ARC Raiders Best of the Best 2026 Vote Is Live: 26 Clips, 1,150 Raider Tokens for the Top 10

A year of ARC Raiders clutch plays and spectacular fails is now on the ballot. On Thursday, October 22, Embark Studios opened the Best of the Best 2026 Community Vote, a head-to-head showdown of the studio's favorite player clips from the past year. Players pick the winners, and each of the top 10 clips earns its creator 1,150 Raider Tokens. Voting closes October 28.

How the vote works

Embark put every nominee into one compilation video on YouTube. Watch it first, then vote on the official nominee form. The form lists 26 clips, lettered A to Z, each with a short title.

• Who wins: the 10 clips with the most community votes
• Prize: 1,150 Raider Tokens per winning clip
• Deadline: October 28, 2026
• Where: the Embark voting form, linked from the ARC Raiders X account

Embark's announcement teases clips from all over the map: Raiders "dodging danger on the sunny beaches of Riven Tides," fights in the halls of Stella Montis, and someone "falling with style from the Spaceport Tower."

Some of the nominees

The clip titles alone tell you what kind of year it has been. A few from the ballot:

• "Do not come between a Rocketeer and its prey!"
• "My friend was abducted by a Leaper..."
• "Using a Firefly to fire and fly!"
• "A Shredder sandwich!"
• "Trust in the Husk!"
• "Shoot, no chute!"

Expect plenty of ARC chaos, panicked crafting and at least one "please don't shoot me, bro" moment. If you've been following the PvE griefing saga, some of these will look familiar.

Busy week for ARC Raiders

The vote is the latest in a run of community events. Embark's Speranza Security voice contest is still taking Gondola operator recordings until October 26.

On October 21, Embark also released The Evolution of ARC Raiders S2: EP3 – Building New Maps. In it, Danny O'Dwyer talks to developers about how maps get made, from early design priorities to polishing the environments. It's well timed after Frozen Trail added Pendola Pass.

Today is also the day Embark said it would start sending its PvE test survey to a representative sample of players. The studio says it expects to share what comes next for PvE in November. Our Update 2.2 breakdown has the background.

Not everything this week has been positive. GamesRadar+ reports that a Reddit user claims an ARC Raiders support chat sent them around 10 replies meant for other players, with what appear to be ChatGPT prompts left in. The outlet says it asked Embark for comment and hadn't heard back, so treat this as an unconfirmed player claim for now.

What's next

• October 22: Embark starts sending PvE survey invites
• October 26: Speranza Security voice contest closes
• October 28: Best of the Best 2026 voting ends; the top 10 clips win 1,150 Raider Tokens each
• November: Embark's PvE follow-up is due
• November 16: Trials Season 6 ends

Got a favorite clip? You have until October 28 to vote for it.