Important Materials and Their Locations Guide

Overview

This comprehensive guide details the locations and crafting methods for all crucial items needed for workbench upgrades and expedition progress in Arc Raiders. We'll cover Scrappy items, Gunsmith materials, Gear Bench components, Medical Lab supplies, Refiner resources, Utility Station parts, and Expedition specific items. Theres a cheat sheet list on arcraidersmap.app/materials. Credit to The Gaming Merchant for putting this video together.

Step 1: Scrappy Items

Dog Collar

These can be found in any residential container such as wardrobes and drawers.
Search residential containers for a good chance to find them.

Lemon & Apricot

Your best bet for finding lemons and apricots is in the Blue Gate map area.
Head to the Olive Grove location on the Blue Gate map.
Interact with the lemon trees to kick lemons to the ground for collection.
You can see the Olive Grove location on the map.
Apricot trees are also found in the same Olive Grove area, as indicated on the map.
Interact with the apricot trees to collect the fruit.
Alternatively, in Buried City, Morano Park, you can also find apricot trees.
Be cautious, as a Bastion or Bombardier often spawns here.

Mushrooms

Mushrooms can be found in multiple locations across the Dam Battlegrounds map.
Look for them growing on pipes near the Water Treatment Control building.
They also grow inside the Hydroponic Dome Complex.
You'll find them growing on trees in the Scrapyard and Wreckage areas.
For the most consistent mushroom farming, head to the Spaceport map.
Locate this specific spot near the East Container Yard and Rocket Assembly.
This area has trees with guaranteed mushroom spawns, making it ideal for farming.

Prickly Pear

These cacti fruits are found on the ground alongside cacti.
A good spot on the Dam Battlegrounds map is around Pattern House.
Look closely among the cacti for the fruits to harvest.
Alternatively, you can find prickly pears in Buried City.
They are often scattered around the Plaza Riva area.

Very Comfortable Pillow & Cat Bed

Both of these items are considered residential loot.
Search wardrobes, drawers, and various containers in residential areas.
Keep searching all residential containers; they may seem rare at first but are plentiful.
For example, in Buried City, loot all buildings in the Plaza Rosa area.

Step 2: Gunsmith Items

Rusted Tools & Advanced Mechanical Components

These items are frequently found by breaching vehicles.
Head to the Checkpoint and Highway Collapse areas on the Blue Gate map.
Breach all the abandoned cars in these locations. Rusted Tools are common, and Rusted Gear has a small chance to drop.
For Advanced Mechanical Components, your best bet is breaching server cabinets found in almost any building across all maps.
For Rusted Tools, look for rusted toolboxes and red lockers in industrial areas.

Wasp Driver

To acquire a Wasp Driver, you must eliminate a Wasp.
Loot the Wasp's body after defeating it.

Sentinel Firing Cores

Sentinels (the spider-like turrets) drop these.
On the Dam Battlegrounds map during a Night Raid, you'll find a Sentinel at the Research & Administration area, on the blue stairs outside the building.
Another Sentinel can be found at The Breach.
There's often one here as well. Night Raids on Dam Battlegrounds provide the best chance for these drops.

Step 3: Gear Bench Items

Electrical Components

Electrical Components can be crafted using the Refiner if you have the blueprint.
Crafting is often the easiest method, requiring Plastic Parts and Rubber Parts.
Alternatively, search server cabinets which are abundant across all maps in industrial and electrical zones.
These containers often yield electrical components.

Hornet Driver

Eliminate a Hornet to obtain a Hornet Driver.
Loot its body after defeating it.

Power Cables

Power Cables can be found in various loot containers.
Red lockers, like those found in industrial buildings, are a good source.
Looting these containers frequently yields Power Cables.

Industrial Batteries

Industrial Batteries have a high chance of spawning in industrial areas.
The Hydroponic Dome Complex on the Dam Battlegrounds map is an excellent location.
Look specifically on the shelves within this complex for batteries.
You can also find them on shelves within the breachable underground room at the Blue Gate map's Headhouse.
Breach the large door by inserting three batteries into the console to access the room.

Advanced Electrical Components

These advanced components can be found or crafted.
One method is to solve the Ancient Fort puzzle quest on the Blue Gate map, leading you underground to find them.
Alternatively, head to the Reinforced Reception area on the Blue Gate map.
Solve the underground puzzle by inserting three batteries to open a large door.
Inside, you'll find a control room with numerous Advanced Electrical Components on the computers.

Bastion Cell

Bastion Cells come from Bastions, you should get anywhere from 2-4 per kill. Theres a full arc killing guide here that explains more strategies to taking all enemies down.

Step 4: Medical Lab Items

ARC Alloy

ARC Alloy is dropped by any defeated ARC enemy.
Simply eliminate any ARC and loot their remains.

Cracked Bioscanners

Cracked Bioscanners are often found in medical facilities.
The Hospital in Buried City is a prime location.
Look for them frequently spawning on top of the hospital beds rather than inside containers.

Durable Cloth

Durable Cloth can be found in any container across Arc Raiders.
It's also easily crafted using the Refiner from Fabric.

Rusted Shut Medical Kit

These kits can be found in pretty much any container.
For a higher chance, search the Hospital in Buried City.
The Hospital is a good general source for medical supplies.

Antiseptic

Antiseptic can be found in various containers, especially medical ones.
A consistently great spot is the pharmacy building in Plaza Rosa, Buried City.
Search the store shelves on the ground floor of this breachable building for a high yield.

Surveyor Vault

To get a Surveyor Vault, you must track down and defeat a Surveyor.
Look for a large blue beam of light in the sky at the start of a match; this indicates a Surveyor's location.
Bring powerful weapons like a Wolfpack or Showstopper, as Surveyors tend to roll away. Loot it after destruction.

Step 5: Refiner Items

ARC Power Cells

Any ARC enemy will drop ARC Power Cells upon defeat.
Simply eliminate and loot ARCs to collect these.

Toasters

Toasters are typically found in residential areas.
Search any residential container, such as wardrobes and drawers, in locations like Buried City.

ARC Motion Cores

These cores are dropped only by specific ARC enemies.
They can drop from the Leaper, Queen, Rocketeer, Bastion, or Surveyor.
You can also obtain them by looting ARC husks.
The Old Battleground area on the Dam Battlegrounds map is a good place to find numerous ARC husks to breach.

Bombardier Cell

Defeat a Bombardier to acquire a Bombardier Cell.
Loot its parts after eliminating it.

Step 6: Utility Station Items

Damaged Heat Sinks

Damaged Heat Sinks are found in server cabinets.
These cabinets are scattered across all maps in most buildings.
The Power Generation Complex underground section on the Dam Battlegrounds map is a notable spot.

Electrical Components

Electrical Components can be crafted at the Refiner using Rubber Parts and Plastic Parts.
Alternatively, you can recycle Wasp or Hornet Drivers to obtain them.

Snitch Scanner

To get a Snitch Scanner, you must defeat a Snitch.
Snitches are the ARC enemies that emit a large search beam of light. Shoot them three times with an anvil to destroy them, then loot.

Fried Motherboards

Fried Motherboards are found in electrical containers.
Server cabinets are a common source.
You can also find them on shelves in the underground breachable room within Reinforced Reception on the Blue Gate map.

Leaper Pulse Units

Eliminate a Leaper enemy to obtain Leaper Pulse Units.
Loot the Leaper's body after defeating it.

Step 7: Expedition Items

Synthesized Fuel

Synthesized Fuel can be found in cars and residential loot containers.
For an easier method, visit Celeste at the Traders and purchase them using Assorted Seeds.

Crude Explosives & Pop Triggers

These items are often found together in explosive-related areas.
Eliminate Pops (fireball enemies) and Fireball Burners found underground on any map.
Alternatively, in the Blue Gate map, go underground into the Reinforced Reception area.
Search the black containers and shelves here for Crude Explosives and Pop Triggers.

Laboratory Reagents

Laboratory Reagents are rare crafting items.
The pharmacy building in Plaza Rosa, Buried City, on the ground floor shelves, is a reliable place to find them.

Explosive Compound

Explosive Compound is commonly found in areas with high explosive density.
[SCREENSHOT:10:34] Head to the underground section of Reinforced Reception on the Blue Gate map.
Search the black containers and shelves within this area for a good chance to find it.

Rocketeer Driver

Eliminate a Rocketeer to obtain a Rocketeer Driver.
You may also find these by breaching ARC husks in the Old Battleground area on the Dam Battlegrounds map.

Steel Springs

Many items can be recycled into Steel Springs using the Refiner.
For a direct source, search the Hydroponic Dome Complex on the Dam Battlegrounds map; springs here often spawn in stacks of three.

Cooling Fan

Cooling Fans are typically found in server cabinets.
Breach server cabinets to find them.
You will also need Wires (from Scrappy), Electrical Components (from Refiner or recycling), and Durable Cloth (from Refiner).

Exodus Modules

Exodus Modules are specific to the Spaceport map.
Go to the Rocket Assembly area and loot all industrial containers, especially the red lockers.
These red lockers have a decent chance of containing Exodus Modules.

Light Bulbs

Light Bulbs can be found in practically any loot container.
Simply loot everything you come across, and you'll accumulate them.

Sensors

Sensors are found in server cabinets.
Breach server cabinets across maps. Refer to the in-game cheat sheet for items that can be recycled into sensors.

Batteries

Batteries are very common and can be found in most containers.
Loot general containers in any area to find them.

Magnetic Accelerators

These advanced items can be found in specific industrial locations.
Head to the Rocket Assembly area on the Spaceport map and search its containers.
Alternatively, if your Refiner is Level 3, you can craft them using Advanced Mechanical Components and ARC Motion Cores.

Humidifier

The Humidifier is a random loot item.
Search various containers across all maps; it can spawn in any container type.

Motor

Motors are primarily found by breaching cars.
They have a very low chance, similar to Rusted Gear, but persist in breaching cars in areas like Highway Collapse.
Continue breaching cars, and you will eventually find them.