Arc Raiders: How to get Scrappy to Max Level fast

Where to find Lemons, Apricots, Olives, Prickly Pears, and more

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Looking to upgrade Scrappy to max level fast in Arc Raiders? As you’ll know by now, our beloved Scrappy is the loud and helpful Rooster companion who lives in your room in Arc Raiders. Periodically Scrappy will go out and collect random bits of scrap material during your raids on the surface, allowing you to come back home and collect various basic materials from him for free.

Scrappy can also be “trained”, improving the rate at which he gathers these crafting materials. As you progress through Arc Raiders, you’ll find that the materials you run out of most quickly are the absolute basics: Metal Parts, Rubber Parts, Fabric, and so on. This is why it’s so important to upgrade Scrappy’s looting capabilities early on, because he’s a phenomenal passive source of all these basic resources.

In this guide, I’ll show you exactly how to upgrade Scrappy to max level , showing you all the resources you need to obtain and where to find each one. So if you’re stuck searching for Lemons, Apricots, Prickly Pears, Olives , or whatever other materials Scrappy needs for his next level of training, you’ll find your answers below.

In this guide:

• How to get Scrappy to max level: All upgrades
• Where to find a Dog Collar for Scrappy
• Where to find Lemons for Scrappy
• Where to find Apricots for Scrappy
• Where to find Prickly Pears for Scrappy
• Where to find Olives for Scrappy
• Where to find a Cat Bed for Scrappy
• Where to find Mushrooms for Scrappy
• Where to find Very Comfortable Pillows for Scrappy

How to get Scrappy to max level: All upgrades

You can upgrade Scrappy by entering your Workshop, clicking on Scrappy’s icon, and then clicking Train. Each upgrade level requires different resources before you can level up Scrappy. With each new level, Scrappy will automatically acquire more resources between your raids, giving you a much stronger passive income of basic materials.

Here are all the upgrades and resources you need to reach Scrappy’s max level:

• Level 1: None
• Level 2: 1x Dog Collar
• Level 3: 3x Lemons, 3x Apricots
• Level 4: 6x Prickly Pears, 6x Olives, 1x Cat Bed
• Level 5 (Max): 12x Mushrooms, 12x Apricots, 3x Very Comfortable Pillows

Below I’ll show you exactly where to go in each map to find each of the items you need for Scrappy in Arc Raiders.

Where to find a Dog Collar for Scrappy

Here’s where to find a Dog Collar to upgrade Scrappy to Level 2. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Dog Collar locations:

• Dam Battlegrounds: Pale Apartments, Ruby Residence
• Buried City: Santa Maria Houses, Plaza Rosa, Grandioso Apartments
• Spaceport: Unlikely to find a Dog Collar here
• The Blue Gate: Village, Raider’s Refuge, Ruined Homestead, Abandoned Housing Project

Dog Collars are found mainly in Residential loot areas. Dam Battlegrounds doesn’t explicitly state that any areas on the map are Residential, but they do still exist. The best place to find a Dog Collar early on is by exploring the Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence to the northwest of Dam Battlegrounds. In these apartments, check all the drawers and other loot containers you find, and you’re likely to come across a Dog Collar.

If you’ve unlocked the second map, Buried City, then Dog Collars can easily be found at Santa Maria Houses and Plaza Rosa , found in the centre of Old Town. Another good place is the Grandioso Apartments , on the western edge of Buried City.

Where to find Lemons for Scrappy

The Olive Grove is the most popular place to look for Lemons in Arc Raiders. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Lemon locations:

• Dam Battlegrounds: Hydroponics Dome Complex (Lush Blooms only)
• Buried City: Marano Park, Old Town
• Spaceport: Staff Parking, East Plains
• The Blue Gate: Olive Grove, Village, Ruined Homestead

Here’s an extra tip from Ollie…

The best time to search for Lemons, Apricots, and other edibles is during a Lush Blooms map event . These timed events will sometimes appear on different maps, and you can see them on the map selection screen. The Lush Blooms event increases the amount of Nature loot that spawns, giving you a much greater chance of finding Lemons. You may even find Lemons on Dam Battlegrounds during a Lush Bloom - check the Hydroponics Domes for fruit baskets!

Lemons cannot normally be found in Dam Battlegrounds , so you must go to any of the other maps to find them for Scrappy. Lemons are found by interacting with Lemon Trees, which will cause lemons to fall to the ground so you can pick them up. Lemon Trees are small - little more than bushes, really - and they have quite bright green leaves, so keep an eye out for them.

The very best place to find Lemons in Arc Raiders is by visiting the Olive Grove on The Blue Gate map. This area is swimming with not just Lemon Trees but Apricot Trees as well. However, this area is very open, and often populated with ARC and other players. If you’re struggling to get your Lemons and extract, I advise going in “naked” with no gear except some Adrenaline Shots so you can sprint in and out of Olive Grove as fast as possible.

These locations on Buried City and Spaceport are great spawn locations for both Lemons and Apricots. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

If Olive Grove is proving too hot for your health, then you can also find Lemons in Marano Park - the large square park in the centre of Buried City. This is also quite dangerous, though, because it’s so central and surrounded by popular loot buildings. Arguably the safest place to find Lemons is by visiting the Staff Parking area to the south of the Spaceport map.

Where to find Apricots for Scrappy

This is the best place to find Apricots anywhere in Arc Raiders. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Apricot locations:

• Dam Battlegrounds: Red Lakes
• Buried City: Marano Park
• Spaceport: East Plains
• The Blue Gate: Olive Grove, Village

Apricots are typically gathered by shaking them loose from Apricot Trees, similar to Lemons. Easily the best place to find Apricots for Scrappy early on is by exploring the Red Lakes on the east side of Dam Battlegrounds. Apricot Trees are everywhere on the small islands in these lakes, and it’s far away from the more populated areas of Dam Battlegrounds - though be aware certain buildings, like Research & Admin or the Testing Annex, can overlook the Red Lakes from afar.

You can also find Apricots in the Olive Grove in Blue Gate, so if you can survive entering and exiting this dangerous area then you can pick both Apricots and Lemons in a single raid. The same is true of Marano Park in the centre of Buried City - in fact you’ll find many more Apricot Trees than Lemon Trees in this giant park. Refer to the screenshots above for both these locations - they hold true for Apricots just as much as Lemons.

Remember - you only need 3 Apricots to upgrade Scrappy to Level 3, but you need a whopping 12 more Apricots later on to upgrade him to his max level of Level 5. So it’s a good idea to collect a surplus of Apricots whenever you’re in the vicinity of these areas.

Where to find Prickly Pears for Scrappy

You can find tonnes of Prickly Pears for Scrappy in these areas of Dam Battlegrounds and Buried City. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Prickly Pear locations:

• Dam Battlegrounds: Red Lakes, Victory Ridge
• Buried City: Southern edge of map
• Spaceport: East of Container Storage
• The Blue Gate: Unlikely to find Prickly Pears here

To upgrade Scrappy to Level 4, you need to obtain 6 Prickly Pears, which are found near Cacti on every map except Blue Gate. Dam Battlegrounds has the most Prickly Pear spawns, and the highest concentrations of them are in the Red Lakes , and north of the Hydroponic Dome Complex .

You can also easily find Prickly Pears in Buried City, and this map has the benefit of having Prickly Pears spawn far away from the action, keeping you safer during your raid. The best place to find Prickly Pears on Buried City is at the very bottom edge of the map , in the cactus-filled area south of Plaza Rosa.

Where to find Olives for Scrappy

The Blue Gate has a monopoly on Olives, and it’s almost all thanks to the Olive Grove. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Olive locations:

• Dam Battlegrounds: Unlikely to find Olives here
• Buried City: Unlikely to find Olives here
• Spaceport: Unlikely to find Olives here
• The Blue Gate: Olive Grove, Checkpoint, Village

The easiest place to find guaranteed Olives for Scrappy is by visiting the Olive Grove on The Blue Gate map. However, this area is very dangerous owing to its long sightlines, lack of cover, and high ARC presence.

Olives can also be found elsewhere in Blue Gate, both in the southwest area of Checkpoint and in the fields in the centre of Village . None of these places are particularly safe, however. Your quest for Olives is probably the time I’d most strongly urge you to go in with no gear except Adrenaline Shots, and make finding and shaking those Olive Trees your top priority.

Where to find a Cat Bed for Scrappy

Cat Bed locations:

• Dam Battlegrounds: Ruby Residence, Pale Apartments
• Buried City: Santa Maria Houses, Plaza Rosa, Grandioso Apartments
• Spaceport: Unlikely to find a Cat Bed here
• The Blue Gate: Village, Raider’s Refuge, Ruined Homestead, Abandoned Housing Project

Cat Beds are marked as both “Residential” and “Commercial”, so you are most likely to find one for Scrappy in houses and apartments. Probably the safest place to find a Cat Bed is by exploring the Ruby Residence and Pale Apartments in the northwest corner of Dam Battlegrounds. However, if you want to maximise your chances of finding a Cat Bed, the best place to find one is in Old Town in Buried City, searching from house to house in the Santa Maria Houses (Residential) and Plaza Rosa (Commercial).

You’ll also have a good chance of finding a Cat Bed by searching the Village in the north of The Blue Gate map, which is marked as both Commercial and Residential. You’re far less likely to find a Cat Bed anywhere in The Spaceport, but it is possible if you’re lucky.

Where to find Mushrooms for Scrappy

Mushrooms are very easy to find in bulk on the Dam Battlegrounds map. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Mushroom locations:

• Dam Battlegrounds: Formicai Hills, Swamp, Hydroponic Dome Complex
• Buried City: Unlikely to find Mushrooms here
• Spaceport: Unlikely to find Mushrooms here
• The Blue Gate: Unlikely to find Mushrooms here

Mushrooms are very common in Dam Battlegrounds, which is good because to upgrade Scrappy to max level you need to find 12 Mushrooms in total. The easiest place to find Mushrooms in Dam Battlegrounds is by searching the forest on the Formicai Hills to the south, where Scrap Yard and Wreckage are located. Mushrooms often spawn very close to both these locations within the forest.

Mushrooms are also very common in the Swamp to the west of Dam Battlegrounds, although this is a massive area to trawl while foraging for fungi. Look out for large tree trunks on the ground and large, damp tunnels - these are both great spawning grounds for Mushrooms. You can also sometimes find Mushrooms growing inside the southernmost dome of the Hydroponic Dome Complex .

Where to find Very Comfortable Pillows for Scrappy

Here are the ideal locations to find Very Comfortable Pillows for Scrappy’s final upgrade. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Very Comfortable Pillow locations:

• Dam Battlegrounds: Ruby Residence, Pale Apartments
• Buried City: Santa Maria Houses, Plaza Rosa, Grandioso Apartments
• Spaceport: Unlikely to find Very Comfortable Pillows here
• The Blue Gate: Village, Raider’s Refuge, Ruined Homestead, Abandoned Housing Project

The final resource you need to get Scrappy to max level is 3 Very Comfortable Pillows. These items are found in exactly the same areas as Cat Beds - Residential areas, and Commercial areas. For this reason, the best place to find Very Comfortable Pillows in bulk is in Buried City, exploring Santa Maria Houses and Plaza Rosa .

As with the Cat Beds, it’s also a good idea to check the Village in the north of The Blue Gate for Very Comfortable Pillows, because you’re likely to find some there as well. It’s less of a priority to search in the residential areas of Dam Battlegrounds this time, because you need a full 3 Very Comfortable Pillows instead of just the one you needed for the Cat Beds requirement. Quantity of loot is more important here.

That wraps up this guide to all the resources you need to upgrade Scrappy to the highest possible level in Arc Raiders. But don’t let your love of Scrappy distract you from improving yourself as well! Be sure to check out our guide on the best skills in Arc Raiders to unlock early on. You should also consult our primer on where to find Rusted Gears , as well as our guides on how to get all Arc Raiders Blueprints and the very best guns in Arc Raiders .

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

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