Why You Need These Fruits

When you start Arc Raiders, you'll get Scrappy, a pet chicken (sometimes called a rooster) that passively collects resources while you're out fighting during drops. You can upgrade Scrappy to improve how much it gathers for you.

Getting Scrappy from level two to level three requires three lemons and three apricots. This upgrade matters because it boosts the passive resources Scrappy collects during your runs. The best part? These passive resources stick around even if you die and lose everything else, giving you something to show for failed extractions.

The catch is that lemons and apricots are surprisingly rare in Arc Raiders. What sounds like a simple task turns into a proper hunt.

What You're Looking For

Both lemons and apricots are green rarity items, putting them in the uncommon tier. They're brightly colored fruit, so they stand out pretty well against standard loot when you spot them on the ground or in containers.

You can technically find them in the global loot pool. During preview events, players found lemons in random containers inside buildings. But this method is way less reliable than targeting specific locations.

Fruit trees picture — A picture of fruit trees

Finding Fruit at Trees

Your main strategy involves hunting down fruit trees in natural areas across different maps.

How It Works

You'll find fruit in two ways:

On the ground: Lemons and apricots spawn naturally at the base of trees
Kicking trees: You can kick trees to knock additional fruit down, then pick it up

Tree availability changes from drop to drop. Not every tree has fruit, and some trees won't drop anything when you kick them. You might run into trees in natural areas that just don't produce lemons or apricots, no matter what you do.

Finding Natural Areas

Look for the "Nature" icon on your map when you drop into a match. These spots have the best chance of spawning trees, but nothing's guaranteed. Even when trees appear, they might not have the specific fruits you need.

Best Locations for Farming

Blue Gate: Olive Grove

Where it is: South side of the map, just below the Checkpoint.

This location usually spawns a good number of trees spread across the area. Most runs will get you either lemons or apricots, and you'll sometimes find both in one trip. It's become the go-to spot for farming these fruits.

You'll also pick up plenty of olives here, which is how the location got its name.

PvP Danger Zone

Olive Grove isn't particularly dangerous from an environmental standpoint, but it's turned into a PvP hotspot. Lots of players farming fruit means you'll run into competition. Worse, some players camp here specifically to ambush anyone trying to upgrade Scrappy. Keep your head on a swivel.

Olive Grove on Blue Gate map — Olive Grove on Blue Gate - the most popular fruit farming location

Buried City: Marano Park

Where it is: Between Library and Town Hall.

Marano Park has several fruit trees that drop lemons, apricots, and other fruits. It's one of the top spots alongside Olive Grove.

Tactical Considerations

Tall buildings surround this garden area, and ARC robots patrol nearby. That said, there's an extraction metro station right next door if you need to bail quickly after grabbing what you need.

Spaceport: Staff Parking

This location spawns fruit trees with potential for lemons and apricots, though there's less specific information available about it compared to the other two main spots.

Basket Searching

If trees aren't working out, you can search woven baskets instead.

Where Baskets Spawn

Most buildings and houses have baskets, especially in residential areas. They can contain both lemons and apricots, though it's a gamble.

Buried City for Baskets

Buried City is your best bet for the basket method. You'll find them scattered across several locations:

Grandioso Apartments: Multiple basket spawns
Santa Maria Houses: Another residential area with plenty of baskets

The Lush Blooms Event

This event gives you a major advantage when hunting fruit. Lush Blooms can pop up on any map at any time, buffing the spawn rate of fruits and vegetation across the entire map.

The event boosts everything in the nature loot pool, making lemons and apricots much easier to find while it's active. The map selection appears random.

Event Priority

If you see Lush Blooms active on any unlocked map (especially Blue Gate or Buried City), drop in immediately. This is your best shot at efficient farming.

Making Your Life Easier

Track What You Need

Use the tracking system to spot lemons and apricots faster:

Go to the Workshop menu, interact with Scrappy, and select the training option. This puts a diamond icon on tracked items, making them way easier to notice in the world and in containers.

You should track all important upgrade and quest items this way.

Use Your Safe Pocket

Store lemons and apricots in your safe pocket as soon as you find them. Note that free loadouts don't get safe pockets.

Critical Storage Tip

If you die or fail extraction, you lose regular inventory items but keep whatever's in your safe pocket. Given how rare these fruits are, protect them. This applies to all valuable upgrade items, not just fruit.

Safe pocket interface in Arc Raiders — Always store valuable fruits in your safe pocket to protect them from death

Complete Location List

Map	Location	Notes
Blue Gate	Olive Grove	Best overall spot, high PvP risk
Buried City	Marano Park / Gardens	Between Library and Town Hall
Buried City	Grandioso Apartments	Baskets in residential area
Buried City	Santa Maria Houses	Baskets in residential area
Spaceport	Staff Parking	Fruit trees spawn here
Any Map	Nature icon areas	Check map for Nature markers

Your Farming Strategy

Here's the most efficient approach to getting three lemons and three apricots:

Check if Lush Blooms is active on Blue Gate or Buried City
Jump into that map if the event's running
Otherwise, head to Olive Grove on Blue Gate first
Search tree bases for ground spawns
Kick trees for extra drops
Watch for hostile players in popular farming spots
If trees fail, hit up residential baskets on Buried City
Track items through Scrappy's menu
Store finds in safe pocket right away
Extract carefully

What to Expect

Every source emphasizes that finding these fruits is harder than it sounds. They're rare enough that you should expect to run multiple drops before collecting all six required items.

The upgrade is worth the hassle. More passive resources mean you're getting value even from runs where everything goes wrong and you lose your gear.