The Workshop plays a vital role in ARC Raiders by helping you craft various items, and upgrading them will increase the total options in your hands.
You’ll gain different blueprints to craft with resources, and upgrading your Workshop benches and stations will allow you to complete the more advanced recipes. This guide will give you a complete picture of all available Workshop upgrades, along with the required items.
Complete list of Workshop upgrades and materials in ARC Raiders
Your Workshop can be divided into seven different benches/stations.
- Workbenchh
- Explosive Station
- Gear Bench
- Gunsmith
- Medical Lab
- Refiner
- Utility Station
All stations, barring your Workbench, can be upgraded over time with specific resources.
Workbench
The Workbench is your most basic station that’s available by default.
Explosive Station
The Explosive Station offers three levels of upgrades.
| Level | Required Materials |
|---|---|
| 1 | 50 Chemicals 6 ARC Alloys |
| 2 | 3 Synthesized Fuel 5 Crude Explosives 5 Pop Triggers |
| 3 | 3 Laboratory Reagents 5 Explosive Compound 3 Rocketeer Driver |
Gear Bench
The Gear Bench offers three levels of upgrades
| Level | Required Materials |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Plastic Parts 30 Fabric |
| 2 | 3 Power Cable 5 Electrical Components 5 Hornet Driver |
| 3 | 3 Industrial Battery 5 Advanced Electric Components 6 Bastion Cell |
Gunsmith
The Gunsmith offers three levels of upgrades.
| Level | Required Materials |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Metal Parts 30 Rubber Parts |
| 2 | 3 Rusted Tools 5 Mechanical Components 8 Wasp Driver |
| 3 | 3 Rusted Gear 5 Advanced Mechanical Components 4 Sentinel Firing Core |
Medical Lab
The Medical Lab offers three levels of upgrades.
| Level | Required Materials |
|---|---|
| 1 | 50 Fabrics 6 ARC Alloy |
| 2 | 2 Cracked Bioscanner 5 Durable Cloth 8 Tick Pod |
| 3 | 3 Rusted Shut Medical Kit 8 Antiseptic 5 Surveyor Vault |
Refiner
The Refiner offers three levels of upgrades.
| Level | Required Materials |
|---|---|
| 1 | 60 Metal Parts 5 ARC Powercell |
| 2 | 3 Toaster 5 ARC Motion Core 8 Fireball Burner |
| 3 | 3 Rusted Shut Medical Kit 3 Motor 10 ARC Circuitry 6 Bombardier Cell |
Utility Station
The Utility Station offers three levels of upgrades.
| Level | Required Materials |
|---|---|
| 1 | 50 Plastic Parts 6 ARC Alloy |
| 2 | 2 Damaged Heat Sink 5 Electrical Components 6 Snitch Scanner |
| 3 | 3 Fried Motherboard 5 Advanced Electrical Components 4 Leaper Pulse Unit |
Having upgraded workstations will allow you to complete more blueprints as you discover them from quests and in-game grind.






