Stash Management: What to Keep, Sell, and Recycle

The definitive guide to managing your Arc Raiders stash. Never run out of space again.

Category: Strategy · Updated 2026-08-31

Your stash in Speranza fills up fast. Without a system for managing it, you will constantly run out of space and make bad decisions about what to drop. Here is the definitive framework for keeping your stash lean and your crafting pipeline full.

Priority Tier 1: Always Keep

Never sell or recycle these items regardless of stash pressure. ARC Alloy is the single most important material in the game and gates every endgame recipe. ARC Circuitry is equally critical for high tier crafting. Quest items should always be kept because re acquiring them wastes raid time. Bastion Cells and Queen Reactors are extremely rare drops that you will regret selling. ARC Alloys are essential for Medium Shield and Titan armor crafting. If your stash is full and you have these items, make room by clearing lower priority materials.

Priority Tier 2: Keep If You Have Space

Uncommon materials like Chemicals, Circuitry, Power Cables, and Springs are valuable but farmable. Keep a healthy stockpile of 20 to 30 of each. Beyond that threshold, you can safely sell extras. Keys for locked rooms and containers are worth holding if you plan to run the relevant map soon. If a key has been sitting in your stash for more than a week, sell it and farm a new one when you actually need it.

Priority Tier 3: Safe to Sell

Valuables like Watches, Jewelry, and Electronics exist purely to be sold for Coins. Never recycle these because their vendor price exceeds their material return. Excess common materials beyond what you need for your next 3 to 5 crafts can be sold. If you have 80 Metal Parts and only need 20 for your next project, sell 40 and keep a buffer.

Priority Tier 4: Recycle

Weapons and armor you will never use should be recycled, not sold. The material return from recycling common and uncommon gear is worth more than the vendor price in most cases. One critical rule: never recycle items Topside during a raid. The Topside recycling penalty takes 50% of the material output compared to recycling at Speranza. Always bring items home first and recycle them at your station for full value.

The 50% Topside Penalty

This catches new players constantly. If you find a Recycling Terminal during a raid, it only returns half the materials compared to your Speranza Recycling Station. That Ferro that gives you 5 Metal Parts at home only gives you 2 at a Topside terminal. The only time Topside recycling makes sense is when your backpack is completely full and you need to free a slot for something more valuable.

Stash Expansion

Your stash has a base capacity that can be expanded through Expedition rewards and Speranza upgrades. Completing Expedition milestones grants permanent stash size increases. Prioritize these rewards over cosmetics when given the choice. Every additional slot means one more rare material you can stockpile.

Use the Keep or Sell Tool

Not sure about a specific item? Visit arcraidersai.com/keep-or-sell for instant recommendations on whether to keep, sell, or recycle any item in the game. The tool factors in current crafting recipes, material scarcity, and market value to give you the best advice.