Arc Raiders's Embark Studios has been busy lately, first dropping the Frozen Trail update and kicking off a free weekend, updating its anti-cheat systems, and then starting testing for the PvE game mode that is slated to run from October 13 to 20. Apparently, all of these changes have had an impact on player count, as Arc Raiders just recorded its highest daily active user count in six months, according to data from Alinea Analytics.

The analytics firm estimates that on the launch date of the Frozen Trail update, which was the same day as the start of the free weekend, Arc Raiders saw a sizeable bump in daily active users, from around 599,000 to 944,000, with that climbing to as high as 1.6 million DAUs by October 12, when the free weekend ended. Almost unexpectedly, however, the extraction shooter's highest daily active user count was on October 14, the day after the start of the test period for the new PvE game mode, suggesting that this may have been a strong driver for gamers who have previously picked up the game only to drop it again later.

Embark Studios has put in a decent amount of work maintaining and developing Arc Raiders in recent months, with the company recently announcing an upcoming co-op mode slated to launch into testing on October 13 while it continues to iterate on its anti-cheat processes and detection methods. In the meantime, however, Arc Raiders Frozen Trail, referred to as the game's "biggest update since launch," alongside a free weekend that will run until October 12.

The combination of the new update, which introduces a slew of new content to the game and makes a host of tweaks and changes to gameplay, and the free weekend has seemingly pushed Arc Raiders to a six-month player count high on Steam. Per data from SteamDB, Arc Raiders tipped the scales at 131,388 peak concurrent players on Steam within the first 24 hours of the update and free weekend going live. Some of the major updates in Frozen Trail include a new map, new weather conditions, new enemies and weapons, a revamped skill tree, a grappling hook and other new navigation and traversal tools, and a new customizable base called The Outpost, replete with the Research Bench and hundreds of furniture designs for gamers to craft.

The Grounded team is excited to bring Update 1.2.0 to the community this week. Rightfully titled The Super Duper update, this massive update brings with it many quality-of-life changes, more than a hundred new items to craft, a brand new Base Coziness feature, and wasps, a new terrifying creature to fight. But first, let's dive into the Super Duper… an item duplication machine!

THE SUPER DUPER UPDATE
Item Duplication - The Super Duper is a new piece of equipment installed in the Oak Lab. Players will find the Super Duper machine the next time they visit BURG.L! This machine will allow players to duplicate specific equipment and items using Raw Science. To use the Super Duper, players must locate Duper Discs throughout the yard. The first disc unlocks operation of the machine, while the other discs grant the player the ability to unlock duping of higher-tier equipment and items. It can even duplicate trinkets, unique items, and upgrade stones. Making this even more helpful for players, any item duplicated will include all of the item's Smithing upgrades, saving a lot of time for when you and your friends need to gear up quickly and get back to adventuring.