Scary Baboon Reimagined Best Gear: What It Is and How to Get It

Quick answer

Gear in Scary Baboon Reimagined comes from the shop: you collect scrap inside the abandoned lab, sell that scrap at the shop, and trade it for the equipment you need to survive.

• The sawed-off shotgun and the discobomb are the two named pieces of equipment so far, both added in the MIMIC update.
• Two new gamepasses arrived in the same update; what they grant isn't stated in the announcement.

Scary Baboon Reimagined runs its equipment through one short economy, and the game's official description sums it up in a single line: collect scrap, sell it at the shop for gear, and team up with friends to survive. Scrap is the raw material, the shop is the exchange, and gear is the payoff. Everything below builds on that loop — how to run it, what it buys you, and what's actually in the item pool so far.

How to get gear: the scrap loop

The loop breaks into three stages:

From scrap to gear

1. 1

   Collect scrap in the abandoned lab

   The abandoned lab is where you're trapped, and it's where scrap is found. The gear the shop sells starts as scrap picked up here.

2. 2

   Sell your scrap at the shop

   Bring what you've gathered to the shop and sell it. This is the step that turns scrap into spending power for equipment.

3. 3

   Get your gear

   The shop is where scrap becomes gear — the equipment the game describes as what you need to survive.

Each stage is a small skill of its own. Knowing where scrap tends to sit in the lab decides how much you walk out with, getting your haul back without being caught is the part the monsters get a vote in, and choosing what to spend on is what actually changes your odds once the lab turns hostile. The linked guides above cover each step, and if you regularly find more scrap than you can carry, how to carry more scrap is the fix.

What the gear is for

Scary Baboon Reimagined is a survival game first. The same official description that lays out the scrap loop sets the scene: you're trapped in an abandoned lab, monsters roam the halls, and each one hunts in its own way — some hear every step, some only move when you look away, and some guard the elevators. The full cast is covered in the monsters overview. Your job, in the game's own words, is to stay quiet and not get caught.

Gear is the survival half of the economy — it's specifically what the game says your scrap gets traded for. The description doesn't break down what each individual item does mid-chase, so treat the shop as the place to compare what's on offer and pick what suits how you play. Equipment isn't the whole survival plan either: the same description recommends teaming up with friends, and staying quiet costs nothing.

The equipment known so far

Two pieces of gear are known by name, and both arrived with the MIMIC update:

• Sawed-off shotgun — an item added in the MIMIC update. Its in-game effect and purchase details aren't documented yet; the sawed-off shotgun page keeps whatever gets confirmed.
• Discobomb — the second item from the same update, announced without effect or purchase details either; it has its own discobomb page.

That update shows how quickly the equipment list can move: one patch added two items at once, alongside a new monster and a pair of gamepasses. For the whole list in one place, the all-items page is the maintained reference, and the updates page tracks new additions as they land.

Gamepasses: the other route

Scrap isn't the only door to extras. The game also has gamepasses, and the MIMIC update added two new ones. What those two passes actually grant — gear, perks, or anything else — isn't stated in the announcement, so it's worth checking the current list before spending anything. The game passes page keeps the maintained list, and if you're weighing options, the best game passes guide compares the strongest picks.

More Scary Baboon Reimagined guides

• Scary Baboon Reimagined beginner guide
• Scary Baboon Reimagined lab exploration guide
• Scary Baboon Reimagined solo survival guide