Materials You Should Always Recycle in ARC Raiders
A recycling cheat sheet.
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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