Looting efficiently is key to progressing in Arc Raiders, whether you are aiming for raider tokens or base upgrades. While certain materials are valuable mainly for selling, the common resource items are just as important for crafting essential tools and attachments. Ignoring them can slow down your early and mid-game advancement significantly. Below is the list of the best Arc Raiders items you should always prioritize looting when exploring the topside.
Best Arc Raiders Items to Sell
| Item | Rarity | Sell Price |
|---|---|---|
 Lance’s Mixtape (5th Edition) | Epic | $10000 |
 Breathtaking Snow Globe | Common | $7000 |
 Music Box | Common | $5000 |
 Rubber Duck | Common | $1000 |
If you are raiding topside just for pure money, then these are the best items you must extract within Arc Raiders. Although Queen Reactor sells for more money, you must use it for quests or workbench upgrades. And let us be honest, fighting the Queen early is not even a good decision with the Arc Raiders weapons or shields you will have early on.
Instead, go for the second-highest value item, Lance’s Mixtape (5th Edition). It sells for $10000 and has no other use in the game. You can also find the Breathtaking Snow Globe in the commercial areas and sell it for $7000.
When in the residential areas, look for the Music Box that sells for $5000. Given that you can stack three at once, you can make a lot of money finding these. However, the best and easiest find is the Rubber Duck in Arc Raiders. You can find them anywhere on the map, stack 15 of them at once, and they sell for $1000. Alongside that, the Rubber Duck is also important for quest completion.
Arc Raiders Items to Upgrade Scrappy
| Item | Rarity | Recycle | Sell Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mushroom | Common | Cannot be recycled | $1000 |
| Apricot | Common | Cannot be recycled | $640 |
| Dog Collar | Rare | 8x Fabric 1x Metal Parts | $640 |
| Lemon | Common | Cannot be recycled | $640 |
| Olives | Common | Cannot be recycled | $640 |
| Prickly Pear | Common | Cannot be recycled | $640 |
| Torn Blanket | Rare | 12x Fabric | $640 |
| Cat Bed | Common | Cannot be recycled | $1000 |
| Very Comfortable Pillow | Common | Cannot be recycled | $2000 |
Upgrading Scrappy early on helps players with some easy AFK looting advantages. That is why, even if the items required to upgrade Scrappy are mostly common findings, it is better to gather them early on. Most of these items are easily found inside caches, loot boxes, lockers, or buildings.
However, to find lemons and apricots, or any other plant-based items in Arc Raiders, we suggest looking around the swamp or jungle areas. The fruits are mostly found in fruit trees, small bushes, and desert rivers. These items are the best items to loot for beginners in Arc Raiders.
Best Arc Raiders Items for Crafting and Upgrades
| Item | Rarity | Recycle | Sell Price | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Electrical Components | Epic | 4x Wires 3x ARC Alloy | $3000 | 3x (Weapon Bench) Used to Craft: Torrente, Venator, Osprey, Renegade, Bettina |
| Exodus Modules | Epic | 2x Magnet 1x Mechanical Components | $2750 | Used to craft: Tempest, Vulcano, Hullcracker, Bobcat, Snap Hook |
| Complex Gun Parts | Epic | 3x Simple Gun Parts | $2000 | Used to craft: Equalizer, Jupiter |
| Advanced Mechanical Components | Rare | 1x Mechanical Components 1x Steel Spring | $1750 | 3x (Weapon Bench) Used to Craft: Torrente, Venator, Osprey, Renegade, Bettina |
| Electrical Components | Rare | 4x Wires 3x ARC Alloy | $3000 | 9x (Quest, Equipment bench, Utility bench) |
Plastic Parts, Wires, and some other components are common in Arc Raiders, but they help you make better gadgets and grenades. However, given how easily they are obtainable, it is better to go for a bigger bag. We suggest items like Electrical Components, Complex Gun Parts, Exodus Modules, and other higher-rarity items. These items help in crafting better weapons or even upgrading different workstations.
Apart from all the items we mentioned, we highly recommend always looting the ARC enemies when you defeat one in Arc Raiders. The stronger the ARC is, the higher the loot pool is. On top of that, better ARCs also have epic-level loot that helps in upgrading multiple workbenches or even crafting high-level weapons.
That ends our list of all the best Arc Raiders items players must loot early on. Which items are you looting first? Let us know in the comments below.
Queen Reactor is the most valuable item in Arc Raiders that you can loot. It sells for $13,000 and is useful for high-level weapon crafting, or it can be recycled into multiple upgrade parts.
Any item used in crafting or upgrades is useful early in the game. Players can prefer going for Scrappy upgrade items to improve looting efficiency.
