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In ARC Raiders keep what upgrades and quests want (ARC parts, Rusted Gear, Batteries, Sensors), recycle junk with no other use, and sell Trinkets and high-value oddities. Every published keep or sell list predates Frozen Trail (Oct 8, 2026), so use the game's item tracking for new materials.
In ARC Raiders you should keep anything a Workshop upgrade or quest still wants, recycle junk with no other use, and sell Trinkets and other high-value oddities for Coins. One warning first: every press keep and sell list predates Frozen Trail (update 2.0, Oct 8, 2026), so none covers its new materials such as Sheet Metal, Planks, Cable Stripper, Calculator, Radial Press or Emperor Modulator. Track what you need in game before selling anything you do not recognize.
Quick facts
| Material classes (Dexerto) | Basic, Refined, Topside |
| Rarities, lowest first | Gray, green, blue, purple, orange |
| Better recycle | At home in Speranza rather than in the field |
| Tooltips | Show recycle and salvage outputs since 1.17.0 |
| Trader prices | Fixed; no player market |
| Lists on this page | Nov 2025 to Mar 2026, before update 2.0 |
Sources: Dexerto, Mar 25, 2026; KeenGamer's beginner's guide, Nov 10, 2025; Embark's 1.17.0 notes, Feb 24, 2026; KeenGamer's Coin guide, Dec 12, 2025.
The material classes
Dexerto groups materials three ways as of Mar 25, 2026:
- Basic: Chemicals, Fabric, Metal Parts, Plastic Parts, Rubber Parts.
- Refined: Advanced Electrical Components, Advanced Mechanical Components, Antiseptic, Crude Explosives, Durable Cloth, Electrical Components, Explosive Compound, Magnetic Accelerator, Mechanical Components, Mod Components, Power Rod.
- Topside: ARC Alloy, ARC Circuitry, ARC Motion Core, ARC Powercell, Battery, Canister, Simple, Light, Medium, Heavy and Complex Gun Parts, Shotgun Parts, Duct Tape, Exodus Modules, Great Mullein, Magnet, Moss, Oil, Processor, Rope, Sensors, Speaker Component, Steel Spring, Synthesized Fuel, Syringe, Voltage Converter, Wires.
What to keep
For the Workshop: everything in the station lists on Crafting and the Workshop. That means ARC parts as well as household junk. TheGamer's Nov 8, 2025 cheat sheet totals some of the big ones: 10 Advanced Electrical Components, 5 Advanced Mechanical Components, 8 Antiseptic, 15 Apricot (for Scrappy), 10 ARC Circuitry, 8 Wasp Driver, 8 Tick Pod and 8 Fireball Burner. Those are launch figures, before Gunsmith 4.
For quests: TheGamer's list of launch-era quest items, with quest names as of Nov 8, 2025. See Quests for what each asks now.
| Item | Quest |
|---|---|
| 1 Fireball Burner | What Goes Around |
| 2 Snitch Scanner, 3 Hornet Driver, 3 Wasp Driver | The Trifecta |
| 1 Tick Pod | Small, But Sinister |
| 6 Wires, 1 Battery | Trash Into Treasure |
| 1 Rocketeer Driver | Out Of The Shadows |
| 1 Surveyor Vault | Mixed Signals |
| 2 Antiseptic, 1 Syringe, 1 Durable Cloth, 1 Great Mullein | Doctor's Orders |
| 1 Leaper Pulse Unit | Into The Fray |
| 2 Battery, 5 Wire | After Rain Comes |
| 1 Power Rod | Tribute To Toledo |
Source: TheGamer, Nov 8, 2025.
Never salvage early. Game Rant's list for new players is Battery, Canister, Mod Components, Antiseptic, Durable Cloth, Simple Gun Parts, Duct Tape, Magnet, Oil, Processor, Sensors, Steel Spring, Voltage Converter and Wires (Nov 17, 2025). GamesRadar+ adds that humble items such as Batteries and Rusted Gears get wanted by quests later (Dec 26, 2025).
ARC Alloy is the most general of these: the shields, three level 1 station upgrades and the ARC Motion Core and ARC Circuitry recipes all take it. Update 1.2.0 raised that recipe to 8 ARC Alloy, and the Outpost's second stage asks for 10 ARC Alloy (KeenGamer, Oct 8, 2026).
Rusted Gear is a level 3 Gunsmith cost (3 of them, Nov 2025), and recycles into Mechanical Components, so keep three before you break any down.
What runs out late. Game Rant names Sensors, Durable Cloth, Electrical Components, Mechanical Components and Gun Parts, and says Celeste sells nine Gun Parts a day, three of each type (Nov 19, 2025). Update 2.0 moved Celeste's trades toward new materials for furniture and new gadgets, so check her stock today. See Speranza and the Traders.
What to recycle
PCGamesN's list of items with no use beyond their components (Mar 23, 2026): Accordion, Alarm Clock, Bicycle Pump, Broken Flashlight, Broken Handcuffs, Broken Riot Shield, Burned ARC Circuitry, Candle Holder, Crumpled Plastic Bottle, Damaged ARC Motion Core, Deflated Football, Garlic Press, Headphones, Ice Cream Scooper, Industrial Magnet, Metal Brackets, Number Plate, Portable TV, Power Bank, Remote Control and Spring Cushion.
PCGamesN also listed the Camera Lens as safe to recycle, but since update 2.0 the Advanced Camera needs one (Beebom, Oct 9, 2026), so keep one.
Recycle at home: KeenGamer says recycling in Speranza returns more than salvaging in the field (Nov 10, 2025), and PCGamesN says recycling Topside items yields only basic resources, usually far fewer (Mar 23, 2026). The fastest check is the inventory tooltip, which has shown recycle and salvage outputs since 1.17.0.
Recycle for what you need
Destructoid's list of Jan 14, 2026:
| You need | Recycle |
|---|---|
| Rubber Parts | ARC Flex Rubber, Rubber Pad |
| Plastic Parts | Ruined Riot Shield, ARC Synthetic Resin |
| Chemicals | Cooling Coil, ARC Coolant |
| Fabric | Tattered ARC Lining, Ruined Parachute, Torn Blanket |
| Metal Parts | Ice Cream Scooper, Frying Pan, ARC Performance Steel |
| Mechanical Components | Rusted Gear, Shredder Gyro, Turbo Pump, Sentinel Firing Core |
| Advanced Mechanical Components | Flow Controller, Leaper Pulse Unit, Microscope, Mini Centrifuge |
| Electrical Components | Rotary Encoder, Fried Motherboard, Signal Amplifier, Hornet Driver |
| Advanced Electrical Components | Spectrometer, Frequency Mod Box, Telemetry Receiver |
Some of these (Sentinel Firing Core, Leaper Pulse Unit, Hornet Driver, Fried Motherboard) are also upgrade costs on Crafting and the Workshop: keep what you still need.
What to sell
Trinkets are marked with a diamond and have no crafting use (TheGamer, Nov 4, 2025). Sell them first. Destructoid's sell list, with values as of Jan 14, 2026:
| Value | Items |
|---|---|
| 3,000 | Sample Cleaner |
| 2,000 | Broken Guidance System, Broken Handheld Radio, Flame Spray, Unstable Weapon |
| 1,000 | Alarm Clock, Coolant, Deflated Football, Headphones, Industrial Charger, Polluted Air Filter, Radio, Remote Control, Thermostat |
Values move. ARC Parts' sell values were cut in 1.17.0 to reflect their crafting use, and the Power Cell fell from 640 to 270 in 1.3.0. Trader prices are fixed and there is no player market, KeenGamer notes, so compare value per Stash slot (Dec 12, 2025). Cassio takes high-value items for weekly rewards since 2.0. For routes that earn the most, see Money Making Guide.
New materials since Frozen Trail
Update 2.0 brought materials the older lists do not mention. Their known uses:
- Outpost: Sheet Metal, Steel Cable, Cable Stripper, Planks, Epoxy Bucket, Hand Drill, Laser Level, Insulation Roll (Destructoid, Oct 10, 2026). See Outpost and Research.
- Research Station: Mini Pump, Battered Paperback, Calculator, Raider Logbook, Skulker Targeter, Differential Microphone, Exodus Technical Handbook, Bully Fragmenter, Thermal Shaker, ARC Data Module, Frigate Inductor (Game Rant, Oct 14, 2026).
- Gunsmith 4: Radial Press, Magnetic Accelerator, Emperor Modulator.
- Stencil Parts apply Weapon Stencils, and Amplified Fragments repair Amplified Weapons. See Weapon Amplification.
Other stack and value changes: the Vaporizer Regulator stacks to 3 since 1.26.0.
Frequently asked questions
What should you keep in ARC Raiders? Anything a Workshop upgrade or tracked quest wants: ARC parts such as Wasp Drivers and Tick Pods, plus Batteries, Sensors, Rusted Gear and ARC Alloy. Published lists date from Nov 2025 to Mar 2026, before update 2.0, so also check item tracking in game.
What can you safely recycle in ARC Raiders? PCGamesN's Mar 23, 2026 list includes Accordion, Alarm Clock, Bicycle Pump, Broken Flashlight, Headphones and Remote Control. Keep one Camera Lens, because since update 2.0 the Advanced Camera needs it.
What should you sell in ARC Raiders? Trinkets first, marked with a diamond, because they have no crafting use. Destructoid also lists Sample Cleaner at 3,000 and several items at 2,000 (Jan 14, 2026).
How do you get ARC Alloy in ARC Raiders? No reliable source lists exact drops: it is a Topside material you find in raids, per Dexerto's Mar 25, 2026 list. Refiner recipes then turn 8 ARC Alloy into an ARC Motion Core or ARC Circuitry.
Should you recycle Rusted Gear in ARC Raiders? Keep 3 for Gunsmith 3 first, then recycle extras into Mechanical Components, per Nov 2025 and Jan 2026 guides.
Is recycling better than selling in ARC Raiders? If you need the parts, yes; if not, compare the tooltip's outputs with the sell value. KeenGamer says recycling in Speranza returns more than salvaging in the field.
Sources
- Frozen Trail - 2.0 Update, Embark Studios, Oct 8, 2026
- Riven Tides - Patch Notes Update 1.26.0, Embark Studios (Steam), Apr 28, 2026
- Shrouded Sky - Patch Notes 1.17.0, Embark Studios (Steam), Feb 24, 2026
- Patch Notes 1.3.0, Embark Studios (Steam), Nov 20, 2025
- North Line - November Update 1.2.0 Patch Notes, Embark Studios (Steam), Nov 13, 2025
- What to recycle and what to keep in Arc Raiders, PCGamesN, Mar 23, 2026
- Best items to keep, sell, and recycle in ARC Raiders (Season 2), Destructoid, Jan 14, 2026
- All Workshop upgrades and materials in ARC Raiders, Destructoid, Nov 2, 2025
- How to amplify weapons in ARC Raiders, Destructoid, Oct 10, 2026
- Basic materials, Refined materials, Topside materials, Dexerto, Mar 25, 2026
- All Loot Items You Need To Keep In Arc Raiders, TheGamer, Nov 8, 2025
- Arc Raiders: Best Ways To Earn Coins Fast, TheGamer, Nov 4, 2025
- New Players, Stop Salvaging These Items, Game Rant, Nov 17, 2025
- 5 Essential Crafting Materials, Game Rant, Nov 19, 2025
- Complete Guide to Weapon Amplification in ARC Raiders, Game Rant, Oct 14, 2026
- I love exploring in Arc Raiders, but there's so much I wish I'd known, GamesRadar+, Dec 26, 2025
- ARC Raiders Beginner's Guide, KeenGamer, Nov 10, 2025
- How To Farm Coins in ARC Raiders, KeenGamer, Dec 12, 2025
- ARC Raiders Outpost Guide, KeenGamer, Oct 8, 2026
- How to Unlock Camera Gadget in Arc Raiders, Beebom, Oct 9, 2026
- What to Keep, Sell, & Recycle in ARC Raiders! (Max Workshop, Scrappy, & More), Above, Nov 4, 2025 (video)
- ARC Raiders - Ultimate Upgrade Guide | Unlock Everything Fast & Easy, Legacy Gaming, Nov 9, 2025 (video)
- Arc Raiders- Ultimate Beginner’s Guide (Top Gameplay Tips You Need to Know!), Legacy Gaming, Oct 29, 2025 (video)
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StashThe ARC Raiders Stash starts at 64 slots and reaches 328 since update 2.0 (Oct 8, 2026), before bonuses. Five Expeditions add 60 more, for 388 by arithmetic, and Nomadic Envoy space is bought on top. Expand it from the Inventory screen with Coins.
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Bastion, Bombardier and ShredderTo kill a Bastion or Bombardier in ARC Raiders, hit the yellow leg joints to slow it, then the yellow canister or cylinder at the back. A Bombardier also relies on Spotters, so kill those first. A Shredder dies to its bottom thruster, with two Trigger Nades enough to finish one.
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Ground ARCSmall ground ARC in ARC Raiders die quickly once you know the spot. One hit kills a Tick, one medium shot pops a Pop, a Fireball falls when its panel opens, and two heavy shots behind the barrel kill a Turret. The Leaper is the dangerous one, best hit with heavy ammo on the eye and Blaze Grenades.
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Queen and MatriarchTo kill the Queen in ARC Raiders, strip her leg armor and shoot the structure beneath, or hit the head spot. To kill the Matriarch, strip her two front plates and shoot the red core in her head. Bring a squad, Hullcrackers and Wolfpacks; they drop the reactors that craft the Equalizer and Aphelion.
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See also
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Crafting and the WorkshopARC Raiders' Workshop has a Workbench, six upgradable stations (Gunsmith, Gear Bench, Medical Lab, Explosives Station, Utility Station, Refiner) and Scrappy, the rooster who gathers materials between raids. Station costs below are from Nov 2025 guides; update 2.0 added Gunsmith 4, which takes 3 Radial Press, 3 Magnetic Accelerator and 1 Emperor Modulator.
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QuestsARC Raiders had 100 quests as of Riven Tides (PC Gamer, May 1, 2026), and Frozen Trail added 22 more on Oct 8, 2026, for about 122. They come from the traders Shani, Celeste, Tian Wen, Apollo and Lance, and since 2.0 from Cassio; since 2.0 they also grant XP, and since Sep 2026 an Expedition no longer has to reset them.
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