The Spaceport Warehouse Key in Arc Raiders is a small item with a very specific purpose: it opens locked doors inside the Shipping Warehouse on the Acerra Spaceport map. Those doors gate off a compact loot room on the upper floor, and the key disappears once it’s used.
Arc Raiders Spaceport Warehouse Key basics
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Item type | Key |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Map use | Acerra Spaceport (Shipping Warehouse) |
| What it unlocks | Locked doors on the north side of the Shipping Warehouse, second floor |
| Weight | 0.25 |
| Stack size | 1 |
| Sell price | 100 credits |
| Consumable | Yes – the key is used up on unlocking |
The key behaves like other location keys in Arc Raiders: it takes up a single slot, cannot be stacked, and vanishes after opening its matching door. If you die before extracting, you lose it with the rest of your carried gear.
How to get the Spaceport Warehouse Key
The Spaceport Warehouse Key is not tied to a single fixed spawn. It enters your inventory in a few main ways, all centered around PvE exploration and mission rewards.
| Acquisition method | Details |
|---|---|
| Scavenging loot | Search containers, desks, cabinets, and drawers while raiding. |
| Dam Battlegrounds drop spots | Commonly found in the Research & Administration building and nearby residential blocks like Ruby Residence. |
| Quest reward | Granted for completing the “Switching The Supply” quest. |
In practice, players farming Spaceport-related keys tend to run Dam Battlegrounds repeatedly, sweeping residential and office spaces. The Spaceport Warehouse Key can appear alongside other Spaceport keys (Trench Tower, Container Storage, Ground Control, Outskirts Bunker) in these same buildings.
Quest rewards are the most predictable way to secure at least one copy. “Switching The Supply” hands over a Spaceport Warehouse Key on completion, giving you a guaranteed shot at the Shipping Warehouse loot room the next time you deploy to Acerra Spaceport.
Where to use the Spaceport Warehouse Key (door location)
The Spaceport Warehouse Key only works on doors in one cluster inside Acerra Spaceport’s Shipping Warehouse. Finding that door quickly matters because the longer you wander, the more likely you are to run into ARC patrols or other raiders.
| Step | What to look for |
|---|---|
| 1. Reach Acerra Spaceport | Queue into a run using the Spaceport map. |
| 2. Navigate to Shipping Warehouse | Head to the northern part of the Spaceport; look for the large warehouse complex marked as Shipping/warehouse on the map. |
| 3. Enter and go upstairs | Move inside the warehouse and climb to the second floor using interior stairs or catwalks. |
| 4. Move to the north side | On the second floor, follow the walkways toward the northern edge of the building. |
| 5. Find the locked doors | Look for one or more doors marked as locked that require a key; these are the doors the Spaceport Warehouse Key opens. |
The doors you’re looking for sit on the upper level, not on the ground floor, and they form a small cluster rather than a single isolated door. The game shows a key requirement when you interact with them without the item.
Once the key has been used and you enter the room, the lock is consumed and you cannot reuse that same key. The door behaves like other key-locked doors: it stays open for the session, but you will need another key for a fresh run if the door resets between raids.
What you get behind the Shipping Warehouse door
The value of the Spaceport Warehouse Key is entirely in the loot behind that locked door. The Shipping Warehouse room functions as a compact loot hub with a higher concentration of useful items than most exposed warehouse shelves.
- Multiple loot containers in a small footprint, cutting down on time spent searching.
- Better-than-average item quality compared to open warehouse areas.
- A safer loot grab than some outdoor hotspots, since the fight funnel is through the doorway.
Exact spawns fluctuate between raids, but expect a mix of weapons, ammunition, crafting materials, and other salvage. Because keys are single-use, the assessment is always: does the chance at a dense loot room outweigh the 100-credit vendor price and the inventory risk for this run?
Spaceport Warehouse Key vs. other Spaceport keys
Spaceport is filled with locked spaces that all compete for the same key-drop pool. Understanding how the Warehouse Key fits into that lineup helps you decide when to use it versus when to hold or sell it.
| Key | Location unlocked | Typical use | Vendor value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spaceport Warehouse Key | North side, second floor of Shipping Warehouse | Indoor loot room in a warehouse environment | 100 credits |
| Spaceport Container Storage Key | Upper floor of the Container Storage building | Elevated loot room among stacked containers | 100 credits |
| Spaceport Ground Control Key | Inside the Ground Control Tower | Guarded tower interior with loot and vertical combat spaces | 100 credits |
| Spaceport Trench Tower Key | Trench Towers in the Spaceport’s trench zone | Upper-level tower rooms accessed via stairs or zipline | 100 credits |
| Spaceport Outskirts Bunker Key | Outskirts Bunker on the map’s edge | Remote underground loot bunker away from main lanes | 100 credits |
Every Spaceport key opens only one type of door, and each is consumed on use. All of them share similar credit value, so the decision is mostly about your current route:
- Running northern warehouse lanes anyway? The Warehouse Key is a natural fit.
- Planning a trench or tower-focused route? Trench Tower or Ground Control keys may be better to keep.
- Trying to avoid PvP hotspots? An Outskirts Bunker route is often quieter than central Spaceport and Shipping.
How to farm and use the Spaceport Warehouse Key efficiently
Because keys can drop randomly and disappear on death, using them well is about minimizing waste and aligning them with your path through the map.
| Goal | Practical approach |
|---|---|
| Get more keys | Run Dam Battlegrounds frequently, sweeping residential blocks and the Research & Administration building for drawers, cabinets, and office containers. |
| Protect high-value keys | Place your rarest or most important key in the Safe Pocket to prevent losing it to a single unlucky fight. |
| Plan map routes | Only bring keys for areas you realistically plan to reach during the raid so they don’t sit idle in your backpack. |
| Avoid dying with unused keys | Use the key once you have secured a path to the Shipping Warehouse and are ready to move towards extraction afterwards. |
The Spaceport Warehouse Key is at its best when you already have business in the northern part of Acerra Spaceport. Fold it into a route that passes the Shipping Warehouse, clear the second floor, unlock the door, sweep the interior loot, and then rotate toward an extraction or Raider Hatch. Used this way, that single 0.25-weight key often pays for itself in a few minutes of focused looting.
