Night Raid

Night Raid
	NO FREE LOADOUT
Night Raid
	Raiders have been finding especially good loot behind locked doors, and keys have been more plentiful. The heightened Raider activity has attracted more ARC than usual.; Fewer active Return Points; No active Raider Hatches; Increased loot value;
Condition difficulty
Dam Battlegrounds
Buried City
Spaceport
The Blue Gate
Stella Montis
Riven Tides

Night Raid is a map condition that increases the likelihood of Raiders finding higher value loot, particularly behind locked doors where keys appear more frequently.

Players can expect:

Higher average loot rarity
More valuable container contents
Increased incentive to explore secured locations

Container changes

Container behavior is noticeably affected during Night Raid:

Container spawn frequency is increased across the map
Low-probability container locations are more likely to activate
Loot density around high-risk areas becomes higher
Locked containers and rooms become more rewarding

ARC drop boost

Night Raid significantly improves the availability of ARC:

Higher drop rate (more common to get Advanced ARC Powercell and cells/cores like Bastion Cell, Bombardier Cell, Leaper Pulse Unit, Sentinel Firing Core, Surveyor Vault, etc)
Rare ARC variants appear more frequently

Increased ARC activity

The heightened Raider presence attracts more ARC forces, resulting in:

Increased ARC spawn rates
Higher enemy density near valuable loot areas
More frequent multi-enemy encounters
Sustained combat pressure throughout the raid

Overall, more ARC, increasing the need for careful positioning.

Extraction & flow changes

Night Raid alters player routing and extraction strategy:

Fewer active Return Points
No active Raider Hatches
Increased traversal risk and longer extraction planning

Difficulty scaling

Night Raid raises the effective difficulty of most maps, increasing challenge and rewards.

Typical effects include:

Higher encounter frequency
Greater resource consumption
Increased PvE pressure
Increased PvP pressure

Schedule

History

Patch	Changes
1.33.0	Free Loadout disabled.