🍄 Resource Guide Scrappy Upgrade All Maps 🔥 Trending +80% Updated Feb 2026

Where to Find Mushrooms
in Arc Raiders

Mushrooms are the most annoying resource in Arc Raiders. You need 12 for Scrappy's final upgrade and 7 more for Flickering Flames — but they rarely show up when you want them. Here are the exact spots, guaranteed spawns, and the fastest route to get all 19 without losing your mind.

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Why you need mushrooms & how many The #1 guaranteed spot (Spaceport) Dam Battlegrounds — 30 spawns mapped Blue Gate — trending +300% right now Lush Blooms & Cold Snap — the cheat codes Safe Pocket trick & key farming tips Interactive map links
⚡ Quick Version — Read This First
You need 19 mushrooms total (12 Scrappy + 7 Flickering Flames)
Spaceport tree near Trench Hatch East = guaranteed 3–4 per run
Dam Battlegrounds has ~30 spawn points — most in the game
Cold Snap on Spaceport = 11 mushrooms from that same tree alone
Lush Blooms = wicker baskets on every map, fastest total yield
Always safe pocket immediately — never carry mushrooms loose

🍄 Why You Need Mushrooms & How Many

Mushrooms are tagged as Nature (Uncommon) — they restore 15 HP when eaten, but their real purpose is as a crafting material. There are two hard requirements that will have you farming them repeatedly:

UseAmountOther Requirements
🐔 Scrappy Level 5 (Master Hoarder) 12 mushrooms 12 Apricots, 3 Very Comfortable Pillows
🕯️ Flickering Flames Project — Phase 5 7 mushrooms Project-specific materials
Total you'll need 19 mushrooms minimum Plan 5–7 farming runs at 3–4 per run
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Why Scrappy Level 5 is worth every mushroom Maxed Scrappy (Master Hoarder) passively generates Metal Parts, Fabric, Plastic Parts, Chemicals, Rubber Parts, and Seeds while you raid. It's a passive crafting income machine. Front-load this grind — the resources it produces over time easily outweigh the pain of finding the mushrooms.

🚀 The #1 Guaranteed Spot — Spaceport

This is the spot every efficient player knows. Tested across dozens of runs by the community, one specific tree on Spaceport gives 3–4 mushrooms every single raid without needing any special event. During Cold Snap that same tree yields 11. It's also low-risk since Spaceport's high-traffic areas draw players away from this quiet green corner.

🚀 Acerra Spaceport — Guaranteed Mushroom Spawns
📍 Open Map + Filter →
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    Swampy Green Area — Below Little Hangar / East Container Yard North-east section of the map, just above Rocket Assembly and Fuel Control and below Little Hangar. Despite Spaceport being concrete-heavy, this is a small, distinctive green watery patch — you'll know it when you see it. The tree sits in a trench near Trench Hatch East. Drop down using the corner ramp, harvest everything, safe pocket immediately.
    3–4 guaranteed
  • 🌿
    Underground Tunnels — Center of Map A secondary, less reliable location. Mushrooms occasionally appear in the underground tunnel section running through the center of the map. Worth checking only if you're already down there for another reason.
    1–2 occasional
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Apricot trees are right there too The same area around the mushroom tree also has apricot trees that you can harvest at the same time. Since Scrappy Level 5 requires 12 apricots alongside the 12 mushrooms, you can knock out both resources in the same run. Huge time saver.

Step-by-Step: The Fastest Spaceport Run

  1. Create an empty custom loadout before you queue An empty custom loadout gives you a Safe Pocket. The free/default loadout does not have one. This is not optional — it's the entire foundation of this farming method.
  2. Pre-load 1–2 Adrenaline Shots into the Safe Pocket Cheap to craft and essential for winning the race to the tree before other players. They're easy to make and they sprint-boost you to maximum stamina on demand.
  3. Queue Spaceport — check for Hidden Bunker event first When Hidden Bunker is active, the majority of players funnel toward it, leaving the mushroom area empty. Check Live Events before queuing.
  4. Route around the high-loot zones, not through them Control Tower, Launch Pads, and the Container Yard are where fights happen. Stick to the outer edges of the map on your way north-east. Bring a gun just in case — there's always someone who ignores the hot zones.
  5. Drop down to the trench, harvest the tree Use the corner ramp to drop cleanly. The distinctive blue construction frames above mark the spot. Harvest all mushrooms and apricots. Safe pocket every single one before you move.
  6. Extract or let yourself die — either works The nearby Raider Hatch lets you extract cleanly if you have a key. No key? Find an ARC unit and let it finish you. Your Safe Pocket items come home with you regardless. Slightly cursed. Extremely efficient.
  7. Requeue and repeat ×4–5 runs At 3–4 mushrooms per run, you'll hit your 12 for Scrappy in 3–4 runs. The additional 7 for Flickering Flames adds 2 more. Budget about 45 minutes total if you run it clean.
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The tree gets contested — here's your fallback plan This spot is widely known. If you arrive and find it already stripped, don't waste time exploring Spaceport hoping for random mushroom spawns — there are only two reliable spots on this map and the second is far weaker. Requeue, or switch your session to Dam Battlegrounds which has far more spread-out spawn points that are harder for any single player to monopolize.

💧 Dam Battlegrounds — ~30 Spawn Points

Dam Battlegrounds is the richest map for mushrooms in the entire game — approximately 30 individual spawn points have been documented by the community, spread across multiple POIs. The trade-off is that no single location is as clean and guaranteed as the Spaceport tree. However, Dam's advantage is redundancy — if one zone is looted, several others may not be.

💧 Dam Battlegrounds — Full Mushroom Farming Route
📍 Open Map + Filter →
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    Hydroponic Dome Complex North of Water Treatment Control — high loot POI with Nature, Industrial, and Security drops. Mushrooms spawn inside the facility in stagnant water pools OR directly outside on the surrounding trees. They alternate between these two locations, so always check both before leaving. This is Dam's single highest-density zone.
    2–4 combined
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    Water Treatment Control — Pipe Corridor The long windowed corridor connecting Water Treatment Control to Primary Facility, lined with pipes running southeast toward Research & Administration. Mushrooms grow on the pipes on both sides. Pan your camera carefully — caps blend into pipe textures and are easy to miss at a glance.
    1–3 per run
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    Central Swamp Lift — Surrounding Trees Trees around the Central Swamp Lift. The visual tell for mushroom trees is key here: look for dead trees that already have small decorative grey mushrooms built into the model. The large white harvestable mushroom spawns at the base of exactly those trees.
    1–2 per run
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    Wreckage Area — near Baron Husk Southwest of Testing Annex. Find the massive broken robot surrounded by scattered twisted metal. Mushrooms grow on fallen logs and branches in this area. Much less contested than the Dome — good fallback if the main zones are stripped.
    1–2 per run
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    Swampy Riverbanks — South Swamp Outpost / Old Battleground Western side of the map. Lower and less consistent spawn rate but high mushroom environment — humid, water-adjacent, tree-heavy. Chain it in at the end of your route if you still need 1–2 more to hit your count.
    Occasional
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Recommended route: Dome → Pipe Corridor → Swamp Lift → Wreckage Chaining these four zones in sequence covers Dam's best mushroom spawn density without crossing the full map. Enable the Nature Resources filter on the Dam Battlegrounds interactive map to plan your exact path before you queue.

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🌀 The Blue Gate — Mushroom Locations
📍 Open Map + Filter →
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    Raider's Hideout — Surrounding Trees Several trees around the Raider's Hideout area have a chance to spawn mushrooms. Not guaranteed, but a quick sweep on your way through costs nothing.
    Chance spawn
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    Basement Locations — High-Humidity Indoor Zones Blue Gate's basement sections are the right environment for mushrooms — dark, humid, enclosed. Limited spawns found here. Good secondary check while routing through the map.
    1–2 occasional
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    Wicker Baskets — Lush Blooms Only Blue Gate gets wicker basket spawns during Lush Blooms that frequently contain mushrooms. This is where the trending interest is coming from — it's genuinely good during the event, combining mushrooms with the olives and prickly pears you're already farming here.
    Event only
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The Blue Gate double-dip Blue Gate is already the best map for Olives (Olive Grove POI) and Prickly Pears (Village area) for earlier Scrappy tiers. While you're on Blue Gate for those, sweep the basement zones and Raider's Hideout trees — you may walk away with 1–2 bonus mushrooms without a dedicated farming run.
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🌸 Lush Blooms & Cold Snap — The Cheat Codes

Two events completely transform mushroom farming. If either is active when you're planning a session, prioritize them above everything else.

Map + ConditionMushroom YieldPriority
Spaceport — Standard 3–4 from tree ✅ Best reliable daily option
Spaceport — Cold Snap 11 from same tree ⭐ Drop what you're doing and queue
Dam Battlegrounds — Lush Blooms Very high — baskets + boosted naturals ⭐ Best total volume per run
Any map — Lush Blooms High — wicker baskets on all maps ✅ Farm whichever is currently active
Blue Gate — no event Low, situational ⚠️ Secondary only
Buried City — no event None — zero natural spawns ❌ Don't farm mushrooms here
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Always check live events before queuing Map events rotate hourly. Before any mushroom session, check Live Events to see if Lush Blooms is active anywhere or Cold Snap is running on Spaceport. Either event upgrades your run efficiency dramatically — potentially completing your entire mushroom grind in a single session.

🧠 Safe Pocket Trick & Farming Tips

🗺️ See Every Mushroom Spawn on the Map

Open your sector map and enable the Nature Resources filter to see all mushroom spawn markers, wicker basket locations, and nearby extraction points before you queue.

🚀 Spaceport Map 💧 Dam Battlegrounds Map 🌀 Blue Gate Map

📋 All Mushroom Locations — Quick Reference

LocationMapYieldNotes
Swampy trench below Little Hangar Spaceport 3–4 guaranteed Best single spot in the game. Cold Snap = 11.
Underground Tunnels (center) Spaceport 1–2 occasional Secondary only. Check if already nearby.
Hydroponic Dome Complex Dam Battlegrounds 2–4 combined Inside water OR outside trees — check both. They alternate.
Water Treatment Pipe Corridor Dam Battlegrounds 1–3 per run Scan both sides of the corridor carefully.
Central Swamp Lift trees Dam Battlegrounds 1–2 per run Look for dead trees with decorative mushroom models.
Wreckage / Baron Husk area Dam Battlegrounds 1–2 per run Low competition. Solid fallback.
Raider's Hideout & basements Blue Gate Occasional Good bonus while farming olives or prickly pears.
Wicker Baskets (all maps) All maps High — event only Lush Blooms only. Best total yield per run when active.

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