Inventory space in ARC Raiders is always tight, and the fastest way to go broke is hauling out loot you should have recycled or sold. This guide turns the community item list into a quick decision tool: what to keep for upgrades and quests, what to sell for credits, and what to recycle for parts.

Data source: community spreadsheet (updated 01/29/2026): ARC Raiders Item List and Tips. Treat it as player sourced guidance, not official drop or economy data.

How to decide fast (keep vs sell vs recycle)

  • Keep items that are direct inputs for bench upgrades, key quests, or frequently used consumables.
  • Recycle items when the Recycle For output is a bottleneck resource you are actively using right now.
  • Sell valuables that do not unlock progress soon, especially if your stash is close to full.

Full inventory table (keep, sell, recycle)

Tip: Use your browser find (Ctrl+F or Cmd+F) to search for the exact item name.

Item Name Keep/Sell/Recycle Rarity
Acoustic Guitar Sell Legendary
Adrenaline Shot Keep Common
Advanced Arc Powercell Keep Rare
Advanced Electrical Components Keep Rare
Advanced Mechanical Components Keep Rare
Agave Sell Uncommon
Agave Juice Keep; or sell if short on space Common
Air Freshener Sell Uncommon
Alarm Clock Recycle Rare
Alien Duck Keep Rare
Antiseptic Keep Rare
Apricot Keep until upgrades are complete; sell once done Uncommon
ARC Alloy Keep Uncommon
ARC Circuitry Keep Rare
ARC Coolant Sell Rare
ARC Flex Rubber Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise if excess Rare
ARC Motion Core Keep Rare
ARC Performance Steel Keep for Trophy Display; Recycle after Rare
ARC Powercell Keep Common
ARC Synthetic Resin Keep for Trophy Display; Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
ARC Thermo Lining Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Assorted Seeds Keep Common
Bastion Cell Keep for upgrade and Trophy Display; sell once done Epic
Battery Keep Uncommon
Bicycle Pump Recycle Rare
Bombardier Cell Keep upgrade and Trophy Display; Sell once done Epic
Breathtaking Snow Globe Sell Epic
Broken Flashlight Recycle Rare
Broken Guidance System Recycle Rare
Broken Handheld Radio Recycle Rare
Broken Taser Recycle Rare
Burned ARC Circuitry Recycle Uncommon
Camera Lens Recycle Uncommon
Candleberries Sell Rare
Candle Holder Recycle Uncommon
Canister Keep Uncommon
Cat Bed Keep until upgrade is complete; sell once done Uncommon
Chemicals Keep Common
Coffee Pot Sell Common
Complex Gun Parts Keep Epic
Coolant Sell Rare
Cooling Coil Recycle Rare
Cooling Fan KEEP FOR EXPEDITION MATS; Sell after Rare
Cracked Bioscanner Keep until upgrade is complete; sell or recycle once done Rare
Crude Explosives Keep; If no inventory space, recycle Uncommon
Crumpled Plastic Bottle Recycle Uncommon
Damaged ARC Motion Core Recycle Uncommon
Damaged Fireball Burner Recycle Common
Damaged Heat Sink Keep until upgrade is complete; sell once done Rare
Damaged Hornet Driver Recycle Common
Damaged Rocketeer Driver Sell Common
Damaged Tick Pod Recycle Common
Dartboard Sell Uncommon
Deflated Football Recycle Uncommon
Degraded ARC Rubber Recycle Uncommon
Diving Goggles Recycle Rare
Dog Collar Keep until upgrade is complete; recycle once done Rare
Doodly Duck Sell rare
Dried-Out ARC Resin Recycle Uncommon
Duct Tape Keep Uncommon
Durable Cloth Keep Uncommon
Electrical Components Keep Uncommon
Empty Wine Bottle Sell Common
Exodus Modules Keep Epic
Expired Pasta Keep Common
Expired Respirator Keep for Trophy Display; Recycle once complete Rare
Explosive Compound Keep Rare
Fabric Keep Common
Faded Photograph Sell Common
Familiar Duck Sell Epic
Fertilizer Keep for quest; Sell once done Uncommon
Film Reel Keep for quest; Sell once done Rare
Fine Wristwatch Sell Rare
Fireball Burner Keep until upgrade is complete; recycle once done Uncommon
Flashy Duck Sell Rare
Flow Controller Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Fossilized Lightning Sell; recycle if short on materials Epic
Frequency Modulation Box Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Fried Motherboard Keep until upgrade is complete; Sell once done Rare
Frying Pan Recycle Rare
Garlic Press Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Uncommon
Geiger Counter Keep for Trophy Display; Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Epic
Gentle Duck Sell Uncommon
Great Mullein Keep Uncommon
Headphones Sell Rare
Heavy Gun Parts Keep Rare
Hornet Driver Keep for upgrade and Trophy Display; recycle once done (Sell if excess) Rare
Household Cleaner Recycle Uncommon
Humidifier KEEP FOR EXPEDITION MATS; Recycle after Rare
Ice Cream Scooper Recycle Uncommon
Impure ARC Coolant Recycle Uncommon
Industrial Battery Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Industrial Charger Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Industrial Magnet Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Ion Sputter Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Epic
Laboratory Reagents Keep until upgrade is complete; recycle once done Rare
Lance's Mixtape Sell Epic
Leaper Pulse Unit KEEP FOR EXPEDITION MATS; Recycle after Epic
Lemon Keep until upgrade is complete; sell once done Uncommon
Light Bulb KEEP FOR EXPEDITION MATS; Sell after Uncommon
Light Gun Parts Keep Rare
Magnet Keep Uncommon
Magnetic Accelerator Keep for high-tier crafting and Trophy Display; Sell if excess Epic
Magnetron Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Epic
Matriarch Reactor Keep for high-tier crafting and Trophy Display; Sell if excess Legendary
Mechanical Components Keep Uncommon
Medium Gun Parts Keep Rare
Metal Brackets Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Uncommon
Metal Parts Keep Common
Microscope Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Mini Centrifuge Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Mod Components Keep Rare
Moss Keep for defib; recycle after Rare
Motor Keep until upgrade is complete; sell once done Rare
Mushroom Keep until upgrade is complete; sell once done Common
Music Album Sell Rare
Music Box Sell Rare
Number Plate Recycle Uncommon
Oil Keep Uncommon
Olives Keep until upgrade is complete; sell once done Uncommon
Painted Box Sell Common
Plastic Parts Keep Common
Playing Cards Sell Rare
Polluted Air Filter Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Pop Trigger Keep for Trophy Display; Recycle after upgrade and quest is done Common
Portable TV Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Poster of Natural Wonders Sell Uncommon
Pottery Sell Uncommon
Power Bank Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Power Cable Recycle Rare
Power Rod Keep for high-tier crafting; if excess, sell Epic
Prickly Pear Keep until upgrade is complete; sell once done Uncommon
Processor Keep Rare
Projector Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Queen Reactor Keep for high-tier crafting and Trophy Display; Sell if excess Legendary
Radio Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Radio Relay Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Recorder Sell Uncommon
Red Coral Jewelry Sell Rare
Remote Control Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Resin Sell Common
Ripped Safety Vest Recycle Uncommon
Rocketeer Driver Keep for upgrade and Trophy Display; Sell once done Epic
Rocket Thruster Recycle if low on Metal Parts, otherwise sell Rare
Roots Sell Uncommon
Rope Keep Rare
Rosary Sell Rare
Rotary Encoder Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Rubber Duck Sell; maybe keep (see note) Common
Rubber Pad Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Rubber Parts Keep Common
Ruined Accordion Sell Rare
Ruined Baton Recycle Uncommon
Ruined Handcuffs Recycle Uncommon
Ruined Parachute Recycle Uncommon
Ruined Riot Shield Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Ruined Tactical Vest Recycle Uncommon
Rusted Bolts Keep for Trophy Display; Recycle after Uncommon
Rusted Gear Keep until upgrade is complete; sell once done Rare
Rusted Shut Medical Kit Keep until upgrade is complete; recycle once done Rare
Rusted Tools Keep until upgrade is complete; sell once done Rare
Rusty ARC Steel Recycle Uncommon
Sample Cleaner Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Sensors Keep Rare
Sentinel Firing Core Keep until upgrade is complete; sell or recycle once done Rare
Shredder Gyro Keep for Trophy Display; Recycle after Uncommon
Signal Amplifier Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Silver Teaspoon Set Sell Rare
Simple Gun Parts Keep Uncommon
Snitch Scanner Keep Uncommon
Speaker Component Keep Rare
Spectrometer Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Spectrum Analyzer Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Epic
Spotter Relay Keep for Trophy Display; Sell once complete Uncommon
Spring Cushion Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Statuette Sell Rare
Steel Spring Keep Uncommon
Surveyor Vault Keep for upgrade and Trophy Display; sell or recycle once done Rare
Synthesised Fuel Keep Rare
Syringe Keep Rare
Tattered ARC Lining Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Uncommon
Tattered Clothes Recycle Uncommon
Telemetry Transceiver Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Thermostat Sell Rare
Tick Pod Keep for upgrade and Trophy Display; sell or recycle once done Uncommon
Toaster Keep until upgrade is complete; recycle otherwise Rare
Torn Blanket Recycle Rare
Torn Book Sell Common
Tropical Duck Sell Uncommon
Turbo Pump Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Unusable Weapon Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Vase Sell Rare
Very Comfortable Pillow Keep for Scrappy Level V Upgrade; sell afterwards Uncommon
Volcanic Rock Sell Common
Voltage Converter Keep Rare
Wasp Driver Keep for upgrade and Trophy Display; sell or recycle after Rare
Water Filter Recycle if short on materials; Sell otherwise Rare
Water Pump Keep until quest is complete; recycle or sell Rare
Wires Keep Uncommon

Notes and caveats

  • Recommendations can change with balance patches, crafting requirements, and your current upgrade goals.
  • If you are pushing a specific bench tier, prioritize anything listed in Keep For even if it normally sells well.
  • If you are cash starved early, selling high value luxury items can accelerate weapon and kit upgrades.