Scrappy is the easiest free loot generator in ARC Raiders — and most Raiders are running him at half power because they never fill his food queue. Feed him the right fruit and the little rooster doesn't just stockpile crafting materials while you're Topside; he hands you a bonus item pulled straight from a specific Speranza crafting bench every raid. Apricots can drop Gunsmith gear. Olives funnel Medical Lab parts. A single Fruit Mix touches all six resource pools at once.
This is the complete Scrappy feeding guide: exactly what to feed him, every reward, the hard numbers behind the queue, and the fix for the current "can't feed Scrappy" bug that hit after the latest update.
TL;DR — Scrappy Feeding, Quick Answer
- What he is: a rooster who lives in your Workshop and passively collects six crafting resources while you're in a raid.
- How to feed him: open the Workshop, select Scrappy, open the Feed tab, and queue up to 6 food items from your stash.
- What feeding does: each food gives a +5 resource bonus AND a Feeding Reward — a bonus item pulled from a specific crafting station's loot pool.
- Best all-rounder: Fruit Mix (+5 to all six resources + high-tier mixed loot). Best targeted pick: Apricot for Gunsmith materials and ARC reactors.
- Rules that matter: stay in a raid 6+ minutes for Scrappy to eat the next food; he fills up after 5 rounds, so empty his collection box often.
- Can't feed him? Known post-update bug — click the right stick (R3) or tab across the top menu and back to restore focus.
What Is Scrappy in ARC Raiders?
Scrappy is a companion animal in your hideout. Per the ARC Raiders Wiki, "this rooster has been a resident of the workshop since the day you moved in." There's no quest to unlock him and nothing to build — he's there from your first session, quietly earning his keep.
His whole job is passive resource generation. While you're out on a raid, Scrappy scratches around the Workshop and collects crafting materials into a collection box you empty between runs. Feeding him is the optional layer on top that turns him from a slow trickle of basic parts into a targeted loot engine.
If you sell, recycle, and craft a lot — and in ARC Raiders, everyone does — Scrappy is free throughput you should never leave idle.
What Does Scrappy Collect on His Own?
Even with an empty food queue, Scrappy passively gathers six resource types every raid:
- Metal Parts
- Fabric
- Plastic Parts
- Chemicals
- Rubber Parts
- Assorted Seeds
These are the backbone crafting mats for benches across Speranza, so a topped-up collection box is a steady supply of the cheap-but-constantly-needed stuff. Two hard limits to respect:
- Time floor and ceiling: you need at least 1 minute in a round to earn anything, and his passive haul maxes out around 15 minutes of playtime per raid. Quick in-and-out runs shortchange him.
- The 5-round cap: Scrappy "will only collect resources for 5 rounds before he is full" (ARC Raiders Wiki). Once full, he stops. Empty the collection box every round or two or you're leaving free materials on the table.
How Does Feeding Scrappy Work?
Feeding is where Scrappy goes from passive to powerful. Here's the flow:
- Head to your Workshop and select Scrappy.
- Open the Feed tab (separate from the collection box you're used to clicking).
- Queue food items from your stash — you can line up six items in the Food Queue.
Scrappy eats one queued food per raid, in order. To trigger it, you need to stay in the round at least 6 minutes — leave early and he doesn't eat, so you get no feeding bonus that run. Each food does two things at once:
- Resource Bonus: a flat +5 of a specific resource, stacked on top of his normal passive haul (this +5 is flat regardless of any Expedition buffs).
- Feeding Reward: a bonus item pulled from the loot pool of a specific Speranza crafting station — this is the part that can spit out genuinely valuable gear.
So feeding isn't just "more materials." It's a way to aim Scrappy at the exact bench you're trying to feed — Gunsmith, Medical Lab, Gear Bench, and so on.
What's the Best Food to Feed Scrappy?
If you only remember two picks:
- Fruit Mix — best overall. It applies a +5 bonus to all six resources at once and pulls from a high-tier mixed loot pool. It's a crafted consumable rather than a raw fruit, so it costs ingredients — but for general resource generation it's the most efficient single food you can queue.
- Apricot — best targeted pick. Apricot feeds the Gunsmith material table. If you've unlocked energy-weapon blueprints, the Gunsmith pool includes ARC reactors — meaning a well-timed Apricot run has a shot at high-value reactor drops. For anyone farming weapon mats, it's the standout single fruit.
Beyond those, match the fruit to whatever bench you're short on. Grinding medical supplies? Queue Olives. Building gear? Mushroom. Stocking explosives? Lemon. The "best" food is genuinely the one feeding the station you're crafting at this week.
Scrappy Feeding Rewards — Full Table
Every food, its resource bonus, and the crafting station its Feeding Reward comes from:
| Food | Resource Bonus | Feeding Reward (loot pool) |
|---|---|---|
| Apricot | +5 Metal Parts | Gunsmith materials / equipment (incl. ARC reactors with energy blueprints) |
| Olives | +5 Fabric | Medical Lab materials / equipment |
| Mushroom | +5 Plastic Parts | Gear Bench materials / equipment |
| Lemon | +5 Chemicals | Explosives Station materials / equipment |
| Prickly Pear | +5 Rubber Parts | Utility Station materials / equipment |
| Agave | +5 Assorted Seeds | Mods / mod crafting materials |
| Fruit Mix | +5 to ALL six resources | High-tier mixed Topside loot |
Source: ARC Raiders Wiki — Scrappy. Feeding Rewards are a loot pool, not a guaranteed drop — the food sets which bench's items can roll, not a fixed item.
How Do You Get Scrappy's Food?
Scrappy's fruit isn't bought from a single shop — you accumulate it the same way you get everything in ARC Raiders: looting Topside and trading. A few reliable angles:
- Loot it Topside. Fruit and produce spawn in kitchens, food storage, and residential containers across the maps. Grab everything edible on your runs.
- Buy from Speranza vendors. Food items rotate through merchant stock — worth a glance when you're already shopping.
- Craft Fruit Mix. Because it's a crafted consumable, you make Fruit Mix from raw fruit. If you're loot-rich on basic fruit, converting it into Fruit Mix is usually the higher-value play than queuing single fruits.
The practical rule the community lives by: keep the food queue topped up before every drop. An empty queue means Scrappy eats nothing and you miss a free reward you'd already earned just by playing.
Why Can't I Feed Scrappy? The Feeding Bug Fix
Since the latest update, a wave of Raiders have hit a bug where the Feed Scrappy menu won't let you select any items — you open it, but nothing's clickable. It's not your account or your stash; it's a UI focus glitch, and there are quick workarounds players have confirmed:
- Console / controller: click the right stick (R3) to snap focus onto the item list — the most-reported fix.
- Any platform: tab across to the menu at the top of the screen and back (not the Feed Scrappy panel itself), which re-grabs focus on the food list.
- Menu cycle: open Scrappy's upgrade tab, then back to Feed; or open chat and close it; or hover a different Workshop menu and return. Any of these "menu out and back" cycles tends to unstick it.
If one doesn't work, try the next — the common thread is forcing the game to re-focus the food list. For many players the glitch returns each session after the update, so it's worth knowing the R3 trick by heart until it's patched.
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Best Scrappy Feeding Strategy
Pull it together into a routine and Scrappy becomes meaningful passive income:
- Always queue six. An empty slot is a wasted raid. Fill all six before a session.
- Match food to your craft. Feed the bench you're actively building from — Apricot for weapons, Olives for meds, Mushroom for gear.
- Stay in 6+ minutes on at least some runs so he actually eats; sub-6-minute rat runs skip the feeding tick.
- Empty the box every 1–2 rounds. The 5-round cap means a forgotten box silently stops collecting.
- Bank Fruit Mix for value days. When you want broad resource generation rather than one bench, Fruit Mix is the efficient choice.
- Don't over-invest in rare fruit. The rewards are a loot pool, not guaranteed legendaries — treat Scrappy as steady supplementary income, not a jackpot.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best thing to feed Scrappy in ARC Raiders? For all-round value, Fruit Mix is the best — it gives +5 to all six resources and pulls high-tier mixed loot. For a targeted pick, Apricot is the strongest single fruit because it feeds the Gunsmith pool, which can include ARC reactors if you've unlocked energy-weapon blueprints.
How many items can you feed Scrappy at once? You can queue six food items in Scrappy's Food Queue. He eats one per raid, in order, so a full queue covers six runs of bonuses.
How long do I need to stay in a raid for Scrappy to eat? At least 6 minutes in the round for Scrappy to consume the next queued food and give you its Feeding Reward. For his normal passive collection you need 1 minute minimum, and the haul caps out around 15 minutes per raid.
Why can't I feed Scrappy after the update? It's a known UI focus bug, not a lost feature. Click the right stick (R3) on controller, or tab to the top menu and back, to restore focus to the food list. Cycling to the upgrade tab or opening and closing chat also fixes it for most players.
How often does Scrappy fill up? He collects for 5 rounds before his box is full and he stops gathering. Empty the collection box every round or two so he keeps working.
Do I have to unlock Scrappy? No. Scrappy lives in your Workshop from the start — there's no quest or build requirement to start using him.
Bottom Line
Scrappy is free, automatic, and most Raiders underuse him. Keep all six queue slots filled, match the fruit to the bench you're crafting at, stay in long enough for him to eat, and empty his box often. Do that and a rooster quietly funds a chunk of your crafting every single raid — and if the feed menu locks up, a quick R3 click gets you back in business. For the materials and blueprints Scrappy can't farm fast enough, timesaver.gg covers the rest.
