Where to find Prickly Pears in Arc Raiders

If you plan on leveling up your trusty resource-gathering rooster Scrappy to level 4, you’ll need to track down Prickly Pears in Arc Raiders. While you might have come across the fruit before and thought it was good for the bin, you’re likely not coming across a single pear to harvest now that your clucking pal needs them.

In typical Arc Raiders fashion, you’re not given much to go about where they grow and how to find these fruits for yourself. In this guide, we’ll walk you through where to find Prickly Pears in Arc Raiders, including the most reliable farming spot we’ve come across to find the six needed to sate the demanding rooster’s needs.

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• Prickly Pears spawn at the base of cacti in Buried City and Dam Battlegrounds.
• You’ll need six Prickly Pears to upgrade Scrappy to level four.
• They also have a small chance to spawn in Nature loot areas, such as a Marano Park in Buried City.

How to get Prickly Pears in Arc Raiders

In Arc Raiders, Prickly Pears spawn at the foot of cactus plants that grow in Buried City and Dam Battlegrounds. They also have a chance to appear in areas marked with Nature loot like Trapper’s Glade on The Blue Gate, though this is more hit and miss than searching near the cacti. The spawn rate is pretty erratic, and there’s no guarantee every cactus, or even every dozen cacti, will drop one for you to harvest.

Of the two maps, Buried City has proven to be the most reliable for Prickly Pear drops. In particular, the area around Church Ruins in Old Town should yield at least one Prickly Pear for every visit, though, again, this isn’t guaranteed, and harvesting six fruits may take a few runs.

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In the map image above, we’ve marked spots where you’ll find clusters of cacti that spawn Prickly Pears. I highly recommend not going topside with a Free Loadout for the simple reason that you’ll want to stow any pears you come across in your Safe Pocket for safekeeping. A custom loadout with a low-tier weapon, a Light Shield, and a couple of bandages will serve you well. Little’s lost with a throwaway gear set like this if you don’t make it out, but the fruit will be safe.

If you’re set on searching Dam Battlegrounds, the northern portion of Victory Ridge in the north of the map is your best bet. You’ll find several cacti patches just west of the West Broken Bridge for you to comb through. Searching for Prickly Pears is a worthwhile side activity while you’re out tackling multiple-raid quests like Eyes in the Sky, so you don’t necessarily need to go into runs with the sole goal of finding the fruit.

Once you’ve found six Arc Raiders Prickly Pears, head back to Scrappy. The rooster also needs six olives and a Cat Bed to level up. The former, you can find in the Olive Grove in The Blue Gate. For the latter, you’ll need to search residential areas, like the Ruby Residence in Dam Battlegrounds.

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