Active Matter got its “To the Sky” major update on November 11, 2026, adding two new raids: Icarus Offices in Saltriver City and Powerplant in Anguka Anga. Gaijin Entertainment posted the full notes on Steam and the official site after scheduled maintenance, and they cover PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Update the game on your platform to play it.
The New Raids and How to Reach Them
Gaijin says both raids are open now.
- Icarus Offices (Saltriver City): a stabilized portal leads to the complex floating above Saltriver City and the Icarus corporation’s offices inside the “Vanilla” skyscraper, one of the towers on the Downtown raid’s horizon. Gaijin’s November 5 preview says some new investigations push you to its top floor, and a new enemy, the Banshee, waits inside.
- Powerplant (Anguka Anga): per Gaijin’s November 6 preview, an unfinished power plant west of Headquarters, in a sector that was closed off until now.
The notes also flag a new threat on Dalniy Island, and the new enemies include the Omega Mimic, an armored boss in the updated Escape from Dogorsk raid.
New Gear and Vehicles
- BJ10 Jetpack, a climbing rope anchor, and A.C.U. traps that capture monsters you can then throw at enemies.
- Seven new weapons and throwables, among them the AEK-999 machine gun, the KSVK bolt-action rifle and the FD-12 shotgun.
- A Soviet APC with a 30mm cannon and seven seats, plus a single-seat paratrike. Vehicle physics and damage were reworked, the driver of a closed vehicle can no longer shoot, and drivers cannot use medkits while driving.
Loot Changes
- Loot now matches where you find it on every raid map: stationery in desks, tools in lockers, documents in offices, ammunition in ammo boxes.
- In Saltriver City, police department containers hold rare and epic items (the zone is marked on the raid map), and armories and military containers hold US and NATO weapons and NATO-caliber ammo.
- America and Africa get wall-mounted first aid kits and modular furniture as new containers.
What This Means for Players
Hellhounds and the Distorted now behave more predictably, while Ball Lightning chases players and shoots down drones. A squad ping system, ledge grabs and ray tracing (PC, Xbox Series X and PS5 Pro, via Quality Mode on consoles) arrive too.
You can now join a cooperative Isolated raid that has already started, which matters if you stick to the PvE mode in our PvE, PvP and price guide. Refining got quicker, too: the Workshop opens the Replicator, Fusion or Refiner from its main screen, and items marked for quick recycling go to the Refiner with one button. Our guide on how to sell items explains what refining pays. Harmonization rewards can now be claimed with a full stash (see our guide to Monolith Tokens). The rest is on our Active Matter guides hub.
Source: Gaijin Entertainment, “Major Update ‘To the sky'”, Steam, November 11, 2026.