R.E.P.O. Survival Guide: All 29 Monsters, How Value Damage Actually Works & the Quota System

A field manual for semiwork's co-op extraction horror — verified against the live game (Early Access v0.4.x, September 2026).

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R.E.P.O. looks like a simple "grab loot, reach quota" game. Then the Huntsman hears you breathing through a wall and your roguelike run ends at the Taxman.

This guide compiles the full monster roster, how the value-damage system really works (it is the core economy of the game), and the quota rules — every entry checked against the live game and community trackers. Where the exact numbers aren't published by the developer, I say so instead of inventing them, because half the "guides" out there describe monsters and items that simply don't exist in the game.

1. The golden rule: your loot takes damage

Every valuable in R.E.P.O. — around 165 of them, each spawning only in specific locations — has a price cap. Every collision permanently knocks value off it: walls, door frames, drops, monster hits. The extraction truck pays whatever is left.

The rules of thumb that follow from this:

• Fragile materials (glass, ceramic) lose far more value per hit than sturdy metal. A Diamond survives almost nothing; a Trophy shrugs off bumps.
• Doors, stairs and corners are carry dead-zones — most value damage happens there, not in open rooms.
• Small items are light but fragile; medium items can moonlight as weapons (use cheap ones — swinging a valuable damages it too); large items are the big money but need two players or Strength upgrades.
• Some monsters (Reaper, Rugrat) attack your loot itself. Secure valuables before fighting them.

2. The quota system

• Each level has a money quota split across extraction points — you'll see a 0/2-style counter from level two onward. Deposit loot into the extraction cart until the counter fills.
• Quota climbs steeply with your level: community data puts levels 9-10 around $17k total across 3 extraction points.
• Total loot on a map is usually 2-4× the quota, so route planning beats greed.
• Extracting revives downed teammates — carry the body (head attached) to the truck.
• Fail the quota or wipe, and the Taxman sends your run to Disposal. Roguelike save gone.

3. The monster roster (29 entities)

☠️ Extreme threat

Monster	HP	Damage	How to survive
Headman	250	50 + stun	Fast, but poor eyesight — crouch and break line of sight
Huntsman	250	100	Completely blind, hearing ~5× normal. Stay silent, toss objects to redirect him
Clown	250	100	Kill-beam in high/low arcs — jump the low beam, crouch the high one
Robe	250	100	Turns you to stone if you face it. Navigate by peripheral vision
Loom	500	100+25	Marks one player and hunts relentlessly — keep distance until it gives up
Trudge	500	100	Highest HP, one-swing decapitation, extremely slow — avoid its sightline

🔥 High danger

Monster	HP	Damage	How to survive
Cleanup Crew	350	10-75	Throws radiation-bombing heads — focus the body from range
Heart Hugger	300	30	The pink mist is the trap — avoid the cloud
Hidden	100	0	Invisible kidnapper — track breathing and footsteps
Mentalist	150	50	Telekinetic slaps + teleportation — don't brawl it

⚠️ Mid-tier

Monster	HP	Damage	How to survive
Chef	150	10/hit	Side-step the leap startup
Headgrab	150	5-15	Speeds up wearing a stolen player head — break the grab early
Oogly	200	4/hit	Flying searchlight — teammates can pull you free
Reaper	150	10/hit	Scythe scarecrow; its real target is your loot's value
Rugrat	150	varies	Grabs and throws your valuables — kill it before it reaches your haul
Banger	50	30 + knockback	Exploding skeletons — keep range
Gambit	150	varies	Roulette: healing, $5k, or 1 HP left. Good luck
Birthday Boy	150	10/0.25s	Do not poke the balloon
Bella	200	5/touch	Contact-triggered, not sound — touch it once, never twice
Bowtie	100	5 (pin)	Wind pressure pins you to walls
Tick	10-100	10/hit	Drains Grabber users; killed at full HP it drops a healing orb

🐤 Low threat / nuisance

Monster	HP	Damage	How to survive
Apex Predator	150	10	A duck. Do not click the duck
Elsa	600	5+20	Clingy dog — petting it actually calms it down
Peeper	50	2/sec	Ceiling eye locks onto your gaze — break eye contact within ~3s
Animal	150	2	Burrows onto you, stuns, damages items
Gnome	20	10	Swarms and attacks your loot — pick them up and yeet them
Shadow Child	150	30	Fades if you look away for 4 seconds
Upscream	50	10 + stun	Stun-lock screamer — 50 HP, it dies fast
Spewer	65	10	Face-pouncer; its vomit also hurts other monsters

4. New-player tips that actually matter

1. Energy is life. You start around 40 energy; sprinting, crouch-walking and heavy carries all drain it. Plan one clean loop per floor instead of backtracking.
2. First upgrades: Stamina, then Max Health. The community-agreed core buys. Strength comes next if you want to solo S-tier hauls.
3. Your microphone is positional — and monsters hear it. Proximity voice is great until the Huntsman hears you planning. Mute near threats, crouch to reduce noise.
4. Grab small high-value items first. Leave the Grandfather Clock for after Strength upgrades or a second pair of hands.
5. Active items make noise on pickup (Scream Doll screams, Music Box turns the camera). Clear the room first, warn your team.
6. A note on console commands: the internet is full of R.E.P.O. "console command" lists describing commands that don't exist. The real set is tiny — chat commands on the T key, a dev console behind tilde after enabling developer mode, and no built-in FPS counter (use Steam's overlay).

5. Tools

If you want planners instead of mental math, I built a few for our fan wiki — a quota split planner, a value damage planner, and the full monster roster. Unofficial, not affiliated with semiwork.

Safe runs — and remember: the duck is never worth it.

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Data based on Early Access v0.4.x (September 2026). semiwork adds entities regularly; the exact per-collision decay rates are not published by the developer, so treat any precise decay math you see anywhere (including calculators) as estimates.