ARC Raiders Gets Ready for Autumn: New Ermal Offers and Trials Season 6 Start Date

Embark Studios has revealed what's coming to ARC Raiders next week. From September 21 to 27, the Rust Belt is hosting an autumn event: the Nomads are preparing for a seasonal picnic, and the trader Ermal is offering to exchange gathered nature supplies for new cosmetics and a useful item.

In the official ARC Raiders social media accounts, the developers announced a small event for next week, September 21–27. Because Trials Season 5 is coming to an end this week, Trials will be paused, and the new Trials will return in early October. It has also been revealed that players will be able to trade gathered loot with the trader for cosmetic items.

This week, Ermal is collecting nature resources and offering three deals in return:

• Coffee Pot — a backpack charm. Exchanged for 8 Coffee Pot items.
• Picnic Basket — a backpack attachment. Exchanged for Nature Items worth a total of 60K and one firearm.
• Vita Spray — an epic blueprint for a quick-use healing item. Exchanged for Epic/Legendary ARC Cores worth a total of 49K and one firearm.

Coffee Pot and Picnic Basket are purely cosmetic backpack decorations. Vita Spray offers an actual gameplay advantage: once you get the blueprint, you'll be able to craft this healing item.

Next week, Trials will be paused because Season 5 is ending. The developers emphasized that raids continue, so you can play as usual. Trials Season 6 begins on October 8 alongside the Frozen Trail update. There are no details about the new content yet. We would also like to remind you that ARC Raiders Pauses Expeditions Until Early 2027.