diff --git a/server/CHANGELOG.md b/server/CHANGELOG.md
index 564d5e117..c19d7da8e 100644
--- a/server/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/server/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ not generally be shown to end users.
 - [ENH] Server administrators can now revert other's imports.
 - [ENH] You can now set Jubility targets.
 - [ENH] Folder Showcase Stats are now removed from a player in the case of the folder being removed.
+- [ENH] ARC SDVX Support has been bumped to EXCEED GEAR.
 - [INTERNAL_ENH] Server version info is now read from package.json, removing redundancy.
 - [INTERNAL_ENH] The commit the server is running under is now exposed publically in version info.
 # 2.1.18
diff --git a/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/api/arc-sdvx/parser.test.ts b/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/api/arc-sdvx/parser.test.ts
index 387bff9e5..85cf412dd 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/api/arc-sdvx/parser.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/api/arc-sdvx/parser.test.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ const logger = CreateLogCtx(__filename);
 t.test("#ParseArcSDVX", (t) => {
 	t.beforeEach(ResetDBState);
 	const mockArcAPI = MockJSONFetch({
-		"https://arc.example.com/api/v1/sdvx/5/player_bests/?profile_id=profile": {
+		"https://arc.example.com/api/v1/sdvx/6/player_bests/?profile_id=profile": {
 			_links: {
-				_next: "https://arc.example.com/api/v1/sdvx/5/player_bests/?profile_id=profile&page=2",
+				_next: "https://arc.example.com/api/v1/sdvx/6/player_bests/?profile_id=profile&page=2",
 			},
 			_items: [1, 2, 3],
 		},
-		"https://arc.example.com/api/v1/sdvx/5/player_bests/?profile_id=profile&page=2": {
+		"https://arc.example.com/api/v1/sdvx/6/player_bests/?profile_id=profile&page=2": {
 			_links: {
 				_next: null,
 			},
diff --git a/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/api/arc-sdvx/parser.ts b/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/api/arc-sdvx/parser.ts
index 93bd7f8f0..0d2acf469 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/api/arc-sdvx/parser.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/api/arc-sdvx/parser.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ export async function ParseArcSDVX(
 		iterable: TraverseKaiAPI(
 			ServerConfig.ARC_API_URL,
 
-			// VIVID WAVE.
+			// EXCEED GEAR.
 			// The trailing slash is critical! ARC only allows /? queries.
-			`/api/v1/sdvx/5/player_bests/?profile_id=${authDoc.accountID}`,
+			`/api/v1/sdvx/6/player_bests/?profile_id=${authDoc.accountID}`,
 			ServerConfig.ARC_AUTH_TOKEN,
 			logger,
 			null,
diff --git a/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/common/api-kai/traverse-api.ts b/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/common/api-kai/traverse-api.ts
index e3698ad85..16fc63605 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/common/api-kai/traverse-api.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/common/api-kai/traverse-api.ts
@@ -112,13 +112,19 @@ export async function* TraverseKaiAPI(
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		let text;
+
 		try {
+			// Split this into text -> JSON parse so we can read the text for better error messages
+			// in the case of disaster.
 			// eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
-			json = (await res.json()) as unknown;
+			text = await res.text();
+
+			json = JSON.parse(text) as unknown;
 		} catch (err) {
 			logger.error(
 				`Received invalid (non-json) response from ${url}. Status code was ${res.status}.`,
-				{ err }
+				{ err, text }
 			);
 			throw new ScoreImportFatalError(
 				500,
diff --git a/server/src/test-utils/mock-fetch.ts b/server/src/test-utils/mock-fetch.ts
index 6c5e883b8..076e29fac 100644
--- a/server/src/test-utils/mock-fetch.ts
+++ b/server/src/test-utils/mock-fetch.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export function MockJSONFetch(urlDataMap: Record<string, unknown>) {
 			if (url in urlDataMap) {
 				const fakeResponse = {
 					status: 200,
+					text: () => Promise.resolve(JSON.stringify(urlDataMap[url])),
 					json: () => Promise.resolve(urlDataMap[url]),
 				} as unknown as Response;