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NPCs

The NPCs and boss machines you fight in Rust — scientists, dwellers and guards, plus the Bradley APC, Patrol Helicopter and Chinook — with their health. HP values are read from the Rust game files; the location notes are where you encounter each. Tap one for its full page.

Patrol Helicopter

Attack helicopter that strafes bases on sight. Shoot it down for the Patrol Heli Crates.

📍 Roams the map (timed event)💎 drops Patrol Heli Crate

Elite Crate Scientist

The high-tier scientist guarding the best monuments — Oil Rig, Cargo Ship and the Giant Excavator all share the same 211-item loot pool below.

📍 Oil Rig, Cargo Ship, Giant Excavatorarmed with

Bradley APC

Tracked armoured vehicle with a cannon and machine gun. Destroy it for the Bradley Crates.

📍 Launch Site💎 drops Bradley Crate

Chinook (CH47)

Transport helicopter that drops a Hackable Locked Crate at a monument; can be shot down.

📍 Map-wide event💎 drops Hackable Locked Crate

Gingerbread Man

Festive enemy; drops Christmas presents and salvage (a tougher melee variant has 450 HP).

📍 Christmas event

Heavy Scientist

Heavily armoured, hits hard.

📍 Launch Site, Military Tunnels, Cargospots you at 30marmed with

Outpost Peacekeeper

Defends the safe zone — only turns hostile if you break the rules.

📍 Outpostspots you at 30marmed with

Bandit Guard

Guards the Bandit Camp safe zone.

📍 Bandit Campspots you at 100marmed with

Semi-Automatic Rifle

Tier-2 Scientist

Upgraded scientist.

📍 Newer monument encounters

Scarecrow

Slow zombie-like NPC; drops candy and farm salvage.

📍 Roams the map (Halloween event)

Scientist

Standard green/blue-suited scientist.

📍 Monuments (radtowns, military bases)spots you at 30marmed with

Tunnel Dweller

Mutated humanoid that roams the tunnels.

📍 Underground train tunnelsspots you at 40marmed with

Underwater Dweller

Guards the underwater lab loot.

📍 Underwater labsspots you at 40marmed with

Related pages

Loot Containers →Animals →Deployables →Safe-zone Vendors →