The Scoutmaster, PEAK‘s unkillable pursuer, spawns two ways: naturally, when someone abandons the team, or on demand with the Scoutmaster’s Bugle. The natural spawn rules are weirdly precise, and knowing them is both how to summon him and how to never meet him. Here they are.
The Natural Spawn Rules
The Scoutmaster is a punishment for leaving scouts behind. He can spawn when ALL of these are true:
- The lobby has 2 or more players
- The highest player is below 1320 meters
- The highest player is 160+ meters above the second-highest player
While those conditions hold, the game rolls a 10% chance every 30 seconds. Translation: solo sprinting ahead of your group isn’t just rude, it’s summoning ritual. Stay within 160 vertical meters of your slowest scout and he never comes naturally.
Summoning On Demand: The Bugle
The Scoutmaster’s Bugle is a rare Mystical item from Ancient Luggage and Ancient Statues (made slightly more common in the Final Ascent update). One use, and it works solo, unlike the natural spawn:
- Blow it and the Scoutmaster spawns and chases the summoner for 2 minutes.
Why would anyone do this? Badge hunting, content creation, and the purest form of peer pressure ever added to a co-op game (blow it while a friend is mid-climb; apologize later). Since the Final Ascent, he’s fully voiced, so the chase now comes with commentary.
Surviving Him
The Scoutmaster cannot be killed. Contact deals 25 Injury and a throw, which at altitude often converts into a fall that finishes the job. Escapes:
- Regroup. Get within 128 vertical meters or 24 meters proximity of a teammate and he loses his claim on you; he exists to reunite the troop, violently.
- Climb past 1320 meters, above his jurisdiction.
- If Bugle-summoned, outlast the 2 minutes.
Scoutmaster Doctrine
- His entire existence is a co-op design lecture: PEAK punishes the group that fragments, and he’s the enforcement arm.
- Hearing him while separated means drop altitude ambitions and converge immediately; two scouts near each other are both safe.
- The Bugle is a legitimate rescue tool in one niche case: spawning him on yourself to force a scattered group to finally regroup around you. Chaotic good.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can he appear solo without the Bugle? No, the natural spawn requires 2+ players; solo scouts only meet him by choice.
Does he despawn? Regrouping or exceeding his altitude ends the pursuit; Bugle chases time out at 2 minutes.
What’s the badge? Scoutmaster encounters tie into PEAK’s badge collection; survive the meeting and check your sash.
Is he in every biome? His trigger is your team’s spacing, not the terrain; any biome below 1320m qualifies.