Candleberries play a central role in Arc Raiders during the Cold Snap seasonal content. These bright red fruits connect directly to limited time events, progression tracks, and key projects. Knowing where to find them saves time, reduces risk during raids, and helps you progress efficiently through winter objectives.

This guide focuses only on Candleberry locations and acquisition methods, keeping the path clear and practical.

Candleberries Appear Only During Cold Snap

Candleberries do not exist in standard map conditions. They spawn exclusively when a map rolls the Cold Snap modifier. Before deploying, always check the active map conditions. If Cold Snap does not appear, Candleberries will not spawn.

Cold Snap can affect most maps, with the exception of Stella Montis. This makes rotation checking important if you plan to farm efficiently.

An overhead tactical map of the Buried City in Arc Raiders highlighting various districts and the leaf icon representing Nature regions. — Credit: Embark Studios

Natural Candleberry Bush Locations

When Cold Snap activates, Candleberries grow on distinct red bushes that stand out against the snow covered terrain.

You should focus on Nature regions, marked by leaf icons on the map. These areas already support fruit spawns, which makes them the most reliable zones for Candleberries.

Notable high value areas include:

Jungle and swamp sections of Dam Battlegrounds
Open nature zones near water and tree cover
Staff Parking Area on the Spaceport map
Areas near the Power Generation Complex
Open zones close to Raider Cache spawns

Each bush drops one Candleberry, so expect multiple harvests per run.

The difficulty selection menu in Where Winds Meet highlighting the Legend mode option with a description of increased enemy difficulty.

Where Winds Meet Legend Difficulty?

Event Based Candleberry Farming

Direct harvesting is not the fastest method on its own. Event progression provides a larger and safer supply.

The Arc Raiders inventory screen showing Candleberries secured in the Safe Pocket slot for extraction. — Credit: Embark Studios

Gathering Candleberries Event

As you earn XP during raids, the game converts XP into Merits. These Merits unlock Candleberries at set milestones in the Gathering Candleberries reward track.

100 XP converts into 1 Merit
You earn up to 180 Candleberries through event rewards
Progress happens naturally through gameplay

This method carries no extraction risk and complements natural farming.

Flickering Flames Project Connection

Candleberries also serve as a required resource for the Flickering Flames project. Each project stage asks for a specific number of Candleberries alongside common loot items.

Submitting Candleberries advances the project and rewards you with: