How to beat every monster in R.E.P.O.

When you first play R.E.P.O., your main goal is to collect items without getting killed by monsters. As you advance through each level, you'll discover weapons and strategies that let you defeat these enemies, making your money-making life much easier.

The catch? Some monsters are easier to kill than others. While some aren't particularly threatening, others can wipe your team before you can even blink, completely changing your approach. Here's a complete breakdown of how to beat every monster in R.E.P.O.

Best ways to beat every monster in R.E.P.O.

Every monster in R.E.P.O. has its own health point values, strength requirements, and attacks that influence how you defeat them. While smaller enemies like gnomes are easily broken by grabbing and throwing them to the ground, others, like the Robe or Trudge, are much harder to tackle. In this case, your best bet is using the shotgun or Tranq Gun to stun and kill most larger monsters.

That said, some strategies work better than others for certain monsters, especially ones with mechanics unique to them. Let's dive deeper into specific strategies for defeating all of R.E.P.O.'s monsters.

Apex Predator

The Apex Predator is an adorable duck you'll randomly encounter early in your R.E.P.O. runs. Unlike other enemies, grabbing the duck turns it into a chomping machine that'll rapidly bite your character, inflicting 10 hit points per bite. Generally speaking, if you don't touch it, you won't have to worry much about it.

If you want to kill the Apex Predator because it is damaging your items or being a nuisance, you can shoot it with a shotgun to instantly kill it or lure it into pits, cauldrons, and extraction platforms to defeat it. It'll follow your cursor, jumping if you look up, making it very easy to set up traps for this creature.

Animal

Next on the list is Animal, a terrifying yet surprisingly weak entity mainly here to scare you. It has around the same health as the Apex Predator, making it an easy target for the shotgun, melee weapons, or any other damage-dealing item.

If you upgrade your strength, you can pick up the Animal and knock it into objects, against the floor, or into a pit to defeat it. If your strength isn't high enough level, having a friend to help will get the job done just as easily. Of the creatures on this list, Animal is one of the least threatening once you learn more about it, but you will learn quickly about the benefits of having a friend group join you in R.E.P.O.

Banger

Another small enemy you can encounter in R.E.P.O. is Banger, a small skull creature that runs up to you and explodes shortly after. These explosions pack a bunch, so try to run away if you can.

While they are deadly in these cases, they also have lower health than most enemies, making them easy to pick up and slam into the ground or hit with any weapon. You'll need to do this a few times, but it's much easier to accomplish than with most other monsters. They explode on death, so make sure to hold them far away from you to avoid taking damage.

Bowtie

Bowtie is another enemy that can either be more of a distraction than anything or deadly if you're unprepared for its attacks. It'll shoot wind at you, pushing you back and dealing five damage per hit. It'll also run away shortly after, making it difficult to chase after it.

Like most enemies in R.E.P.O., your safest bet is to shoot or hit it with a melee weapon. It has slightly lower health than the Apex Predator and Animal, eliminating it easier. You can also pick it up if you have high strength, letting you toss it into a pit or throw it against the floor to damage it.

Chef

The Chef, also known as the frog monster, is initially intimidating until you encounter other enemies in R.E.P.O. It'll briefly charge up its attack before launching at you, swinging knives around and inflicting 10 damage per hit. You can easily run away from this attack, but being trapped in a corner can cause some trouble.

If you've upgraded your strength multiple times or have a large lobby, you can pick up the chef and toss it to the ground. Otherwise, you're better off attacking it with a melee weapon or gun, especially since it'll pause for a few moments after slicing you. It has around the same health as the Bowtie, making it somewhat easy to kill.

Clown

The Clown is our first difficult monster in this list when it comes to health, damage output, and strength requirements. If you're far away from it, it'll shoot a laser beam at you, dealing 100 damage on impact. This is an instant KO in the early game, even if you're at full health. Otherwise, it'll kick you if you're in melee range, dealing around 60 damage. You can avoid both attacks by crouching and jumping, respectively, but it's still a pain to handle.

Despite having relatively high health and two deadly attacks, it's susceptible to the Tranq Gun and shotgun. Although both are pricey to purchase, the Tranq Gun can stun it, while the shotgun can one-shot it if you're in point-blank range.

Gnome

Individually, gnomes are by far the easiest enemy to defeat, having very low health and somewhat weak attacks. Their strength comes in numbers, as they'll often spawn in groups of four or more and surround you. Gnomes can very easily overwhelm you if you don't deal with them quickly.

Gnomes are also very fragile, letting you pick up and throw them to the ground, destroying them instantly. You don't need a melee weapon or gun to handle them, making them one of the easiest to defeat.

Headman

Jumping to one of R.E.P.O.'s most challenging enemies is the Headman, a very quick and lethal monster that rapidly chases you on sight. It'll chomp at you if you're within its range, dealing 50 damage with each hit. These guys are nothing to sneeze at.

The Headman is one of the few enemies in R.E.P.O. who can only be killed with a weapon. If you invest enough upgrades into strength, you can lift it like you would a smaller enemy, but its strength requirements are very high. Instead, a quick shotgun shot or melee weapon hit is the easiest way to eliminate it, especially if you have a Tranq Gun to stun it.

Hidden

As the name suggests, Hidden is an invisible enemy that thrives on hiding around the map and kidnapping you, bringing you to far reaches of your current map. It doesn't damage you in any way, but it can bring you into the radius of other monsters or somewhere you've yet to discover, making it very easy to get lost afterwards.

If you suspect there's a Hidden in your current level, look out for small, human-like footsteps on the ground and breath trails where their head would normally be. Once you find these, you can hit the Hidden with any weapon or lift it if you obtain a few strength upgrades.

Huntsman

The Huntsman has several strategies and tips for handling it, as it relies entirely on sound detection and has several moments of weakness. If you make any sound, whether through speaking, using text chat, or handling items, it'll shoot toward the sound's direction, inflicting around 100 damage.

One strategy you can use for handling the Huntsman is to drop items away from you to distract it, letting you attack it with your own weapons. It can also fall down stairs, letting you pick it up even if you've yet to invest any upgrades into strength. As long as you're careful not to get blasted by its gun, you've got a few options for defeating this guy.

Mentalist

The Mentalist is just as scary as it looks, having around as much health as the Apex Predator, high damage output, and an appearance that can spook just about anyone. If you end up in the Mentalist's attack radius, it'll levitate you before slamming you into the floor, dealing 50 damage and making it difficult to fight against.

You can pick up the alien and smack it into the ground if you have a few strength upgrades. Otherwise, friends can save you from the Mentalist's powers or eliminate it using regular weapons while you're distracting it.

Peeper

The Peeper is the only enemy that you can't kill with normal means. It appears as a massive eyeball that forces you to look at it, locking eye contact and inflicting two damage per second. Rather than attacking it, your goal is to break eye contact by hiding behind an object, leaving the room, or holding an item in front of it.

Since it locks eye contact with you, moving around and grabbing items is tricky. Having something in your inventory and pulling it out in front of the Peeper will often do the trick, but you can also run backwards until you find a wall, exit, or object to hide behind. Breaking eye contact will "defeat" the Peeper, causing it to disappear.

Reaper

Another tricky monster is the Reaper, a scarecrow that will walk after you while swinging deadly blades. Although each blade hit does fairly low damage, it can attack you multiple times, leading to quick death if you get stuck or don't have the stamina to escape.

Like other entities in R.E.P.O., you can attack the Reaper using melee weapons or guns or lift it with high enough strength. However, the Reaper is slightly easier to avoid compared to other enemies, making it very easy to run away, crouch, and hide until it forgets about you and moves on.

Robe

Robe is one of the most challenging monsters to face in R.E.P.O. Like the Headman, it has high health, damage output, and strength requirements for lifting it, making it difficult to handle unless you have a Tranq Gun, shotgun, or melee weapons on hand. Even then, looking at it causes it to move toward you quickly, giving you a small window of opportunity to kill it.

This is one of the few enemies I'd recommend running away and hiding from until you have the resources to buy a shotgun or invest in strength upgrades. Hiding under objects will make it much harder for them to reach you, leading to them leaving the area and occasionally despawning. Its movement speed also increases if you look at it, so try your best not to unless you're planning an attack.

Rugrat

The Rugrat is here to be irritating, and it sure does accomplish that. Rather than constantly hurting you, it'll grab your valuables and throw them at you, dealing damage and destroying the item. If you want to watch thousands of in-game money disappear quickly, the Rugrat will do it for you.

Fortunately, it's also easy to handle, with a few strength upgrades being enough to lift and damage it. You can also use a team of players to carry it if you're still early in your match. Regular weapons will also do the trick if you have access to them, but items you find throughout the map are enough, too.

Shadow Child

R.E.P.O.'s Shadow Child entity is challenging to defeat for multiple reasons. It requires high strength to lift, has relatively high health, and attacks if you look at it too long. If you try to attack it with melee or guns, you'll need to do it quickly, or else this enemy will retaliate. Thankfully, as long as you're fast, you can deal with this enemy like any other monster.

Spewer

Be careful of the Spewer. Although it has low health, does low damage compared to larger monsters, and doesn't require much strength to lift, its fast movement makes it tricky to handle. If it sees you, it'll start chasing you, oozing green slime, and latching onto your face if it comes into close contact.

If you have friends around, work together to lift it and smash it into the ground. Otherwise, a quick, well-aimed melee hit will do the trick as long as you don't accidentally step into its slime.

Trudge

It's time for R.E.P.O.'s tankiest and hardest-hitting enemy, the Trudge. It has around to triple the health points of most enemies and deals anywhere between 100 to 200 damage with every hit. It can launch an area-of-effect attack by smashing its mace into the floor, so watch out if you're sticking in a group with other players.

While the Trudge's attacks are deadly, they're also very slow. If you have a weapon on hand, you have plenty of opportunity windows to shoot or hit it to lower its health before running away and repeating the process. You can also hide under furniture if you don't have the resources to tackle it. This is another enemy that I'd recommend avoiding if possible, but you can damage it if you have a shotgun, grenade, or melee weapon.

Upscream

Last but not least is Upscream, a surprisingly dangerous enemy on maps with a lot of holes, pits, or inescapable areas. If you come into contact with it, it'll scream in your face, launching you upward, dealing 10 damage, and briefly stunning you. It'll repeat this as long as you're in range, leading to some unfortunate stunlocking if you're unable to escape.

Outside of this, you can treat it much like a Banger, Spewer, or Gnome with its low health, damage output, and strength requirement. If you have a friend to help, they can sneak up behind it, toss them around, or hit them with any weapon. You can even use small items to damage it if you don't mind losing some loot. Hiding from it won't help, so try to get your hands on a weapon or item to defeat it, or jump out of the stun as quickly as possible if you need to escape.

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