Where do you find the Hand Drill in Arc Raiders?

Only on Pendola Pass, the Frozen Trail map. Most of its spots are loose loot: check shelves, train-car tables and seats, consoles and desks, or counters and tables, and search containers on the way. The areas with the most spots are Almatera Station, Cielo Sereno Observatory and Freight Terminal.

What is the Hand Drill used for?

3 for the Outpost expansion from level 2 to 3.

Can you find the Hand Drill on other maps?

No. Its drop rules tie it to the Frozen Trail map, so it only spawns on Pendola Pass.

Where to Find the Hand Drill in Arc Raiders

The Hand Drill (rare, worth 640) spawns on Pendola Pass only. You need it for the Outpost expansion from level 2 to 3 (3 Hand Drills, with 3 Epoxy Buckets and 35 Planks). The Laser Level spawns in exactly the same places, so you'll farm both on one route.

Quick Answer

Map: Pendola Pass only.
Best areas: Almatera Station, Cielo Sereno Observatory, Freight Terminal and Railyard.
Search: shelves, train-car tables and seats, consoles and desks, or counters and tables.
Loot type: Mechanical and Industrial.
Loot zones: check the map at raid start. Areas marked yellow roll better loot, and red ones more and better still.
You need: 3 for the Outpost expansion from level 2 to 3.

What Kind of Places to Search

Most of its spawn spots are loose loot, lying out in the open, so look at surfaces as you move through a building. Containers (cabinets, desks, bags, breachable boxes) can hold it too. Share of all its spawn spots on Pendola Pass:

Where	Share of spots
Shelves and storage racks	26%
Train cars: tables and seats	22%
Consoles, desks and control panels	12%
Tables, chairs and counters	12%
Trolleys and carts	9%
Parked vehicles	7%

Where we and other Raiders have picked it up:

Hand Drill pickup prompt on metal shop shelving at Almatera Station — Loose on the metal shelving of a shop at Almatera Station. Almatera Station was a yellow loot zone that raid; as a red zone it rolls more and better loot. Screenshot: Arc Raiders Hub.

Hand Drill on a table between seats in a passenger train car — On the table between the seats of a passenger train car, by the Freight Terminal. Screenshot: Arc Raiders Hub.

Raider breaching a metal box against a rusty wall — Inside a breachable metal box in an industrial building. Screenshot: Arc Raiders Hub.

Backpack on the windowsill of a dark house — In a backpack on the windowsill of a house by the rail line. Screenshot: Arc Raiders Hub.

Best Areas on Pendola Pass

The places with the most spots where the Hand Drill can spawn:

Almatera Station (304 spots)
Cielo Sereno Observatory (208 spots)
Freight Terminal (181 spots)
Railyard (110 spots)
Controlled Receiving Facility (109 spots)

Open the Pendola Pass map to plan a route through them. Spots are only chances: every spot can roll many other items too.

Tips

Train cars are quick wins. Parked passenger cars have a table and seats per bay; walk the aisle and look down.
Head for the loot zones. Each raid marks some areas yellow or red on the map, and they change every raid. Yellow already rolls better loot; red rolls more and better loot still.
It weighs 0.5. Keep picking them up; three is all a project asks for.
Key rooms pay off. In the footage we went through, the Almatera Station, Cielo Sereno Observatory and Old Town key rooms gave Laser Levels, Insulation Rolls, Epoxy Buckets, Thermal Shakers, Calculators and a Radial Press.

Related Guides

Where to find the Laser Level (same spots)
Where to find the Epoxy Bucket
Where to find the Insulation Roll
Where to find the Thermal Shaker
Where to find the Calculator
Where to find the Differential Microphone
Where to find the Radial Press
Where to find the Mini Pump
Where to find Planks and Sheet Metal
Everything the Outpost asks for: our Needed Items guide and the Outpost steps in our amplified weapons guide

Spawn data from the Arc Raiders 2.0 game files; screenshots: Arc Raiders Hub.