Plastic Parts
A Common Basic Material: where to find it in ARC Raiders, and whether to keep, recycle or sell it.
Used to craft a wide range of items. Used to craft: Hairpin, Light Shield, Looting Mk. 1, Light Impact Grenade, Extended Shotgun Mag I
Keep it: you need it for Gear Bench level 1, Utility Station level 1, the Expedition Project (Expedition 2) project and 1 more. Once those are done, keep a stack for crafting (19 recipes use it).
Quick answer: It spawns in Commercial, Residential and Technological loot containers; you can recycle Cooling Fan for 14; Celeste sells it. Plastic Parts sells for 60 coins and weighs 0.1 kg.
- Sell value
- 60 coins
- Weight
- 0.1 kg
- Stack size
- 50
- Rarity
- Common
- Added
- launch (base game)
Where to find Plastic Parts
Plastic Parts spawns in Commercial, Residential and Technological loot. Search shops, malls, offices and service buildings, houses, apartment blocks and the residential districts on each map or labs, server rooms, research facilities and control centres.
Recycle these to get Plastic Parts
38 items recycle into Plastic Parts. The best yields:
Cooling Fan gives 14
ARC Synthetic Resin gives 14
Recorder gives 10
Ruined Riot Shield gives 10
Shaker gives 10
Dried-Out ARC Resin gives 9
Camera Lens gives 8
Remote Control gives 7
Alarm Clock gives 6
Free Loadout Augment gives 6
Angled Grip I gives 6
Extended Light Mag I gives 6
Salvage in raid
Salvaging these in the field also gives Plastic Parts:
Surge Shield Recharger gives 5
Buy it from a trader
What is Plastic Parts used for?
Workshop upgrades
- Gear Bench level 1 needs 25
- Utility Station level 1 needs 50
Projects
- Expedition Project (Expedition 2), phase 1 (Foundation) needs 200
- Expedition (Season 5), phase 1 (Foundation) needs 100
Crafting recipes
Plastic Parts is an ingredient in 19 recipes:
Defibrillator uses 9
Binoculars uses 8
Electrical Components uses 8
Angled Grip I uses 6
Combat Mk. 1 uses 6
Extended Light Mag I uses 6
Extended Medium Mag I uses 6
Extended Shotgun Mag I uses 6
Looting Mk. 1 uses 6
Tactical Mk. 1 uses 6
Vertical Grip I uses 6
Hairpin I uses 5
Firecracker uses 4
Light Shield uses 4
Adrenaline Shot uses 3
White Flag uses 3
Weapon upgrades
Kettle II upgrade uses 10
Other Basic Material items
Questions
Where do you find Plastic Parts in ARC Raiders? It spawns in Commercial, Residential and Technological loot containers; you can recycle Cooling Fan for 14; Celeste sells it.
Should I keep, recycle or sell Plastic Parts? Keep. Keep it: you need it for Gear Bench level 1, Utility Station level 1, the Expedition Project (Expedition 2) project and 1 more. Once those are done, keep a stack for crafting (19 recipes use it).
What is Plastic Parts used for? Plastic Parts is used in Gear Bench level 1, Utility Station level 1, Expedition Project (Expedition 2) and Expedition (Season 5) and 19 crafting recipes.
How much is Plastic Parts worth? Plastic Parts sells for 60 coins.
Values are from the game data, last checked 03/17/2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us.