In a recent post, the official ARC Raiders X handle announced the return of Cold Snap, the popular winter-themed map condition. This snow-laden map variant quickly became popular during the holidays of 2025, bringing new gameplay mechanics, interesting Trials challenges, and showcasing the regular map design in a fresh look.
This article sheds light on the return of Cold Snap in ARC Raiders and when fans can expect this game mode to enter daily rotation.
When is Cold Snap returning to ARC Raiders?
The popular snow-themed map condition is expected to enter the regular map rotation from February 10, 2026, as announced by the official X page of the game.
This news came as a surprise to the community, especially after the ARC Raiders roadmap 2026 reveal. Players are expecting the Shrouded Sky update towards the end of February, and the roadmap suggests that a new major map condition is set to debut.
The return of Cold Snap, therefore, raises questions on whether the map condition expected during February 2026 will be a brand new variant or just the return of the snowfall and frostbite.
More on map conditions and their rotation timings
Embark Studios received a generous amount of feedback across all social platforms after the initial release of Bird City, the new map condition for the Headwinds update. The Stockholm-based studio followed up with an update to the rotation timings to allow players all across the globe comfortable access to the new map condition.
We speculate that the return of Cold Snap is the next step towards making map conditions globally accessible at comfortable real-world timings. That said, the Shrouded Sky update might have a new and unique map condition hidden up its sleeve, as the roadmap key art hides clues to various elements we can expect from the second content update of the Escalation season.
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Edited by Sankalpa Das
