Arctic Scientist Loot Table

Every item an Arctic Scientist can drop, with the chance it's there and how many. Measured by having the game fill its loot 50,000 times on a vanilla server and counting what came out.

Items per body: about 2.5
Common drops (1%+): 22
Times filled: 50,000

Worth Looting?

Scrap: about 7.9
High quality metal: about 1.3
Components: 1 in 2
Weapons: 1 in 23

One body is worth about 7.9 scrap on average at a monument recycler. That's about 127 bodies for 1,000 scrap, and #8 of 14 NPCs in the value ranking.

Other recyclers: Safe Zone 40% about 6 · Powered 60% about 9 · Red 75% about 12. Components and weapons show how often one turns up: "1 in 5" means one in every five bodies, on average.

Every Drop

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Pistol Bullet	52%	15-45
5.56 Rifle Ammo	51%	12-36
Medical Syringe	33%	1-2
Bandage	17%	1
12 Gauge Buckshot	7.9%	6-12
Metal Pipe	7.6%	1-9
12 Gauge Incendiary Shell	4.9%	4-15
12 Gauge Slug	4.9%	4-8
Road Signs	4.8%	2-3
Gears	4.8%	2
Sheet Metal	4.8%	1
Metal Spring	4.7%	1
Semi Automatic Body	4.7%	1
Electric Fuse	4.7%	1
SMG Body	3.4%	1
High Quality Metal	2.9%	15-24
Tech Trash	2.8%	2-3
Rifle Body	2.2%	1
Hazmat Suit	1.9%	1
Targeting Computer	1.7%	1-2
CCTV Camera	1.4%	1
Incendiary Pistol Bullet	1.0%	10
HV Pistol Ammo	0.5%	10
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.4%	8
Supply Signal	0.4%	1
Auto Turret	0.2%	1
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.2%	8
Flame Turret	0.2%	1
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.2%	10
Combat Knife	0.2%	1
OR Switch	0.2%	1
Audio Alarm	0.2%	1
Blocker	0.2%	1
Compound Bow	0.2%	1
Cooking Workbench	0.2%	1
Floor triangle grill	0.2%	1
Hot Air Balloon Armor	0.2%	1
Industrial Conveyor	0.2%	1
Prisoner Hood	0.2%	1
Reactive Target	0.2%	1
T-Shirt	0.2%	1
Timer	0.2%	1
Double Barrel Shotgun	0.2%	1
Flare	0.2%	4-5
Floor grill	0.2%	1
Mini Crossbow	0.2%	1
Shirt	0.2%	1
Shotgun Trap	0.2%	1
Splitter	0.2%	1
Watch Tower	0.2%	1
XOR Switch	0.2%	1
Barbed Wooden Barricade	0.2%	1
Bucket Helmet	0.2%	1
Chainlink Fence Gate	0.2%	1
Chair	0.2%	1
Engineering Workbench	0.2%	1
Fluid Combiner	0.2%	1
Fluid Switch & Pump	0.2%	1
Fridge	0.2%	1
High External Wooden Gate	0.2%	1
High External Wooden Wall	0.2%	1
Hopper	0.2%	1
Industrial Combiner	0.2%	1
Industrial Splitter	0.2%	1
Jacket	0.2%	1
Kayak	0.2%	1
Large Solar Panel	0.2%	1
Metal Detector	0.2%	1
Revolver	0.2%	1
Salvaged Sword	0.2%	1
Siren Light	0.2%	1
Small Rechargeable Battery	0.2%	1
Snow Jacket	0.2%	1
Waterpipe Shotgun	0.2%	1
Wooden Armor Insert	0.2%	1
Beancan Grenade	0.2%	1
Bed	0.2%	1
Chainlink Fence	0.2%	1
Drop Box	0.2%	1
Electrical Branch	0.2%	1
Pickaxe	0.2%	1
Riot Helmet	0.2%	1
Sandbag Barricade	0.2%	4
Siege Tower	0.2%	1
Snap Trap	0.2%	1
Beehive	0.1%	1
Ceiling Light	0.1%	1
Door Controller	0.1%	1
Fluid Splitter	0.1%	1
Handmade SMG	0.1%	1
Longsleeve T-Shirt	0.1%	1
Miners Hat	0.1%	1
Mixing Table	0.1%	1
Pants	0.1%	1
Reinforced Wooden Shield	0.1%	1
Root Combiner	0.1%	1
Salvaged Cleaver	0.1%	1
Satchel Charge	0.1%	1
Small Water Catcher	0.1%	1
Sprinkler	0.1%	1
Storage Adaptor	0.1%	1
Switch	0.1%	1
Weapon flashlight	0.1%	1
Bee Grenade	0.1%	1
Chicken Coop	0.1%	1
Flasher Light	0.1%	1
Mace	0.1%	1
Pressure Pad	0.1%	1
Salvaged Hammer	0.1%	1
Speargun	0.1%	1
Telephone	0.1%	1
Wooden Ladder	0.1%	1
Boomerang	0.1%	1
Hatchet	0.1%	1
Metal Window Bars	0.1%	1
Button	0.1%	1
Electric Heater	0.1%	1
Tin Can Alarm	0.1%	1
Battering Ram	0.1%	1
Custom SMG	0.1%	1
Flame Thrower	0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Pants	0.1%	1
Homemade Landmine	0.1%	1
RF Receiver	0.1%	1
Small Oil Refinery	0.1%	1
Flashbang	under 0.1%	1
Handcuffs	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Helmet	under 0.1%	1
High Caliber Revolver	under 0.1%	1
High External Stone Gate	under 0.1%	1
Large Medkit	under 0.1%	1
Large Rechargeable Battery	under 0.1%	1
Muzzle Brake	under 0.1%	1
Prison Cell Wall	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Jacket	under 0.1%	1
Rocket Launcher	under 0.1%	1
Search Light	under 0.1%	1
Small Generator	under 0.1%	1
Smart Alarm	under 0.1%	1
Strengthened Glass Window	under 0.1%	1
Chainsaw	under 0.1%	1
Coffee Can Helmet	under 0.1%	1
Computer Station	under 0.1%	1
Diver propulsion vehicle	under 0.1%	1
Drone	under 0.1%	1
Electric Furnace	under 0.1%	1
HBHF Sensor	under 0.1%	1
High External Stone Wall	under 0.1%	1
Holosight	under 0.1%	1
Homing Missile Launcher	under 0.1%	1
Hoodie	under 0.1%	1
Industrial Crafter	under 0.1%	1
Laser Detector	under 0.1%	1
Lead Armor Insert	under 0.1%	1
Longsword	under 0.1%	1
Medium Rechargeable Battery	under 0.1%	1
Molotov Cocktail	under 0.1%	1
Muzzle Boost	under 0.1%	1
Powered Water Purifier	under 0.1%	1
Roadsign Horse Armor	under 0.1%	1
Salvaged Icepick	under 0.1%	1
Semi-Automatic Rifle	under 0.1%	1
Storage Monitor	under 0.1%	1
Triangle Ladder Hatch	under 0.1%	1
Concrete Barricade	under 0.1%	1
Counter	under 0.1%	1
Digital Clock	under 0.1%	1
Extended Magazine	under 0.1%	1
F1 Grenade	under 0.1%	1
Garage Door	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Jacket	under 0.1%	1
High Quality Horse Shoes	under 0.1%	1
Ladder Hatch	under 0.1%	1
Large Furnace	under 0.1%	1
Large Water Catcher	under 0.1%	1
Locker	under 0.1%	1
Memory Cell	under 0.1%	1
Metal Barricade	under 0.1%	1
Metal Shield	under 0.1%	1
Metal Vertical embrasure	under 0.1%	1
Mounted Ballista	under 0.1%	1
Night Vision Goggles	under 0.1%	1
Parachute	under 0.1%	1
Prison Cell Gate	under 0.1%	1
RAND Switch	under 0.1%	1
RF Broadcaster	under 0.1%	1
RF Transmitter	under 0.1%	1
Salvaged Axe	under 0.1%	1
Seismic Sensor	under 0.1%	1
Smoke Grenade	under 0.1%	1
Tesla Coil	under 0.1%	1
Water Pump	under 0.1%	1
AND Switch	under 0.1%	1
Asbestos Armor Insert	under 0.1%	1
Catapult	under 0.1%	1
Elevator	under 0.1%	1
Metal horizontal embrasure	under 0.1%	1
Modular Car Lift	under 0.1%	1
Pump Shotgun	under 0.1%	1
Python Revolver	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Gloves	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Kilt	under 0.1%	1
Semi-Automatic Pistol	under 0.1%	1
Thompson	under 0.1%	1
Wind Turbine	under 0.1%	1
Ballista	under 0.1%	1
Boots	under 0.1%	1
Gas Compression Overdrive	under 0.1%	1
PTZ CCTV Camera	under 0.1%	1
RF Pager	under 0.1%	1
Smart Switch	under 0.1%	1

211 different items turned up across all 50,000 fills. Most are rare: one body holds about 2.5 of them.

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Questions

What does an Arctic Scientist drop in Rust?

The most likely drops are Pistol Bullet (52%), 5.56 Rifle Ammo (51%), Medical Syringe (33%), Bandage (17%) and 12 Gauge Buckshot (7.9%). One body holds about 2.5 different items, and 211 different items showed up over 50,000 fills.

How much scrap is an Arctic Scientist worth?

About 7.9 scrap on average at a monument recycler (50%), counting the scrap inside and what its components recycle into. That's about 127 bodies for 1,000 scrap.

Can an Arctic Scientist drop guns?

Yes, a weapon turns up in about 1 of every 23 bodies. The most likely are Combat Knife (0.2%), Compound Bow (0.2%) and Mini Crossbow (0.2%).

Chance is per body: how often the item is in it at all. Amount is the range seen when it is. Server owners can change loot, so modded servers may differ. NPC loot is rolled the way the game rolls an NPC's loot slots (each slot, its count and its chance); it isn't taken from a real body, so check it against what you see in game.