Wires
An Uncommon Topside Material: where to find it in ARC Raiders, and whether to keep, recycle or sell it.
Used to craft a wide range of items. Can be recycled into crafting materials. Used to craft: Blaze Grenade Trap, Smoke Grenade Trap, Lure Grenade Trap, Gas Grenade Trap, Muzzle Brake I
Keep it: you need it for the Expedition Project (Expedition 1) project, the Expedition Project (Expedition 2) project, the Expedition (Expedition 3) project. Once those are done, keep a stack for crafting (22 recipes use it).
Quick answer: It spawns in Electrical and Technological loot containers; you can recycle Acoustic Guitar for 6; the quest Power Out rewards it; Celeste sells it. Wires sells for 200 coins and recycles into about 100 coins of materials and weighs 0.25 kg.
- Sell value
- 200 coins
- Recycle value
- 100 coins
- Weight
- 0.25 kg
- Stack size
- 15
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Added
- launch (base game)
Where to find Wires
Wires spawns in Electrical and Technological loot. Search substations, generator rooms, control rooms and electrical cabinets or labs, server rooms, research facilities and control centres.
Recycle these to get Wires
27 items recycle into Wires. The best yields:
Acoustic Guitar gives 6
Portable TV gives 6
Cooling Fan gives 4
Power Cable gives 4
Silencer III gives 3
Toaster gives 3
Compensator III gives 2
Muzzle Brake III gives 2
Shotgun Choke III gives 2
Silencer II gives 2
Broken Handheld Radio gives 2
Broken Taser gives 2
Salvage in raid
Salvaging these in the field also gives Wires:
Fried Motherboard gives 5
Quest rewards
- Power Out (Celeste) rewards 5
- With a View (Shani) rewards 5
Buy it from a trader
What is Wires used for?
Projects
- Expedition Project (Expedition 1), phase 2 (Core Systems) needs 30
- Expedition Project (Expedition 2), phase 2 (Core Systems) needs 25
- Expedition (Expedition 3), phase 2 (Core Systems) needs 25
Crafting recipes
Wires is an ingredient in 22 recipes:
Compensator III uses 8Extended Barrel III uses 8
Muzzle Brake III uses 8
Shotgun Choke III uses 8
Shotgun Silencer uses 8
Silencer II uses 8
Osprey I uses 7Extended Barrel II uses 6
Compensator II uses 4
Muzzle Brake II uses 4
Shotgun Choke II uses 4
Silencer I uses 4
Advanced Electrical Components uses 3Extended Barrel I uses 3
Blaze Grenade Trap uses 1
Compensator I uses 1
What does Wires recycle into?
Recycling at the workshop gives (about 100 coins of materials):
2× Rubber Parts 100 coins
Salvaging it in raid gives (about 50 coins of materials):
1× Rubber Parts 50 coins
Tip
Wires are an uncommon item used to craft weapon mods that can be recycled into crafting materials.
Other Topside Material items
Questions
Where do you find Wires in ARC Raiders? It spawns in Electrical and Technological loot containers; you can recycle Acoustic Guitar for 6; the quest Power Out rewards it; Celeste sells it.
Should I keep, recycle or sell Wires? Keep. Keep it: you need it for the Expedition Project (Expedition 1) project, the Expedition Project (Expedition 2) project, the Expedition (Expedition 3) project. Once those are done, keep a stack for crafting (22 recipes use it).
What is Wires used for? Wires is used in Expedition Project (Expedition 1), Expedition Project (Expedition 2) and Expedition (Expedition 3) and 22 crafting recipes.
How much is Wires worth? Wires sells for 200 coins and recycles into about 100 coins of materials.
Values are from the game data, last checked 03/22/2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us.