All Monsters & How to Kill or Escape Them in R.E.P.O.

R.E.P.O., the 2025 horror game sensation sweeping the streamer community, throws a diverse array of monstrous foes your way. Each requires a unique strategy for survival. This guide details every creature in R.E.P.O. and how best to handle them.

All Monsters in R.E.P.O.

Animal

Threat Level: Low

The Animal is a fast but weak creature that offers little resistance. Easy prey.

Apex Predator (Duck)

Threat Level: Low

Harmless unless provoked. For easy cash, lure it to the extraction zone and crush it with the piston.

Bang

Threat Level: Medium

A living grenade! It explodes on contact or if it spots you. Safely dispose of it by throwing it into water, lava, or acid. Can also be used to damage other monsters.

Bowtie

Threat Level: Low

Its scream stuns and pushes you back, but it's slow and immobile while screaming. Sneak up on it when it's quiet.

Chef

Threat Level: Medium

Predictable attack patterns; it jumps and slashes. Dodge its attack to create an opening for your counterattack.

Clown

Threat Level: High

A dangerous foe wielding a height-adjusting laser beam and a powerful melee attack. It stuns briefly after using its laser, providing a window of opportunity.

Gnome

Threat Level: Low

These weak creatures travel in packs, prioritizing your loot over you. Easily dispatched by picking them up and slamming them against a wall or floor.

Headman

Threat Level: Low

A floating head that only becomes aggressive when you shine a light on it. Otherwise, it's relatively harmless.

Hidden

Threat Level: Medium

A cloud of black smoke that grabs you, stuns you, and makes you drop your items. Difficult to spot; hiding is often the best approach.

Huntsman

Threat Level: Medium

Blind but highly sensitive to sound. Its shotgun blast is deadly at close range. Avoid it entirely, as it patrols a set route.

Mentalist

Threat Level: Medium

A teleporting alien that creates an anti-gravity field, levitating and then slamming everything nearby. Vulnerable to melee weapons. Other players can pull you from its field.

Reaper

Threat Level: Medium

Slow, deaf, and doesn't chase far. Easily avoided and best dealt with using ranged weapons.

Robe

Threat Level: High

Fast, aggressive, and its speed increases if you look directly at it. Avoid eye contact and hide until it moves on. Fighting it is strongly discouraged.

Rugrat

Threat Level: Low

While seemingly harmless, it throws items at you if it spots you. Requires multiple players to kill effectively.

Spewer

Threat Level: Medium

A tadpole-like creature that chases and vomits on players. Grabbing and shaking it will make it flee. Its vomit can also damage enemies.

Shadow Child

Threat Level: Low

Creepy but weak; easily one-shot with most weapons.

Trudge

Threat Level: High

Deadly but slow. It pulls you towards it before attacking with a potentially lethal mace. Hiding is recommended.

Upscream

Threat Level: Medium

Travels in groups and throws players backward, stunning them. Vulnerable to most attacks, but the tranquilizer gun is particularly effective.

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