Trying to find Mechanical Components might have you a little confused in Arc Raiders, but you should be looking closer to home. There's actually a way to craft these materials rather than having to head Topside and run the gauntlet of robots and loot-hungry humans.
You'll need Mechanical Components to upgrade your Gunsmith to level two, which is something you'll want to get done ASAP, considering your weaponry is the only thing keeping you alive against Arc Raiders' array of hostile drones of all shapes and sizes. So, here's how to get this crafting material for yourself.
How to get Mechanical Components in Arc Raiders
There are three main ways to get Mechanical Components in Arc Raiders. These are:
- Craft them in the Refiner: This is the most straightforward way of getting them. You can craft Mechanical Components in the Refiner for 7x Metal Parts and 3x Rubber Parts a piece. You will have to build the Refiner in your workshop first, though.
- Recycle weapons or materials: Any green weapon, or a white weapon that has been upgraded with Mechanical Components, will drop them when you recycle it. This means you can recycle looted green weapons you don't want, or even buy a green weapon from Tian Wen in a pinch and break it down. You can also recycle Advanced Mechanical Components, which you usually use to craft blue weapons.
- Loot them: You can also find Mechanical Components in a few different containers while exploring, such as the Rovers in the Sandbox area in Stella Montis.
Crafting them is definitely the best option of the three, since both rubber and metal are extremely common materials that you'll find just about everywhere in Arc Raiders. That, or you can get them by recycling the many scrap items you pick up, or Scrappy will even gather them for you.
Making Mechanical Components for yourself will also let you hold onto your extra green rarity guns rather than having to throw them in the scrapper.
