In Arc Raiders, the dog collar is a rare loot item that can technically drop anywhere, but it has a noticeably higher chance to appear in residential-style areas and containers, especially on certain maps.

Best Places To Look

  • Focus on Residential zones on the Buried City and Spaceport-style maps, where dog collars are more likely to be found in containers like bins, lockers, and other searchable objects.
  • Thoroughly loot apartments, housing blocks, and similar indoor areas rather than open industrial or battlefield zones.

How The Drop Works

  • The dog collar is tagged as a rare (blue) recyclable item, so it can easily be overlooked in a cluttered loot window if you are looting quickly.
  • While it can spawn almost anywhere on any map, repeatedly farming container-dense residential areas significantly improves your odds of finding one sooner.

Extra Tips To Secure It

  • Use the training/Workshop menu to “track” the dog collar so it gets a small diamond icon when it appears in your loot, making it easier to notice.
  • Once you get one, place it in your safe pocket before extracting so you do not lose it if you die on the way out.

Why You Want The Dog Collar

  • The dog collar is used to train Scrappy, your scavenging companion, so he brings back more crafting materials and occasionally rarer items after raids.
  • Upgrading Scrappy early gives a steady stream of resources that helps offset bad runs or dry loot streaks later on.

TL;DR : Farm residential zones (especially on Buried City/Spaceport maps), loot every container you see, track the item in the menu, and stash it in your safe pocket as soon as you find it.

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