The Chinook Drop
The Chinook visits The Island every few hours with supplies for anyone brave enough to claim them - when the hack begins, Mercenaries will arrive to try and take the precious cargo from you. Arriving in waves, these guys should never be underestimated.
As my grandad used to say before going out at night, 'pack ammo and meds, then pack more ammo and meds', he didn't even play Rust, but if he did he'd be well prepared for these Mercs.
Free for all
The Chinook Drop is a Free For All event, with no option to claim it. Players should co-operate to kill the waves of Mercenaries that spawn, but speed is of the essence, that loot belongs to no-one.
Some players may choose to share the loot. If this is you, well done on being a good person. But please be under no illusion, it is not necessary to share the loot from The Chinook Drop.
Chinook Drop etiquette
The etiquette around The Chinook Drop is pretty straight-forward, kill the Mercs, get the loot. Some rules do apply though, check them out below.
I started the Chinook Drop but got killed, what now?
The Chinook Drop takes 10 minutes to countdown with waves of Mercenaries every few minutes, if you died while defending the crate then chances are it's going to be even harder to defend upon your return, better take a bigger gun.
I did all the hard work, then someone else took the loot, what gives?
That's unfortunate, but within the rules. The Chinook Drop is a Free For All event, so you need to be quick to get the loot.
I started hacking the Chinook Drop but left when the Mercenaries arrived, is the loot mine?
Under the Free For All rules, no. If you return and the Chinook Drop is still there then you can grab the loot, but don't expect it to be there just becuse you started the hack.
Other players killed the Mercenaries and I made no effort to help, can I still claim a share of the loot?
No, stop embarrassing yourself.
Chinook Drop help
The Chinook Drop offers a lot of loot for the players willing to take the risk; Mercenaries drop ammo & meds, and the loot from the Timed Crate itself is usually high end.
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