ARC Raiders: How to Find the Power Bank (Locations and Recycling)

The Power Bank is a Rare recyclable in ARC Raiders that you break down for electronics parts. It is light, stacks, and turns up wherever the loot leans toward electronics, homes, and shops. If you are gathering materials for crafting, it is one of the quicker components to stockpile once you know which rooms to hit.

Quick answer: Search containers in areas tagged Electrical, Residential, or Commercial. Office desks and filing cabinets in other zones, such as the Railyard on Pendola Pass, can also hold one.

Power Bank stats

Here are the shipped figures for the item so you know what you are picking up and how much pack space it takes.

Attribute	Value
Category	Recyclable
Rarity	Rare
Weight	2
Max stack	3
Sell value	1,000 Coins
Found in	Electrical, Residential, Commercial

Power Bank material icon

Where the Power Bank spawns

The item is tied to three loot tags. When a zone carries any of these, your odds of finding a Power Bank are highest.

Electrical — rooms with appliances, panels, and electronic goods.
Residential — apartments and homes with shelving and drawers.
Commercial — storefronts, offices, and shop interiors.

Those tags are the primary pool, but they are not the only place one can turn up. Office desks, filing cabinets, lockers, and tabletop containers inside other zones occasionally hold a Power Bank too, even when the area itself is tagged Industrial or Mechanical. That is why clearing desk drawers everywhere pays off, not just in the three listed categories.

Inventory screen with stash grid and a cream tooltip for Metal Parts listing crafting uses and where it is found. — The Inventory screen shows the Stash with a tooltip for Metal Parts, a common basic material used to craft Hairpin, Heavy Ammo, Ferro, Kettle and Medium Ammo.

Finding one at the Railyard on Pendola Pass

Pendola Pass is a difficulty 3 map that opens once you have played 25 rounds. The Railyard there is an Industrial and Mechanical zone, yet its underground office holds desks and cabinets that can produce a Power Bank. It is a clean example of grabbing the item outside its main loot tags.

Deploy into Pendola Pass and make your way to the Railyard. Head into the underground office building, a multi-room space lined with workstations and storage.

Approach a container on an office desk and press the interact key to search it. Pull the Power Bank into your backpack when it appears. You can confirm the item by its tooltip, which reads Recyclable, Rare.

Finding the Power Bank — Searching a desk container and inspecting the Power Bank tooltip to confirm the pickup. Shown at 00:22 in Quick Tips’s video. Image: Embark Studios

Open the map to track where you are. The player marker sits at the Railyard, with nearby points such as Loading Platforms, Controlled Receiving Facility, and Commissary Supermarket on the same map.

Checking the Map Location — Checking the Pendola Pass map to pin the Railyard location before looting the office. Shown at 00:31 in Quick Tips’s video. Image: Embark Studios

Compare your position to the area legend. The Commissary Supermarket and residential pockets match the Electrical, Residential, and Commercial tags more directly, so those make strong follow-up stops on the same run.

Map Overview and Spawn Explanation — The wider Pendola Pass view shows which named areas line up with the Power Bank loot tags. Shown at 00:46 in Quick Tips’s video. Image: Embark Studios

Keep working through the desks, filing cabinets, and tabletop containers in the office. Each searchable spot is a fresh chance at another Power Bank before you move on.

Exploring the Underground Railyard Office — Clearing the underground office desks and cabinets, where extra Power Banks tend to hide. Shown at 01:06 in Quick Tips’s video. Image: Embark Studios

Because it is a Rare item, bank it or extract once your slots fill rather than risk losing it mid-raid.

What the Power Bank recycles and salvages into

The reason to collect it is the parts inside. Recycling and salvaging give different returns, so pick based on whether you want more materials or you want to keep the item’s full value.

Process	Output
Recycle	2× Battery, 2× Wires
Salvage	2× Battery

Batteries and wires feed electronics recipes, mod construction, and workshop upgrades, which is what makes the Power Bank worth carrying even though it has no direct combat use.

Maps to farm the Power Bank

The item shows up across most of the rotation. Use difficulty and unlock requirements to pick a run that fits your progression, then head for the Electrical, Residential, and Commercial pockets on each.

Map	Difficulty	Unlocks at rounds played
Dam Battlegrounds	2 of 5	Available
Spaceport	3 of 5	12
Buried City	3 of 5	Available
Pendola Pass	3 of 5	25
Blue Gate	4 of 5	18
Stella Montis	4 of 5	24
Riven Tides	5 of 5	20

You will know a run paid off the moment the Power Bank sits in your backpack with its Recyclable, Rare tooltip. Break it down at your hideout to turn it into batteries and wires, and the component sink for your crafting is covered for the next few upgrades.