ARC Raiders' Item Duplication Glitch Trapped Embark Studios Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Embark Studio's popular evacuation shooter ARC Raiders There has been some controversy surrounding the recent crackdown on a duplication bug that allowed players to create multiple items in their inventory through unintended means. Loot is a big part ARC Raiders' Gameplay loop, players spend most of their time searching for valuable items at the top while trying to survive against other attackers in PvE ARC enemies and PvP. To this end, it is understandable why Embark wants to punish players who take advantage of this flaw to discourage all players from trying to cheat the system in the future.

Cheating on items ARC Raiders Gives some players a massively unfair advantage, as players can essentially create an infinite number of powerful weapons. ARC Raiders'Trigger' Neds to bind their enemies. Part of the challenge ARC Raiders Topside exploration is managing a limited number of resources, and being able to infinitely reproduce a powerful item like Trigger 'Nade takes all the skill out of the game's combat. What's more, players were able to collect large amounts of coins by replicating valuable items to sell. ARC Raiders'Traders giving them unfair financial advantage.

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ARC Raiders will have a hard time justifying the duplication glitch ban

Duplication error inside ARC Raiders Fixed as of February 10, when the OTA hotfix squashed the bug a few hours after the February update. ARC Raiders Rolled out. However, there was a period where it looked like Embark Studios wasn't going to address the bug, as it wasn't initially mentioned as a known issue in the update's patch notes. However, Embark later clarified on social media that it would immediately roll out a hotfix for the bug once it was brought to attention, and that it would no longer be possible to use it in-game.

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Why some ARC Raiders players are getting in trouble for duplicate items

The initial response from Embark was somewhat ambiguous on the results ARC Raiders Players caught using the duplicate mistake. To perform this glitch, players need to take a consumable item in their Quick Use slot and hold it in their hand, then go to their inventory, split that item's stack, recombine the stacks, then split the stack again, and they can throw an unlimited number of that item. Players who took part in the glitch have already removed any duplicate items from their inventory, but Embark is taking another step to crack down. ARC Raiders Cheats by subjecting those who use the fault to further review with possible bans for players deemed to have seriously abused the fault.

this ARC Raiders The duplication glitch primarily affected quick-use consumables such as grenades and familiar ducks, the latter of which could be sold by players for infinite coins.

It seems unlikely that ARC Raiders content creators will be banned for using the duplicate glitch.

Arc raid cheaters leaving theburntpeanut Image created by Game Rant / Images sourced via Embark Studios and TheBurntPeanut

popular ARC Raiders Steamer TheBurntPeanut is one of the most notorious users of this mimicry glitch, often using it to spam opponents with Tigger 'Nades in matches. Of course, TheBurntPeanut is part of the reason why this glitch became so widely used. ARC Raiders Before it was patched out, the content creator had over 1.5 million YouTube subscribers and nearly 2 million Twitch followers. However, it seems unlikely that TheBurntPeanut will be punished too harshly for his participation in this mistake, as he is one of the biggest. ARC Raiders There are content creators, but that puts Embark in an awkward position in terms of all the potential sanctions for a duplicate glitch.

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ARC Raiders' duplication glitch is punishable, but Embark won't be able to pick and choose who it affects.

Ark Raiders Duplication Glitch Image via Embark Studios

Since Embark has been very vague about the criteria for the duplicate offense penalty, using a non-specific word like “excessive” to indicate which users will be considered for ban, there is much uncertainty about how broad the penalty for this error will be. On the one hand, it doesn't seem entirely fair to punish players for mistakes made by the developer. It's not like this ARC Raiders Players were hacking the game to achieve this exploit; It was just a bug that players discovered organically.

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On the other hand, Embark wants to discourage players from trying to exploit this type of bug in the future by making an example of “excessively” duplicating items and banning or temporarily suspending players. ARC Raiders Accounts. However, doing so would create a problem with no easy solution, as it would require the developer to ban massive content creators like TheBurntPeanut along with regular players. It's largely up to Embark to determine what constitutes “excessive” use of the glitch, but passing judgment either way is likely to upset a portion of it. ARC Raiders fan base.

If Embark bans anyone who uses the duplicate glitch beyond a certain threshold, it runs the risk of scaring some of the biggest content creators out of the game, potentially losing their followers as well. However, if these content creators are exempted from the ban, then banned players may view this as an unfair exception, or “streamer privilege”, potentially allowing these creators to abuse future exploits without fear of consequences. The BurntPeanut is already somewhat controversial ARC Raiders Players are freaking out because of his Bangulators streamer wars ARC Raiders Back in November last year. Any special treatment given by Embark could increase friction between players and the streamer's fan base and create a more toxic gameplay environment in the long run.


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October 30, 2025

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