ARC Spawns

Chemicals

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

Used to craft medical supplies, explosives, and utility items. Used to craft: Heavy Ammo, Medium Ammo, Shotgun Ammo, Light Ammo, Light Impact Grenade

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Keep

Keep it: you need it for Explosives Station level 1, the Expedition (Expedition 3) project, the Expedition (Expedition 4) project. Once those are done, keep a stack for crafting (18 recipes use it).

Quick answer: It spawns in Medical, Residential and Mechanical loot containers; you can recycle Laboratory Reagents for 16; Celeste sells it. Chemicals sells for 50 coins and weighs 0.15 kg.

Sell value
50 coins
Weight
0.15 kg
Stack size
50
Rarity
Common
Added
launch (base game)

Where to find Chemicals

Chemicals spawns in Medical, Residential and Mechanical loot. Search hospitals, clinics and first-aid stations, houses, apartment blocks and the residential districts on each map or workshops, garages, pump houses and machine rooms.

Recycle these to get Chemicals

28 items recycle into Chemicals. The best yields:

Salvage in raid

Salvaging these in the field also gives Chemicals:

Buy it from a trader

What is Chemicals used for?

Workshop upgrades

Projects

Crafting recipes

Chemicals is an ingredient in 18 recipes:

Other Basic Material items

Questions

Where do you find Chemicals in ARC Raiders? It spawns in Medical, Residential and Mechanical loot containers; you can recycle Laboratory Reagents for 16; Celeste sells it.

Should I keep, recycle or sell Chemicals? Keep. Keep it: you need it for Explosives Station level 1, the Expedition (Expedition 3) project, the Expedition (Expedition 4) project. Once those are done, keep a stack for crafting (18 recipes use it).

What is Chemicals used for? Chemicals is used in Explosives Station level 1, Expedition (Expedition 3) and Expedition (Expedition 4) and 18 crafting recipes.

How much is Chemicals worth? Chemicals sells for 50 coins.

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 Spot something out of date?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