The ARC Raiders duplication glitch is back. A new item dupe exploit has emerged and is spreading quickly, causing significant gameplay disruption just weeks after Embark patched a previous version. Players are sharing clips of the ARC Raiders dupe glitch in action; here’s everything we know about the current ARC Raiders duplication glitch, its impact, and what the developers are doing about it.
How the ARC Raiders Duplication Glitch Works
A duplication glitch—often called the "throwable dupe" or "quick-use dupe"—is currently active in ARC Raiders on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The exploit lets players infinitely duplicate stackable items, including throwables (trigger grenades, ziplines, bandages, light sticks, mines, snitch scanners) and collectibles like the Familiar Duck, the rare rubber duck from the Headwinds update.
The glitch is especially damaging because of how accessible it is. A newer variant reportedly requires no internet disconnection—unlike the version patched in update 1.12.0—and instead uses item stack and quick-use inventory slot manipulation. Console players in particular have been using this simplified method, with TikTok videos describing it as something "console players are eating up."
Video clips on TikTok, YouTube, and X show players spamming dozens of ziplines and carpeting areas like Stella Montis and Buried City seed vaults with trigger grenades, leading to explosions, visual clutter, and severe lag.
⚠️ Warning
Using this exploit can get you banned. We do not endorse exploiting. Since it is widely abused and discussed, we are sharing the following for awareness only. If you use the arc raiders dupe glitch, you do so at your own risk.
ARC Raiders Duck Dupe: The Rubber Duck Economy in Chaos
The Familiar Duck, added with the Headwinds update’s Bird City modifier, has become the face of this exploit. Each Familiar Duck is worth 7,000 Coins and stacks up to 15 per slot, making them a prime duplication target for fast wealth.
One player, Reddit user endgame2937, described finding the aftermath of a duper: "A raider caught on fire in Buried City Metro, went down without saying a word, and left behind a mountain of Familiar Ducks. I extracted with 2.8 million. Still confused."
Others have reported finding dead raiders carrying only full stacks of ducks ("Did we come across the duck Santa Claus or something?") and screenshots on X showing a single raider with 417 Familiar Ducks—nearly 3 million Coins. The exploit also extends to rare Tempest Blueprints; one Reddit screenshot showed a player holding 17 copies of one of the game’s rarest items. High-value raids of 5 million+ Coins are becoming common among exploiters.
How the Dupe Glitch Is Affecting ARC Raiders Gameplay
The impact goes beyond inflated inventories:
- Server performance: Infinite throwable spam is causing major lag and frame drops, especially in confined areas like seed vaults and metro tunnels.
- PvP disruption: Some raids are unplayable, with exploiters covering areas in grenades and mines so legitimate players can’t move safely.
- Economic damage: Floods of duplicated high-value items are undermining the in-game economy and devaluing the grind for workbenches and rare gear. Reports of real-money trading for duped items on Discord and Facebook have appeared.
- Player attrition: Reddit and X threads describe players quitting sessions or stepping away until a fix is deployed.
"If this becomes common, it's going to ruin the experience for everyone," one Reddit user wrote, urging Embark to patch the exploit before "the whole meta gets ruined by duped gear."
ARC Raiders Duplication Glitch History: A Recurring Problem
This isn’t the first time ARC Raiders has faced duplication issues. The original item and ammo dupe relied on network disconnection tricks (mobile hotspots, VPN toggling) and persisted from late 2025 into January 2026.
Embark addressed that version in the January 20 patch (update 1.12.0), which fixed both item and ammo duplication and the Stella Montis out-of-bounds glitch. Shortly after the Headwinds update (1.13.0) on January 27, players found new duplication methods. The current quick-use slot variant appears to exploit a different part of the inventory system that the previous fix didn’t cover.
Embark has used creative anti-cheat before—including a "fire mechanic" that causes exploiters’ raiders to catch fire and drop their loot. Multiple reports of dead raiders surrounded by piles of rubber ducks in Buried City Metro suggest this detection may already be flagging some dupers.
Hotfix Deployed — Duplication Issue
✅ Hotfix live (no download required)
From Ossen / @Game Updates on Discord:
Raiders! We have just pushed a hotfix to resolve the current duplication issue. We are still actively monitoring the situation to ensure we've covered all cases — should you encounter other duplication issues, please raise them to us in the bug report channel.
This update does not require a download.
We are still investigating the full impact of the issue, and will be taking action based on the severity of the different cases as we complete our investigation.
Thank you all for reporting the issue, and for being patient with us while we work to resolve it fully.
//Ossen
Earlier Response — Devs Acknowledge the Glitch
Before the hotfix, Embark acknowledged the duplication glitch on Discord. Community manager Birdie shared the following at 1:57pm PST:
“The Team is aware and working into fixing this. Please be patient!”
Embark has a track record of quick response: reverting unintended Kettle and Venator nerfs within 24 hours of Headwinds, and deploying a backend hotfix on February 3 to restore missing map events. The duplication hotfix continues that pattern.
What You Should Do
A hotfix is live; if you still run into duplication issues, report them in the official bug report channel on Discord so Embark can continue to cover all cases. If you were affected by exploiters before the fix, report in-game for exploiting—Embark has previously restored lost items to players affected by cheaters and exploiters.
Stay Updated on the ARC Raiders Duplication Glitch
This situation is changing quickly. We’re monitoring Embark’s official channels, the ARC Raiders subreddit, and @ARCRaidersGame on X for any patch or hotfix news related to the ARC Raiders dupe glitch.
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This article will be updated as new information becomes available. Last updated: February 10, 2026 — hotfix deployed.