R.E.P.O. | Monsters & Stealth Guide

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How to avoid, hide from, and deal with the monsters in R.E.P.O.

Monsters & Stealth

Monsters are the main threat in every R.E.P.O. run. Each one has different behaviour, movement patterns, and detection abilities. Most monsters respond to sound, sight, and proximity. You do not have to fight every monster you encounter, patience and stealth will get you through most situations.

Monsters haunt every location in R.E.P.O.

Note

Detection basics

Standing players are detected after 1 second in a monster's field of view. Crouching players need 2.5 seconds. Crawling players need 5 seconds. Staying low dramatically increases your survival time.

Sound and voice chat

Many monsters have very keen hearing. Running, dropping items, and voice chat all create sound. If you are close to a monster, stop talking, proximity voice chat is audible in the game world and some monsters will home in on your voice.

Watch out

Zip your lips

When near a monster, mute yourself with [B] and stop using text-to-speech. Some monsters are far more perceptive to sound than others. When in doubt, stay silent.

Hiding and sneaking

When you spot a monster, do not panic and run, running creates noise. Crouch and move slowly to a hiding spot. Tables, shelves, and large furniture all work. Have an exit prepared, as some monsters can reach under furniture.

Crouch and move slowly when monsters are nearby

Tip

Patience wins

Most monsters have patrol patterns. If you hide and wait, they will often move away on their own. Fighting is almost always riskier than waiting.

Monster overview

There are 3 danger tiers of monsters in R.E.P.O. Danger Level 1 monsters are the least threatening, the Gnome, Peeper, and Shadow Child among others. Danger Level 2 monsters are more aggressive and harder to shake, including the Headgrab, Chef, and Mentalist. Danger Level 3 monsters are the most dangerous: the Headman, Huntsman, Clown, and Reaper can end a run quickly if you are unprepared. As you progress to higher levels, more dangerous monsters appear more frequently.

Tip

Learn each monster individually

Every monster has unique behaviour, weaknesses, and counters. Our full Monster Guide covers all of them in detail, highly recommended once you have the basics down.

Recommended next

Complete Monster Guide, all monsters with stats and counters

Quick monster tips

Gnomes: pick them up and throw them to eliminate them instantly. No need to run.

Peeper (ceiling eye): do not stare at it or it deals damage. Look away or press Q to tumble.

Hidden (invisible): only visible via footsteps or breath. It cannot kill you, a teammate grabbing you cancels its move.

Noisy valuables (radios, gramophones, TVs, clocks) reduce monster respawn timers by 5 seconds per second of noise.

Museum lasers stun monsters for 1.5-20 seconds depending on monster weight. Lead monsters into them to escape.

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R.E.P.O. | Monsters & Stealth Guide

How to avoid, hide from, and deal with the monsters in R.E.P.O.

Monsters & Stealth

Note

Detection basics

Standing players are detected after 1 second in a monster's field of view. Crouching players need 2.5 seconds. Crawling players need 5 seconds. Staying low dramatically increases your survival time.

Sound and voice chat

Watch out

Zip your lips

When near a monster, mute yourself with [B] and stop using text-to-speech. Some monsters are far more perceptive to sound than others. When in doubt, stay silent.

Hiding and sneaking

Tip

Patience wins

Most monsters have patrol patterns. If you hide and wait, they will often move away on their own. Fighting is almost always riskier than waiting.

Monster overview

Tip

Learn each monster individually

Every monster has unique behaviour, weaknesses, and counters. Our full Monster Guide covers all of them in detail, highly recommended once you have the basics down.

Recommended next

Complete Monster Guide, all monsters with stats and counters

Quick monster tips

Gnomes: pick them up and throw them to eliminate them instantly. No need to run.

Peeper (ceiling eye): do not stare at it or it deals damage. Look away or press Q to tumble.

Hidden (invisible): only visible via footsteps or breath. It cannot kill you, a teammate grabbing you cancels its move.

Noisy valuables (radios, gramophones, TVs, clocks) reduce monster respawn timers by 5 seconds per second of noise.

Museum lasers stun monsters for 1.5-20 seconds depending on monster weight. Lead monsters into them to escape.

Buy R.E.P.O.

Next: Shop & Upgrades

Survived your first few runs? Learn what to buy and how to spend your money wisely.

Recommended next

Shop & Upgrades, what to buy and when

Comments

Comments are coming soon.