The Radio Beacon Box is one of the highest-value pickups in Sand: Raiders of Sophie, and grabbing it instantly broadcasts your position to everyone else in the lobby. There is no drop-off NPC and no special delivery point for it, which is exactly why so many players carry it around the map with no idea how to cash it in.
Quick answer: To deliver the Radio Beacon Box, stow it inside your Trampler and extract from the match at any extraction point. The “Box with a Radio Beacon delivery” quest completes automatically once you escape, and you then sell the box for 2,000 Crowns from the shop tab at your base.
What the Radio Beacon Box is
The Radio Beacon Box is a lootable yellow metal crate that appears at major points of interest. It carries an active beacon, so the moment it enters your possession the game pins your location on the map for every other crew in the match. That trade-off is the whole point of the item. It pays out heavily, but it turns you into a target the instant you touch it.
You can hear one before you see it. The box emits a steady beeping sound, so when you enter a landmark and pick up that audio cue, follow it until the crate appears, then interact to pick it up.
Where the Radio Beacon Box spawns
The box appears at major landmarks and points of interest across the map, with spawns that are random rather than fixed. Abandoned towns and settlements tend to produce them more often than forts. Because the game is in early access, spawn behavior can shift between updates, so treat any single location as a chance rather than a guarantee.
| Detail | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Where it spawns | Major landmarks, with abandoned towns and settlements most reliable |
| How to find it | Listen for the beeping sound and follow it to the crate |
| Appearance | Yellow-colored metal box |
| On pickup | Your position is revealed to the whole lobby |
| Quest triggered | “Box with a Radio Beacon delivery,” with a 2-hour real-time limit |
How to deliver the Radio Beacon Box
Delivery is simply a successful extraction. There is no separate hand-in point, so any extraction works as the drop-off.
Note: extraction is the most dangerous moment of the whole run with a beacon on board. You are tied to a predictable objective with a loud Trampler and a marked position, so keep the machine angled toward open ground and at least one cannon loaded in case another crew pushes the timer.
How to confirm it worked and sell the box
You know the delivery succeeded when the run resolves and you return to base with the crate in your inventory. From there, open the shop tab, select the Box with Radio Beacon, and sell it for 2,000 Crowns each. That single payout makes it one of the most profitable items you can carry out of a raid.
The most common way the reward fails is dying or losing your Trampler before extraction, since the box only counts once it leaves the match with you. Picking one up is best saved for runs where you already have a clear route out and enough firepower to survive the attention it draws.
Treat the beacon less like ordinary loot and more like a timed commitment. Once it is in your Trampler, stop wandering, lock in a path to an extraction point, and play the rest of the run as a getaway rather than a scavenging trip.
