ARC Raiders Dead Flowers and Rock Salt: Where to Find Them for Soul's Offering?

Dead Flowers and Rock Salt are two of the most frustrating materials to collect in ARC Raiders' Soul's Offering project, and Dead Flowers are particularly troublesome because players need four across the first two stages. Both items are Uncommon trinkets introduced in Live Update 2.3.0 on October 27, 2026. Unlike resources gathered from the environment or materials obtained by defeating ARC machines, these items must be found through scavenging.

The most efficient starting point is Old Town on Pendola Pass, where players have reported finding both Dead Flowers and Rock Salt in residential buildings. Grandioso Apartments in Buried City is another valuable destination, particularly for players who want to collect both materials during the same expedition.

However, neither location guarantees a successful drop. The items have random loot availability, and a building that produced Dead Flowers during one raid may contain something completely different during the next. With Soul's Offering scheduled to run until November 16, 2026, choosing the right buildings, searching the correct containers, and extracting safely are more important than simply spending more time exploring.

Here is how to prioritize ARC Raiders Dead Flowers and Rock Salt farming, which locations deserve your attention, and how to avoid wasting valuable raids while completing the seasonal project.

Why Dead Flowers and Rock Salt Are So Important in Soul's Offering?

Embark Studios introduced Soul's Offering through ARC Raiders Live Update 2.3.0 on October 27. The limited-time Player Project asks Raiders to collect materials for three offerings before completing a final objective honoring fallen Raiders.

Although the project contains several uncommon and rare materials, Dead Flowers are particularly troublesome because they appear in multiple stages.

The most important distinction is that players need four Dead Flowers in total, not just one. The first stage consumes one, while the second requires another three. Rock Salt is considerably easier to manage because the project only requires two units during Stage 1.

The following table summarizes the requirements that directly affect your farming priorities.

Dead Flowers and Rock Salt requirements in ARC Raiders' Soul's Offering:

Both materials are classified as Uncommon trinkets. Their limited availability is not simply a matter of item rarity: the main problem is that players cannot rely on a specific container producing the material they need.

This creates an important difference between the two farming objectives. Rock Salt can be crossed off the checklist after collecting two pieces, whereas Dead Flowers remain a priority until all four have been secured.

My recommendation is to treat Dead Flowers as the primary farming target and Rock Salt as a secondary pickup. If you find either item while searching a residential building, collect it rather than continuing to another area in the hope of finding a supposedly better container.

Best Locations to Find Dead Flowers in ARC Raiders

1. Old Town on Pendola Pass: The Best Starting Point

Old Town should be the first destination for players who still need Dead Flowers.

Multiple farming guides and community reports identify this residential area as a recurring source of the material. Its advantage is not a confirmed higher drop rate, but the number of searchable residential and commercial containers concentrated within a relatively manageable area.

Instead of rushing between buildings, search each accessible structure systematically. Prioritize:

• Chest of drawers and shelf drawers.
• Kitchen cabinets and cupboards.
• Wardrobes and closets.
• Shop shelves and commercial storage.
• Office desks and filing cabinets.
• Trash bins and street-side containers.
• Loose items on tables, shelves, and other furniture.

One important detail is that Dead Flowers are not collected from decorative flowers or vegetation outside buildings. They are scavenged loot. Spending time inspecting plants or searching for a special flower patch is therefore unlikely to help.

Old Town is also useful because Rock Salt has been reported in the same general area. Searching kitchens and residential furniture gives you an opportunity to progress both objectives without dedicating separate raids to each item.

2. Grandioso Apartments in Buried City

Grandioso Apartments is another strong destination, especially for Raiders who have already searched Old Town several times without finding enough materials.

The location is particularly attractive because it has reported spawns for both Dead Flowers and Rock Salt. ARC Tracker also identifies Grandioso Apartments as a high-loot area for Dead Flowers, making it a worthwhile alternative when Pendola Pass is unavailable or heavily contested.

For Dead Flowers, concentrate on apartment interiors and searchable furniture. Do not limit your search to kitchen containers: check bedrooms, living areas, office furniture, and other residential storage.

For Rock Salt, shift your attention toward kitchen drawers, cupboards, and nearby loose loot.

This distinction matters. A player looking exclusively inside kitchens may overlook Dead Flowers in other residential containers, while someone searching only general furniture may miss Rock Salt in kitchen storage.

3. Other Locations Worth Checking

Old Town and Grandioso Apartments are the recommended starting points, but they are not the only reported Dead Flowers locations.

If your preferred farming area has already been looted, consider these alternatives:

These are reported loot locations, not guaranteed spawn points. Their usefulness depends on available containers, competing Raiders, and random loot generation.

A particularly interesting alternative is the JKV Space Travel Building in Buried City. Community farming reports describe finding Dead Flowers in office desk drawers there. It is worth incorporating into a Buried City search when residential locations have not produced enough materials.

Hotel Panorama on Riven Tides has also appeared in player reports, particularly its rooftop kitchen. However, this is a less consistently documented alternative than Old Town or Grandioso Apartments, so it should not replace the main route.

Where to Find Rock Salt: Search Kitchens Instead of the Environment

Rock Salt is easier to plan around because its reported locations are strongly associated with residential kitchens.

Despite its name, players do not need to mine rocks or search cliffs to obtain it. Rock Salt is a scavenged Uncommon trinket that can appear in household storage and as loose loot.

The best locations to prioritize are:

Grandioso Apartments, Buried City: Search kitchen cabinets, drawers, and nearby household storage. This is particularly useful because Dead Flowers can also appear in the apartment complex.

Ruby Residences, Dam Battlegrounds: Look for green kitchen cupboards and drawers. This is a useful alternative if you have already exhausted your Buried City route.

Old Town, Pendola Pass: Check kitchen drawers and tables while searching for Dead Flowers. Combining both objectives makes this one of the most efficient destinations for early project progression.

The Blue Gate and Riven Tides: Residential houses and household cabinets are additional reported sources. These areas are better treated as alternatives rather than guaranteed Rock Salt farming destinations.

The key is to avoid spending an entire raid searching for one specific kitchen drawer. If several buildings have already been looted, move to another residential cluster instead of repeatedly checking empty containers.

The Most Efficient Farming Strategy: Combine Both Materials in One Raid

The biggest mistake players can make is treating Dead Flowers and Rock Salt as completely separate farming objectives.

Since the two materials share several reported locations, it makes more sense to search areas where both can appear. This reduces unnecessary map travel and allows each raid to contribute toward multiple project requirements. Here is the recommended approach.

Route 1: Pendola Pass Old Town Sweep

Start in Old Town and work through accessible residential buildings in a consistent direction.

1. Search the first building's drawers, wardrobes, cupboards, and tables.
2. Check kitchens for Rock Salt.
3. Search bedrooms and living areas for Dead Flowers.
4. Move through nearby buildings and repeat the process.
5. Check small commercial spaces and shop storage before leaving the district.

Do not assume that a building is completely empty just because its most obvious containers have been searched. Small drawers and storage units are easy to overlook when players are moving quickly.

The objective is to maximize the number of relevant containers searched per minute rather than cover the largest possible distance.

Route 2: Grandioso Apartments and Buried City

If Pendola Pass is unavailable or your previous raid yielded nothing, move to Grandioso Apartments.

Search apartments systematically, focusing on general residential furniture for Dead Flowers and kitchen storage for Rock Salt.

You can also incorporate the JKV Space Travel Building into the route if you are specifically missing Dead Flowers. Its office drawers offer another reported source without requiring you to depend entirely on residential loot.

This route is particularly useful for players who want to continue farming both materials while also searching for other Soul's Offering resources.

Should You Farm During the Redirection Map Condition?

One community-recommended strategy is to enter Pendola Pass when the Redirection map condition is active.

Redirection revolves around Emperor Beacons, which attract Raiders interested in redirecting valuable payloads. This creates an opportunity to search residential sections while some players concentrate on the event's main objective.

The advantage is strategic rather than mechanical: Redirection does not provide a confirmed Dead Flowers or Rock Salt drop-rate bonus.

If the Emperor Beacon activity draws other Raiders away from Old Town, certain buildings may remain less thoroughly searched. However, this is not guaranteed. Other players can still visit residential areas, and the condition does not change the underlying uncertainty of random loot.

It is therefore worth considering Redirection when planning a Pendola Pass raid, but it should not be treated as a special loot multiplier.

How to Make Dead Flowers Farming More Efficient

The biggest challenge with Dead Flowers is not carrying capacity or crafting requirements. It is the uncertainty of finding them.

Community reports describe extremely inconsistent results, with some players needing numerous raids to collect all four pieces. There is currently no reliable published drop-rate figure that establishes exactly how rare Dead Flowers are compared with other Uncommon trinkets.

Rather than repeatedly searching the same container, use the following methods to improve your overall farming efficiency.

1. Search Containers by Category

Dead Flowers can appear across multiple container categories, so restricting your search to kitchen cabinets is inefficient.

Prioritize residential and commercial storage, including drawers, wardrobes, office desks, shop shelves, and bins. Also check loose loot on tables and shelves.

ARC Tracker lists 23 container types associated with Dead Flowers, including residential, commercial, medical, and Old World containers. This broader loot classification supports searching complete buildings rather than relying on one particular piece of furniture.

2. Avoid Repeating an Already-Looted Route

A popular farming location is not necessarily a productive location every time you enter it.

Other Raiders may have already searched the buildings, leaving fewer opportunities for useful loot. If the first few buildings are clearly depleted, consider moving to another residential cluster.

This is especially important when farming Dead Flowers because spending several minutes repeatedly checking empty containers offers little practical value.

3. Secure Rare Finds Instead of Overextending

Dead Flowers and Rock Salt are both relatively lightweight items:

Both items can fit into a single stack, so collecting the four required Dead Flowers does not mean occupying four separate inventory slots.

If you have a Safe Pocket available, consider placing a valuable project material there. This can reduce the risk of losing an important find if you are eliminated before extraction.

However, Safe Pocket space is limited. You will need to decide whether protecting a project item is more valuable than keeping that slot available for another rare discovery.

The safest approach is to extract once you have secured the materials you need rather than risking an entire successful run for one additional building.

4. Keep Every Dead Flower Until Stage 2 Is Complete

This is particularly important for players who regularly sell unnecessary trinkets to generate ARC Raiders Coins.

Dead Flowers and Rock Salt each have a reported sell value of 640 Coins. Although that might look attractive when you are short on currency, selling either item before completing its required stage can create additional farming work.

Remember that Dead Flowers are needed in two separate stages. Finding one does not mean you have finished collecting them.

Keep at least four Dead Flowers and two Rock Salt until their respective project requirements have been submitted.

Soul's Offering: Other Materials You Should Prepare While Farming

Although Dead Flowers receive most of the attention, Soul's Offering includes several additional requirements that can slow down completion.

The project contains four stages, and completing the first three unlocks the final rooftop objective. Preparing other materials alongside your trinket farming can save considerable time.

The following table summarizes the complete material requirements and stage rewards.

Several of these requirements have more predictable acquisition methods than Dead Flowers.

• ARC Alloy: Loot destroyed ARC machines and their wreckage. Most defeated ARC units can contribute, although Ticks are an exception.
• Expired Respirator: Search medical facilities, particularly the Buried City Hospital, Stella Montis medical areas, and the Dam Battlegrounds Testing Annex.
• Railway Lanterns: Prioritize red lockers and railway-related locations, including Pendola Pass railway facilities.
• Advanced ARC Powercells: Target larger ARC enemies, such as Bastions and other heavy machines.
• Remote Raider Flares: These can be obtained through crafting or other available acquisition methods, reducing the need to rely entirely on random scavenging.
• Fancy Plates and Mask Fragments: Search residential and Old World loot areas, particularly Old Town and Grandioso Apartments.
• Insulation Roll: Check railway-related storage and reported locations such as train interiors and shelters.
• Fertilizer: Search greenhouse planting areas and other locations associated with natural loot.

The important lesson is to avoid concentrating exclusively on Dead Flowers once your inventory is secure. A raid through a residential area can also contribute toward Fancy Plates, Mask Fragments, and Rock Salt.

Likewise, killing larger ARC units during the same expedition can help you prepare for Stage 2 instead of postponing all combat-related requirements until later.

Final Stage: Complete the Fireworks Objective at Santa Maria Houses

After completing the first three stages, players must finish the Honor the Fallen objective in Buried City.

The final task involves dealing 300 damage to ARC units from inside the Santa Maria Houses area, followed by reaching the rooftop and activating a Fireworks Box.

This objective is worth preparing for before entering Buried City.

Rather than wasting ammunition and time fighting small ARC enemies, consider targeting larger enemies when a suitable opportunity presents itself. Larger targets can make accumulating the required damage more efficient, although the actual encounter depends on which ARC units appear during your raid.

Once the damage requirement is complete:

1. Head toward Santa Maria Houses in Old Town, Buried City.
2. Reach the rooftop of the designated building.
3. Place and activate the Fireworks Box.
4. Complete the Honor the Fallen objective.

Stage 3 provides three Fireworks Boxes, so remember to retain at least one for the final task.

Completing Soul's Offering rewards the Pilgrim Backpack and the Offering Display Table design for your Raider Outpost, alongside the weapon and attachment rewards earned from earlier stages.

What If You Still Cannot Find Four Dead Flowers?

This is where players need to change their expectations.

There is no verified guaranteed Dead Flowers spawn that allows everyone to complete the collection in one raid. Even if a particular building has produced the item for other Raiders, that does not establish a fixed spawn location or guarantee the same result on your next visit.

If you are repeatedly unsuccessful, use this priority order:

Old Town, Pendola Pass: Your primary Dead Flowers farming destination.

Grandioso Apartments, Buried City: A strong alternative with opportunities to collect Rock Salt.

JKV Space Travel Building: An additional reported location for Dead Flowers in office drawers.

Ruined Homestead, Blue Gate: A secondary residential search area.

Southern Houses, Riven Tides: Another reported alternative, including household containers.

Players who are also looking for ARC Raiders items to complete other progression objectives can use these expeditions to collect additional materials rather than focusing on a single trinket.

For players with limited gaming time, organizing a checklist before each deployment is particularly useful. It helps prevent unnecessary trips across the map and makes it easier to decide when to extract.

The important thing is to distinguish between confirmed project requirements and community-reported loot locations. No external farming route can guarantee a random drop.

Final Verdict: Prioritize Dead Flowers and Stop Wasting Raids

The most practical way to complete Soul's Offering is to make Old Town on Pendola Pass your primary farming destination, with Grandioso Apartments serving as your alternative.

Rock Salt is relatively straightforward because you only need two pieces, and its kitchen-related loot locations are easier to target. Dead Flowers are the real bottleneck because four are required across two stages and their reported locations do not guarantee a successful pickup.

Search complete residential buildings, prioritize drawers and household storage, use Redirection as a possible opportunity rather than a guaranteed advantage, and extract when you secure valuable materials.

Most importantly, do not sell your Dead Flowers before completing Stage 2. A few hundred extra ARC Raiders Coins are unlikely to be worth repeating an already frustrating farming process.

With the November 16 project deadline approaching, a focused scavenging route is a much better investment than endlessly wandering between random buildings.