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In ARC Raiders, few materials cause as much of a stash bottleneck as Medium Gun Parts (MGP). Weighing in at 0.4 kg with a vendor value of 700, these assorted spare parts are mandatory for maintaining and crafting mid-tier weapons like the Renegade, Osprey, Torrente, and Celeste.

Because repairing a higher-tier weapon can easily burn through 3 Medium Gun Parts in a single click, relying purely on accidental discoveries out in the world will leave you broke. If you want to stop staring at broken guns in your stash, you need a systematic strategy to farm them.

1. Recycling Weapons (The Fastest Stash Injector)

Instead of treating low-tier loot as dead weight, treat every uncommon (Green) or rare (Blue) weapon as a packaged bundle of gun parts. If you manage to extract with a backpack full of guns, do not sell them to vendors for a handful of coins.

• The Process: Head to your inventory back at the base, right-click on any unused or duplicate weapon, and select Recycle.

• The Yield: Dismantling weapons like the Renegade, Anvil, Osprey, or Torrente reliably breaks down into 2 to 3 Medium Gun Parts per weapon.

• The PvP Strategy: If you want to maximize your hourly yield, hunt other raiders. Taking down an enemy squad and stripping their weapon slots before extraction is widely considered the fastest, highest-yield weapon farm in the current meta. A single successful squad wipe can easily translate into 6 to 9 MGPs within a 20-minute run.

2. Crafting via Level 2 Refiner (The Most Consistent Route)

Relying on weapon drops can occasionally leave you at the mercy of bad RNG. The most permanent fix to an MGP shortage is to unlock the ability to manufacture them yourself using lower-grade materials. To pull this off, you need two things: a Workshop upgrade and a specific blueprint.

Upgrading the Workshop

First, you must upgrade your Refiner to Level 2. This isn’t cheap; the project requires specialized tech salvage, including Toasters, Fireball Burners, and ARC Motion Cores. Once built, the Level 2 Refiner unlocks a direct conversion recipe:

$$\text{4x Simple Gun Parts} \longrightarrow \text{1x Medium Gun Part}$$

Simple Gun Parts are incredibly easy to accumulate. Hunting small, flying ARC units like Wasps and Hornets yields a near 100% drop rate for simple parts, allowing you to turn basic drone hunting into a predictable pipeline for mid-tier components.

Hunting the Medium Gun Parts Blueprint

The blueprint itself is a Legendary item, meaning you’ll have to look in the right places to find it. According to community drop data, specific zones and events have significantly higher drop probabilities:

Map / Location / Event	Drop Probability / Source
Dam Battlegrounds	~40% drop chance in major weapon crates
Blue Gate / Stella Montis	~18% chance across localized military structures
Buried City	~14% chance (heavily concentrated near the hospital & Marano Station)
The Spaceport	~8% chance (specifically Floor 6 of the Space Travel building)
General Events	"Uncovered Cache" events and standard Raider Caches

If the RNG gods are giving you a hard time and you keep pulling duplicates of other blueprints instead, you can always bypass the grind by trading with other players on community marketplaces, or visit third-party networks like U4N to buy arc raiders pc items cheap to save yourself dozens of hours of empty looting.

3. Buying from Celeste (The Daily Passive Routine)

For casual players who only have an hour or two to play each night, the most efficient method is the daily passive trader trade.

• The Deal: Visit Celeste, the seed trader, located in the main hub.

• The Limits: She sells a maximum of 3 Medium Gun Parts per day.

• The Cost: Each part costs 15 Seeds, meaning you need 45 Seeds total to clear her out daily.

Seeds are lightweight and plentiful if you know where to look. Make it a habit to check every red locker you pass, clear out the Olive Grove during your runs, or utilize Scrappy back at your base to keep your seed inventory high enough to sustain this daily purchase.

4. High-Value Map Looting & Boss Farming

If you prefer pure scavenging over crafting or recycling, you need to restrict your drop locations to high-threat sectors. Dropping into low-tier zones will only clutter your inventory with scrap metal.

Targeted Map Zones

Stick exclusively to points of interest highlighted in Yellow (Medium loot tier) or Red (High loot tier). Within major infrastructure landmarks like the Power Generation Complex, the Spaceport, or hidden Security Bunkers, skip generic boxes and prioritize:

• Heavy weapon cases

• Industrial toolboxes

• Locked security breaches (requires specific keycards)

Farming Heavy ARC Units

If your squad has the firepower, look for massive terrestrial ARC threats rather than running away from them. Defeating heavy ARC units like Bastions or Surveyors is highly lucrative. Dismantling their smoking wreckages after a firefight guarantees a drop of 4 Medium Gun Parts alongside high-tier components, instantly rewarding the risk of taking on a boss.

For more details on navigating these high-risk areas safely, check out this ARC Raiders Loot Guide, which walks through the exact routes for maximizing your extraction value.