The Best Resources to Track in ARC Raiders — Keep Your Inventory

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The Best Resources to Track in ARC Raiders — Keep Your Inventory

If you’ve played ARC Raiders for more than five minutes, you’ve probably muttered at least once: “Why do I have so much junk?” Good news — you don’t need everything. You just need to know what to track. This guide condenses the chaos into a tidy list of resources and recipes worth tracking from early game through endgame.

Why tracking matters

The Best Resources to Track in ARC Raiders

ARC Raiders throws many materials at you fast. If you don’t prioritize what to keep, your stash will bloat and your future self will curse your past decisions. Use the in-game "track" (eye icon) feature to mark high-value materials and recipes — then sell or recycle the rest.

This Arc Raiders Guide focuses on long-term tracked resources (especially for endgame). It skips transient quest items and Scrappy-specific materials — those are important but more situational.

Core materials you should always track (priority order)

The Best Resources to Track in ARC Raiders

  1. Metal Parts — the backbone of ammo and many crafts. If you find yourself short on ammunition, use Credits to buy ammo; but keep metal parts tracked for crafting flexibility.
  2. Assorted Seeds — odd little currency that unlocks useful trades and workshop options.
  3. Rubber Parts — needed for various gadgets and repairs.
  4. Plastic Parts — handy for repairing shields and other tech.
  5. Chemicals — used in explosives and other throwables; invaluable in certain high-threat encounters.
  6. Fabric — often used in healing items; don’t toss it lightly.

Pro tip: If Scrappy brings you something, check whether it matches your tracked priorities before selling or recycling it.

Why these materials matter (brief)

reason Scrappy gives these naturally

  • Metal Parts: Used heavily for ammo and repairs. Keep a buffer so you don’t get caught empty-handed in a long run.
  • Plastic & Chemicals: Core to throwables and shield repairs — vital against Bombardiers and Bastions.
  • Fabric: Healing consumables rely on it, making it a quiet MVP for survival.
  • Assorted Seeds: Odd, underrated currency — track them if you want to progress certain workshop lines.

Recipes & tracked combos you shouldn’t ignore

Recipes to Always Track

There are a handful of recipe combinations you’ll return to again and again—these support your main loadouts and repairs. Track the primary ingredients for these recipes so farming becomes targeted, not random.

  • Repair and Upgrade Kits: usually require Metal Parts + Plastic or Fabric. Track both to avoid mid-raid shortages.
  • Shield Repair Composites: Plastic Parts + specific circuitry — shield uptime matters in firefights.
  • Crafting components for Mk 2 / Mk 3 items: they often use refined or exclusive ARC drops as well—track those ARC parts when farming.

If you’ve not unlocked a maxed workshop yet, tracking these ingredients makes life easier; you’ll know what’s missing at a glance.

Practical tracking workflow

  1. Open your stash and mark the high-priority materials with the eye icon.
  2. Use "merge stack" and sorting to tidy auto-deposited loot after each run.
  3. When farming, filter by tracked materials — this makes runs efficient and goal-oriented.
  4. If a recipe is new to you, manually track its ingredients until you’ve gathered enough for the first craft.

Final note

Tracking resources in ARC Raiders turns the game from a chaotic scavenger hunt into a satisfying, targeted grind. Keep the basics tracked, refine your tracked list as you unlock new recipes, and you’ll never wonder where your supplies went.

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