Arc Raiders’ expeditions reward ‘gear fear’ — and that’s a mistake

“Gear fear” is a very real thing in video games where you have a permanent loot stash, especially extraction shooters, such as Arc Raidersand Escape From Tarkov. Essentially, it refers to players who have successfully acquired rare items — either through lucky loot finds, grinding for resources, or by killing other players or tough PvE enemies — but have become too afraid of losing their hard-earned equipment. So it sits in their inventories, unused and unloved, acting as a private trophy.