ARC Spawns

Advanced Mechanical Components

A Rare Refined Material: where to find it in ARC Raiders, and whether to keep, recycle or sell it.

Used to craft advanced weapons. Can be recycled into crafting materials. Used to craft: Torrente, Venator, Osprey, Renegade, Bettina

Advanced Mechanical Components icon
Keep

Keep it: you need it for Gunsmith level 3, the Expedition (Season 5) project. Once those are done, keep a stack for crafting (8 recipes use it).

Quick answer: It spawns in Mechanical loot containers; it drops from The Queen; you can recycle Bobcat IV for 5; the quest A Balanced Harvest rewards it; you can craft it at the Refiner. Advanced Mechanical Components sells for 1,750 coins and recycles into about 940 coins of materials and weighs 1 kg.

Sell value
1,750 coins
Recycle value
940 coins
Weight
1 kg
Stack size
5
Rarity
Rare
Added
launch (base game)

Where to find Advanced Mechanical Components

Advanced Mechanical Components spawns in Mechanical loot. Search workshops, garages, pump houses and machine rooms.

ARC that drop Advanced Mechanical Components

Destroy and loot these ARC units to get Advanced Mechanical Components. They patrol Dam Battlegrounds, The Spaceport and The Blue Gate.

Recycle these to get Advanced Mechanical Components

52 items recycle into Advanced Mechanical Components. The best yields:

Salvage in raid

Salvaging these in the field also gives Advanced Mechanical Components:

Quest rewards

Craft Advanced Mechanical Components

Craft at the Refiner (level 2):

What is Advanced Mechanical Components used for?

Workshop upgrades

Projects

Crafting recipes

Advanced Mechanical Components is an ingredient in 8 recipes:

Weapon upgrades

What does Advanced Mechanical Components recycle into?

Recycling at the workshop gives (about 940 coins of materials):

Salvaging it in raid gives (about 640 coins of materials):

Other Refined Material items

Questions

Where do you find Advanced Mechanical Components in ARC Raiders? It spawns in Mechanical loot containers; it drops from The Queen; you can recycle Bobcat IV for 5; the quest A Balanced Harvest rewards it; you can craft it at the Refiner.

Should I keep, recycle or sell Advanced Mechanical Components? Keep. Keep it: you need it for Gunsmith level 3, the Expedition (Season 5) project. Once those are done, keep a stack for crafting (8 recipes use it).

What is Advanced Mechanical Components used for? Advanced Mechanical Components is used in Gunsmith level 3 and Expedition (Season 5) and 8 crafting recipes.

How much is Advanced Mechanical Components worth? Advanced Mechanical Components sells for 1,750 coins and recycles into about 940 coins of materials.

Values are from the game data, last checked 03/17/2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us.