Materials You Should Always Recycle in ARC Raiders

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Published: Dec 1, 2025 03:13 pm

With an encyclopedic number of resources available in ARC Raiders, it’s going to be hard to keep track of what you can recycle or not. Most items have several uses, but some are good for recycling even if they are sold for more.

This guide will contain multiple tables covering the resources that are always safe to recycle because they aren’t used for anything, and resources great for recycling when you have finished your workshops and expeditions in ARC Raiders.

All Resources to Recycle in ARC Raiders Materials That Are Always Safe for Recycling (Purples and Blues)

Resource to Recycle Materials Recycled Ion Sputter 4x Voltage Converter
1x Exodus Modules Alarm Clock 1x Processor
6x Plastic Parts Broken Guidance System 4x Processor Broken Handheld Radio 3x Sensors
3x Wires Coolant 5x Chemicals
2x Oil Damaged Heat Sink 6x Metal Parts
2x Wires Diving Goggles 12x Rubber Parts Expired Respirator 8x Rubber Parts
4x Fabric Headphones 6x Rubber Parts
2x Speaker Component Industrial Charger 5x Metal Parts
1x Voltage Converter Polluted Air Filter 6x Fabric
2x Oil Radio 1x Speaker Component
1x Sensors Radio Relay 2x Speaker Component
2x Sensors Thermostat 6x Rubber Parts
2x Sensors Unusable Weapon 4x Metal Parts
5x Simple Gun Parts

These items are completely safe for recycling since they are not used for the workshop upgrades, quests, Scrappy upgrades, or expedition materials. However, most of these items sell for more Coins when sold outright compared to when recycled and sold.

Materials That Are Always Safe for Recycling (Greens and Greys)

Resource to Recycle Materials Recycled Burned ARC Circuitry 2x ARC Alloy Camera Lens 6x Plastic Parts Crumpled Plastic Bottle 3x Plastic Parts Damaged ARC Powercell 1x ARC Alloy Deflated Football 15x Rubber Parts Degraded ARC Rubber 11x Rubber Parts Household Cleaner 13x Chemicals Number Plate 3x Metal Parts Ruined Baton 6x Metal Parts
3x Rubber Parts Ruined Handcuffs 8x Metal Parts Rusty ARC Steel 8x Metal Parts Spotter Relay 2x Electrical Components
1x ARC Alloy Rusted Bolts 8x Metal Parts Damaged Rocketeer Driver 3x ARC Alloy Damaged Tick Pod 1x ARC Alloy

Best Materials for Recycling

Resource to Recycle Materials Recycled Rusted Gear 4x Metal Parts
2x Mechanical Components Fried Motherboard 5x Plastic Parts
1x Electrical Components Rusted Shut Medical Kit 2x Syringe
1x Antiseptic ARC Motion Core 2x ARC Alloy Toaster 5x Plastic Parts
3x Wires Motor 2x Oil
2x Mechanical Components Rusted Tools 8x Metal Parts
1x Steel Spring Power Cable 4x Wires Industrial Battery 7x Chemicals
2x Battery Mini Centrifuge 2x Mechanical Component Rotary Encoder 2x Processor Flow Controller 2x Mechanical Component Frequency Modulation Box 2x Electrical Component

These materials are always great for recycling, but they are also used for some workshop upgrades and expedition materials. You don’t really need a lot of these resources for your upgrades so once you set aside the items needed for the upgrades when you get there, you can recycle everything else.

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