'if I See This Skin, I Shoot First': Arc Raiders Players Insist...

It's just a black and orange jacket, but does it mean more?

In an interesting development of Arc Raiders unexpectedly polite solo raiding culture, some players have decided one way to tell if someone's secretly plotting to fill your back with lead is to judge their outfit. Are you wearing the Ryder skin in its black and orange styling? Well, you might be shot on sight.

"Pro tip. Every time you see someone wearing this specific outfit, do not ask questions, do not bother [talking to] them, do not ask them if they need help," YouTuber Onepeg said in an X post over a streamer using the Ryder skin.

The exact skin in question is Ryder, one of the outfits given away on the first Arc Raiders battle pass. More specifically, it's the orange and black version of the Ryder skin with its helmet goggled off and its headgear toggled on. The supposedly untrustworthy subject might also have goggles. It looks like this:

At first, I was inclined to chalk this up to streamers saying things out loud without worrying about their accuracy, but interestingly, this specific instance of fashion profiling seems to be corroborated by other players and streamers. Twitch streamer Myth highlighted the same "shoot on sight" skin combination during a recent stream, warning viewers to "kill them immediately. Do not trust them with your life."

User _TITO1016 even sounded the alarm about the Ryder skin on the Arc Raiders subreddit a full day before the Onepeg or Myth posts were out there, suggesting there's more to this than hot air. "Looks rad. Would shoot on sight," wrote one commenter.

Myth warns against TRUSTING players wearing this armor set in ARC RaidersWhat is your Raider wearing..? 👀 pic.twitter.com/YxmV1D3Y7qNovember 12, 2025

While it'd be silly to start popping everyone wearing this common skin, I see where concerned raiders are coming from. Based on what I'm seeing, I believe folks have identified Arc Raiders' first "sweaty" skin: an outfit that might indicate the wearer is especially concerned with winning a lot and looking cool while doing it.

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The black/orange Ryder exhibits all the signs of a sweaty skin:

Source: PC Gamer