Lemons in ARC Raiders are found as rare nature loot around fruit trees and baskets, mainly in a few key outdoor zones.

Main lemon locations

  • Blue Gate – Olive Grove (best spot)
    • Southern part of the Blue Gate map, just below the checkpoint.
* Packed with fruit trees that can drop lemons, apricots, and olives when you search around the trunks or shake/kick the trees.
  • Buried City – Marano Park
    • Park area between the Library and Town Hall on the Buried City map.
* Several fruit trees here; lemons can spawn on the ground near trees or as drops when you shake them.
  • Spaceport – Staff Parking / Blue Gate “Blue Gate village”
    • Staff Parking near the Spaceport has fruit trees with a chance to drop lemons and apricots, though spawns are less consistent than Olive Grove or Marano Park.
* Some guides point out a lemon tree behind a house near the Blue Gate’s blue gate area, giving 2–4 lemons per visit when it’s spawned.

Extra ways to find lemons

  • Fruit baskets during Lush Blooms
    • When the Lush Blooms modifier is active on a map, small baskets appear all over, often containing multiple fruits, including lemons.
* This is one of the easiest times to stock up because baskets can spawn far from the usual fruit-tree zones.
  • Random nature loot containers
    • Very rarely, lemons can spawn in regular containers tagged as nature loot, even inside buildings or side areas, but this is much less reliable than going to the main fruit zones.

Why you want lemons

  • Lemons are used, together with apricots, to upgrade Scrappy (the rooster) from Scrappy II to Scrappy III, requiring 3 lemons and 3 apricots for that tier.
  • They can also be recycled into assorted seeds for other progression systems.

Quick farming loop example

  1. Check if Lush Blooms is active on Blue Gate or Buried City and prioritize that map if it is.
  1. If not active, head straight to Olive Grove on Blue Gate, search the bases of trees, and kick/shake them for drops.
  1. Hop over to Marano Park on Buried City if you still need more lemons and scout both trees and nearby baskets in residential spots.
  1. As soon as you have 3 lemons and 3 apricots, stash them safely and upgrade Scrappy at the workshop.

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