Top 10 REPO Beginner Tips That Might Actually Save Your Life
REPO 101: Beginner Tips for New Semibots
Welcome to R.E.P.O., the co-op chaos simulator where you and your friends get to play the worst moving company in the multiverse. It’s like Phasmophobia and Moving Out had an unholy child, raised it on expired monster energy drinks, and gave it a crowbar.
If you’re new and wondering why everything wants to kill you, congratulations – you’re playing it right! But if you’d like to stay alive a little longer (or at least suck slightly less), here are 10 must-know tips for surviving your first few shifts on the job as a REPO Bot.
1. Hide, But Keep It Quiet
Entities in REPO are like your clingiest ex: unpredictable, aggressive, and hard to shake. Most of the time, hiding under tables or slipping into dark corners will do the trick…until it doesn’t.
Some monsters will drag you out like bad takeout from the fridge. Always have an escape plan, and for the love of all things haunted, don’t speak near monsters.
Image: Enemies Can Hear You | R.E.P.O. | Semiwork
Seriously.
They will hear you. Text-to-speech? More like text-to-inevitable-death. And the Huntsman? That bastard-coated-bastard with bastard filling can hear you across ZIP codes.
2. Extract Like Your Life Depends On It
Your loot is worth nothing if you explode during extraction. Scout your exits early and chuck your heavier or pricier stuff at the easiest point.
Just make sure it’s inside the glowing lines, or congratulations, you broke your $40k Grandfather Clock. Oh – and PSA: don’t stand in the extractor. That spot is strictly for loot and the cute little ducky following your around.
Unless you really want to discover the speedrun category for the R.E.P.O. Darwin Awards.
3. Everything Is a Weapon, Even the Toys
Most items are breakable, but can be wielded as weapons in a pinch with your scroll wheel. Some are helpful. Some are cursed by Beelzebub himself.
Image: Everything is a Weapon | R.E.P.O. | Semiwork
Musical instruments lower enemy respawn timers (yay?) and clown dolls explode when you honk their nose 3 times (yeah, that’s a thing). Flamethrowers, staffs, physics-defying nonsense – all of it is here.
Pro tip: Don’t drop things like you’re trying to impress gravity. It’ll win every time.
4. Use the C.A.R.T., Luke
The C.A.R.T. is your best friend…until it isn’t.
Using the C.A.R.T., you can drop items in without worrying about items breaking or using value – it’s great for keeping items safe and you can even drop them in from a higher altitude. Just don’t leave it lying around in any high traffic areas (like a doorway) or enemies will attack it and the loot within.
Also, be careful of filling it with too much stuff. Items can and will fall out of the side like it’s auditioning for America’s Got Gravity. Keep it tidy and avoid cart-based heartbreak.
The same goes for the extraction point – overflow it and have your loot pushing off the sides, and you’re basically setting yourself to watch the extractor turn it into a pancake and lose all of its value.
5. Your Map Isn’t Just a Vibe
Spam that map like it owes you rent. It shows red dots for teammates, blue dots for bought gear, yellow dots for loot (bigger dot = heavier item), and even gives you paths to extract or back to the truck.
Image: How to Read the Map | R.E.P.O. | Semiwork
Best part?
You can map while carrying stuff. Because even this game knows you’re going to get lost like a toddler in IKEA.
6. Yeeting Enemies Is a Viable Career Path in R.E.P.O.
Yes, you can throw enemies. You just have to be ripped enough to throw the larger ones.
Little creeps like Gnomes? Absolutely yeetable. Big boys? You’ll need strength upgrades, which you can buy at the store – assuming you live long enough to get paid. Remember: nothing says “corporate badass” like body-slamming a demonic Reaper into a pit.
7. Lost Your Weapons? Don’t Worry!
If you bought an item and forgot it (or dropped it during one of your many tragic deaths) it’ll respawn with you on the next level.
You’re free to catastrophically screw up without completely losing your investment. Capitalism, but with mercy.
8. Mod R.E.P.O. ‘Til It Breaks
Figuratively speaking, of course.
REPO is already a chaotic mess of blood, furniture, and sadness…but you can make it even better with mods from site like Thunderstore.io (don’t use Nexus Mods, they suck).
Want new enemies? Crazier weapons? Even more ways to ruin your friendships? It’s all there and really simple to install! Just make sure your system is ready for whatever nightmare you unleash.
9. Heal Your Friends, You Gremlin
Hover over a teammate’s health bar and hold your mouse button to heal them for 10 HP at a time. It’s a little clunky and funny, but it works.
Perfect for when you’re this close to surviving and your idiot friend took some dumb damage again and you want to make sure they can survive one more hit before inevitably exploding again.
Sharing is caring. Or at least, it’s your ticket to not soloing the rest of the mission.
10. Laugh, Scream, Repeat
R.E.P.O. is dumb in all the right ways.
Whether you’re getting chewed on by a giant head or losing everything to a bad extraction call, remember: this game is chaos on purpose.
Embrace the jank. Laugh at the pain. And when you’re fighting for the King of the Losers crown in that post-failure fight club? Wear it with pride.
Welcome to the Nightmare Job You Never Asked For
REPO isn’t about being perfect – it’s about being barely competent in the face of interdimensional horror. With these ten tips, you’ll still die. A lot.
But you’ll die with style…and isn’t that all that really matters?
For more funderful tips, check out the rest of our R.E.P.O. guides and you might just live a little longer next time!
A few I would recommend are:
So grab your friends, your questionable sense of humor, and that overpriced inflatable hammer for the lulz – because this repo job is about to get messy.
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jen plenn
July 30, 2025
this actually hjelped thnx
Ayefkay
August 2, 2025
Hey Jen, you’re very welcome and thanks for dropping by!
Sorry for the late reply btw!
Jen Plenn
August 4, 2025
haha I wasn’t sure if you read comments but I came back to check =)
Ayefkay
August 7, 2025
Hey Jen, yeah I try to respond to all of my comments although some might slip through the cracks. I usually delete 10-20 bot spam comments each day and sometimes I miss legit comments while sifting through lol