the hell is that? It's a mine. Is it going to blow up? I'm disarming it. Oh, he's getting warmer. Oh, I ran out of charge. Wait, I'll steal it. You bastard. Oh, no. Oh. Oh. A couple of lads. Bit of detecting going on. Oh, no. No. No. No. No. I got it. No. Oh god. That was mine. Yes. OH. OH, LOOK. HE'S PINCHED IT. He's absolutely pinched it. Oh, there's some crap in here. What the hell? What is it? It's a necklace. Is it? Oh. Oh, hey. Spam me. Oh, no. The not the roly poly tick. Get it. There's a roll. We're screwed, lads. We're screwed. It'll kill us. Jack, that's that's the worst enemy in the game. That's just a surveyor. Jack, you're dead. The tick. Is it supercharged? I got it. Watch out for the ball. Oh my god. What was that? Someone just Yeah. Shots fired. Shots fired, man. Yeah, tagged him on the beach. Easy kill. Easy kill. Tagged. Shield off. Shield off. One shot. One shot. He's down. Man, they've really nerfed the kettle. Holy crap. Under the pier here. Shield off. Shield off. Copy. Copy. Close. Danger. Close here. Right underneath us. Roger that. Checking and aiding. Going in. One down. Down. Are the guys here? Further back. Further back. Tick. Found him. Found him. Good job. That's it then. Yeah. Oh no, there's another one. There's another squad. Ah, I destroyed the surveyor. Let's see if this guy's got loot. Can you cover? Hang on. Trying to get an angle on the team. Bloody ticks everywhere. It's a free load out. I've alerted the birds. I like that. It's a good zip out in the open here. Easy kill. Shield off. Comms. Down. Dead. Where's his boys? Why were you doing that, man? That's a really bad move. Terrible move. He thought he was pushing us on that corner, though, right? Guess he doesn't know he can get to the the roof. Yeah, this roof is like the power position on this map. There's going to be a lot of PvP here. This game looks incredible. It is mad. The sense of depth and scale is just ridiculous. Does it look so good? Oh, yeah. Emerging out the mist. It's a raccoon. It's a raccoon, man. I hear a tick. Oh, yeah. I SEE HIM. OH, WILL. HIT ME. GET OFF. Get off him. Hit me in the face. I'm just in the shower. Can you believe you're in the shower? Yeah. Wait, have they got bathrooms? But there's only a few showers in the whole game. It's good to see they've added more. There's no toilets, though. He's dropping it low, dude. Don't like that. Drop on a mean you don't like that. That's very unsettling. What do you mean you don't like that? Come on. Tuesday morning. Oh, the slide. Yeah, mate. All the way to the bottom. We got a race. Oh, yeah. Let me go up there. I'm going yeah. Okay. No, Jack, you're going left and I'm going right. What do you think? Oh, you [ __ ] Surely a countdown. I'm joking. I'm joking. The raccoon's just gone. Okay. on three. Three. I hit myself on it. Why did they put a trash bag on my slide? Why did you put you on your terrible race? Why' they put me on my slide? It was a great race. I won. Uh-oh. What's the Shredder doing here? Not at the kids pool. Get him. We're just out in the open, though. Oh, why would we? Right. Shoot the thrusters that are on it. like the the actual propulsion. Engage. We can take this down. No problem, lads. Don't you worry. Yeah, we'll get him smoking real quick. There you go. He's fine. Look, the walls very well there. He's very confused by the pool. There we go. See how fast that is? There's a little slide here as well, but this one's covered in sand. Oh, mom, my ass hurts. Oh, it's inside. Mom serrating my ass cheeks. Oh dear. Witness. Can you press it yet, Tom? He's going for it. Nice. He's going to spam it. You got rollies after you as well. That goofy. Yeah, he plays all crers. Disney's Goofy. Ready. Come on, boys. It's time to go. SP is calling our name. Oh no, we're on the way. Goofy, let's go. Go, go, go, go, go, go. I'm on the keys. What a raid, lads. Big raid. Big raid. Got the white flag. Big raid there. With this white flag, dude. Big raid. So, we're going to use this key then. Room 107. That sounds like first floor to me. That might be the first floor, Will, cuz there's a one. Yeah. Or is it ground floor? Well, it depends, doesn't it? Here we go. 1024. Oh god. Oh god. Uh, that's not gone well. Ow. What was that? How did I take all the damage? Yeah, I rolled over it. It's over here, Tom. I'm I hear steps. I hear steps. Uh-oh. Roger. Roger. Roger. Hold. Get in there, Tom. They're above me. In. In. In. In in. You guys get it. They just zipped up literally next to me. I don't think they've heard us yet. You got anything good, Tom? How about you? Not really. I think we should go after this team. Get ready. Full send if we see them. Full send up another four of us. I think so. Yeah. Yeah. Just give you a real sneaky beaky. Ready? Go. Nice grenade. One down. You can penn on the left. Down. Down. Down. Nice. Oh, careful. Yeah. Yeah. Probably one more somewhere. I'm going to res will Is there a third or no? No idea. Stay alert. Might be. Vaporizer right outside. Oh my god. and a hornet intern. Jesus. Oh, it's a Firefly. I got it. I got it. Nice, dude. Oh, the vaporizer is on to me. No, I got Run, run, run, run, run. Uhoh. It's a flipping war. They've dropped off the building. They might be getting resed. I don't know. This is very open. Yeah, that sounds bad. Is that bad? That's bad. I'm not paying attention. Should I be, Should I be paying attention? Whack it, Tom. I'm not paying attention. Whack it. Tom, whack it while you're on there. There you go. There you go. There you go. All right, that'll save you. Oh my god. Bit momentum. Absolute cinema. Jack, Easter egg. I'm coming. You love Easter eggs. What did you see? I was just in the kitchen. I saw this on the wall. Look. Tennis racket. Arrow bench. Put the tennis racket on the bench. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Is there a tennis racket item? Well, there's the tennis court. Tennis court's up there. Could there be a racket up there? There could be a racket. Seagulls. Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine. This is a big mistake. What's that comet? Is that new? Big explosion, Carson. Oh, big explosion. I've not seen that before either. Oh, disco ball. What's happening? He's found the disco ball. Having a dance. Is it? Oh, yes. Oh, hang on. What's this? Electrical comp. Oh. Oh, do we have electrical components? Oh, damn. You ready to break it down? priorities. Look at me going. Okay. And then this started blinking. Wait, this is blinking. Yeah. Oh, the lights have come on. Blue lights over there. Interact. Green light. There's a light here, guys. We have to get all three on, maybe. Oh, one of three. Here we go. Wires. We need wires here. Wires here. I think we have to press all three at the same time as well. Mhm. Three, two, one, go. Oh, it's the song. What song? If we had the whistles and stuff, we could sync it up. You get a secret achievement if you dance. And to what end? Why is this good? Is it opening something? It's just a disco in it. Just turned it on. I don't believe that. I think it's You think there's more to it? Will's on the piano here? Apparently, it sinks. Yeah, it does. Nice. Oh, we have to do it again with instruments to spawn the loot. God damn it. You think? I mean, we could do it again another time. Holy. Squad here, guys. Firing underneath you. Okay. Okay. Okay. You come at the zip line on the elevator. No, I can't get to you right now. I'm still watching zip. One here on me. You good? Yeah. Yeah. Just watching flank. One very liter. I'm getting n left flank. I'm going to push this dude. One down. One down. Nice, nice, nice. Well played. I'm going for mine. Yeah. Oh, mine's down. There's another on me. Oh, I'm stuck. I can't get out. Let me out. I'm coming to you. I'm coming. Run to me, Jack. Run to me. Oh, he down me. He's in there. Will one shot. Got him. Got him. Got him. Got him. Nice work. Well played. Beautiful work. I think they had decent loot, you know. He had great loot. This is This is This is fantastic. SHREDDER. OH MY GOD. SHUT THE DOOR. Shut the door. It's in with you. Open the door. Get out of there. Get out. The flame. He got me. No. We have to leave. We have to leave. The door's open. I'm dead. 30 seconds. No. Go, Jack. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Get out of THERE WHILE YOU CAN, MAN. GET OUT. ARE YOU DEAD, WILL? GO, GO, GO, GO, GO. Are you dead? Dead, Will. KILL MY FAMILY. HE'S DEAD. DEAD. GO. Jesus Christ. The shredder killed him. He came in with you and you shut the door. Where's the logic? And then he fooled me on the He just laid me down and fooled me on the floor. Just spat on me. This map is very spooky at night. I don't like it. Apparently, there's a higher chance of the new enemy spawning, though. Oh, hang on. What is that? Oh my god. Look at that. That's it. That's it. That's got to be Yo. that sound was so cool. What's that then? What the hell? Uh, just put mines down. Not sure that was mines. Not sure. It's landing. It's got yellow bits on the inside. Okay. Are we going loud? Looks like it. Okay. I see yellow bits on the inside. Maybe weak spot. Why is it red? Is it going to bother? Throwing rockets. Flying rockets. THESE THINGS ARE STOP. OKAY. IT'S NOT DOCILE. Will balls. I'm going to die. Electrocute you. I can shoot inside. Oh, it Oh, wow. Wow. Wow. I mean, my god, dude. That's so sick. The secondary explosion in the air is so cool. Yeah, it looks amazing. And then it fires off in all directions. Ow, that really hurts. Oh [ __ ] Oh, yo, it looks ah How do we defeat this? Not with It's bad. It definitely is bad. I'm down. I'm down. I'm down. I'll get you some off the edge on the beach. Oh, okay. Okay, I'm going to rest on Will. Stay alive. Okay, I'll try. It's taking off. It's taking off. I'm not alive. I'm not alive. Yeah, I'm not alive here. Oh, that's not good. Oh my god. It's got us. We've wiped. We lost everything. The hands of the turbine. Did it take off? He's taking off. Oh my gosh. Looks like we got a bit of trouble here, lads. Okay, so we were not prepared already at all to beat that new enemy. We'll get him next time.

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