Quake 3 game engine arena settings file
File type: Game file
A Quake 3 arena settings file is a plain-text game data file used by Quake 3. It describes map entries that the game can display in its menus.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: November 12, 2026
Quake III Arena is a first-person shooter developed by id Software for Microsoft Windows and other platforms. It uses the id Tech 3 game engine.
Its arena files provide map metadata used by the game to register maps and show them in menus. Each entry can specify a map name, its display name, and the game types it supports. Arena files are commonly distributed with map content. They are not save files or playable maps themselves.
To inspect or edit an .arena file on Windows, open it with Notepad or another plain-text editor. Quake 3 reads arena data as game content; the file is not normally opened from within the game.
An .arena file contains plain-text map metadata, so it has no useful general-purpose conversion. If you need different map details, edit the entries in a text editor and keep the syntax required by Quake 3.
Software apps that manage or store settings in arena files:
Microsoft Windows
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