Arc Raiders loot guide: All the items you need for upgrades and quests

Arc Raiders loot guide: An upper-body shot of Celeste standing against a cabinet in Speranza, lit by a red glow. Her arms are crossed and she's looking down thoughtfully.

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All important items
Quest items
Scrappy items
Workshop items
Expedition Project items

From vital crafting materials to random item quests, you need to grab a whole bunch of odds and ends in Arc Raiders. So much that it's often overwhelming and confusing, leading you to lug back a rucksack full of junk, hoping that at least something in it will come in handy.

Simply put, I got fed up and decided to get to the root of the issue; I jotted down all 62 unique items I needed to find for quests, Scrappy and workshop upgrades, and the Expedition Project, which adds up to a staggering 1,195 materials you need to haul back to Speranza. Here's hoping my math skills haven't let me down. Nevertheless, in tallying this all up, I noticed a few interesting things.

Firstly, you need to loot the drivers of every single Arc robot in the game right now besides a Queen. As you'd imagine, you generally need more of the basic Arcs' parts compared to the tougher ones, though you need six Bastion and Bombardier Cells, six Surveyor Vaults, and eight Leaper Pulse Units. I think it's safe to say we all hate fighting Leapers, and Surveyor drones are so skittish that they're hard to actually put down.

Every item you need to collect

If you're interested, here's everything you need in alphabetical order. If you're ever unsure whether you actually need an item when you're looting or where to find something, quickly reference this list:

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Item	Quantity	Source
Advanced Electrical Components	15	Found in electronics, most frequently found in Electronic areas
Advanced Mechanical Components	5	Most often found in Mechanical areas, but also gained through recycling certain items and looting Arcs
Antiseptic	10	Most often found in cabinets in Medical areas
Apricot	15	Found in Nature areas like Blue Gate's Olive Garden
Arc Alloy	101	Arc machines
Arc Circuitry	10	Almost any Arc machines, especially tougher ones like Rocketeers. Can also be found in Probes and Couriers
Arc Motion Core	5	Almost any Arc machines, especially balls like Pops and Fireballs. Can also be found in Probes and Couriers
Arc Powercell	5	Arc machines
Bastion Cell	6	Bastion Arc machines
Battery	33	Electronics often found in Electrical and Technological areas
Bombardier Cell	6	Bombardier Arc machines
Cat Bed	1	Most often found in Residential and Commercial areas
Cooling Fan	5	Electronics in Technological areas
Cracked Bioscanner	2	In cabinets and other containers in Medical locations
Crude Explosives	5	Industrial and Security areas, as well as explosive Arcs like Pops
Damaged Heat Sink	2	Electronics in Technological areas
Dog Collar	1	Most often found in cabinets in Residential areas
Durable Cloth	41	Most often found in cabinets in Medical and Commercial areas
Electrical Components	40	Found in electronics, most frequently found in Electronic areas
Exodus Module	1	On tough Arc machines and in Exodus areas
Explosive Compound	5	Industrial and Security areas, as well as crafted using the Refiner 2
Fabric	80	Commercial, Residential, and Medical areas
Fertilizer	1	Most often found in Nature areas
Fireball Burner	8	Fireball Arc machines
Fried Motherboard	3	Electronics in Technological areas
Great Mullein	1	Most often found in Nature areas
Hornet Driver	7	Hornet Arc machines
Humidifer	5	Cabinets, lockers, and other containers in Residential areas
Industrial Battery	3	Tech most frequently located in Industrial areas
Laboratory Reagents	3	Most often found in cabinets in Medical areas
Leaper Pulse Unit	8	Leaper Arc machines
Lemon	3	Found in Nature areas like Blue Gate's Olive Garden
Light Bulb	5	Containers in Electrical areas, as well as any cars
Magnetic Accelerator	3	Exodus areas
Mechanical Components	5	Most often found in Mechanical areas, but also gained through recycling certain items and looting Arcs
Metal Parts	230	Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, and Technological areas
Motor	3	Mechanical areas, especially cars, busses, and cargo containers
Mushroom	12	Most often found in Nature areas, especially Dam Battleground's Hydroponics
Olives	6	Found in Nature areas like Blue Gate's Olive Garden
Plastic Parts	75	Commercial, Residential, and Technological areas
Pop Trigger	5	Pop Arc machines
Power Cable	3	Electrical, Commercial, and Residential areas
Power Rod	1	Search Exodus areas
Prickly Pear	6	Found around cacti, like those in the southeast of Buried City
Rocketeer Driver	4	Rocketeer Arc machines
Rubber Parts	280	Mechanical, Industrial, and Electrical areas
Rusted Gear	3	Mechanical and Industrial areas, especially inside power generators and cars
Rusted Shut Medical Kit	3	Most often found in cabinets in Medical areas
Rusted Tools	3	Mechanical and Industrial areas, especially inside power generators and cars
Sensors	20	Technological and Security areas, as well as looting Snitch Arc machines and recycling certain materials
Sentinel Firing Core	4	Sentinel Arc machines
Snitch Scanner	8	Snitch Arc machines
Steel Spring	15	Industrial areas, as well as salvaging items like cushions
Surveyor Vault	6	Surveyor Arc machines
Synthesised Fuel	3	Exodus areas, as well as a frequent item in Celeste's shop
Syringe	1	Most often found in cabinets in Medical areas
Tick Pod	8	Tick Arc machines
Toaster	3	Cabinets and countertops in Residential areas, like Blue Gate's Village
Very Comfortable Pillow	3	Most often found in Residential and Commercial areas
Wasp Driver	10	Wasp Arc machines
Water Pump	1	Machines often found in Mechanical and Industrial areas
Wires	33	Electronics often found in Electrical and Technological areas

As for how to track all these random items, I've found ArcTracker.io to be very helpful since you can see all item sources (including recyclables) and you can tick things off, too. It's a handy companion to the MetaForge interactive map you've likely already been using.

Here are those same items broken down by upgrade type to give you a better understanding of what they're used for:

Quest items

All the items you need to collect and extract with for specific quests:

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Item	Quantity	Requirement
Antiseptic	2	Doctor's Orders
Arc Alloy	3	Clearer Skies
Battery	3	Trash Into Treasure, After Rain Comes
Durable Cloth	1	Doctor's Orders
Fertilizer	1	Unexpected Initiative
Great Mullein	1	Doctor's Orders
Hornet Driver	2	The Trifecta
Leaper Pulse Unit	1	Into the Fray
Power Rod	1	Tribute to Toledo
Rocketeer Driver	1	Out of the Shadows
Snitch Scanner	2	The Trifecta
Surveyor Vault	1	Mixed Signals
Syringe	1	Doctor's Orders
Wasp Driver	2	The Trifecta
Water Pump	1	Unexpected Initiative
Wires	3	Trash Into Treasure

Scrappy items

Here are all the items your demanding rooster requests:

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Item	Quantity	Requirement
Apricot	15	Level three, level five
Cat Bed	1	Level four
Dog Collar	1	Level two
Lemon	3	Level three
Mushroom	12	Level five
Olives	6	Level four
Prickly Pear	6	Level four
Very Comfortable Pillow	3	Level five

Workshop items

You need to find the following items to build and upgrade all the stations at your workshop:

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Item	Quantity	Requirement
Advanced Electrical Components	10	Gear Bench 3, Utility 3
Advanced Mechanical Components	5	Gunsmith 3
Antiseptic	8	Medical Lab 3
Arc Alloy	18	Medical Lab 1, Explosives 1, Utility 1
Arc Circuitry	10	Refiner 3
Arc Motion Core	5	Refiner 2
Arc Powercell	5	Refiner 1
Bastion Cell	6	Gear Bench 3
Bombardier Cell	6	Refiner 3
Cracked Bioscanner	2	Medical Lab 2
Crude Explosives	5	Explosives 2
Damaged Heat Sink	2	Utility 2
Durable Cloth	5	Medical Lab 2
Electrical Components	10	Gear Bench 2, Utility 2
Explosive Compound	5	Explosives 3
Fabric	80	Gear Bench 1, Medical Lab 1
Fireball Burner	9	Refiner 2
Fried Motherboard	3	Utility 3
Hornet Driver	5	Gear Bench 2
Industrial Battery	3	Gear Bench 3
Laboratory Reagents	3	Explosives 3
Leaper Pulse Unit	4	Utility 3
Mechanical Components	5	Gunsmith 2
Metal Parts	80	Gunsmith 1, Refiner 1
Motor	3	Refiner 3
Plastic Parts	75	Gear Bench 1, Utility 1
Pop Trigger	5	Explosives 2
Power Cable	3	Gear Bench 2
Rocketeer Driver	3	Explosives 3
Rubber Parts	80	Gunsmith 1, Explosives 1
Rusted Gear	3	Gunsmith 3
Rusted Shut Medical Kit	3	Medical Lab 3
Rusted Tools	3	Gunsmith 2
Sentinel Firing Core	4	Gunsmith 3
Snitch Scanner	6	Utility 2
Surveyor Vault	5	Medical Lab 3
Synthesised Fuel	3	Explosives 2
Tick Pod	8	Medical Lab 2
Toaster	3	Refiner 2
Wasp Driver	8	Gunsmith 2

Expedition Project items

I don't imagine most players will retire their character by sending them on an Expedition, but if you do, then here's what you'll need to gather and donate:

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Item	Quantity	Requirement
Advanced Electrical Components	5	Phase 4
Arc Alloy	80	Phase 1
Battery	30	Phase 3
Cooling Fan	5	Phase 2
Durable Cloth	35	Phase 2
Electrical Components	30	Phase 2
Exodus Module	1	Phase 3
Humidifer	5	Phase 4
Leaper Pulse Unit	3	Phase 4
Light Bulb	5	Phase 3
Magnetic Accelerator	3	Phase 4
Metal Parts	150	Phase 1
Rubber Parts	200	Phase 1
Sensors	20	Phase 3
Steel Spring	15	Phase 1
Wires	30	Phase 2

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