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
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:
Laboratory Reagents gives 16
ARC Coolant gives 16
Impure ARC Coolant gives 12
Household Cleaner gives 11
Antiseptic gives 10
Industrial Battery gives 7
Cooling Coil gives 6
Pulse Mine gives 6
Coolant gives 5
Vita Shot gives 4
Oil gives 3
Crude Explosives gives 3
Salvage in raid
Salvaging these in the field also gives Chemicals:
Seeker Grenade gives 3
Defibrillator gives 2
Buy it from a trader
What is Chemicals used for?
Workshop upgrades
- Explosives Station level 1 needs 50
Projects
- Expedition (Expedition 3), phase 1 (Foundation) needs 100
- Expedition (Expedition 4), phase 1 (Foundation) needs 100
Crafting recipes
Chemicals is an ingredient in 18 recipes:
Smoke Grenade uses 14
Antiseptic uses 10
Crude Explosives uses 6
Li'l Smoke Grenade uses 5
Gas Grenade uses 4
Gas Mine uses 4
Adrenaline Shot uses 3
Blue Light Stick uses 3
Green Light Stick uses 3
Light Impact Grenade uses 3
Red Light Stick uses 3
Yellow Light Stick uses 3
Firecracker uses 2
Heavy Ammo uses 2
Light Ammo uses 2
Medium Ammo uses 2
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.