I’d already spotted a few different weather effects in gameplay footage, but after some sharp-eyed digging in the Tech Test 2 config files, it turns out there are at least 17 unique weather types coded into the game (so far). Seventeen! Way more variety than I imagined — the world really feels alive and every raid is different!
Here’s what the weather gods at Embark have cooked up:
- Burried day
- Cold day
- Foggy
- Forest fire (my personal favorite — nothing like a raging inferno to spice up a loot run)
- Frosty morning
- Golden overcast
- Grey morning
- Hazy day
- Heavy rain
- Misty morning
- Night Burried City
- Night Dam
- Night Spaceport
- Pink morning
- Pink sunrise
- Red Dawn
- Sandstorm
From shimmering pink sunrises to deadly sandstorms and atmospheric firestorms, the range of moods in ARC Raiders is wild. It’s not hard to imagine these weather types having more than just visual impact — maybe affecting visibility, sound, enemy behavior, or extraction risk?
Check out this YouTube video by ImTheChef — he breaks down the full list of weather types found in the Tech Test 2 config and explains what they might mean for gameplay.
Which forecast has you pumped — and which one gives you raid anxiety?
From fog to firestorms, the weather in ARC could be more than just eye candy. Got theories or ideas? Drop 'em below. The storm’s coming, Raiders.
