ARC Raiders Vase locations and how to use it efficiently

Vase in ARC Raiders is a high-value Trinket that sits in the “misc loot” category but pays out like a mini jackpot. It has no crafting use, yet it is worth a substantial amount of coins and can also show up as a decorative object in your raider room.

Because Vase is tied to specific location tags and random spawns, knowing where it can appear matters far more than its rarity label suggests. A focused route through the right Points of Interest (POIs) will produce Vases consistently instead of relying on blind luck.

Vase basics: value, stats, and role

Three key points define how you should treat Vase:

• It is pure money. With a 3000-coin value and no crafting role, Vase is effectively a lightweight currency stash in item form.
• It stacks. Up to three per slot at 0.3 kg each makes it efficient to carry even on lower-capacity builds.
• It is loot-only. You cannot craft or buy it, so POI selection and room-clearing discipline matter.

Where Vase can spawn in ARC Raiders

Vase follows the same general rules as other Trinkets but is tied to a narrow set of environment tags. It can spawn only in areas flagged as Old World, Residential, or Commercial.

On topside runs, you should bias your route toward POIs with at least one of those three tags. Within those areas, Vases can appear on shelves, on tables, or inside small containers such as cupboards and desks. They are not restricted to a specific map; every region has multiple POIs that qualify.

The sections below break down the most efficient locations by map so you can plan runs around Trinket farming rather than aimless looting.

Best Vase locations in Dam Battlegrounds

Dam Battlegrounds mixes military, industrial, and residential spaces. For Vase, only the Old World, Residential, and Commercial-flavored POIs are relevant. Focus on:

• Research & Administration – Office-style interiors with desks, filing cabinets, and side rooms with shelves.
• Testing Annex – Lab and office combinations where Trinkets can appear on benches and side tables.
• Pale Apartments – Compact residential blocks filled with cupboards, wardrobes, and coffee tables.
• Ruby Residence – Larger residential complex with multiple rooms per floor; good density of shelves and drawers.
• Pattern House – Another residential-leaning structure with typical home furniture layouts.

When moving through these buildings, clear every room and make a point of sweeping:

• Kitchen and living room shelves
• TV stands and coffee tables
• Bedroom dressers and bedside tables
• Office desks and filing cabinets

Skipping side rooms or only hitting visible loot crates is the main reason players leave Vases behind in Dam Battlegrounds.

Best Vase locations in Buried City

Buried City is the standout map for Trinket farming in general and Vase in particular. It combines dense urban POIs with many interiors and side paths, all under the Old World, Residential, or Commercial tags.

Priority locations include:

• Galleria – A mall-like structure packed with shopfronts, store counters, and back rooms.
• Space Travel – A themed commercial area with display shelves and reception desks.
• Town Hall – Large civic building with offices, waiting areas, and scattered furniture.
• Piazza Arbusto – Central plaza surrounded by shops and small interiors.
• Red Tower – High-rise with multiple floors of offices or apartments, depending on layout.
• Plaza Rosa – Mixed-use zone with residential and commercial interiors.
• Santa Maria House – Distinct building with layered rooms and decorative shelving.
• Grandioso Apartments – Apartment block that behaves like Pale Apartments but with more verticality.

Buried City favors players who are willing to methodically clear interiors. You will get the best Vase yield by committing to one or two apartment-heavy POIs per run and fully looting them instead of bouncing between distant markers.

Best Vase locations in Spaceport

Spaceport leans harder into industrial and transport spaces, but several key buildings still fall under the right tags for Vase spawns. Focus on:

• Control Tower A6 – Tight interiors with consoles, desks, and observation rooms.
• Arrival Building – Terminal-like space with waiting areas, check-in counters, and side offices.
• Departure Building – Mirrors the Arrival Building structure, with similar lootable furniture.

These buildings have fewer “homey” props than Buried City but still offer shelves, low tables, and counters where Trinkets can sit. Make sure to check reception desks, security offices, and any staff-only doors you can access.

Best Vase locations in The Blue Gate

The Blue Gate mixes open ruins and clustered homesteads. For Vase, the priority is any POI that clearly used to be lived in or used for trade.

• Village – Clusters of houses and small communal structures with cupboards and shelves.
• Raider’s Refuge – Base-like interior but with enough personal rooms and furniture for Trinket spawns.
• Ruined Homestead – Single or small groups of damaged houses; less dense, but quick to clear.
• Ancient Fort – Fortified structure with interior rooms and storage areas that can roll Trinket loot.

Blue Gate’s strength is its relative safety compared with some other maps, which makes it good for lower-geared squads looking to farm Trinkets without constant heavy combat.

Vase in Stella Montis

Stella Montis technically allows Vase to spawn because it also hosts Old World, Residential, and Commercial-style POIs:

• Cultural Archives
• Business Center
• Atrium
• Eastern Tunnel

However, Stella Montis tends to reward players with higher-tier gear and other valuable loot. If the goal is specifically to farm Trinkets, and Vases in particular, it is usually more efficient to run Buried City, Dam Battlegrounds, or Blue Gate instead. Stella Montis is better treated as an endgame-geared loot destination rather than a targeted Trinket route.

How to recognize Vase spawns in buildings

Vase can be easy to miss during fast clears because it is a small object and does not emit a unique sound. To reduce the chance of walking past one, pay attention to a few patterns:

• Living rooms and lounges. Coffee tables, TV stands, and sideboards are common Vase spots in residential POIs.
• Shelves at eye level. Bookcases and wall shelves in both homes and offices frequently hold Trinkets.
• Desks and counters. Office desks, reception counters, and store checkouts sometimes spawn Vases directly on the surface.
• Small containers. Some Vases spawn inside drawers or cupboards rather than visible on top of furniture, so opening containers systematically is important.

Moving too quickly through interiors or only grabbing items that glow in obvious crates is a reliable way to sabotage Vase farming runs.

Using Vase: selling, decorating, and inventory management

Vase has two practical uses: it can be sold for coins in Speranza, and it can show up in your raider room as a decorative object.

Turning Vase into coins

Once you reach Speranza, you can sell Vases to traders for 3000 coins each. With a weight of 0.3 kg and a stack size of three, a single inventory slot can hold 9000 coins’ worth of Vases. That makes them one of the better items to prioritize when you need funding for:

• Weapon and armor purchases
• Blueprints and workshop upgrades
• Consumable stockpiles for tougher raids

Because they cannot be recycled or used in crafting, there is no long-term reason to hoard large stacks outside of decoration preferences. Most players will want to keep a small number for their room and sell the rest.

Displaying Vase in your raider room

Vase is one of several Trinkets that can appear on the shelf in your raider room when stored in your stash. It behaves like other decorative Trinkets such as Breathtaking Snow Globe, Music Box, and Statuette.

A few details about how this display system works in practice:

• Stash-based display. Items must be in your stash, not your backpack, to have a chance to appear in the room.
• Limited shelf slots. Only a finite number of shelf “slots” are populated at once. Players have reported up to three Vases visible on the shelf when several are stored.
• Priority behavior. Some items, such as Rubber Duck or Breathtaking Snow Globe, often take priority for certain positions. Adding or removing items from the stash can shuffle which Trinkets are visible at a given time.

Efficient Vase farming routes and habits

Because Vase is random loot inside specific tags, efficiency comes more from route discipline and loot habits than from any single “secret” spawn.

Step 1: Choose a Trinket-friendly map. For pure Vase and Trinket farming, Buried City is the best first pick, with Dam Battlegrounds and Blue Gate as strong alternatives.

Step 2: Chain compatible POIs. On Buried City, for example, plan a loop that hits Grandioso Apartments, Santa Maria House, and Galleria in one run instead of scattering across the map.

Step 3: Prioritize interiors over open combat.

Clearing another apartment floor is usually more profitable for Vase than chasing distant patrols unless you specifically need combat rewards.

Step 4: Open every plausible container.

Systematically check cupboards, drawers, and desks. The extra seconds per room are paid back quickly in Trinket value.

Step 5: Manage weight for Trinkets. Keep a few “drop candidates” (low-value junk, heavy scrap) in your inventory so you can dump them if you find a Vase or other valuable Trinket while near capacity.

Some players also favor night raids when playing in modes where loot value is modified after extraction. If your build can handle the additional risk, that can turn Vase runs into even more profitable trips back to Speranza.

Vase will never decide a boss fight, but it quietly underwrites the gear and consumables that do. By targeting Old World, Residential, and Commercial POIs—especially in Buried City—and forming the habit of thoroughly looting interiors, you turn a decorative Trinket into a reliable income stream and a centerpiece for your raider room shelf.