Expired Pasta in ARC Raiders is a valuable consumable item that restores health and stamina while also serving as a key ingredient for higher-tier food crafting at your Campfire or Kitchen. Though it looks like ordinary junk, farming and using Expired Pasta efficiently can significantly improve your survivability and reduce downtime between encounters.
Details
| Attribute | Details |
|---|---|
| Item Name | Expired Pasta |
| Item Type | Rare Consumable Item |
| Weight | 0.5 kg per unit |
| Stack Size | 5 |
| Sell Price | 1000 Coins |
| Crafting Use | Ingredient for Advanced Rations |
| Consume Effect | Moderate Health + Stamina Restore |
Location
Expired Pasta spawn exclusively in residential interiors within specific maps in ARC Raiders. The best locations for finding Expired Pasta are:
The Village area in Blue Gate, which is a large commercial and residential zone. This area offers high chances of finding multiple Expired Pastainside houses, kitchens, and cupboards, often allowing players to collect several toasters in one run.
Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence in Dam Battlegrounds, where apartment buildings with multiple kitchens offer a moderate spawn rate with lower raider activity.
How to use
Expired Pasta works as a mid-tier recovery consumable that restores a fair chunk of both health and stamina when eaten, making it ideal for topping up between fights without wasting your best medical supplies. It can also be used as an ingredient at food prep stations to cook Advanced Rations or similar dishes that grant stronger or longer-lasting buffs than raw food.
Players who are focused on crafting and longer expeditions will usually want to stockpile a few stacks of Expired Pasta specifically for cooking, while using any overflow for direct consumption during tougher missions. If short on currency, Expired Pasta can be sold for a decent coin return, but keeping a buffer for crafting is generally more efficient long-term than liquidating every unit you find.
Tips
- Always keep at least one full stack of Expired Pasta reserved purely for crafting advanced food items, so you do not accidentally consume everything and block key recipes.
- Focus your looting on kitchens, cafeterias, and market-adjacent interiors, clearing cupboards, shelves, and counters thoroughly in each run to maximize how many packs you collect.
- Use raw Expired Pasta as an in-field recovery option only when you lack better medical items, and convert excess into cooked meals or sell it for coins depending on whether you need sustain or currency more urgently.
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