Best item and base upgrades in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check

The job of managing your outpost in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check is easier said than done, and you’ll have to invest in various upgrades consistently.

Upgrades are done using Research Points that you gain via different in-game activities. There are two types of upgrades: the ones you make to your items and the ones that you apply to your base. Each upgrade has its own advantages, but you can’t have them all.

This guide will list what I consider the best upgrades for your RP.

Best base upgrades in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check

Your base is the centre stage of all your operations. It’s where you receive survivors and decide what to do with them. Every five days brings an evacuation that allows you send survivors and get cash/RP in return. Here are some excellent base upgrades to consider.

• All Tent upgrades: The more survivors you manage to take in from inspection, the more resources you get from evacuation. Hence, upgrading your tents will allow you to take in more survivors and get more RP/cash in the process. Those two will make your base management easier, and more RP means faster and better upgrades.
• Ability Accelerator in Defense Center: While I love the minigame where you get to shoot at zombies with drones, the Ability Accelerator will speed up the reload times of every gun in your arsenal. Atfirst, this will feel like a fun task. When you survive around the 15th day, the waves become extremely dangerous to handle. Most of the undead that spawn have a lot of health, so a quicker reload time ensures that your wall stands tall.

• Generator 3 and Hydroponics: Making your base resource-efficient will save your hard-earned cash. Generator 3 raises the fuel efficiency of your generator and increases the power output. Having more power will ensure that your facilities are up and running. Greater efficiency helps reduce the cost of resupplying the fuel. The Hydroponics upgrade for your Canteen allows you to make eight meals a day on your own. You won’t need to buy any resources or packaged meals, and having eight extra meals daily saves plenty of cash. Additionally, your Canteen will run on autopilot mode if the number of survivors is low.

Best item upgrades in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check

As you complete more days in your job, you’ll unlock new tools or items. These items allow you to detect more symptoms to figure out who is infected and who isn’t. However, you can also make these items far more efficient.

• Clear View for Scanner: The current early access build of the game doesn’t make things easier when it comes to detecting visual symptoms. Some of the skin cuts can be easily confused with mud and vice versa. The Clear View upgrade ensures that your scanner will completely ignore dust and mud when you’re trying to investigate a survivor.
• Titanium Head for Hammer: While the Hammer is a pretty useful tool, its effectiveness is questionable. Instead of trying to hit all body parts, you can get the Titanium Head upgrade instead. With this addition, you can hit the head of every victim. If someone is infected and about to turn, the Hammer will do more damage.
• Autofocus for Matioscope: No longer will you need to manually change the focus of the Matioscope and waste more time doing so. This upgrade allows the Matioscope to focus on the current layer automatically.

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The Flickering Flames project has ended, and winter is over in ARC Raiders, but we still keep marching on towards completing the second Expedition project.

Season 2 has seen plenty of twists and turns in how some of the old mechanics have worked since launch. The foundation still revolves around getting loot, and then keeping some and recycling the rest.

This guide will give you some quick information about what items you should keep and what should be either sold or recycled.

All items in ARC Raiders you should sell or recycle (Season 2)

The following table has a bunch of items that can be safely recycled or sold whenever you obtain them.

Item	Rarity	Value
Alarm Clock	Rare	1000
Barricade Kit	Uncommon	640
Broken Guidance System	Rare	2000
Broken Handcuffs	Uncommon	640
Broken Handheld Radio	Rare	2000
Burned ARC Circuitry	Uncommon	640
Camera Lens	Uncommon	640
Coolant	Rare	1000
Crumpled Plastic Bottle	Uncommon	270
Damaged ARC Powercell	Uncommon	293
Deflated Football	Uncommon	1000
Diving Goggles	Rare	640
Dried-Out ARC Resin	Uncommon	640
Expired Respirator	Rare	640
Flame Spray	Uncommon	2000
Headphones	Rare	1000
Household Cleaner	Uncommon	640
Industrial Charger	Rare	1000
Number Plate	Uncommon	90
Polluted Air Filter	Rare	1000
Radio	Rare	1000
Remote Control	Rare	1000
Ruined Baton	Uncommon	640
Ruined Handcuffs	Uncommon	640
Rusted Bolts	Uncommon	640
Rusty ARC Steel	Uncommon	640
Thermostat	Rare	1000
Sample Cleaner	Rare	3000
Speaker Component	Rare	500
Unstable Weapon	Rare	2000

Items to keep for Expedition Project 2 in ARC Raiders

Here’s the list of items you’ll have to keep for Expedition Project 2.

Stage 1

Item	Req. Quantity
Metal Parts	150
Plastic Parts	200
ARC Alloy	80
Steel Spring	15

Stage 2

Item	Req. Quantity
Durable Cloth	35
Wires	25
Electrical Components	20
Cooling Coils	4

Stage 3

Item	Req. Quantity
Light Bulbs	4
Battery	30
Shredder Gyro	10
Exodus Modules	1

Stage 4

Item	Req. Quantity
Frequency Mod Box	5
Advanced Electronic Components	5
Ion Sputters	3
Leaper Pulse Unit	3

Stage 5

Item	Req. Quantity
Combat Items	Sell 200,000 coins worth of items
Survival Items	Sell 100,000 coins worth of items
Provisions	Sell 150,000 coins worth of items
Materials	Sell 300,000 coins worth of items

Items to keep for workshop upgrades in ARC Raiders

If you chose to wipe your accounts after the first Expedition, you might still require some or more of the items in the following table.

Workshops to upgrade	Items you should keep
Scrappy	Dog Collar, Lemon, Apricot, Prickly Pear, Olives, Cat Bed, Mushroom, Apricot, Very Comfortable Pillow
Gunsmith	Rusted Tools, Mechanical Components, Wasp Driver, Rusted Gear, Advanced Mechanical Components, Sentinel Firing Core
Medical Lab	Cracked Bioscanner, Durable Cloth, Tick Pod, Rusted Shut Medical Kit, Antiseptic, Surveyor Vault
Explosives Station	Synethesized Fuel, Crude Explosives, Pop Trigger, Laboratory Reagents, Explosive Compound, Rocketeer Driver
Gear Bench	Power Cable, Hornet Driver, Electrical Components, Industrial Battery, Advanced Electrical Components, Bastion Cell
Refiner	Toaster, ARC Motion Core, Fireball Burner, Motor, ARC Circuitry, Bombardier Cell
Utility	Damaged Heat Sink, Electrical Components, Snitch Scanner, Fried Motherboard, Advanced Electrical Components, Leaper Pulse Unit

Best items to recycle for core components in ARC Raiders

There’s a bunch of base, core, and high-tiered components you’ll need regularly throughout Season 2.

Item you get	Item you Salvage
Rubber Parts	ARC Flex Rubber, Rubber Pad
Plastic Parts	Ruined Riot Shield, ARC Synthetic Resin
Chemicals	Cooling Coil, ARC Coolant
Fabric	Tattered ARC Lining, Ruined Parachute, Torn Blanket
Metal Parts	Ice Cream Scooper, Garlic Press, Frying Pan, Candle Holder, Bicycle Pump, ARC Performance Steel
Advanced Mechanical Components	Flow Controller, Leaper Pulse Unit, Microscope, Mini Centrifuge
Advanced Electrical Components	Spectrometer, Frequency Mod Box, Telemetry Receiver
Steel Spring	Rusted Tools, Spring Cushion, Cooling Coil, Accordion
Magnet	Exodus Modules, Microscopes, Ripped Safety Vest, Industrial Magnet
Electrical Components	Rotary Encoder, Fried Motherboard, Signal Amplifier, Hornet Driver
Mechanical Components	Rusted Gear, Shredder Gyro, Turbo Pump, Sentinel Firing Core
Battery	Broken Flashlight, Geiger Counter, Cracked Bioscanner, Broken Taser, Power Bank, Portable TV
Wires	Broken Handheld Radio, Power Cable, Projector, Portable TV

Some of the feeder items on the table above will be required for Expedition Project 2. Only use the items for recycling purposes after you have completed the stages of the second expedition project.

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