ARC Events

Atmospheric Roaming Calamity (ARC) Events occur every 40-60 minutes across all Open Sectors. The exact time of these events is chosen randomly.
ARC Events are dangerous climate hazards that can easily kill a player if they do not exit the area or find suitable cover. Open Sectors on every Location have their own specific type of event, and each can occur with two randomly selected severities. Each of the following locations have their own specific ARC Events:

• Earth
• Luna
• Mars
• Venus
• Dark Space

Alerts

Five minutes before an ARC Event occurs, a warning stating “Alert: incoming ARC event” indicating the inbound hazard appears to all players in the area on their Action Feed. Another specific alert is displayed one minute prior to the event to indicate what severity class the ARC Event is.

Access Denial

Players will not be able to enter a server instance while an ARC Event is active, or within five minutes leading up to one. The ability to join a Squadron through a Homing Signal during an active ARC Event instance becomes disabled.
Additionally, players cannot call for remote Extraction during an ARC Event. Players must locate established Extraction Zones and travel to them to leave the affected area.
Area Maps become scrambled and difficult to reference, and Radar efficacy is diminished.

Incentives

As an incentive to brave these events, special rare enemies and particularly valuable loot spawns during ARC Events and are only available while they are active before despawning.
Additionally, some Quests require intentionally venturing into these storms.