In Arc Raiders , Burnt Motherboards are a resource needed to upgrade the Equipment Station to level 3. You’ll need three of them. While the game can be generous with their supply, finding them requires knowing the right locations. In this guide, we’ll explain where to find Burnt Motherboards and the locations where they can drop.
Where to find burnt motherboards in Arc Raiders
A burnt motherboard sells for 2,000 coins and, when recycled, yields five plastic parts and two electrical components. According to the description, it can be found in technological locations . There are plenty of such locations on all maps. Load into a match and head there. You need to look for hackable metal boxes or electrical panels . Inside these, you’ll find the necessary boards.
Despite the “tech locations” label, circuit boards can be found anywhere there’s an electrical panel, such as in the Power Generation Complex on the Dam Battlegrounds map . The best map for farming this resource is Cosmoport . The entire map is one large tech hub, so you shouldn’t have any problems farming multiple circuit boards in one go.
You can also find Power Rods in the electrical panels, which are useful in the room inside the Power Generation Complex. There are plenty of lockers there with good loot, especially in the Night Raid , Electromagnetic Storm , or Cold Snap maps , so be sure to check them out.
You can try entering the map with free equipment. If you spawn near one of the technical buildings at the start of the round, feel free to go there and loot the hackable shields. If you spawn late or far from the required points, they’ll likely already be cleared . In that case, it’s best to give up and try again, hoping for a lucky spawn and a better weapon to combat the ARC.
All locations of burned motherboards
| Location | Map |
|---|---|
| Control tower | Dam Battlegrounds |
| Research and Administration | Dam Battlegrounds |
| Research | Buried City |
| Space travel | Buried City |
| Arrival building | Spaceport |
| Departure building | Spaceport |
| Launch towers | Spaceport |
| Control Tower A6 | Spaceport |
| South Trench Tower | Spaceport |
| Northern Trench Tower | Spaceport |
| Ancient Fort | The Blue Gate |
| Pilgrim Peak | The Blue Gate |
| Reinforced reception point | The Blue Gate |
| Sandbox | Stella Montis |
| Metro lobby | Stella Montis |
| Lobby | Stella Montis |
| Communications | Stella Montis |
| Medical research | Stella Montis |
| Assembly shop | Stella Montis |
| Assembly workshops | Stella Montis |
