Overview
- The update goes live on Nov. 13 at 1:30 a.m. PT / 4:30 a.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. GMT / 10:30 a.m. CET across all platforms.
- Stella Montis becomes the game's fifth map and first post‑launch addition, but it opens only after the community restores the tunnels and earns Merits in Breaking New Ground.
- Phase II, called Staking Our Claim, begins once the unlock is achieved and introduces a fresh progression track, challenges, and rewards through December.
- Two new ARC foes arrive: the Matriarch, a conditional world event threat, and the Shredder, which appears exclusively in Stella Montis.
- New gear includes the Aphelion energy rifle, Seeker and Trailblazer grenades, and Pulse, Deadline, and Gas mines, with new playstyles and quests, plus a December follow‑up update titled Cold Snap featuring the Flickering Flames event, a snowfall map condition, and an Expedition Project Raider reset.