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Embark Studios has strengthened Arc Raiders’ anti-cheat with in-house AI detection, stricter permanent bans, and restrictions on sanctioned game copies and linked accounts. An expanded hardware-ban system is planned for later this year, while its Elytra software remains in small-scale testing with no announced release date.
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Embark Studios has published a new update on improvements they have made to squashing cheaters in Arc Raiders. According to a blog post, cheating detection and economy exploit detection have been improved. Embark is also preparing improvements to its hardware ban system that will increase the number of devices that are bannable.
Arc Raider’s cheat detection systems now incorporate a growing set of in-house AI models that help identify suspicious behavior in-game. These AI models work in conjunction with kernel-level protection from Denuvo and AnyBrain. The devs report that their cheating detection systems are becoming “considerably stronger” on a monthly basis.
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The devs have also tightened the actions taken when a ban is served, especially towards repeat offenders. Permanent bans are now standard for all known cheat programs, and accounts using cheats are instantly banned when detected. The latter is a change from Embark’s previous policy where second chances were allowed on accounts that had active cheating.
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Game licenses have also received further restrictions where specific copies of games associated with a sanction cannot be used with another account. This is beneficial for combating cheaters that use family sharing on PC storefronts to bypass bans. The same also applies to linked accounts: if any account has been associated with a banned copy of Arc Raiders, that account will also receive a permanent ban.
The devs also provided an update to hardware bans, noting that they are actively working on a solution to increase the number of systems they can target with a hardware ban. This new system should reportedly arrive later this year and reduce the number of cheaters coming back to the game on the same system.
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These improvements will be encouraging for players as cheating has been a constant issue since the game’s release. Embark Studios is also working on a new in-house anti-cheat software called Elytra, which will further improve Arc Raiders’ anti-cheat capabilities. However, there’s no release date for Elytra, and it is currently in small-scale testing in The Finals.
