ARC Raiders Scrappy Guide: Upgrades, Items and Feeding
How Scrappy gathers materials in ARC Raiders, every upgrade level and the items it costs, where to find them, and how feeding him gets you better loot.
Scrappy is the rooster in your Workshop, and he quietly brings home free crafting materials after every raid you play, even the ones where you die. Training him from level 1 to level 5 costs only fruit, mushrooms and three household items, so he is one of the cheapest long-term upgrades in ARC Raiders. This ARC Raiders Scrappy guide covers how he gathers, every upgrade and where to find the items, and how feeding him gets you better loot.
How Scrappy works in ARC Raiders
Scrappy lives in your Workshop in Speranza. While you are Topside, he goes out on his own and collects the common materials every crafting tree needs: Metal Parts, Fabric, Plastic Parts, Chemicals, Rubber Parts and Assorted Seeds. When you come back, the haul waits for you at his spot in the Workshop.
Three rules decide what you get. First, he only counts time you actually spend in a round: stay at least 1 minute to get anything, and the payout steps up again after about 6 Minuten and peaks at 15 Minuten. Second, he gathers whether you extract or go down, so a bad raid still pays something. Third, he does not gather while you are offline or standing around in Speranza.
All Scrappy upgrade levels and costs
Scrappy has five levels. You start at level 1 and train him one level at a time from the Workshop menu (Scrappy, then Train). Each level raises the amount he brings back per round. None of the upgrades cost coins: every one is paid in items you find Topside.
Scrappy upgrade costs (checked November 8, 2026)
| Level | Name | Items needed | Was sich ändert |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starting level | Keine | Basic materials and seeds every round |
| 2 | Forager | 1 Dog Collar | More materials per round |
| 3 | Scavenger | 3 Lemons, 3 Apricots | More materials per round |
| 4 | Treasure Hunter | 6 Prickly Pears, 6 Olives, 1 Cat Bed | More materials per round |
| 5 | Master Hoarder | 12 Apricots, 12 Mushrooms, 3 Very Comfortable Pillows | Highest payout per round |
Across all four upgrades you need 15 Apricots, so keep every one you find until Scrappy is maxed. The same goes for the Cat Bed and the Pillows: they sell for a decent amount of coins, which tempts new players to dump them, but finding them again later takes much longer than the coins are worth.
Where to find every Scrappy upgrade item
All of the upgrade items come from two kinds of places: residential rooms for the household items, and green, overgrown areas for the food. Plan raids around one item at a time instead of hoping they drop on their own.
- Dog Collar: search residential containers in apartments and houses. Dam Battlegrounds is the most reliable map for it, with Buried City and Spaceport as backups.
- Lemons and Apricots: pick them from small fruit trees and plants in green areas. Dam's Hydroponic Dome Complex has several fruit types close together.
- Prickly Pears: look around cacti, for example the cactus groves on Buried City.
- Olives: farm the olive grove on Blue Gate, where several plants sit close together.
- Mushrooms: check the green, overgrown parts of Dam Battlegrounds.
- Cat Bed and Very Comfortable Pillows: loot residential and office containers. On Dam, the apartment blocks and the admin and research buildings are good routes.
Map conditions matter here. When the Lush Blooms condition is up, fruit spawns are much richer, which makes it the best time to finish levels 3 to 5 in one or two raids. Our ARC Raiders map conditions guide explains how the rotation works.
Feeding Scrappy for better loot
Since the Flashpoint update in March 2026, you can also feed Scrappy. Food changes what he brings back: each item adds extra resources of its own type, plus a chance at a bonus roll from a better loot pool, such as mod materials, gunsmith parts, explosive and medical materials and rarer Topside items. The higher his level, the better those bonus rolls get, so train him first and lean on feeding afterwards.
Community testing shows the food queue holds six items and that he works through it during rounds where you stay Topside for a good while. Fruit Mix (one Lemon, one Apricot and one Prickly Pear, crafted in-round once you have the In-Round Crafting skill) is the easiest food to keep stocked. Some players report rare ARC parts from feeding, but treat those as lucky rolls, not something to plan around.
Feeding Scrappy
Pro
- Turns spare fruit into rarer crafting materials
- Bonus rolls improve as he levels up
- Costs nothing but items you already pick up
Contra
- Fruit spent on food is fruit not spent on upgrades
- Rare bonus rolls are random, not guaranteed
- Needs regular top-ups to keep the queue full
Is Scrappy worth upgrading first?
Yes, at least to level 2 and 3. The Dog Collar and the first fruit cost almost nothing, and every raid you play afterwards pays a little more. Because he gathers even on deaths, a fully trained Scrappy smooths out bad sessions and keeps a steady flow of the basic materials that the benches and ARC Raiders stash upgrades push you to stockpile.
Our order for a fresh account: Dog Collar in your first few raids, Lemons and Apricots whenever you pass fruit, then the level 4 set when a Lush Blooms map is up. Level 5 is a slower project because of the 12 Mushrooms and 3 Pillows, so work on it alongside your Workshop benches rather than instead of them.
Scrappy and Expeditions
Completing an Expedition gives you a permanent Scrappy materials boost, which stacks up to three levels over several Expeditions. That bonus stays on your account. What happens to his trained level is less clear: an Expedition resets your Workshop progress, and the game does not spell out whether Scrappy's training is part of that. Our advice is simple: spend your upgrade items as soon as you have them rather than saving them for later.
Common Scrappy mistakes
- Leaving him full. He stops after about five rounds, so loot that sits uncollected is loot he never gathers.
- Selling Cat Beds and Pillows. They are the slowest items to find again. Keep them until level 5 is done.
- Quitting raids in the first minute. Under one minute in the round, Scrappy brings back nothing.
- Feeding before training. Food rolls get better with his level, so upgrades come first.
ARC Raiders Workshop and materials services
ARC Raiders Scrappy-Upgrades
- 10 Level-Bereiche
- Wähle Start & Ziel
- Materialien oder Piloted
ARC Raiders Workshop-Upgrades
- 6 Workshop-Stationen
- Genauer Level-Bereich
- Materialien oder Piloted
ARC Raiders Materialien
- 96 benannte Material-Packs
- Genaue Mengen angezeigt
- Wähle deine Lieferung
ARC Raiders Outpost-Fortschritt
- Benanntes Freischaltungs-Ziel
- Genaues Outpost-Upgrade
- Ausführung durch einen PRO
Häufig gestellte Fragen
How does Scrappy work in ARC Raiders?
Scrappy is the rooster in your Workshop. Every round you spend Topside, he gathers Metal Parts, Fabric, Plastic Parts, Chemicals, Rubber Parts and seeds, and you collect them from him in the Workshop. He pays out whether you extract or die, and the amount grows with your time in the round up to 15 minutes.
What do you need to upgrade Scrappy?
Level 2 needs 1 Dog Collar. Level 3 needs 3 Lemons and 3 Apricots. Level 4 needs 6 Prickly Pears, 6 Olives and 1 Cat Bed. Level 5 needs 12 Apricots, 12 Mushrooms and 3 Very Comfortable Pillows. No coins are needed.
Does Scrappy collect loot if you die?
Yes. Scrappy gathers for every round you spend Topside, whether you extract or not, as long as you stay in the round for at least one minute.
Why did Scrappy stop collecting materials?
He is probably full. Scrappy holds about five rounds of materials and stops gathering until you collect them from him in the Workshop. He also does not gather while you are offline or waiting in Speranza.
Where do you find a Dog Collar in ARC Raiders?
Search residential containers in apartments and houses. Dam Battlegrounds is the most reliable map, with Buried City and Spaceport as alternatives.
What should you feed Scrappy?
Spare fruit and Fruit Mix are the easiest options. Each food item adds resources and a chance at a better bonus item, and those bonus rolls improve with his level, so upgrade him before relying on feeding.
Passende Guides: decide what to hold on to with our ARC Raiders Guide zu Behalten, Verkaufen und Recyceln, time your fruit runs with the ARC Raiders map conditions guide, and start right with the ARC Raiders beginner's guide. Für Services siehe ARC Raiders Scrappy-Upgrades und ARC Raiders Workshop-Upgrades.