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Arc Raiders' players have created a bounty system that's meant to punish unsportsmanlike behaviour but surprise, surprise, top of the list sits streamer TheBurntPeanut

Arc Raiders: Key art for the game showing a character wearing makeshift armour and helmet, walking forward with a gun by their side. There are two more characters in the background overlayed by an orange and blue hue on the left and right respectively.
(Image credit: Embark)

Speranza Bounties is Arc Raiders players' answer to getting shot in the back at extraction by some randomer who screamed "don't shoot" before you could even see them. It's not the first time something like this has taken shape, but it is the first iteration that actually has a bounty system.

"Speranza Bounties is a community-driven platform for tracking and reporting players who betray others in-game," the description reads (via GamesRadar). "Mark targets, vote on the most wanted, and confirm eliminations to build your reputation as a bounty hunter."

A raider cooking a tick in Arc Raiders.

(Image credit: Embark Studios)

Once someone is marked, alongside a string of offences they have apparently committed, such as "Extract Ambush" or "Long Con", other users can vote on who is the most hated or worthy of getting killed in-game. You can confirm a kill by sending in "a screenshot or video as proof of elimination" and there are apparently rewards waiting for "hunters who eliminate the weekly top 10 bounties", but those haven't been revealed yet.

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So far 77 players have been eliminated in-game, the first of which was streamer TheBurntPeanut. But strangely enough, despite being eliminated, TheBurntPeanut still sits at the top of the most wanted with 705 votes due to crimes like "voice chat snake", "vault vulture", and "hate speech". Other streamers on the list include: Nadeshot, Nickmercs, Cloakzy, and Tfue. Thus proving the issue with bounty hunting systems: they're really just used to punish high-profile players such as streamers.

We've seen a similar situation play out recently in Marvel Rivals with its incentivised throwing epidemic. It got so bad that NetEase had to step in and restore lost points for those targeted and tighten up malicious disruption rules in-game. Arc Raiders also saw something similar to a bounty system pop up before with The Speranza Watchlist, but that just ended up being more of a role-playing tool than an actual hitlist.

Arc Raiders: A screenshot from the original reveal trailer showing a character flying in the air after using a jump pad, leaping towards a large robot.

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