All Creatures And How To Handle Them In R.E.P.O

The monsters in REPO come in all shapes and sizes, from the smallest little duckling all the way up to a massive floating head. Each level will randomly spawn a few of these monsters that you have to navigate while searching for loot to fill your quota so you can move on to the next level. REPO. can be extremely chaotic, especially when you’re new. Here is everything you need to know about every monster in REPO and how to survive them.

Updated on December 5, 2025 by Rowan Jones. The Monster Update brought ten new monsters to the game, meaning more scares and laughs along the way.

All Monsters In REPO

Every monster has its own set of behaviors, and the way you handle or avoid them will be different depending on which ones you’re dealing with. In this guide, we’ve compiled everything you need to know about every monster you will face to give you the best chance at survival.

Small Monsters

Sometimes the smaller creatures can be some of the biggest problems you’ll come across, but many of them can either be easily avoided or dealt with swiftly by just picking them up and tossing them.

It is also worth ignoring some of the small monsters, depending on how annoying or loud they are, of course.

Bella

Bella is a ghost child who rides a red tricycle around the REPO map. They are a passive creature, happy enough to ride their bike without attacking anyone… As long as you stay out of her way.

If she gets too close, you will hear a bell ring, so be ready to get out of the way. Don’t touch the bike, and avoid any contact with Bella to survive her presence. If you do cause her to attack, she is not too difficult to beat. Drag her into a pit, or use a grenade or Pulse Pistol to take her out.

Tick

The Tick is one of the worst small monsters in REPO as it is difficult to get rid of it once it has latched on, especially if you have no friends nearby. Once he latches on, he will continuously drain your health until he is fat, and then he will drop off. This takes about 100 HP.

To avoid him, hide and don’t let him see you. You can shoot him or explode him with a grenade pretty easily too.

Birthday Boy

Birthday Boy is an adorable undead monster who is just trying to get ready for his party. So, why do you keep popping his balloons!? That makes him very angry…

This red-eyed boy wanders around the map, blowing up balloons and leaving them in every room, If you burst a balloon, he will hunt you down and attack you by flailing his arms and slapping you repeatedly.

He is quite weak, though, so you can take him out easily, or you can leave him alone and avoid walking into his birthday balloons.

Elsa

Elsa is an adorable puppy dog, with white fur and eerie red eyes. She is basically the opposite of the Apex Predator, as she needs you to pet her, not avoid her.

Elsa will come to you, yapping and jumping up, and if you are the chosen one, you need to pet her. If you don’t pet her regularly, she will become more insistent, until she finally goes mad and attacks.

She is small and weak, so you can use the Duck Bucket on her, or just fling her down a pit.

Headgrab

Headgrab doesn’t just attack with their clawed hands and huge feet, they can also use your dead teammate’s head. When they wear a teammate’s head, they gain a speed boost to help them catch you, but this also makes them vulnerable to attack.

Grabbing and taking the head back stuns Headgrab, so use this opportunity to hit or shoot them. They can be thrown down a pit, or use a gun or grenade on them as they don’t have a lot of health.

Bangers

They may be small, but they are a big nuisance. These skulls with feet each have several dynamite sticks in their heads. Once they see their victim, the dynamite ignites, and they rush to crowd around the poor soul.

Because they’re small, you can’t hide from them under tables or shelves. The only way to deal with them is to pick them up and throw them somewhere safe before they explode.

If you’re lucky, you can toss them at a larger enemy to deal it some damage. But your best option is to just throw them as far away from you and your friends as you can.

Rugrat

This brat will find any and everything it can break. If it finds your cart, it will smash every item one by one, and also throw them at you, slowly damaging your health. If not dealt with soon enough, you’ll have a difficult time surviving and meeting your quota.

If you’re in a group of several players, three or four of you can pick up the Rugrat and throw it against the wall to defeat it. You can also do the same with one or two players if you have strength upgrades.

Weapons can also be used on this monster, like grenades, melee weapons, or guns.

Spewer

These guys are more annoying than dangerous, but they can also be beneficial in the right circumstances.

The Spewer floats around the map, spewing acid everywhere. If it finds you, it will attach to your face and force you to vomit acid. It also makes your voice in-game sound super deep.

The acid can damage your friends and your loot, but it can also damage other monsters. Depending on the other monsters on the level, you can use these guys to your advantage.

You can also hurt them by hitting them with a gun or melee weapon, or, if you have strength upgrades, picking them up and throwing them against a wall.

While the Spewer is attached to your face, your vision will be limited, especially when it’s spewing acid. This could make it difficult to see other monsters sneaking up on you. I can’t tell you how many times I have been killed by other monsters this way.

Apex Predator

These cute little ducks are generally safe as long as they remain in cute duck form. Once someone touches it, or it gets damaged by other monsters (or from loot falling on it), it turns into a raging monster that can and will eat your face off.

The Apex Predator will choose someone as their “mommy” and will stay by that person, jumping up and down, demanding all the attention. You might see only one, but you could get groups of three or four at a time.

As long as the Apex Predator never feels threatened, it won’t attack. If you have a gun or melee weapon, you should be able to easily dispose of it. You can also utilize the Duck Bucket to keep the Apex Predator from jumping up, and help you and your teammates avoid touching the quacking annoyance.

When the duck has chosen you, it will follow your cursor. You can use that to your advantage to lead it into a toilet to then flush it, or into one of the cauldrons on the Academy map. Once it’s stunned, you can just pick it up and throw it against the wall.

Gnomes

The Gnomes are, by far, the easiest monster to dispose of, but they can be real nuisances, especially if you’re near a larger monster that responds to sounds. But unlike other monsters, they don’t drop soul orbs when defeated.

Gnomes will either swarm you or your loot to cause damage, and they’re small enough to find you hiding under things. The best way to get rid of them is to pick them up and throw them. Once they hit the ground or the wall, they will shatter on impact.

Though they can find you while crouched, if you go small by pressing Q, they won’t notice you that way.

Hidden

The Hidden is an invisible monster that is impossible to avoid. There are no warning signs when it is near, it will just suddenly pick you up and drag you across the map.

You might get lucky and see its footprints on the floor just before it picks you up and carries you away. You’ll hear heavy breathing while it carries you, and for a short time after, it finally drops you.

The Hidden is fast and difficult to catch, but you could try to use either the stun gun or tranq gun to slow him down long enough to destroy him with a weapon. He is quite easy to click and drag into pits as he isn’t the strongest or heaviest monster in the game.

After it lets go, don’t linger too long! Although the Hidden doesn’t damage you, it could not only pick you up again, but it may have dropped you near a larger and more dangerous monster, or worse in a pit.

Upscream

This monstrosity has a human-like face with long, spider-like arms. It scampers around like a spider, but when it comes near you, it will scream in your face. This will knock you back, damaging you and and stunning you for a few seconds.

You can hide under furniture to avoid them, but a well-placed grenade or mine should be able to easily take them out. You could also use a pulse pistol to deal some damage.

Eye

The Eye is another monster that can’t be avoided, but getting away is easier than you might think.

This monster waits on the ceiling of a room for an unsuspecting victim to walk in. Once you enter the room, the Eye immediately grabs your gaze upwards and traps you in its stare and will slowly drain your health.

This can be hilarious to watch when it happens to a friend, as it will raise the trapped person’s voice to a high pitch.

If you’re by yourself when this happens, the only way to get away is to back away from the eye until you can block its line of sight with a door or a wall. Once you’re free, wait a few seconds for it to disappear, then it should be safe to enter that room again. You can also get a grenade from your inventory or lift an item in front of you to block the view.

In a co-op game, if a teammate is trapped by the Eye, tell them to press Q and go small, then you can pick them up and pull them away till they’re free. If they are near a door, closing the door to block the line of sight works too.

Heart Hugger

The Heart Hugger may look lovely, with its cute face and pink petals, but it is a dangerous and deadly plant! It will grab you with a pink aura and reduce your health if you enter its cloud of pink spores or look at it for too long.

Avoid it by waiting until it leaves, a bit like the Peeper, or use a weapon to dispose of it quickly, as it doesn’t have a lot of health. You cam also drag it into a pit or fire.

Gambit

Gambit is a lot of fun, and not as dangerous as the other larger monsters in REPO. He can be an annoyance if you have other creatures after you, but generally he just damages you a bit and moves on.

Gambit will grab you, and his face becomes a wheel of fortune style game. It spins, and lands on a color. If it lands on black, you are reduced to 1HP, yellow gives you money, red damages you, and white restores your health completely.

Large Monsters

And now it’s time to talk about the bigger monsters in REPO Many of these are not only large in their physical size, but can also do a lot of damage to your health. While a few of them are slow and can be avoided by crouching and hiding, others can be trickier to deal with.

The dev team updates REPO regularly, keeping a balance between toughness and survivability. Currently, you can damage monsters with items during the first few games, but as the game continues, they become tougher and stronger.

Cleanup Crew

The Cleanup Crew is a lot of fun to face with his creepy fleshy body made up from the left behind human crew and workers. You can hear him coming as he makes some weird vocal sounds and squelchy noises.

Cleanup Crew throws a head at you, which explodes and causes damage to you, your team, and your valuables. He (they?) can also hit out at you and stomp. Avoid him by hiding, or using a gun or explosive to gain an orb.

Oogly

Oogly is a flying monster who floats around the ceilings, ready to grab and attack. They will take you and pull you into mid-air to cause damage.

To combat this monster, hide under objects to get past or stay out of its sight as much as possible, or shoot at it with a ranged weapon. It doesn’t make a lot of noise, so check each room’s ceiling carefully before entering.

Loom

Loom is legitimately the most scary monster in REPO right now. The Loom creeps around almost silently, with just some crunching bone noises to warn you she is around.

If she targets you, which can happen from another room, you will see her boney hands gripping your screen. She will slowly stalk you, seemingly never giving up on trying to find you. If she does catch up to you, she will whack her hands together, sending you flying and causing a lot of damage.

Headman

Easily one of the more terrifying monsters, this enormous head with yellow eyes floats around the map, looking for anyone with enough audacity to stare at it.

If you’re paying attention, you might hear the slight sound of wind whistling when the Headman is near, or possibly the clack-clack of his teeth.

When he attacks, he bares his teeth and then charges at you, snapping his large jaw until you die. One bite deals 50% damage to your health. You can try to hide, but while he’s attacking, he’ll turn himself to try to reach you from wherever you’re hiding.

He is also very fast, and once he has you in his sights, he will chase you down. Unless you’ve maximized your stamina and sprint speed, you will not outrun him.

The best way to avoid him, if you know he’s near, is to hide and not look directly at his face. Just wait for him to float safely away, then you should be able to get away.

The Headman has a lot of health, so I recommend avoiding trying to attack him unless you have really good weapons and have upgraded your stats.

Animal

Sometimes the Animal will appear in groups of two or three, but once in a while you might get a solo monster. Though they’re ugly and get in the way, they don’t do a ton of damage. You can easily outrun or jump over these guys.

They are quite heavy, though, so if you want to pull one away or try to throw it, you’re going to need help. You can also easily attack them with melee weapons or throw grenades at them.

Shadow Child

While the Shadow Child is, by far, the creepiest of the monsters in Repo, avoiding it is super easy. You’ll know one is near when you hear a child’s giggle. Your vision will also darken when the monster sees you.

The Shadow Child doesn’t float or walk, but it does teleport, sometimes appearing right next to you when you least expect it. As long as you don’t look at the monster’s face or get too close, you’ll be fine.

It is possible to damage the Shadow Child to defeat it, but you would have to sneak up behind it and then use a melee weapon. A stun gun or stun grenade could possibly work as well, as long as you aim it right.

Chef

This frog is no prince but a chef wielding large sharp butcher knives. He hops around the map, and when he sees you he attacks with the knives like you’re on the menu.

You can easily avoid him by hiding under furniture and not drawing attention to yourself. He can also easily be damaged with any weapon.

If you happen to have a Spewer nearby, just let it attach to your face and then vomit acid onto the Chef.

Clown

This guy has large clown feet, a clown smile, and clown eyes. He plods along, patrolling the rooms and corridors of the map.

When he sees you, or something alerts him, he shoots a laser in a wide horizontal arc from the appendage on his head. A deep chuckle will precede the laser, which is a good way to know that he’s about to fire, giving you a few seconds to get somewhere safe.

Sometimes the laser can reach under furniture, so be mindful of where you’re hiding when it fires.

If you get too close to him, and he’s alerted, he will try to grab you and hit you, which can do a lot of damage. The Clown is actually easy to avoid as long as you stay out of sight and wait for him to leave.

Bowtie

This guy looks like the abominable snowman wearing a red bowtie. He lumbers around the map, shaking the ground as he walks. When he sees you, he’ll become a large fan, blowing you back. After he’s done, he’ll stampede through the rooms, destroying anything, and anyone, in his path.

Like many of the bigger monsters, he’s easy to avoid by just crouching under furniture and staying out of sight. However, you can kill him with just about any weapon.

Robe

Sometimes called “Mother” or “The Nun”, The Robe is just that, a large black robe with a white face. It moves slowly around the map, and is easy to avoid if you know it’s there. All you have to do is hide and don’t make eye contact.

If you make eye contact, the Robe will scream and charge at you with the claws it was hiding under its robe, dealing a large amount of damage.

This monster also has a lot of health, so damaging it will be tricky. One of the best ways is to use the duct tape grenade, which you can find in the secret shop room.

Trudge

This monster looks like something you’d find guarding a dungeon with a lava pit. He’s mainly black and red, with a couple of eyeballs in different places on his body.

Although he’s big and scary and his weapon packs a wallop, he is actually extremely easy to avoid. He walks very slow, and can’t see you if you’re crouched and hiding under furniture or shelves.

The ground shakes as he walks, so you’ll know when he’s near, giving you a chance to hide. As long as you remain hidden, you’ll be fine.

Huntsman

This man is probably the most hated of all the Repo monsters. Although he’s blind, he has impeccable hearing, and can pinpoint his target with precision just by sound. Luckily, you will know he is coming as he now hums a tune as he comes towards you.

All sounds will alert the Huntsman. Talking, robot voice, walking, other monsters, and even the noises that the items make will cause this trigger-happy monster to shoot first and ask questions later.

When you know you’re dealing with one or more of this monster, your best option is to mute your microphone, and crouch-walk everywhere, and make as little sound as you possibly can. As long as you’re silent, he won’t know you’re there.

If you have a duct tape grenade, sneak up behind the Huntsman, arm and drop the grenade, then scamper away to safety.

Reaper

The Reaper, who’s sometimes called “Swords For Hands” or, my personal favorite, “Edwina Scissorhands”, is the opposite of the Hunstman with her senses.

She’s deaf and can’t hear a thing, so sneaking behind her is a great way to avoid her blades. But if she sees you, it’s over. She’ll scream and charge at you with her sword arms slashing furiously. Even hiding won’t save you, as she’ll just break whatever you’re hiding under.

Once she sees you, your best chance is to run away, and then hide. Once you’re out of sight, she’ll usually stop her rampage.

Mentalist

The alien monster floats around the map in a meditation pose. If he sees you, he creates a zero-gravity field, which will lift you and whatever items around you up into the air.

However, he won’t let you down as gently as he lifted you. After a few seconds of floating, he then sends everything crashing to the ground, damaging your health and any items in your vicinity. Once you’re caught in his field, there is no escape. You just have to hope he doesn’t take all of your health.

You can throw a grenade at him and run, or sneak up behind him and hit him with a melee weapon. He doesn’t have a lot of health, so a well-placed grenade or mine will take him out easily.