I hear the static before I see the crate—three sensors tucked under a smashed relay. I grab them and feel the map tilt: suddenly a locked hatch, a project stage, a promise. You know that pulse—the one that turns a routine raid into an advantage.
I’ve spent hours pruning server rooms and circling POIs so you don’t have to guess where the sensors hide. Read this as a compact field guide: quick spots, reliable buys, and the few crafting recipes that actually matter. I’ll keep it short; you want to get back into a match with fewer blind searches and more results.
How to get Sensors in ARC Raiders
Observation: in scavenging, control rooms and security hubs almost always reward patience with useful electronics.
You can treat sensors like small, high-value components—rare enough to be worth hunting, common enough that a focused route yields them regularly. I favor two maps for farming: Blue Gate’s Pilgrim’s Peak (server towers everywhere) and Spaceport’s Launch Towers POI in the center of the map. On Dam Battlegrounds, check the Power Generation Complex north-side and the new Controlled Access Zone added by the Shrouded Sky update. Stella Montis and other regions drop them too, but those three spots pay off fastest.
You’ll find sensors in containers and broken machines, but they cluster in areas tagged Technological and Security. Server racks, broken relays, and looted consoles are your best friends—check high-density POIs first, sweep the peripheral containers second. I mark the hotspots on my personal route and rarely leave a run without at least one or two.
- Hotspot loot: server towers, launch towers, power generation complexes, Controlled Access Zone puzzles.
- Enemy salvage: destroy Snitches and Surveyors to scavenge sensors from their wreckage.
- Buy option: Celeste sells up to five sensors per day for 10 Assorted Seeds each—if you’ve been grabbing seeds from Scrappy, that’s a reliable fallback.
- Recycle path: several electronics break down into sensors—keep these items for the recycler: Broken Handheld Radio, Radio, Remote Control, Radio Relay, Spectrometer, Spectrum Analysis, Thermostat.
Where do sensors spawn in ARC Raiders?
They spawn mostly inside technological and security POIs—server rooms, towers, launch infrastructure. If you want repeatable routes, make a short loop around Pilgrim’s Peak (Blue Gate) or the Launch Towers (Spaceport) and clear every container; those areas produce a steady trickle.
Can you buy sensors in ARC Raiders?
Yes. Celeste trades sensors for Assorted Seeds at a rate of 10 seeds per sensor, capped at five sensors per day. Treat this as insurance when RNG isn’t on your side.
How to use Sensors in ARC Raiders
Observation: the smallest parts often gate the most valuable outcomes—three little components can swing a raid’s whole reward.
Sensors are crafting inputs and project submissions. You’ll need them if you want:
- Explosive Mine
- Raider Hatch Key (a high-value item during raids)
- Tagging Grenade
The Raider Hatch Key is the playmaker—think of sensors as the tumbler pieces that let you open doors other teams can’t. For the Weather Monitor System project added in Shrouded Sky, Stage 2 specifically asks for three sensors; hand them in and you get three Ziplines plus progression toward the project rewards.
What can you craft with sensors?
Sensors feed several mid-tier tools and devices. If you’re prioritizing raid efficiency, the Raider Hatch Key and Tagging Grenades give the most tactical value per sensor. Craft them when a match plan calls for controlled entry or post-raid mobility.
Two metaphors: sensors are breadcrumbs in a derelict server room, and when you’ve saved a stack they act like a locksmith’s master key for contested hatches. Use that leverage—sell the scramble of short-term hoarding for targeted, game-changing crafts.
I prefer quick loops: sweep a hotspot, clear a few mechanical enemies for scavenged parts, and recycle any radios or spectrometers you can spare. If you play on Steam or via Xbox Game Pass, those small routines return more reliably than hoping for a random drop; check community maps and Moyens I/O guides for updated POI screenshots if you need visual routes.
Want the fastest route that stacks sensors without wasting match time—farm or buy and then spend where it swings the fight, or hoard and gamble on a late-game payout: which side are you on?