Great Mullein is one of the most useful early-game plants in ARC Raiders. It’s an uncommon, topside material that feeds into core healing recipes and can be converted into Assorted Seeds, the currency used with the botanics trader. If you’re chasing bandages, Antiseptic, or just seed income, this is the plant to learn.

Great Mullein item overview

Property Details
Type Topside material (Nature)
Rarity Uncommon
Weight 0.25 kg
Stack size 15
Sell price 300
Where it’s found Nature biomes (topside)
Other sources Scavenging, recycling, occasionally sold by Celeste
Primary uses Crafting medical supplies; converts to Assorted Seeds

Where to find Great Mullein (reliable locations)

Great Mullein spawns across the four topside maps, but density isn’t uniform. The most consistent route is in Dam Battlegrounds:

  • Red Lakes under the Testing Annex
  • The swamp biome around the Hydroponic Dome Complex

Both areas regularly spawn multiple plants per visit, making them efficient loops if you need to stockpile. Outside the Dam, prioritize any POI or sub-biome tagged as Nature—most plant types, including Great Mullein, can appear there.

Buying, selling, and seeds

Celeste will occasionally stock Great Mullein, so it’s worth checking her inventory between runs. You can sell the plant outright for 300 or convert it into Assorted Seeds if you’re targeting trader currency.

Tip: Only convert what you don’t need for current recipes or quest turn-ins; seeds are valuable, but early healing uptime often matters more.

Great Mullein crafting recipes

Inputs Station Output
10× Chemicals + 2× Great Mullein Refiner 2 1× Antiseptic
1× Durable Cloth + 3× Great Mullein Medical Lab 2 1× Herbal Bandage
1× Durable Cloth + 3× Great Mullein Inventory (on the go) 1× Herbal Bandage

The on-inventory bandage craft mirrors the Medical Lab 2 recipe, which is handy if you need healing items mid-progression without returning to base.

Recycling vs. salvaging: seed yields

Action Input Output
Recycle 1× Great Mullein 4× Assorted Seeds
Salvage 1× Great Mullein 1× Assorted Seeds

If you’re optimizing for seeds, recycle rather than salvage. Salvage is a fallback when you’re breaking down items ad hoc and don’t have access to recycling, but it yields fewer seeds.

Quest use and early progression value

Great Mullein shows up in early quest objectives and supports multi-step tasks that also require Antiseptic. Because Mullein directly crafts into Antiseptic and Herbal Bandages, a single route through Dam Battlegrounds can cover both collection and crafting needs for these objectives.

Practical loop: farm Mullein in Dam (Red Lakes / Hydroponic Dome swamp), grab Chemicals along the way, and craft Antiseptic at Refiner 2 once you’re back, keeping a few plants aside for bandages or turn-ins.

If mission progress doesn’t stick

Some players encounter objectives that uncheck after extraction even when the item was looted and extracted. If this happens, re-run a fresh topside instance and pick the item again; track your progress in the objective panel before and after extraction. If the issue persists, avoid consuming or converting the item until the objective resolves and retry after a relog.

Treat Great Mullein as both a healing backbone and a seed battery. When you’re flush, recycle for Assorted Seeds to fund future purchases; when you’re thin on supplies or pushing quests, funnel it into Antiseptic and Herbal Bandages. The Dam Battlegrounds route keeps both paths open with minimal downtime.