Patrol Scientist Loot Table

Every item a Patrol 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 8.0
High quality metal: about 1.3
Components: 1 in 2
Weapons: 1 in 23

One body is worth about 8.0 scrap on average at a monument recycler. That's about 126 bodies for 1,000 scrap, and #6 of 14 NPCs in the value ranking.

Other recyclers: Safe Zone 40% about 6 · Powered 60% about 10 · 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	8.0%	6-12
Metal Pipe	7.5%	1-9
Metal Spring	4.8%	1
12 Gauge Slug	4.8%	4-8
Semi Automatic Body	4.8%	1
Gears	4.8%	2
Sheet Metal	4.7%	1
12 Gauge Incendiary Shell	4.7%	4-14
Electric Fuse	4.7%	1
Road Signs	4.6%	2-3
SMG Body	3.5%	1
Tech Trash	3.0%	2-3
High Quality Metal	2.9%	15-24
Rifle Body	2.4%	1
Hazmat Suit	1.8%	1-2
Targeting Computer	1.7%	1
CCTV Camera	1.3%	1-2
Incendiary Pistol Bullet	1.0%	10
HV Pistol Ammo	0.5%	10
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.5%	8
Supply Signal	0.3%	1
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.3%	10
Auto Turret	0.2%	1
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.2%	8
Electrical Branch	0.2%	1
Handmade SMG	0.2%	1
Blocker	0.2%	1
Bucket Helmet	0.2%	1
Ceiling Light	0.2%	1
Chicken Coop	0.2%	1
Hopper	0.2%	1
Longsleeve T-Shirt	0.2%	1
Mini Crossbow	0.2%	1
OR Switch	0.2%	1
Pants	0.2%	1
Barbed Wooden Barricade	0.2%	1
Chainlink Fence Gate	0.2%	1
Flare	0.2%	4-5
Floor grill	0.2%	1
Industrial Splitter	0.2%	1
Salvaged Cleaver	0.2%	1
Salvaged Sword	0.2%	1
Siren Light	0.2%	1
Speargun	0.2%	1
Beancan Grenade	0.2%	1
Button	0.2%	1
Chair	0.2%	1
Combat Knife	0.2%	1
Cooking Workbench	0.2%	1
Double Barrel Shotgun	0.2%	1
Electric Heater	0.2%	1
Fluid Splitter	0.2%	1
Fluid Switch & Pump	0.2%	1
Large Solar Panel	0.2%	1
Mixing Table	0.2%	1
Prisoner Hood	0.2%	1
Reinforced Wooden Shield	0.2%	1
Satchel Charge	0.2%	1
Shirt	0.2%	1
Snap Trap	0.2%	1
Snow Jacket	0.2%	1
Splitter	0.2%	1
Storage Adaptor	0.2%	1
Switch	0.2%	1
Timer	0.2%	1
Waterpipe Shotgun	0.2%	1
Weapon flashlight	0.2%	1
Audio Alarm	0.2%	1
Bee Grenade	0.2%	1
Beehive	0.2%	1
Flame Turret	0.2%	1
High External Wooden Wall	0.2%	1
Hot Air Balloon Armor	0.2%	1
Mace	0.2%	1
Metal Detector	0.2%	1
Miners Hat	0.2%	1
Pressure Pad	0.2%	1
Sandbag Barricade	0.2%	4
T-Shirt	0.2%	1
Wooden Armor Insert	0.2%	1
Chainlink Fence	0.1%	1
Door Controller	0.1%	1
Flasher Light	0.1%	1
Floor triangle grill	0.1%	1
Fluid Combiner	0.1%	1
Fridge	0.1%	1
Industrial Combiner	0.1%	1
Industrial Conveyor	0.1%	1
Metal Window Bars	0.1%	1
Reactive Target	0.1%	1
Salvaged Hammer	0.1%	1
Small Rechargeable Battery	0.1%	1
Sprinkler	0.1%	1
Tin Can Alarm	0.1%	1
Compound Bow	0.1%	1
Drop Box	0.1%	1
Engineering Workbench	0.1%	1
High External Wooden Gate	0.1%	1
Pickaxe	0.1%	1
Revolver	0.1%	1
Root Combiner	0.1%	1
Small Water Catcher	0.1%	1
Telephone	0.1%	1
Wooden Ladder	0.1%	1
Bed	0.1%	1
Boomerang	0.1%	1
Hatchet	0.1%	1
Jacket	0.1%	1
Kayak	0.1%	1
Riot Helmet	0.1%	1
Shotgun Trap	0.1%	1
Watch Tower	0.1%	1
XOR Switch	0.1%	1
Siege Tower	0.1%	1
Muzzle Brake	0.1%	1
AND Switch	0.1%	1
Lead Armor Insert	0.1%	1
Boots	under 0.1%	1
Catapult	under 0.1%	1
Diver propulsion vehicle	under 0.1%	1
Gas Compression Overdrive	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Pants	under 0.1%	1
Large Medkit	under 0.1%	1
Memory Cell	under 0.1%	1
Metal Vertical embrasure	under 0.1%	1
Molotov Cocktail	under 0.1%	1
Mounted Ballista	under 0.1%	1
Muzzle Boost	under 0.1%	1
Parachute	under 0.1%	1
RAND Switch	under 0.1%	1
Roadsign Horse Armor	under 0.1%	1
Salvaged Icepick	under 0.1%	1
Storage Monitor	under 0.1%	1
Asbestos Armor Insert	under 0.1%	1
Battering Ram	under 0.1%	1
Chainsaw	under 0.1%	1
Coffee Can Helmet	under 0.1%	1
Counter	under 0.1%	1
Drone	under 0.1%	1
Extended Magazine	under 0.1%	1
F1 Grenade	under 0.1%	1
Flame Thrower	under 0.1%	1
Handcuffs	under 0.1%	1
High External Stone Gate	under 0.1%	1
Ladder Hatch	under 0.1%	1
Large Rechargeable Battery	under 0.1%	1
Medium Rechargeable Battery	under 0.1%	1
Metal Barricade	under 0.1%	1
Powered Water Purifier	under 0.1%	1
Prison Cell Wall	under 0.1%	1
PTZ CCTV Camera	under 0.1%	1
Pump Shotgun	under 0.1%	1
Python Revolver	under 0.1%	1
RF Broadcaster	under 0.1%	1
RF Receiver	under 0.1%	1
RF Transmitter	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Gloves	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Jacket	under 0.1%	1
Seismic Sensor	under 0.1%	1
Semi-Automatic Pistol	under 0.1%	1
Smart Switch	under 0.1%	1
Strengthened Glass Window	under 0.1%	1
Thompson	under 0.1%	1
Triangle Ladder Hatch	under 0.1%	1
Water Pump	under 0.1%	1
Wind Turbine	under 0.1%	1
Computer Station	under 0.1%	1
Concrete Barricade	under 0.1%	1
Custom SMG	under 0.1%	1
Digital Clock	under 0.1%	1
Electric Furnace	under 0.1%	1
Elevator	under 0.1%	1
HBHF Sensor	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Helmet	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Jacket	under 0.1%	1
High Caliber Revolver	under 0.1%	1
High External Stone Wall	under 0.1%	1
High Quality Horse Shoes	under 0.1%	1
Large Furnace	under 0.1%	1
Large Water Catcher	under 0.1%	1
Locker	under 0.1%	1
Metal Shield	under 0.1%	1
Prison Cell Gate	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Kilt	under 0.1%	1
Salvaged Axe	under 0.1%	1
Search Light	under 0.1%	1
Semi-Automatic Rifle	under 0.1%	1
Small Generator	under 0.1%	1
Smoke Grenade	under 0.1%	1
Tesla Coil	under 0.1%	1
Ballista	under 0.1%	1
Flashbang	under 0.1%	1
Garage Door	under 0.1%	1
Holosight	under 0.1%	1
Homemade Landmine	under 0.1%	1
Homing Missile Launcher	under 0.1%	1
Laser Detector	under 0.1%	1
Modular Car Lift	under 0.1%	1
Night Vision Goggles	under 0.1%	1
RF Pager	under 0.1%	1
Rocket Launcher	under 0.1%	1
Small Oil Refinery	under 0.1%	1
Smart Alarm	under 0.1%	1
Hoodie	under 0.1%	1
Industrial Crafter	under 0.1%	1
Longsword	under 0.1%	1
Metal horizontal embrasure	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 Patrol 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 (8.0%). One body holds about 2.5 different items, and 211 different items showed up over 50,000 fills.

How much scrap is a Patrol Scientist worth?

About 8.0 scrap on average at a monument recycler (50%), counting the scrap inside and what its components recycle into. That's about 126 bodies for 1,000 scrap.

Can a Patrol Scientist drop guns?

Yes, a weapon turns up in about 1 of every 23 bodies. The most likely are Handmade SMG (0.2%), Mini Crossbow (0.2%) and Salvaged Cleaver (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.