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Arc Raiders’ Scrappy The Rooster Is Real

On Nov 27, 2025 11:58 am, by NuclearCoffee

Arc Raiders is pretty tough. When you’re not being hunted down by metal monstrosities, you could be gunned down by a trigger-happy player while minding your own business. But just when you’re sad about losing the one decent gun that you had, your feathered friend Scrappy the rooster makes you smile.

As Speranza’s resident scrap scavenger, Scrappy ensures you don’t go without earning a few materials even if you didn’t manage to extract. It’s the game’s way of making sure you aren’t stuck in a rut without any materials for better equipment. But why is this scrap artist a chicken? It turns out Scrappy is based on a real rooster belonging to one of the devs.

Arc Raider’s Scrappy Is Based On A Real Rooster

via Embark

In a recent blog post, Embark 3D artist Johan revealed how Scrappy was put into the game. “I was living with my parents at the time – they happened to keep chickens. Mid-zoom meeting, the birds somehow snuck into the house and strutted around behind me, instantly stealing the show and derailing the meeting entirely. Among those birds was Hȧkan, the rooster that would go on to become Scrappy.”

He added that unlike other roosters, Hȧkan was friendly and cuddly. So, the 3D artist decided to photoscan him and add him into the game as a minor Easter egg. In the early build of the game, Hȧkan could be seen running around the cantina area. However, the rooster got his big break when the devs required a resource producer.

A raider from Arc Raiders pointing a gun in red lighting.

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“We cycled through many ideas: robots, cats… robot-cats! But the art team didn’t have time to build them and the meeting stalled, until someone raised their hand and said, in a moment of brilliance, “don’t we have a rooster?””

Hȧkan went from being a minor Easter egg to Speranza’s premier resource producer, Scrappy. Let this be a lesson to those of us who are worried about chasing our dreams. If no opportunity is in sight, burst into a room and create the opportunity yourself. Be like Hȧkan.