ARC Spawns

ARC Alloy

An Uncommon Topside Material: where to find it in ARC Raiders, and whether to keep, recycle or sell it.

Obtained from ARC enemies or activities, or by recycling certain ARC parts. Used to craft components. Used to craft: Light Shield, ARC Motion Core, ARC Circuitry

ARC Alloy icon
Keep

Keep it: you need it for Explosives Station level 1, Medical Lab level 1, Utility Station level 1 and 5 more. Once those are done, keep a stack for crafting (4 recipes use it).

Quick answer: It spawns in ARC loot containers; it drops from Bastion, Bombardier, Fireball, Hornet, Leaper, Matriarch, Pop, Rocketeer, Sentinel, Shredder, Snitch, Spotter, Surveyor, The Queen, Tick, Turret and Wasp; you can recycle Glitched ARC Circuitry for 6. ARC Alloy sells for 200 coins and recycles into about 150 coins of materials and weighs 0.25 kg.

Sell value
200 coins
Recycle value
150 coins
Weight
0.25 kg
Stack size
15
Rarity
Uncommon
Added
launch (base game)

Where to find ARC Alloy

ARC Alloy spawns in ARC loot. Search ARC wrecks, ARC Probes, ARC Couriers and the areas where ARC patrols gather.

ARC that drop ARC Alloy

Destroy and loot these ARC units to get ARC Alloy. They patrol Dam Battlegrounds, The Spaceport, The Blue Gate, Buried City, Stella Montis and Stella Montis (Upper).

Recycle these to get ARC Alloy

31 items recycle into ARC Alloy. The best yields:

Salvage in raid

Salvaging these in the field also gives ARC Alloy:

What is ARC Alloy used for?

Workshop upgrades

Projects

Crafting recipes

ARC Alloy is an ingredient in 4 recipes:

What does ARC Alloy recycle into?

Recycling at the workshop gives (about 150 coins of materials):

Salvaging it in raid gives (about 75 coins of materials):

Other Topside Material items

Questions

Where do you find ARC Alloy in ARC Raiders? It spawns in ARC loot containers; it drops from Bastion, Bombardier, Fireball, Hornet, Leaper, Matriarch, Pop, Rocketeer, Sentinel, Shredder, Snitch, Spotter, Surveyor, The Queen, Tick, Turret and Wasp; you can recycle Glitched ARC Circuitry for 6.

Should I keep, recycle or sell ARC Alloy? Keep. Keep it: you need it for Explosives Station level 1, Medical Lab level 1, Utility Station level 1 and 5 more. Once those are done, keep a stack for crafting (4 recipes use it).

What is ARC Alloy used for? ARC Alloy is used in Explosives Station level 1, Medical Lab level 1, Utility Station level 1, Expedition Project (Expedition 1), Expedition Project (Expedition 2), Expedition (Expedition 3), Expedition (Expedition 4) and Expedition (Season 5) and 4 crafting recipes.

How much is ARC Alloy worth? ARC Alloy sells for 200 coins and recycles into about 150 coins of materials.

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