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The ARC Raiders Reward Pass, Explained: Free vs Premium, the Legacy Pass & the Collector Set

Raider Decks are gone on October 8. Frozen Trail replaces them with Reward Passes: a 60-level pass with a Free and a Premium track, plus a free Legacy Pass that rolls every old Raider Deck into one. Embark's new post fills in the parts that matter for your wallet: the Premium track costs exactly what it pays back, it has no gameplay items, and the Collector Set DLC is the only way to get the Banjo. Here is how it all works, and whether Premium is worth it.

Reward Pass at a Glance

Levels

60

Progressed by completing Feats, tied to the Frozen Trail update.

Premium cost

1,150 tokens

And the Premium track pays out up to 1,150 Raider Tokens, so finishing it refunds the price.

Launches

October 8

With Frozen Trail. Raider Decks become the Legacy Pass the same day.

Why Raider Decks Had to Go

Embark is candid about the problem. Players built up Cred faster than new content could absorb it, so when a fresh Raider Deck dropped, many people finished it on day one with saved-up Cred. The rewards stopped feeling like rewards, and there was little reason to keep chasing Feats.

Reward Passes are meant to fix that with a longer progression curve, and each pass is tied to the update it ships with, so the new weapons, gadgets and items from that update can be earned by everyone just by playing. That is also why Cred is retiring: the new system does not run on a stockpile.

Last call on Cred: October 8. Leftover Cred expires when Frozen Trail launches and does not convert. Spend it with Shani or on remaining Raider Deck rewards now. Details in our 1.45.0 breakdown.

Free vs Premium: What Each Track Gives You

Free Track

Everyone
  • All the new base outfits
  • New cosmetic items
  • New weapons, gadgets and items
  • Up to 200 Raider Tokens

Premium Track

1,150 Raider Tokens
  • All premium toggles, modifications and colourways for the new outfits
  • Exclusive legendary weapon stencils
  • Hairstyles
  • Up to 1,150 Raider Tokens
  • No gameplay items

Legacy Pass

Free for everyone
  • Every Raider Deck cosmetic in one pass
  • All Raider Deck Raider Tokens
  • Anything you already earned stays unlocked
  • Keep progressing to get what you missed
FreePremium
New base outfitsYesYes, plus toggles, mods and colourways
Weapons, gadgets, itemsYesNo extra gameplay items
Legendary weapon stencilsNoYes
HairstylesNoYes
Raider TokensUp to 200Up to 1,150
CostFree1,150 Raider Tokens, or included in the Collector Set
ARC Raiders Frozen Trail Premium Reward Pass outfits: Caposta, Carriga, Deadwire, Banshee and Ice Giant

Official Premium Reward Pass outfit art. Click for full size.

Embark's infographic names the five outfits shown in their premium versions: Caposta, Carriga, Deadwire, Banshee and Ice Giant. Based on the post, the base versions of the new outfits sit on the Free track and the Premium track unlocks their toggles, modifications and colourways.

Is Premium worth it? If you will actually play the pass to level 60, it is effectively free after the first purchase: you spend 1,150 tokens and earn 1,150 back, ready for the next pass. The risk is only if you stall partway. And because Premium has no gameplay items, skipping it costs you nothing in raids. The new guns and gadgets, including everything from the First Look, are on the Free track.

The Free track's 200 tokens is the other number to note. It will not buy you into Premium on its own, so going Premium once takes either saved tokens or the Collector Set.

The Legacy Pass: Nothing From Raider Decks Is Lost

The Legacy Reward Pass merges every cosmetic reward and every Raider Token from all past Raider Decks into a single free pass. If you already unlocked something, it stays unlocked there. Progressing the Legacy Pass earns everything you did not get the first time around, without Cred.

This is the answer to the biggest worry when Cred retirement was announced. Newer players get a free path to every old Deck cosmetic, and veterans lose nothing. The only thing that does not carry over is unspent Cred itself.

Frozen Trail Collector Set DLC

ARC Raiders Frozen Trail Collector Set DLC with the Renzo outfit, Dragon's Breath stencil, Banjo blueprint, Retro Sofa and 2,400 Raider Tokens

Official Collector Set DLC contents. Click for full size.

The Collector Set is the "everything" option. It includes the Premium Reward Pass itself, which the key art describes as 50 additional premium rewards, plus:

  • Renzo outfit and the Renzo Helm Scrappy cosmetic
  • Dragon's Breath weapon stencil
  • Kabuki Face Paint face style and the Bob hairstyle
  • Renegade Censer backpack attachment and the Scasso raider tool
  • Retro Sofa furniture recipe, exclusive, for your Outpost
  • Banjo blueprint, and this is the only way to get it
  • 2,400 Raider Tokens

Two things stand out. The token maths is generous: 2,400 tokens plus a Premium pass that itself refunds 1,150 means you finish Frozen Trail with a large balance for the next pass. And the Banjo is Collector-Set-only. It is cosmetic, but the dev team spent a noticeable part of the First Look video talking about how much they love playing it, so expect it to be the item people ask about most. The Harmonica is the other new instrument in the update, and Embark has not tied it to the DLC.

Reward Pass FAQ

How many levels is the Frozen Trail Reward Pass?

60 levels, progressed through Feats, with Free and Premium tracks.

How much is the Premium Reward Pass?

1,150 Raider Tokens. Completing it earns up to 1,150 tokens back. It is also included in the Collector Set DLC.

Is the Premium Pass pay to win?

No. Embark says it contains no items that benefit gameplay. New weapons, gadgets and items are on the Free track.

What happens to my Raider Decks?

They are merged into the free Legacy Pass. Anything you unlocked stays unlocked, and you can keep progressing for the rest.

Does my Cred carry over?

No. Cred expires on October 8. Spend it before Frozen Trail launches.

How do I get the Banjo?

Its blueprint is only available in the Frozen Trail Collector Set DLC. The Harmonica is the other new instrument in the update.

Everything else arriving with the update is in our Frozen Trail First Look breakdown, and the new map has its own Pendola Pass page.

See you Topside, Raiders.

— Arc Raiders Hub

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