What you can carry, burn, eat or recycle.

Found: Abandoned vehicles, gas stations, cabins, wrecks and other points of interest

Fuel is the core pressure in Arctic Drive. The store description says the fuel gauge is more dangerous than the Arctic itself, and the press kit lists fuel as a scavenge target. Fuel tooltips were made clearer and color-coded in demo v0.19.2. Exact tank sizes and consumption rates are not published as universal values.

Found: Craftable; also found as loot

A July 2026 patch added craftable 20-liter jerrycans. A later patch made the jerrycan fit in the trunk. The jerrycan is physical cargo: it can shift in a crash or storm, and it adds weight.

Found: POIs, wrecks and garages

The engine inspection panel shows an oil mixture and capacity. The publisher lists oil as a scavengeable resource. Running the engine with poor oil is a plausible risk, but the exact damage model and service interval are not documented.

Found: Water coolers, containers, melted snow

The press kit says players can melt snow for water. Hydration was rebalanced in demo v0.19.2, including pee needs. Contaminated drinks exist; the game does not publish a complete purification ruleset.

Found: Interiors and points of interest

Added in update 0.9.4 as a new environment water container. The developer warning is explicit: “it’s not always water in there.” Treat unknown coolers as a gamble until you can identify the contents.

Found: Cabins, POIs, cooking and foraging

Food can be found, foraged, hunted or cooked. The Cooking Bench crafts food and survival supplies. The official feature list mentions hunting, while the published roadmap lists wildlife as a full-release milestone; the exact Early Access hunting scope is not clearly documented, so treat hunting as a design goal rather than a confirmed launch system.

Found: Craftable

Added in the July 2026 patch. The developer describes it as warming you for 3 to 5 minutes “without any side effect, I promise!” It is a craftable food item, not a substitute for proper cold management.

Found: Craftable at a cooking bench

The Cooking Bench can craft painkillers. The game has fall damage and heavy impacts can stun the player, but the exact effect, duration and addiction or overdose system are not published. Do not assume painkillers heal structural injuries.

Found: Craftable at a cooking bench

Listed by the developer as a Cooking Bench recipe. The name implies cold resistance, but the exact duration, stacking rules and side effects are not documented. Body temperature remains the primary system to watch.

Found: Salvage, wrecks, POIs and recycling

Scrap appears as a crafting cost in official workbench screenshots. The crafting UI shows separate resource counters (the screenshots also show Organics and Chem), and recipes are gated by bench tier and blueprint research. Costs seen in screenshots have changed between builds, so we do not publish a current price list.

Found: World loot and recycling

The closed-beta crafting overhaul added “a new recyclable resource: Organic.” The July patch increased how much Organic can be found in the world. Exact conversion recipes are not published.

Found: Not documented

The official workbench screenshot shows a Chem counter alongside Scrap and Organics. No public recipe list explains which items require Chem. Treat the screenshot as proof of the resource, not a complete material guide.

Found: POIs, wrecks and crafting

The publisher lists batteries among scavengeable supplies. Extra batteries are a confirmed mobile-base upgrade for powering heaters and lights. The engine panel shows battery start cost and charge rate; exact battery capacities are not published.

Found: Craftable; found in POIs

Levels 1–3 exist. Official screenshots show Good and Excellent repair kits. Repair amounts and whether a kit can fix a deformed chassis or only a part are not documented. Carry more than one if you plan to drive fast on unmarked roads.

Found: Craftable; blueprint research required

The in-game description says the flare gun calls an emergency air drop in your surroundings. Air drops are a confirmed off-road event. The number of uses, drop contents and whether the drop can be lost in a storm are not published.

Found: Craftable

The Old Flashlight appears in official crafting screenshots. A patch fixed a stutter the first time the flashlight was used. Night driving and dark interiors are confirmed, so a light source matters; exact battery life is unknown.

Found: Craftable

The Plastic Ice Scraper appears in official crafting screenshots. Demo v0.18.0 added a third-person frost effect that adapts to how much frost the player has scraped, confirming windscreen frost is a real visibility mechanic.

Found: Craftable

The developer mentions walls broken with a sledgehammer persisting after a save. Good and Excellent variants appear in official crafting screenshots. Durability and damage values are not published.

Found: Starting garage in 2–4 player runs; craftable status not confirmed

Added for 2–4 player groups in the demo patches, with kits available in the starting garage. This is a multiplayer-only tool; solo players have no one to revive.

Found: Craftable; found as loot

A craftable storage box seen in official screenshots. Boxes are physical; they can be packed into a car, trailer or RV. Cargo can shift, and a bad crash can throw supplies into the snow.

Found: World loot

The publisher explicitly lists silly decorative objects and goofy trinkets. Decorations are physical objects with weight. They are not confirmed to provide any gameplay buff.

Found: Uncovered in the world

Confirmed by the publisher. Instrument types and multiplayer sync details are not documented. No gameplay effect beyond flavor has been announced.