Dam Staff Room Key Location in Arc Raiders
Dam Staff Room Key location in Arc Raiders: an uncommon key for a first floor door in Research & Administration, and the quest that rewards one.
Category: Key & Keycard Locations ยท Updated 7 October 2026
A first floor door in Research & Administration
Where our map puts it
Our map marks the staff room door in the Research & Administration building, between it and the Control Tower, at the centre of the map. The base map records Research & Administration as an orange zone.
Where the key comes from
- Scavenging, which the wiki lists.
- The Stench of Corruption. The wiki lists this quest as a source; our quest data has it as a Shani quest set on the Spaceport. Its rewards are a Dam Staff Room Key, an Air Freshener, Noisemakers and the Warden Outfit (Blue Color).
Other reasons to be in the building
Two more quests send you into Research & Administration. Lance's Medical Merchandise asks you to search containers in the building's medical room, and Celeste's A Balanced Harvest sends you to the building to look for traces of an agricultural research project.
The item itself
The key itself weighs 0.25 and sells for 100 coins. The wiki's Keys page calls keys single use consumables, so it opens the door once.
Store it in your Safe Pocket the moment you pick it up, and choose an extraction from the Dam Battlegrounds map before you open the door.
For the other doors on this map, see every key location.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is the Dam Staff Room Key door?
- In the Research & Administration building on Dam Battlegrounds, on the first floor per the wiki. Our map marks it between that building and the Control Tower.
- How do you get the Dam Staff Room Key?
- Per the wiki, from scavenging and quests. Shani's quest The Stench of Corruption rewards one.
- Is the Dam Staff Room Key single use?
- Yes. The wiki's Keys page describes keys as single use consumables.