Sensors
A Rare Topside Material: where to find it in ARC Raiders, and whether to keep, recycle or sell it.
Used in crafting. Used to craft: Wolfpack, Explosive Mine, Raider Hatch Key, Tagging Grenade
Keep it: you need it for the Expedition Project (Expedition 1) project. Once those are done, keep a stack for crafting (4 recipes use it).
Quick answer: It spawns in Security and Technological loot containers; it drops from Snitch and Spotter; you can recycle Broken Handheld Radio for 3; the quest Bees! rewards it; Celeste sells it. Sensors sells for 500 coins and recycles into about 275 coins of materials and weighs 0.3 kg.
- Sell value
- 500 coins
- Recycle value
- 275 coins
- Weight
- 0.3 kg
- Stack size
- 5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Added
- launch (base game)
Where to find Sensors
Sensors spawns in Security and Technological loot. Search checkpoints, guard huts, police posts and locked security rooms or labs, server rooms, research facilities and control centres.
ARC that drop Sensors
Destroy and loot these ARC units to get Sensors. They patrol Dam Battlegrounds, The Spaceport, The Blue Gate and Buried City.
Recycle these to get Sensors
12 items recycle into Sensors. The best yields:
Broken Handheld Radio gives 3
Radio Relay gives 2Glitched ARC Phased Array gives 2
Spectrum Analyzer gives 1
Flow Controller gives 1
Spectrometer gives 1
Surge Coil gives 1
Explosive Mine gives 1
Radio gives 1
Remote Control gives 1
Tagging Grenade gives 1
Thermostat gives 1
Quest rewards
- Bees! (Celeste) rewards 3
Buy it from a trader
What is Sensors used for?
Projects
- Expedition Project (Expedition 1), phase 3 (Framework) needs 20
Crafting recipes
Sensors is an ingredient in 4 recipes:
Raider Hatch Key uses 3
Explosive Mine uses 1
Surge Coil uses 1
Tagging Grenade uses 1
What does Sensors recycle into?
Recycling at the workshop gives (about 275 coins of materials):
1× Metal Parts 75 coins
1× Wires 200 coins
Salvaging it in raid gives (about 200 coins of materials):
1× Wires 200 coins
Other Topside Material items
Questions
Where do you find Sensors in ARC Raiders? It spawns in Security and Technological loot containers; it drops from Snitch and Spotter; you can recycle Broken Handheld Radio for 3; the quest Bees! rewards it; Celeste sells it.
Should I keep, recycle or sell Sensors? Keep. Keep it: you need it for the Expedition Project (Expedition 1) project. Once those are done, keep a stack for crafting (4 recipes use it).
What is Sensors used for? Sensors is used in Expedition Project (Expedition 1) and 4 crafting recipes.
How much is Sensors worth? Sensors sells for 500 coins and recycles into about 275 coins of materials.
Values are from the game data, last checked 03/22/2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us.