ARC Raiders Trials Season 2 Leak: Big Updates, Fresh Rewards, New Challenges

ARC Raiders is about to get mean and silly at the same time. A new leak says Trials Season 2 lands December 22, 2025, and the headline item is a toxic swamp you have to slog through while doing tasks that sound like a dare from your most chaotic friend.

What the leak says is coming in Trials Season 2

• Timing: The new Trials season is reportedly going live December 22, 2025. The leak surfaced December 18 via X user Rooster.
• New map event: 'Toxic Swamp' shows up during the next Trials season.
• New Trials objectives:
  - Deliver thermal rocks
  - Search frozen Raider containers
  - Throw snowballs at Rocketeers
  - Throw snowballs at Bastions
• Rewards: Multiple 'Alpino' variant outfits are on the table for Season 2.

'Toxic Swamp' is the big one, and yes, the season really wants you to pelt murder machines with snow.

The swamp, the snowballs, and the sense of humor

The toxic swamp piece is exactly what it sounds like: Embark is cranking up the pain by adding a hazardous zone on top of everything the Arcs and Raiders already throw at you. We do not know the exact mechanics yet, but consider it a classic video game swamp situation: watch your step or you are eating damage and bad decisions.

Then there are the snowballs. The Trials list literally includes tossing snow at Rocketeers and Bastions. It is ridiculous on purpose and, honestly, pretty funny. You are provoking heavy hardware with something that would not dent a snowman, which feels like exactly the kind of trolling challenge that makes Trials... Trials.

That vibe tracks with how Embark has been tuning the game lately. Shredders were buffed recently and are still causing trouble, so adding a swamp and a snowball provocation challenge feels like the devs are leaning into that dark, mischievous streak. It is goofy, it is brutal, and it will absolutely wipe groups who are not ready.

What you get for suffering

Season 2 is dangling multiple 'Alpino' outfit variants as rewards. They are cosmetic, sure, but if you like collecting rare looks (or just want the bragging rights), these Trials sound designed to push you to earn them the hard way.

Bottom line: if the leak is on the money, ARC Raiders is about to hand you a toxic swamp and tell you to throw snow at angry machines for prizes. It is absurd, it is mean, and I kind of love it. Mark December 22 and bring a sense of humor. And boots. Probably waterproof ones.