Rock Salt and Railway Lantern are two of the five new trinkets added for the Soul's Offering project, and they usually need different farming routes. Rock Salt lives in kitchens. Railway Lanterns live in lockers and work areas. This guide gives you the best locations for both, the containers to open, and a route for each, so you stop running the wrong district for the item you're missing.
Quick answer: Rock Salt (need 2, Stage 1) spawns in Residential areas. Check kitchen cabinets, with ARC Tracker ranking Grandioso Apartments on Buried City highest. Railway Lantern (need 2, Stage 2) favours industrial and technical areas. Check lockers at the Railyard and Cielo Sereno Observatory on Pendola Pass, or the Checkpoint on Riven Tides, all rated Heavy by ARC Tracker.
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Key Takeaways
- Rock Salt: Uncommon, stack 5, weight 0.3, sell 640. Target kitchens.
- Railway Lantern: Rare, stack 3, weight 0.5, sell 3,000. Target lockers.
- Different districts: a kitchen run won't reliably find Lanterns, and a locker run won't find Salt. The Pendola Pass Railyard is the best overlap.
- Neither is recyclable or craftable, per the wiki pages for Rock Salt and Railway Lantern.
- Skip option: both are sold on timesaver.gg with in-game delivery.
Where do you find Rock Salt in ARC Raiders?
Rock Salt looks like something you'd mine, but it's a household trinket with the in-game flavour text "Decorative, not dinner." IGN found theirs in a Grandioso Apartments kitchen drawer, and their Rock Salt guide calls Residential loot the best bet.
| Map | Area | Loot amount | What to open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buried City | Grandioso Apartments | Heavy | Kitchen cabinets on every floor |
| Pendola Pass | Old Town | Above average | Houses, kitchens, drawers |
| Pendola Pass | Railyard | Above average | Residential containers |
| Buried City | Old Town | Average | Residential containers |
| Dam Battlegrounds | Pale Apartments, Ruby Residence, Pattern House | Wide area | Green kitchen cupboards |
| Blue Gate | Village, Raider's Refuge | Wide area | Household cabinets |
| Riven Tides | Southern houses | Player reports | Drawers and bins |
ARC Tracker counts 12 container types for Rock Salt, the shortest list of any new trinket. That helps. The useful ones are Kitchen Cabinet, Shelf Drawer, Chest of Drawers, Bathroom Cabinet, Closet, Wardrobe, Suitcase and TV Unit, and it can also sit in the open on shelves and tables. ARC Tracker's Grandioso entry only flags ground loot, so the kitchen advice there comes from IGN and player finds. Scan tables and shelves as you go.
One community tip is doing the rounds. u/Important_Hat3875 claims one Buried City drawer holds Rock Salt "19/20 times". Treat that as one player's run, not a fixed spawn. Trackers list no guaranteed container, and other raiders may reach it first.
IGN also advises against farming it on Spaceport. ARC Tracker still lists ground loot on the Main Grounds, so it's possible there, but it's the wrong map to choose on purpose.
What is the best Rock Salt route?
Run the Buried City south sweep:
- Grandioso Apartments. Clear every kitchen. It's ARC Tracker's top pick for Rock Salt.
- Santa Maria Houses. Head east through the houses and check kitchens on the way.
- Plaza Rosa and Old Town. Finish here if you still need one, or extract if you don't.
This loop also carries Dead Flowers, so you're progressing two Stage 1 items at once. Two Rock Salt is a small ask, and it's the cheapest of the five new trinkets if it's the last thing holding up Stage 1.
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Where do you find Railway Lanterns in ARC Raiders?
The flavour text says it "once kept trains from running into each other in the dark", and the spawn data fits. The wiki hasn't added a location tag yet, but ARC Tracker lists 16 container types and rates these areas highest.
| Map | Area | Loot amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendola Pass | Railyard (Technological, Electrical) | Heavy | Our first pick, large and full of lockers |
| Pendola Pass | Cielo Sereno Observatory | Heavy | Good but often contested |
| Riven Tides | Checkpoint, Weighing Checkpoint | Heavy | Best alternative map |
| Dam Battlegrounds | Power Generation Complex | Heavy | Richer during Electromagnetic Storm |
| Blue Gate | Maintenance Wing, Station Office | Heavy | Richer during Locked Gate and Electromagnetic Storm |
| Stella Montis | Business Center, Communications Tower | Heavy | Worth it if you already run this map |
| Pendola Pass | Commissary Supermarket | Light | Side room and security lockers, per player reports |
| Pendola Pass | Almatera Station | Player reports | GameRant points here and to the Observatory |
Players keep reaching the same conclusion. A commenter in the r/ARC_Raiders Railway Lantern thread put it this way: "They are not rare, you find them in security lockers and in industrial lockers."
The containers to prioritise are Lockers, Industrial Crate, Shipping Container Drawer, Crate Cart and Time Clock. Industrial Crates and Crate Carts are breach-to-open containers, so they take longer than a locker. Lanterns can also lie loose on the ground, and players have reported them on trains and in suitcases, so glance at seats and shelves as you pass.
What is the best Railway Lantern route?
Stay in the Pendola Pass rail corridor:
- Drop toward the Railyard and clear the lockers in the administrative buildings.
- Sweep the metal containers and trains as you cross the yard.
- Check Commissary Supermarket's side room if it's on your line to extract.
If Pendola Pass is busy, switch to the Checkpoint on Riven Tides. It carries the same Heavy rating, and fewer guides send people there.
Railway Lantern sells for 3,000 coins, nearly five times Rock Salt's 640, so don't sell spares until Stage 2 is handed in. Stage 2 is also where you need 15 Advanced ARC Powercells and 10 Remote Raider Flares, so a Lantern run on a map with mid-size ARC gets more done.
Missing the last two? Rock Salt blocks Stage 1 and Lanterns block Stage 2, and neither has a guaranteed spawn.
- Rock Salt: Uncommon trinket with in-game delivery, two needed for Stage 1.
- Railway Lantern: Rare trinket with in-game delivery, two needed for Stage 2.
- Soul's Offering project service: each stage with its required materials included or all four stages at once.
FAQ
How much Rock Salt do you need for Soul's Offering? Two, both for Stage 1, Construct Vaulto's Offering. No other stage uses it.
How many Railway Lanterns do you need? Two, both for Stage 2, Construct Ferrovia's Offering.
Where is the best place to find Rock Salt? Kitchens in Grandioso Apartments on Buried City. ARC Tracker rates that building Heavy, and IGN found theirs in a kitchen drawer there.
Where is the best place to find Railway Lanterns? The Railyard and Cielo Sereno Observatory on Pendola Pass, or the Checkpoint on Riven Tides. Prioritise lockers and industrial containers.
Can you craft Rock Salt or Railway Lantern? No. Both are scavenged trinkets and the wiki lists no crafting recipe or recycling output for either.
Should you sell spare Railway Lanterns? Yes, but only after Stage 2 is handed in. Each one sells for 3,000 coins, and the project doesn't use them again.
Map bases: @Cartotect via the ARC Raiders Wiki, and IGN's marked Pendola Pass map. Kitchen screenshot: IGN.
