Roaming Scientist Loot Table

Every item a Roaming 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 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 #4 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	33%	1-2
Bandage	17%	1
12 Gauge Buckshot	7.9%	6-12
Metal Pipe	7.8%	1-9
12 Gauge Incendiary Shell	5.0%	4-14
Electric Fuse	4.8%	1
Gears	4.8%	2
Sheet Metal	4.7%	1
Semi Automatic Body	4.7%	1
12 Gauge Slug	4.7%	4-8
Road Signs	4.6%	2-3
Metal Spring	4.5%	1
SMG Body	3.5%	1
High Quality Metal	2.9%	15-24
Tech Trash	2.9%	2-3
Rifle Body	2.3%	1
Hazmat Suit	1.9%	1
Targeting Computer	1.8%	1-2
CCTV Camera	1.4%	1-2
Incendiary Pistol Bullet	1.0%	10
HV Pistol Ammo	0.5%	10
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.5%	8
Supply Signal	0.4%	1
Auto Turret	0.2%	1
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.2%	8
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo	0.2%	10
Miners Hat	0.2%	1
Blocker	0.2%	1
Cooking Workbench	0.2%	1
Industrial Splitter	0.2%	1
Large Solar Panel	0.2%	1
Waterpipe Shotgun	0.2%	1
Door Controller	0.2%	1
Electric Heater	0.2%	1
Hatchet	0.2%	1
High External Wooden Wall	0.2%	1
Speargun	0.2%	1
Splitter	0.2%	1
Storage Adaptor	0.2%	1
Switch	0.2%	1
Audio Alarm	0.2%	1
Beehive	0.2%	1
Ceiling Light	0.2%	1
Chainlink Fence Gate	0.2%	1
Chair	0.2%	1
Chicken Coop	0.2%	1
Electrical Branch	0.2%	1
Industrial Conveyor	0.2%	1
Jacket	0.2%	1
OR Switch	0.2%	1
Pants	0.2%	1
Pressure Pad	0.2%	1
Prisoner Hood	0.2%	1
Salvaged Hammer	0.2%	1
Shirt	0.2%	1
Shotgun Trap	0.2%	1
Snap Trap	0.2%	1
Telephone	0.2%	1
Tin Can Alarm	0.2%	1
Weapon flashlight	0.2%	1
Wooden Armor Insert	0.2%	1
Wooden Ladder	0.2%	1
Bee Grenade	0.2%	1
Boomerang	0.2%	1
Combat Knife	0.2%	1
Compound Bow	0.2%	1
Double Barrel Shotgun	0.2%	1
Drop Box	0.2%	1
Engineering Workbench	0.2%	1
Flare	0.2%	4-5
Fluid Switch & Pump	0.2%	1
Industrial Combiner	0.2%	1
Reinforced Wooden Shield	0.2%	1
Revolver	0.2%	1
Root Combiner	0.2%	1
Salvaged Cleaver	0.2%	1
Siege Tower	0.2%	1
Siren Light	0.2%	1
Timer	0.2%	1
XOR Switch	0.2%	1
Beancan Grenade	0.1%	1
Bed	0.1%	1
Bucket Helmet	0.1%	1
Button	0.1%	1
Flame Turret	0.1%	1
Flasher Light	0.1%	1
Floor grill	0.1%	1
Floor triangle grill	0.1%	1
Fluid Splitter	0.1%	1
High External Wooden Gate	0.1%	1
Hopper	0.1%	1
Hot Air Balloon Armor	0.1%	1
Longsleeve T-Shirt	0.1%	1
Mace	0.1%	1
Metal Detector	0.1%	1
Mini Crossbow	0.1%	1
Mixing Table	0.1%	1
Pickaxe	0.1%	1
Small Rechargeable Battery	0.1%	1
Small Water Catcher	0.1%	1
Sprinkler	0.1%	1
Watch Tower	0.1%	1
Fluid Combiner	0.1%	1
Fridge	0.1%	1
Handmade SMG	0.1%	1
Kayak	0.1%	1
Reactive Target	0.1%	1
Salvaged Sword	0.1%	1
Sandbag Barricade	0.1%	4
Satchel Charge	0.1%	1
Snow Jacket	0.1%	1
T-Shirt	0.1%	1
Barbed Wooden Barricade	0.1%	1
Metal Window Bars	0.1%	1
Riot Helmet	0.1%	1
Chainlink Fence	0.1%	1
Coffee Can Helmet	0.1%	1
Concrete Barricade	0.1%	1
Flashbang	0.1%	1
Roadsign Horse Armor	0.1%	1
Storage Monitor	0.1%	1
Chainsaw	under 0.1%	1
Gas Compression Overdrive	under 0.1%	1
Homemade Landmine	under 0.1%	1
Longsword	under 0.1%	1
Metal Barricade	under 0.1%	1
Python Revolver	under 0.1%	1
RF Receiver	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Gloves	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Kilt	under 0.1%	1
Semi-Automatic Rifle	under 0.1%	1
Smart Switch	under 0.1%	1
Asbestos Armor Insert	under 0.1%	1
Diver propulsion vehicle	under 0.1%	1
Drone	under 0.1%	1
Electric Furnace	under 0.1%	1
Elevator	under 0.1%	1
F1 Grenade	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 Wall	under 0.1%	1
High Quality Horse Shoes	under 0.1%	1
Industrial Crafter	under 0.1%	1
Ladder Hatch	under 0.1%	1
Large Medkit	under 0.1%	1
Laser Detector	under 0.1%	1
Molotov Cocktail	under 0.1%	1
Muzzle Brake	under 0.1%	1
Pump Shotgun	under 0.1%	1
RF Broadcaster	under 0.1%	1
Road Sign Jacket	under 0.1%	1
Salvaged Axe	under 0.1%	1
Thompson	under 0.1%	1
Water Pump	under 0.1%	1
AND Switch	under 0.1%	1
Ballista	under 0.1%	1
Catapult	under 0.1%	1
Computer Station	under 0.1%	1
Digital Clock	under 0.1%	1
Garage Door	under 0.1%	1
HBHF Sensor	under 0.1%	1
High External Stone Gate	under 0.1%	1
Holosight	under 0.1%	1
Homing Missile Launcher	under 0.1%	1
Hoodie	under 0.1%	1
Lead Armor Insert	under 0.1%	1
Locker	under 0.1%	1
Memory Cell	under 0.1%	1
Metal horizontal embrasure	under 0.1%	1
Metal Vertical embrasure	under 0.1%	1
Mounted Ballista	under 0.1%	1
Parachute	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
Rocket Launcher	under 0.1%	1
Salvaged Icepick	under 0.1%	1
Semi-Automatic Pistol	under 0.1%	1
Small Oil Refinery	under 0.1%	1
Smart Alarm	under 0.1%	1
Strengthened Glass Window	under 0.1%	1
Battering Ram	under 0.1%	1
Boots	under 0.1%	1
Counter	under 0.1%	1
Custom SMG	under 0.1%	1
Extended Magazine	under 0.1%	1
Flame Thrower	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Jacket	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Plate Pants	under 0.1%	1
Large Furnace	under 0.1%	1
Large Rechargeable Battery	under 0.1%	1
Large Water Catcher	under 0.1%	1
Medium Rechargeable Battery	under 0.1%	1
Metal Shield	under 0.1%	1
Muzzle Boost	under 0.1%	1
Night Vision Goggles	under 0.1%	1
Prison Cell Gate	under 0.1%	1
RAND Switch	under 0.1%	1
RF Pager	under 0.1%	1
RF Transmitter	under 0.1%	1
Search Light	under 0.1%	1
Seismic Sensor	under 0.1%	1
Small Generator	under 0.1%	1
Smoke Grenade	under 0.1%	1
Tesla Coil	under 0.1%	1
Triangle Ladder Hatch	under 0.1%	1
Wind Turbine	under 0.1%	1
Modular Car Lift	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 Roaming 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 a Roaming 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 Roaming Scientist drop guns?

Yes, a weapon turns up in about 1 of every 23 bodies. The most likely are Waterpipe Shotgun (0.2%), Speargun (0.2%) and Weapon flashlight (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.