25 February 2026

ARC Raiders Reveals New Twitch Drops and Discord Reward for February 2026

By newsgame

Embark Studios has announced a Twitch Drop event and a limited-time Discord reward for all ARC Raiders players, letting them collect up to three free cosmetics. These giveaways come as the ARC Raiders community reels from some of the changes introduced in the Shrouded Sky update.

Currently, many fans seem to be unhappy with how some items were nerfed and how the requirements for crafting Wolfpacks were made harder to get. There are also ongoing discussions about persistent glitches and bugs in ARC Raiders, which are reportedly having a major negative impact on PvP. But amid all the controversies from the recent update, one bright spot is the release of three free cosmetics that raiders can add to their collections.

How to Claim ARC Raiders Twitch Drops

Here’s how you can claim the Arc Raiders Twitch Drops and get free cosmetics and emotes.

ARC Raiders Is Giving Away 3 Free Cosmetics Right Now

Reward	How to Get	Offer Expires On
Royal Steed backpack charm	Watch one hour of ARC Raiders’ streams on Twitch	March 24
Record Player backpack charm	Watch two hours of ARC Raiders’ streams on Twitch	March 24
Toy Robot backpack charm	Connect your Embark ID to the Twitch account	March 4

To celebrate the launch of ARC Raiders‘ Shrouded Sky update, Embark Studios announced a Twitch Drop event giving players two cosmetic items: the Royal Steed charm, a tiny horse statue, and the Record Player charm, which, as the name suggests, is a miniature record player. That’s not the only freebie from the Swedish developer. Players who link their Discord accounts to their Embark ID can also claim the Toy Robot charm, a cute retro-style humanoid machine. The Discord reward marks the ARC Raiders server reaching one million members, prompting the developer to celebrate with a free cosmetic.

The Twitch Drop event will be available until March 24, while the free Toy Robot Discord reward expires on March 5. Once earned, the rewards are usually transferred automatically to players’ accounts.

How to Link Discord and Twitch to Embark ID

Head to
Log in with an active ARC Raiders account
Select the Connected Platforms options
Click Discord or Twitch and enter the required credentials to link the accounts

Players need to watch Twitch streamers with the “DropsEnabled” tag to have their progress counted toward the rewards.

This isn’t the first time Embark Studios has handed out free cosmetics to mark a major update or milestone. When ARC Raiders‘ Cold Snap update launched, the developer offered two Twitch drops: the Eye Band, a facial cosmetic, and the Vintage Mic, a backpack charm. It also gave away $10 worth of Raider Tokens for the holidays.

Despite this track record and the usual pattern of Twitch drops with major updates, a group of players has other theories about Embark Studios’ motives. Some believe the company is preparing for competition on streaming platforms, with Bungie’s Marathon set to release soon and potentially threatening ARC Raiders‘ player base. Others think the developer is simply trying to boost declining Twitch viewership, which seems the more likely explanation.

According to TwitchTracker’s most recent data, ARC Raiders‘ viewership on Twitch has fallen nearly 76% over four months. At launch on October 30, the game reached 185,114 viewers, while data from February 23 shows around 45,000 viewers, a significant drop, though still a respectable number. In the coming months, it will be interesting to see whether Embark Studios, the developer of one of the most successful extraction shooters of all time, can reverse this decline or if the downward trend will continue. It also remains to be seen whether the release of Marathon will impact ARC Raiders‘ player count or Twitch viewership in any way.