Fruit Mix is an Uncommon Quick Use consumable in ARC Raiders that restores 25 HP and 50 stamina over a rapid two-second use time. Despite its modest-sounding description — "a food item that moderately increases both health and stamina" — the item has quietly earned a reputation among experienced players as one of the most efficient mid-combat healing options in the game.
Quick answer: Craft Fruit Mix during a raid using the In-Round Crafting skill with 1 Lemon, 1 Apricot, and 1 Prickly Pear. It restores 25 HP and 50 stamina in 2 seconds, making it one of the fastest healing items per second in ARC Raiders.
Fruit Mix Stats
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Type | Quick Use (consumable) |
| HP restored | 25 |
| Stamina restored | 50 |
| Use time | 2 seconds |
| Stack size | 5 |
| Weight | 0.3 kg |
| Sell value | 1,800 coins |
| Recyclable | No |
| Salvageable | No |
Crafting Recipe and Requirements
Fruit Mix can only be crafted during a raid. You need the In-Round Crafting skill unlocked, and all three ingredients must be in your inventory at the time of crafting. There is no base workbench requirement — the craft happens in the field.
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Lemon | 1 |
| Apricot | 1 |
| Prickly Pear | 1 |
Each craft produces exactly one Fruit Mix. Since the item stacks up to five, you can carry a meaningful supply without burning too much inventory space.
Why the Description Misleads Players
The in-game tooltip says Fruit Mix "increases both health and stamina," which many players initially interpret as a temporary buff to maximum HP and stamina. It does not work that way. Fruit Mix is a straightforward restoration item — it heals missing health and refills spent stamina. If you use it while already at full HP and full stamina, nothing visible happens, which has caused confusion for first-time users.
Fruit Mix Compared to Other Healing Items
Raw numbers alone do not tell the full story. What makes Fruit Mix stand out is its healing speed relative to use time. At 25 HP in 2 seconds, it delivers 12.5 HP per second — and the restoration is effectively instant rather than applied as a heal-over-time effect that can be interrupted by incoming damage.
| Item | HP restored | Use time | HP per second | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit Mix | 25 | 2s | 12.5 | Also restores 50 stamina |
| Vita Shot | 50 | 4s | 12.5 | No stamina benefit |
| Vita Spray | ~40 over 4s | 4s | ~10 | Heal-over-time at 10 HP/s |
| Herbal remedy | 35 | ~2s + 10s duration | ~2.9 effective | Slow heal-over-time |
| Mushroom | 15 | 1s | 15 | Rare, no stamina |
Two Fruit Mixes used back-to-back deliver 50 HP and 100 stamina in roughly 4 seconds — matching a Vita Shot's total HP while also topping off your sprint bar. The stamina component is easy to overlook, but in extraction gameplay where repositioning under fire matters, having a full stamina bar after healing can be the difference between surviving a fight and getting caught in the open.
Mushrooms technically edge out Fruit Mix in raw HP-per-second, but they restore only 15 HP each and are significantly harder to find in bulk. Bandages offer the advantage of letting you keep your weapon out while healing, which matters in PvP encounters. The trade-off with Fruit Mix is that you are locked into the eating animation for those two seconds.
Where to Find the Ingredients
The three fruits needed for Fruit Mix spawn in specific environmental areas across ARC Raiders' maps. None of them are guaranteed drops from enemies or containers — you pick them from plants in the world.
- Lemons spawn near raider hatches on certain maps, including the Blue Gate area and in Buried City's nature zone. Spaceport also has lemon spawns near extraction points.
- Apricots appear alongside prickly pears in several locations. The Dam area and Buried City's nature section are reliable spots.
- Prickly Pears can be found on the Dustbowl map, particularly behind the Power Generation Complex building toward the mountains.
The "Lush Blooms" environmental event can increase fruit availability when it triggers, though the event itself is uncommon and does not guarantee specific fruit spawns.
Sell Value Considerations
One Fruit Mix sells for 1,800 coins. However, selling the three individual fruits that go into it — Lemon, Apricot, and Prickly Pear at 640 coins each — nets 1,920 coins total. If you are purely optimizing for income, selling the raw ingredients is slightly more profitable than crafting and selling the finished product. The fruits are also used to feed Scrappy, so players still leveling that companion may want to prioritize that use instead.
The real value of Fruit Mix is not in selling it. It is in carrying a stack of five into a dangerous raid and having access to fast, reliable healing that also refills your stamina — something no other single item in the game currently does at that speed.
Fruit Mix occupies an unusual space in ARC Raiders' item economy. Its description undersells it, its ingredients compete with other uses, and many players dismiss it before trying it in actual combat. But for anyone running the In-Round Crafting skill and willing to grab fruit along their route, it remains one of the most weight-efficient and time-efficient healing options available — especially when a firefight does not give you four seconds to use a Vita Shot.