Find Lemons in ARC Raiders at Blue Gate's Olive Grove or the orchard along the Village's northern ridge. Search beneath the small fruit trees, then interact with their trunks to knock more fruit loose. Buried City's Marano Park is another strong option, while Dam Battlegrounds and Spaceport offer backup stops. If Scrappy is your priority, save 3 Lemons and 3 Apricots for the level 3 upgrade before eating or recycling your haul.
Where should you farm Lemons first?
Blue Gate is the best starting map for a dedicated Lemon run. Olive Grove has dense fruit spawns, and the Village gives you another orchard to search when the grove is contested. On your map, look for the Nature loot category and its leaf icon to identify areas worth checking.
Choose your stop around the fruit density and the trouble you're willing to deal with. Olive Grove offers plenty to collect, but its open terrain and popularity make a quiet visit less likely.
| Map | Lemon location | Why choose it? | Main drawback |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Gate | Olive Grove | Dense fruit trees with Lemons, Apricots, and Olives | Popular with Raiders and exposed to ARC patrols |
| Blue Gate | Northern ridge of the Village | Orchard with ground fruit and trees you can interact with | Less concentrated than the main grove |
| Buried City | Marano Park and gardens between the Library and Town Hall | Clustered fruit trees in one search area | ARC activity and players watching nearby sightlines |
| Buried City | In front of Grandioso Apartments | Quieter alternative to Marano Park | Fewer trees to search |
| Dam Battlegrounds | Red Lakes and forest west of Water Treatment Control | Backup fruit stops if Blue Gate is unavailable | Scattered trees and variable spawns |
| Spaceport | Staff Parking and the car park behind the Arrival Building | Useful checks during an existing Spaceport run | Limited fruit compared with Blue Gate |
Olive Grove's fruit-farming area
How do you harvest Lemons from trees?
Lemon trees are small, rounded, and green, with a more shrublike shape than the taller, paler Olive trees nearby. Check the ground first. Lemons can already be lying beneath the branches, so a tree without an obvious interaction prompt still deserves a look.
Use this sequence at each fruit tree:
- Collect loose fruit. Between 1 and 4 Lemons can appear on the ground beneath a tree, although spawns are not guaranteed.
- Approach the trunk. Use the interaction prompt to kick or shake the tree.
- Check the ground again. An interaction can release another 1 to 3 fruit.
- Move to the next tree. Each tree has a limited yield per raid.
Lemons and Apricots share farming areas, and an individual tree can drop fruit you might not expect from its appearance. The ARC Raiders Lemons and Apricots farming guide helps you combine both collection tasks instead of planning separate runs.
Interact with trunks for more fruit
How should you farm Blue Gate?
Collect the loose Lemons, interact with the trunks, and sweep the ground again before moving on.
Choose Olive Grove for fruit density
At Olive Grove, focus on the fruit-tree patches rather than searching every tree in the area. Apricots and Olives can turn the same visit into progress toward other Scrappy requirements.
Olive Grove's weakness is exposure. Other Raiders farm these trees too, and the open terrain leaves you visible to both players and ARC. If you only need Scrappy's 3 Lemons, collecting that amount and leaving is a better progression decision than lingering for a full inventory.
Use the Village orchard as your alternative
The Village's northern ridge has a small orchard with Lemons beneath the trees. Search it using the same ground-first approach, then interact with each available trunk. This is a useful alternative when Olive Grove is busy, with lower player competition than the main farming spot.
Olive Grove can also supply Olives alongside your Lemons. If you're gathering both, the ARC Raiders Olive farming spots cover the fruit needed for Scrappy's level 4 upgrade.
Where can you find Lemons outside Blue Gate?
Lemon trees also appear around the map's wetland and swamp areas.
Buried City: Marano Park or Grandioso Apartments
On Buried City, search Marano Park's clustered fruit trees and the garden area between the Library and Town Hall. Check beneath the trees before interacting with them, especially where grass makes loose fruit harder to notice.
Marano Park comes with a fight risk. ARC patrols can include a Bastion, and nearby buildings give other Raiders elevated positions overlooking the park. A Metro extraction is close enough to help you leave after collecting fruit, but reaching it still means crossing a contested area.
For a quieter check, look directly in front of Grandioso Apartments in the southwest. The smaller collection of Lemon trees is a sensible alternative if the park is already active. Fewer trees can still be enough when you're missing only 1 or 2 Lemons.
Dam Battlegrounds: check the forest and wetlands
On Dam Battlegrounds, check Red Lakes and the forest patch west of Water Treatment Control. These are backup options rather than a reason to abandon a productive Blue Gate route, since the trees are more scattered and fruit spawns vary.
Spaceport: collect fruit while passing through
On Spaceport, check Staff Parking and the car park behind the Arrival Building. The Staff Parking area near the Electrical Substation can have both Lemon and Apricot trees, while the Arrival Building car park offers another small pocket to inspect.
For a Lemon-only trip, treat Spaceport as a backup. Its industrial areas have fewer fruit trees, so these stops make more sense during a mission or on your way out than as the focus of a dedicated farming raid.
How do you protect Lemons during a farming run?
Bring a custom loadout with a Safe Pocket, then place your Lemons inside it as soon as you collect them. Items stored in the Safe Pocket remain protected if you die, which makes a contested Olive Grove visit less punishing.
Lemons weigh 0.2 kg each and stack up to 10. Their weight is modest, but the important part of a progression run is securing the fruit you still need. Protect your upgrade materials before continuing to search for extras.
Protect Lemons in your Safe Pocket
Look for Lush Blooms before deploying
Check World Modifiers for Lush Blooms. This modifier increases Nature loot, making it a better time to search for Lemons and other fruit. Wicker Baskets can also contain Lemons and appear more frequently during Lush Blooms, so inspect them while moving between trees.
Fruit spawns still vary between raids, including during Lush Blooms. If one orchard produces little, bank whatever you found and return in another raid. Trees refresh between raids, so repeating a known route is more useful than repeatedly checking the same exhausted trunks.
How many Lemons should you keep for Scrappy?
To upgrade Scrappy from level 2 to level 3, reserve 3 Lemons and 3 Apricots. That is your first Lemon target. Keep those materials separate from fruit you plan to consume, craft with, or recycle.
If you've secured the Lemons but still lack their matching ingredient, check where to find Apricots in ARC Raiders. Apricots share many Lemon farming areas, and you need another 12 Apricots for Scrappy's level 5 upgrade.
Save fruit for Scrappy level 3
Should you eat, craft, or recycle spare Lemons?
Once Scrappy's level 3 fruit is covered, Lemons have several other uses. Fruit Mix combines a Lemon with an Apricot and a Prickly Pear, while eating a raw Lemon gives a smaller stamina recovery.
| Use | Requirement or result | When it makes sense |
|---|---|---|
| Scrappy level 3 | Requires 3 Lemons and 3 Apricots | First priority while this upgrade is unfinished |
| Craft Fruit Mix | 1 Lemon, 1 Apricot, and 1 Prickly Pear produce 1 Fruit Mix | When your upgrade fruit is already reserved |
| Eat a Lemon | Restores 20 Stamina with a 1-second use time | When you need immediate stamina |
| Recycle a Lemon | Produces 3 Assorted Seeds | When you need seeds more than the spare fruit |
| Salvage a Lemon | Produces 2 Assorted Seeds | An alternative with a lower seed return |
For your next Lemon run, choose Olive Grove for density or the Village orchard for lower competition, collect ground fruit, and interact with the trees before leaving. Secure the 3 Lemons and 3 Apricots Scrappy needs, then extract rather than stretching a completed upgrade run for spare fruit.
