Chinook Scientist Loot Table

Every item a Chinook 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 7.8
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 #9 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	34%	1-2
Bandage	17%	1
12 Gauge Buckshot	8.1%	6-12
Metal Pipe	7.5%	1-9
Electric Fuse	4.9%	1
Semi Automatic Body	4.8%	1
12 Gauge Slug	4.8%	4-12
Metal Spring	4.8%	1
Road Signs	4.7%	2-3
12 Gauge Incendiary Shell	4.7%	4-14
Sheet Metal	4.6%	1
Gears	4.6%	2
SMG Body	3.5%	1
High Quality Metal	2.9%	15-24
Tech Trash	2.8%	2-3
Rifle Body	2.3%	1
Hazmat Suit	2.0%	1
Targeting Computer	1.7%	1-2
CCTV Camera	1.4%	1
Incendiary Pistol Bullet	1.1%	10
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.4%	8
HV Pistol Ammo	0.4%	10
Supply Signal	0.4%	1
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.2%	8
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.2%	10
Auto Turret	0.2%	1
Floor triangle grill	0.2%	1
High External Wooden Gate	0.2%	1
Wooden Armor Insert	0.2%	1
Fluid Combiner	0.2%	1
Hatchet	0.2%	1
Pants	0.2%	1
Bed	0.2%	1
Beehive	0.2%	1
Chainlink Fence	0.2%	1
Flame Turret	0.2%	1
High External Wooden Wall	0.2%	1
Hot Air Balloon Armor	0.2%	1
Kayak	0.2%	1
Large Solar Panel	0.2%	1
Miners Hat	0.2%	1
Riot Helmet	0.2%	1
Siege Tower	0.2%	1
Speargun	0.2%	1
Wooden Ladder	0.2%	1
Audio Alarm	0.2%	1
Barbed Wooden Barricade	0.2%	1
Bucket Helmet	0.2%	1
Compound Bow	0.2%	1
Cooking Workbench	0.2%	1
Door Controller	0.2%	1
Flare	0.2%	4-5
Flasher Light	0.2%	1
Fridge	0.2%	1
Handmade SMG	0.2%	1
Hopper	0.2%	1
Industrial Splitter	0.2%	1
Jacket	0.2%	1
Longsleeve T-Shirt	0.2%	1
Mixing Table	0.2%	1
Salvaged Hammer	0.2%	1
Shotgun Trap	0.2%	1
Switch	0.2%	1
Beancan Grenade	0.2%	1
Blocker	0.2%	1
Boomerang	0.2%	1
Chicken Coop	0.2%	1
Electric Heater	0.2%	1
Engineering Workbench	0.2%	1
Fluid Switch & Pump	0.2%	1
Metal Detector	0.2%	1
Mini Crossbow	0.2%	1
Pressure Pad	0.2%	1
Prisoner Hood	0.2%	1
Salvaged Sword	0.2%	1
Sandbag Barricade	0.2%	4
Satchel Charge	0.2%	1
Snap Trap	0.2%	1
Snow Jacket	0.2%	1
Splitter	0.2%	1
Storage Adaptor	0.2%	1
T-Shirt	0.2%	1
Waterpipe Shotgun	0.2%	1
Bee Grenade	0.1%	1
Button	0.1%	1
Ceiling Light	0.1%	1
Chair	0.1%	1
Combat Knife	0.1%	1
Double Barrel Shotgun	0.1%	1
Drop Box	0.1%	1
Electrical Branch	0.1%	1
Floor grill	0.1%	1
Industrial Combiner	0.1%	1
Industrial Conveyor	0.1%	1
Metal Window Bars	0.1%	1
OR Switch	0.1%	1
Pickaxe	0.1%	1
Reactive Target	0.1%	1
Reinforced Wooden Shield	0.1%	1
Root Combiner	0.1%	1
Shirt	0.1%	1
Siren Light	0.1%	1
Small Water Catcher	0.1%	1
Telephone	0.1%	1
Tin Can Alarm	0.1%	1
Weapon flashlight	0.1%	1
XOR Switch	0.1%	1
Chainlink Fence Gate	0.1%	1
Fluid Splitter	0.1%	1
Mace	0.1%	1
Revolver	0.1%	1
Small Rechargeable Battery	0.1%	1
Sprinkler	0.1%	1
Watch Tower	0.1%	1
Salvaged Cleaver	0.1%	1
Timer	0.1%	1
Ballista	0.1%	1
Computer Station	0.1%	1
Counter	0.1%	1
Garage Door	0.1%	1
High Quality Horse Shoes	0.1%	1
Lead Armor Insert	0.1%	1
Metal Vertical embrasure	0.1%	1
Asbestos Armor Insert	under 0.1%	1
Catapult	under 0.1%	1
Flashbang	under 0.1%	1
Handcuffs	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Jacket	under 0.1%	1
High External Stone Gate	under 0.1%	1
Homemade Landmine	under 0.1%	1
Homing Missile Launcher	under 0.1%	1
Laser Detector	under 0.1%	1
Locker	under 0.1%	1
Longsword	under 0.1%	1
Memory Cell	under 0.1%	1
Metal Barricade	under 0.1%	1
Metal Shield	under 0.1%	1
Muzzle Boost	under 0.1%	1
Prison Cell Gate	under 0.1%	1
RF Broadcaster	under 0.1%	1
Rocket Launcher	under 0.1%	1
Strengthened Glass Window	under 0.1%	1
Thompson	under 0.1%	1
Boots	under 0.1%	1
Chainsaw	under 0.1%	1
F1 Grenade	under 0.1%	1
HBHF Sensor	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Helmet	under 0.1%	1
Holosight	under 0.1%	1
Hoodie	under 0.1%	1
Large Furnace	under 0.1%	1
Molotov Cocktail	under 0.1%	1
Mounted Ballista	under 0.1%	1
Muzzle Brake	under 0.1%	1
Night Vision Goggles	under 0.1%	1
Prison Cell Wall	under 0.1%	1
PTZ CCTV Camera	under 0.1%	1
RF Receiver	under 0.1%	1
Seismic Sensor	under 0.1%	1
Triangle Ladder Hatch	under 0.1%	1
AND Switch	under 0.1%	1
Battering Ram	under 0.1%	1
Coffee Can Helmet	under 0.1%	1
Concrete Barricade	under 0.1%	1
Custom SMG	under 0.1%	1
Drone	under 0.1%	1
Electric Furnace	under 0.1%	1
Elevator	under 0.1%	1
Extended Magazine	under 0.1%	1
Flame Thrower	under 0.1%	1
Gas Compression Overdrive	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Pants	under 0.1%	1
High Caliber Revolver	under 0.1%	1
Industrial Crafter	under 0.1%	1
Ladder Hatch	under 0.1%	1
Large Water Catcher	under 0.1%	1
Medium Rechargeable Battery	under 0.1%	1
Metal horizontal embrasure	under 0.1%	1
Parachute	under 0.1%	1
Powered Water Purifier	under 0.1%	1
Pump Shotgun	under 0.1%	1
Python Revolver	under 0.1%	1
RF Pager	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Gloves	under 0.1%	1
Roadsign Horse Armor	under 0.1%	1
Salvaged Axe	under 0.1%	1
Search Light	under 0.1%	1
Semi-Automatic Pistol	under 0.1%	1
Small Generator	under 0.1%	1
Smoke Grenade	under 0.1%	1
Tesla Coil	under 0.1%	1
Wind Turbine	under 0.1%	1
Digital Clock	under 0.1%	1
Diver propulsion vehicle	under 0.1%	1
High External Stone Wall	under 0.1%	1
Large Medkit	under 0.1%	1
Modular Car Lift	under 0.1%	1
RAND Switch	under 0.1%	1
RF Transmitter	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Kilt	under 0.1%	1
Salvaged Icepick	under 0.1%	1
Semi-Automatic Rifle	under 0.1%	1
Small Oil Refinery	under 0.1%	1
Smart Alarm	under 0.1%	1
Smart Switch	under 0.1%	1
Storage Monitor	under 0.1%	1
Water Pump	under 0.1%	1
Large Rechargeable Battery	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Jacket	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 Chinook Scientist drop in Rust?

The most likely drops are Pistol Bullet (52%), 5.56 Rifle Ammo (51%), Medical Syringe (34%), Bandage (17%) and 12 Gauge Buckshot (8.1%). One body holds about 2.5 different items, and 211 different items showed up over 50,000 fills.

How much scrap is a Chinook 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 Chinook Scientist drop guns?

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