How & Where to Get Mechanical Components in Arc Raiders

Mechanical Components are one of the first ARC Raiders materials that can stall your progression because they sit between basic scavenged parts and stronger weapon crafting.

This matters most if you are upgrading the Gunsmith, repairing weapons, crafting uncommon gear, or trying to stop burning good loot just to get a few parts back.

The fix is simple: craft them first, route through Mechanical loot zones second, and treat recycling, quests, and ARC drops as backup sources.

This guide will not pretend every robot or every cabinet guarantees them. Mechanical Components come from loot pools, recipes, and rewards, so the article separates reliable sources from chance-based sources.

ARC Raiders Mechanical Components

ARC Raiders Assumptions

Controller choice does not change this farm. Your route, Workshop access, and loot pool targeting matter more than input method.

Online behavior matters only because ARC Raiders is a live extraction game. Loot tables and quest access can change, so this guide avoids claims that are not backed by current sources or in-game naming.

Mechanical Components Snapshot

Mechanical Components are an Uncommon Refined Material. Their listed loot category is Mechanical, which is why Mechanical loot zones are the correct scavenging target.

Mechanical Components are used for weapon crafting, weapon repair, weapon upgrades, and Gunsmith progression. Gunsmith 2 specifically needs 5 Mechanical Components, so the early pressure is real.

Mechanical Components Forks

Use this before picking a route. It stops you from farming a risky area when a Workshop craft would solve the problem faster.

• If you have Refiner 1: craft Mechanical Components first, then raid only for missing Metal Parts and Rubber Parts.
• If you do not have Refiner 1: build Refiner 1 before treating loot zones as your main plan.
• If you need exactly 5 for Gunsmith 2: use the crafting calculator below and avoid burning useful weapons unless you are short on time.
• If you are already going Topside: route through Mechanical zones like Water Treatment Control, Primary Facility, Scrap Yard, Container Storage, Vehicle Maintenance, Checkpoint, Adorned Wreckage, or Sandbox.
• If it drops only from enemies in your run: treat that as a bonus, not the farm.

Mechanical Components Crafting

Role: Root source.

The best way to get Mechanical Components is to craft them at Refiner 1. The recipe is 7 Metal Parts plus 3 Rubber Parts for 1 Mechanical Component.

This is the cleanest method because Metal Parts and Rubber Parts are basic materials. It also keeps you from scrapping a useful uncommon weapon just to recover one or two components.

1. Open your Workshop.
2. Select Refiner 1.
3. Check that you have 7 Metal Parts and 3 Rubber Parts per Mechanical Component.
4. Craft the number of Mechanical Components you need.
5. Move the components into storage if you are saving them for an upgrade.

Mechanical Components Ingredients

Role: Material support.

If you cannot craft enough Mechanical Components, the real bottleneck is usually Metal Parts or Rubber Parts. Farm those instead of looking only for finished components.

1. Check your stash for Metal Parts.
2. Check your stash for Rubber Parts.
3. Recycle low-value scrap only after checking the preview.
4. Run a Mechanical or Industrial route if Metal Parts are short.
5. Craft Mechanical Components once the recipe count is met.

Mechanical Components Locations

Role: Farming route.

Mechanical Components can appear in Mechanical loot zones. The route below uses named Mechanical areas from current checked guide data.

Dam Battlegrounds

Target Primary Facility, Water Treatment Control, and Scrap Yard. These are the cleanest Dam Battlegrounds options listed for Mechanical loot routes.

1. Open the map before committing to the run.
2. Pick the closest listed Mechanical area.
3. Search Mechanical containers, industrial shelves, vehicle areas, and breachable containers.
4. Keep Metal Parts and Rubber Parts even if Mechanical Components do not drop.
5. Extract once you have enough materials for your next Refiner craft.

Spaceport

Target Container Storage and Vehicle Maintenance. These are good Mechanical routes when your spawn already puts you near Spaceport’s industrial side.

1. Route toward Container Storage or Vehicle Maintenance.
2. Check containers tied to machinery, vehicles, and maintenance clutter.
3. Prioritize extraction if you find Mechanical Components early.
4. Keep spare uncommon weapons only if you plan to use them.
5. Recycle unwanted weapons back in the Workshop area after checking the preview.

The Blue Gate

Target Checkpoint and Adorned Wreckage. Checkpoint is especially useful because the route has strong container density across outside and underground spaces.

1. Start with Checkpoint if your spawn is reasonable.
2. Move through the outside containers first.
3. Check the underground section if the route is clear.
4. Leave after a successful component or ingredient pickup.
5. Use Adorned Wreckage as the secondary route.

Stella Montis

Target Sandbox. Current guide data lists Sandbox as the Stella Montis Mechanical loot area for this farm.

1. Enter Sandbox only if your route is not overloaded with risk.
2. Search containers such as rovers and mechanical clutter.
3. Keep Metal Parts and Rubber Parts for Refiner crafting.
4. Extract once your component count or ingredient count is enough.

Buried City

Do not make Buried City your first Mechanical Components route. The checked Mechanical loot-zone guide lists Buried City as lacking named Mechanical loot zones, even though some edge warehouses and industrial containers can still be worth checking during other objectives.

1. Use Buried City only if you are already there for a quest.
2. Check industrial containers when they are on your path.
3. Do not extend the run just for Mechanical Components.
4. Extract once quest progress or useful loot is secured.

Riven Tides

Riven Tides is not the route to publish as a confirmed Mechanical Components farm from the checked location data. Use it only if your current in-game map clearly shows a Mechanical loot category in the area you plan to search.

1. Check the current map loot category icons.
2. Skip Riven Tides for this farm if no Mechanical category is shown.
3. Use Riven Tides quest progress only when it overlaps with your objective.
4. Return to Refiner crafting for reliable components.

Mechanical Components Containers

Role: Drop pool source.

Mechanical Cabinet is a real container type with Mechanical loot type. It must be breached, has one section, and uses a Mechanical loot pool.

That still does not mean every Mechanical Cabinet gives Mechanical Components. ARC Raiders container loot tables are dynamic, location-dependent, and not static item lists.

1. Look for Mechanical Cabinets in industrial or maintenance areas.
2. Breach the cabinet if your tool or route allows it.
3. Check the contents before assuming the run failed.
4. Keep Metal Parts, Rubber Parts, Motors, and other useful mechanical loot.
5. Extract if the cabinet gives finished components or enough recipe materials.

Mechanical Components Recycling

Role: Backup source.

Recycling can give Mechanical Components from spare items, but it should not be your first plan if you can craft them. Use it when you have duplicates, upgraded common weapons you no longer need, or spare uncommon gear.

The safest rule is simple: check the in-game recycling preview before confirming. That avoids wrong assumptions from outdated tables.

1. Open your recycling interface.
2. Select only items you are willing to lose.
3. Read the recycling preview.
4. Confirm only if Mechanical Components appear in the output.
5. Cancel the recycle if the preview does not solve your shortage.

Mechanical Components Quests

Role: One-time source.

Quest rewards can give Mechanical Components, but they are not repeatable farms. Use them as progression boosts, then return to crafting and Mechanical loot routes.

1. Check whether the quest is unlocked for your character.
2. Complete the listed quest objective.
3. Return to Speranza or the quest turn-in flow.
4. Claim the reward.
5. Store the Mechanical Components before starting another craft chain.

Mechanical Components Enemies

Role: Bonus source.

Some ARC enemy loot can provide Mechanical Components, especially from larger ARC sources in guide data. Do not build your main route around this unless you are already fighting ARC for another reason.

This section stays conservative because current public item tables are not perfectly aligned on exact ARC drop lists. The safe article claim is that ARC loot can help, not that one enemy is a guaranteed farm.

1. Fight ARC only when your route can handle the risk.
2. Loot the remains after the kill.
3. Check for Mechanical Components or recyclable mechanical items.
4. Extract if the enemy loot gives what you need.
5. Return to crafting if the enemy drop does not appear.

Mechanical Components Scrappy

Role: Material support.

Scrappy should not be described as a direct Mechanical Components farm. The verified Workshop data says Scrappy brings basic materials, including Metal Parts and Rubber Parts.

That still helps because Metal Parts and Rubber Parts are exactly what Refiner 1 needs for the Mechanical Components recipe.

1. Finish a raid with enough time spent Topside to trigger Scrappy rewards.
2. Collect Scrappy’s materials back at the Workshop.
3. Keep Metal Parts.
4. Keep Rubber Parts.
5. Craft Mechanical Components at Refiner 1 when the recipe count is met.

Mechanical Components Route

Role: Practical farming plan.

The best route is not always the route with the highest possible loot ceiling. It is the route that gives you a component, gives you recipe materials, or gets you out safely before you lose everything.

1. Set your target count before entering a raid.
2. Check whether Refiner 1 can already craft that count.
3. Farm missing Metal Parts or Rubber Parts first.
4. Use Dam Battlegrounds or The Blue Gate if your spawn supports the route.
5. Use Spaceport or Stella Montis when you are already near the listed Mechanical zones.
6. Recycle only after extracting and checking previews.
7. Spend the Mechanical Components on the original upgrade or craft.

Mechanical Components Mistakes

These mistakes are easy to write into a guide, but they make the article worse because they overpromise what the game actually does.

Mechanical Components Source Check

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Mechanical Components FAQs