Find the encounter
Knight, Big Pipe and Birdeye form a coordinated three-person boss group. Their assault, grenade-launcher and sniper roles create different threats; Knight also has a separate Icebreaker encounter.
| Recorded spawn locations |
|---|
| Customs: Scav base at ZB-013. |
| Woods: northwestern antenna / Scav Bunker extraction area. |
| Shoreline: weather station on the southeastern hill. |
| Lighthouse: older map research lists the northern water treatment plant and blue chalet. Exact positions after the Lighthouse rework are unverified as of Patch 1.1.5.0. |
| Icebreaker: Knight alone on deck 0 with 2 Rogue guards; this is not a confirmed full-trio spawn. |
Guards and escort
The regular group is Knight, Big Pipe and Birdeye, with the three acting as one another’s support. Knight is the leader. On Icebreaker, Knight instead has 2 Rogue guards.
Behavior and approach
- Knight leads and coordinates the assault.
- Birdeye serves as a sniper and establishes ambush positions at a distance.
- Big Pipe carries a grenade launcher and pushes toward close range.
- Planning advice: identify all three roles before committing, use hard cover against the coordinated group and avoid assuming that the visible assaulter is the only threat.
Notable equipment
- Knight: Death Knight mask
- Knight: Crye Precision CPC plate carrier (Goons)
- Big Pipe: Milkor M32A1 40 mm grenade launcher
- Big Pipe: pipe and bandana
- Big Pipe: S&S Precision PlateFrame plate carrier (Goons)
- Birdeye: Mystery Ranch backpack
- Birdeye: LBT-1961A chest rig (Goons)
Related tasks
| Task | Trader | Objective |
|---|---|---|
| Stray Dogs | Jaeger | Eliminate Knight, Big Pipe and Birdeye. |
Exact total health and current spawn probability are unverified as of Patch 1.1.5.0.
Listed equipment is notable equipment from the research, not a guaranteed drop table. Drop probabilities and live market values are unverified as of Patch 1.1.5.0.
The precise Goons rotation schedule is unverified as of Patch 1.1.5.0; this is not a live tracker.
The source contains contradictory faster/slower reaction-time descriptions, so no such comparison is published here.
The three-person simultaneous-spawn description applies to the standard group, while the supplied Icebreaker research separately lists Knight with Rogue guards.
Patch 1.1.5.0 moves ordinary Rogues from the Lighthouse water treatment plant to mountain chalets and removes the plant’s stationary weapons and mines. This does not by itself verify a matching move for the Goons.