Do rats respawn?

[Rilgar55]

I know that they regroup if you scare them away with a flare , but do they respawn if you kill them with a molotov/granade? Cause the ones in the hall near the officer's room are a pain in the ass.

[nicks husband coach]

yes they respawn

[MrMuffinz]

You might be able to prevent them respawning if you burn the corpse they're eating?

Not sure if that's possible though/

[Ani]

They do respawn, but one of the notes you collect in the infirmary will tell you that they don't eat burned corpses. A molotov or fuel bottle+lighter will get rid of them permanently.

[A Phantom Pain]

Originally posted by MrMuffinz:

You might be able to prevent them respawning if you burn the corpse they're eating?

Not sure if that's possible though/

Confirmation: Burning a corpse will cause all the rats that ate it to leave the area and not come back. Burnt bodies are of 0 interest to them. Throwing gas grenades at a corpse will force rats off of it temporarily, but they'll return, and killing rats seems to result in them eventually being replaced by more rats.

Solution: Want to get rid of rats? Burn the bodies.

[Rilgar55]

Originally posted by MrMuffinz:

You might be able to prevent them respawning if you burn the corpse they're eating?

Not sure if that's possible though/

Yes if you burn the corpse they stop grouping up on it

[Source of all sparkle]

Originally posted by Rilgar55:

I know that they regroup if you scare them away with a flare , but do they respawn if you kill them with a molotov/granade? Cause the ones in the hall near the officer's room are a pain in the ass.

I learned this the hard way...

I decided to just use the ammo i got to shoot the rats since they where active roadblocks to progressing and the mosnter i could just hide if quick enough. I cleared a whole room of them but when i came back later they all respawned. Big bummer but i guess it does fit with the lore as a note mentions that the only way to stop the rat problem was to burn bodies