Cargo Ship Scientist Loot Table

Every item a Cargo Ship 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%+): 21
Times filled: 50,000

Worth Looting?

Scrap: about 7.8
High quality metal: about 1.3
Components: 1 in 2
Weapons: 1 in 23

One body is worth about 7.8 scrap on average at a monument recycler. That's about 128 bodies for 1,000 scrap, and #10 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

Showing 211 of 211. Click a column to sort.


Pistol Bullet	52%	15-45
5.56 Rifle Ammo	51%	12-36
Medical Syringe	33%	1-2
Bandage	17%	1
12 Gauge Buckshot	8.0%	6-18
Metal Pipe	7.5%	1-9
12 Gauge Slug	4.8%	4-8
Sheet Metal	4.8%	1
Road Signs	4.8%	2-3
Semi Automatic Body	4.8%	1
Electric Fuse	4.7%	1
Metal Spring	4.7%	1
12 Gauge Incendiary Shell	4.6%	4-14
Gears	4.5%	2
SMG Body	3.5%	1
High Quality Metal	2.8%	15-24
Tech Trash	2.8%	2-3
Rifle Body	2.3%	1
Hazmat Suit	1.9%	1-2
Targeting Computer	1.7%	1-2
CCTV Camera	1.5%	1-2
Incendiary Pistol Bullet	1.0%	10
HV Pistol Ammo	0.6%	10
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.4%	8
Supply Signal	0.3%	1
Auto Turret	0.3%	1
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.2%	10
Compound Bow	0.2%	1
Electric Heater	0.2%	1
Electrical Branch	0.2%	1
Flasher Light	0.2%	1
High External Wooden Wall	0.2%	1
Audio Alarm	0.2%	1
Beancan Grenade	0.2%	1
Blocker	0.2%	1
Button	0.2%	1
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.2%	8
Fluid Combiner	0.2%	1
High External Wooden Gate	0.2%	1
Industrial Splitter	0.2%	1
Mace	0.2%	1
Shirt	0.2%	1
Siren Light	0.2%	1
Snap Trap	0.2%	1
Sprinkler	0.2%	1
Watch Tower	0.2%	1
Boomerang	0.2%	1
Chainlink Fence Gate	0.2%	1
Hatchet	0.2%	1
Kayak	0.2%	1
Metal Detector	0.2%	1
Pressure Pad	0.2%	1
Riot Helmet	0.2%	1
Shotgun Trap	0.2%	1
Telephone	0.2%	1
Waterpipe Shotgun	0.2%	1
Barbed Wooden Barricade	0.2%	1
Bee Grenade	0.2%	1
Bucket Helmet	0.2%	1
Ceiling Light	0.2%	1
Chicken Coop	0.2%	1
Drop Box	0.2%	1
Engineering Workbench	0.2%	1
Floor grill	0.2%	1
Fridge	0.2%	1
Hot Air Balloon Armor	0.2%	1
Mini Crossbow	0.2%	1
OR Switch	0.2%	1
Pickaxe	0.2%	1
Prisoner Hood	0.2%	1
Reactive Target	0.2%	1
Salvaged Cleaver	0.2%	1
Sandbag Barricade	0.2%	4
Satchel Charge	0.2%	1
Snow Jacket	0.2%	1
Switch	0.2%	1
Wooden Ladder	0.2%	1
Chair	0.2%	1
Combat Knife	0.2%	1
Double Barrel Shotgun	0.2%	1
Flame Turret	0.2%	1
Floor triangle grill	0.2%	1
Hopper	0.2%	1
Industrial Conveyor	0.2%	1
Jacket	0.2%	1
Large Solar Panel	0.2%	1
Mixing Table	0.2%	1
Pants	0.2%	1
Speargun	0.2%	1
Timer	0.2%	1
Weapon flashlight	0.2%	1
Wooden Armor Insert	0.2%	1
Bed	0.1%	1
Beehive	0.1%	1
Cooking Workbench	0.1%	1
Fluid Splitter	0.1%	1
Fluid Switch & Pump	0.1%	1
Handmade SMG	0.1%	1
Industrial Combiner	0.1%	1
Longsleeve T-Shirt	0.1%	1
Metal Window Bars	0.1%	1
Miners Hat	0.1%	1
Root Combiner	0.1%	1
Salvaged Hammer	0.1%	1
Salvaged Sword	0.1%	1
Siege Tower	0.1%	1
Small Water Catcher	0.1%	1
Splitter	0.1%	1
Tin Can Alarm	0.1%	1
XOR Switch	0.1%	1
Door Controller	0.1%	1
Revolver	0.1%	1
Small Rechargeable Battery	0.1%	1
Storage Adaptor	0.1%	1
T-Shirt	0.1%	1
Chainlink Fence	0.1%	1
Reinforced Wooden Shield	0.1%	1
Flare	0.1%	4-5
Ladder Hatch	0.1%	1
Large Medkit	0.1%	1
Roadsign Horse Armor	0.1%	1
AND Switch	under 0.1%	1
Computer Station	under 0.1%	1
Holosight	under 0.1%	1
Large Water Catcher	under 0.1%	1
Molotov Cocktail	under 0.1%	1
RF Broadcaster	under 0.1%	1
RF Transmitter	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Jacket	under 0.1%	1
Smart Alarm	under 0.1%	1
Smart Switch	under 0.1%	1
Asbestos Armor Insert	under 0.1%	1
Concrete Barricade	under 0.1%	1
Diver propulsion vehicle	under 0.1%	1
Drone	under 0.1%	1
Electric Furnace	under 0.1%	1
F1 Grenade	under 0.1%	1
Flame Thrower	under 0.1%	1
Garage Door	under 0.1%	1
Handcuffs	under 0.1%	1
High Caliber Revolver	under 0.1%	1
High Quality Horse Shoes	under 0.1%	1
Homing Missile Launcher	under 0.1%	1
Locker	under 0.1%	1
Medium Rechargeable Battery	under 0.1%	1
Metal Barricade	under 0.1%	1
Mounted Ballista	under 0.1%	1
Prison Cell Wall	under 0.1%	1
PTZ CCTV Camera	under 0.1%	1
Pump Shotgun	under 0.1%	1
RAND Switch	under 0.1%	1
RF Receiver	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Gloves	under 0.1%	1
Salvaged Axe	under 0.1%	1
Salvaged Icepick	under 0.1%	1
Seismic Sensor	under 0.1%	1
Semi-Automatic Pistol	under 0.1%	1
Small Generator	under 0.1%	1
Water Pump	under 0.1%	1
Battering Ram	under 0.1%	1
Catapult	under 0.1%	1
Chainsaw	under 0.1%	1
Counter	under 0.1%	1
Digital Clock	under 0.1%	1
Elevator	under 0.1%	1
Extended Magazine	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Helmet	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Pants	under 0.1%	1
High External Stone Gate	under 0.1%	1
Homemade Landmine	under 0.1%	1
Hoodie	under 0.1%	1
Large Furnace	under 0.1%	1
Large Rechargeable Battery	under 0.1%	1
Lead Armor Insert	under 0.1%	1
Longsword	under 0.1%	1
Metal horizontal embrasure	under 0.1%	1
Muzzle Boost	under 0.1%	1
Muzzle Brake	under 0.1%	1
Night Vision Goggles	under 0.1%	1
Parachute	under 0.1%	1
Powered Water Purifier	under 0.1%	1
Prison Cell Gate	under 0.1%	1
Python Revolver	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Kilt	under 0.1%	1
Rocket Launcher	under 0.1%	1
Semi-Automatic Rifle	under 0.1%	1
Smoke Grenade	under 0.1%	1
Strengthened Glass Window	under 0.1%	1
Triangle Ladder Hatch	under 0.1%	1
Ballista	under 0.1%	1
Boots	under 0.1%	1
Coffee Can Helmet	under 0.1%	1
Custom SMG	under 0.1%	1
Flashbang	under 0.1%	1
Gas Compression Overdrive	under 0.1%	1
HBHF Sensor	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Jacket	under 0.1%	1
High External Stone Wall	under 0.1%	1
Laser Detector	under 0.1%	1
Memory Cell	under 0.1%	1
Metal Shield	under 0.1%	1
Metal Vertical embrasure	under 0.1%	1
RF Pager	under 0.1%	1
Search Light	under 0.1%	1
Small Oil Refinery	under 0.1%	1
Storage Monitor	under 0.1%	1
Tesla Coil	under 0.1%	1
Wind Turbine	under 0.1%	1
Modular Car Lift	under 0.1%	1
Thompson	under 0.1%	1
Industrial Crafter	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 a Cargo Ship 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 (8.0%). One body holds about 2.5 different items, and 211 different items showed up over 50,000 fills.

How much scrap is a Cargo Ship Scientist worth?

About 7.8 scrap on average at a monument recycler (50%), counting the scrap inside and what its components recycle into. That's about 128 bodies for 1,000 scrap.

Can a Cargo Ship Scientist drop guns?

Yes, a weapon turns up in about 1 of every 23 bodies. The most likely are Compound Bow (0.2%), Beancan Grenade (0.2%) and Mace (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.