17 November 2025

New Players, Stop Salvaging These Items In ARC Raiders

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When playing ARC Raiders for the first time, it can be overwhelming to navigate the insane amount of loot and items you can find during raids. Even after a while, you still have that fear of salvaging or recycling an item that you may need later. That’s why it’s important to have guides like these to warn players not to salvage some of the items they find topside.

There are two groups of items you shouldn’t salvage when you come across them during raids. The first group is the items that will become useful later and stay useful. The other group is the items you might only need once or twice, but they still matter when the moment comes.

List Of Essential Crafting Items You Shouldn’t Salvage In ARC Raiders

These items are always important to have in your inventory as you’ll always use them to craft high-value gear and items. It’s important not to salvage them during a raid and keep collecting them until you have enough.

Item	Salvaged To	What It’s Used For
Battery	1x Metal Parts	Crafting Medium Shields Repairing Medium Shields Crafting Energy Clips
Canister	1x Plastic Parts	Crafting Bettina Crafting Smoke Grenade Crafting Vita Spray
Mod Components	1x Mechanical Components	Crafting rare Modifications
Antiseptic	5x Chemicals
Durable Cloth	2x Fabric	Crafting Herbal Bandage Crafting Sterilized Bandage Used for Projects Upgrading Medical Lab to level 2
Simple Gun Parts	1x Metal Parts	Upgrading weapons Repairing weapons Crafting weapons
Duct Tape	1x Fabric	Crafting common Modifications
Magnet	2x Metal Parts	Crafting Venator Crafting MK. 2 Augments
Oil	1x Chemicals	Crafting Renegade Blaze Grenade
Processor	2x Plastic Parts
Sensors	1x Wires	Crafting Raider Hatch Key Tagging Grenade Used for Projects
Steel Spring	2x Metal Parts	Crafting Advanced Mechanical Components Crafting Torrente Crafting common Modifications
Voltage Converter	2x Rubber Parts	Crafting Heavy Shields Repairing Heavy Shields
Wires	1x Rubber Parts	Used for Projects Crafting Advanced Electrical Components Crafting common Modifications Crafting uncommon Modifications Crafting rare Modifications

List Of Situational Upgrading Items You Shouldn’t Salvage In ARC Raiders

These items are not always important, but they become essential later, either for upgrading or completing a quest.

Item	Salvaged To	What To Keep
Apricot	1x Assorted Seeds	After using 3 Apricots to upgrade Scrappy to level 3, you need 12 Apricots to upgrade it again to level 5.
Cooling Fan	4x Wires	Keep 5 Cooling Fans for Projects.
Fried Motherboard	5x Wires	Keep 3 Fried Motherboards to upgrade the Utility Station to level 3.
Motor	2x Mechanical Components	Keep 3 Motors to upgrade the Refiner to level 3.
Rusted Gear	12x Metal Parts	Keep 3 Rusted Gears to upgrade the Gunsmith to level 3.
Rusted Shut Medical Kit	2x Syringe	Keep 3 Rusted Shut Medical Kits to upgrade the Medical Lab to level 3.
Laboratory Reagents	3x Crude Explosives	Keep 3 Laboratory Reagents to upgrade the Explosives Bench to level 3.
Industrial Battery	2x Battery	Keep 3 Industrial Batteries to upgrade the Gear Bench to level 3.
Humidifier	2x Canister	Keep 5 Humidifiers for Projects.
Sentinel Firing Core	2x Mechanical Components	Keep 4 Sentinel Firing Cores to upgrade the Gunsmith to level 3.

Released: October 30, 2025
ESRB: Teen / Violence, Blood

New Players, Stop Salvaging These Items In ARC Raiders

List Of Essential Crafting Items You Shouldn’t Salvage In ARC Raiders

List Of Situational Upgrading Items You Shouldn’t Salvage In ARC Raiders

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