Monolith Armour: Locations and Variants in Star Citizen
Find Monolith armour in hostile Greycat facilities, follow the loot-route landmarks and compare the finishes before hunting for your matching set.
Monolith equipment and community loot footage checked 26 October 2026 · Alpha 4.10.2
Monolith is difficult to miss. The broad shoulder plates, enclosed helmet and matching backpack give Kilgore and Poole’s heavy armour a substantial silhouette, whether you choose a subdued grey set or something much brighter. You can find pieces in the game, too: the Runic finish is only one version of the suit.
For a loot run, start with the hostile Greycat facilities covered below. Expect to assemble the outfit piece by piece, with Palatino equipment and other finds competing for space in the same containers. A visit can produce useful armour without producing the exact Monolith part or colour you came for.
Where Monolith has been found
Infinite Space’s October loot walkthrough shows Monolith pieces being collected at a Greycat Stanton I facility on Hurston, and identifies Greycat locations on Hurston and microTech as hunting grounds. The demonstrated route is the strongest evidence here: orange containers yield Monolith arms, a core and a Liquidator helmet during the run. Other containers produce Palatino parts or have already been looted.
Expect mixed loot and occasional empty boxes. There is no confirmed respawn timer or drop rate to plan around, so leave room for a disappointing run as well as a good haul.
Arrive ready for a hostile facility
The turrets in the recorded run open fire on the approaching ship, and armed NPCs patrol the facility. Bring equipment you can afford to lose, a weapon, ammunition and medical supplies. Give yourself room to carry the finds home; finding a desirable core is less useful if your extraction plan ends with a destroyed ship.
The creator uses a heavily protected Constellation and sometimes runs past enemies while wearing very little equipment. Neither is a sensible guarantee of safety. Server behaviour, active defenders and other players can turn an apparently quiet corridor into a fight. Treat cover and a way out as part of the trip rather than copying every shortcut in the recording.
The containers to look for
The video is particularly useful for the route through the building. These timestamps let you follow the relevant landmarks without guessing which side of a room the narration means.
- Exterior arms containers — around 3:54 and 5:13. The first orange box is beside a large crane, reached by climbing the adjacent structure. A second position is shown on the other side of the facility. The run produces Monolith arms from one and Palatino arms from the other.
- Core and backpack area — around 7:12. Inside, the route drops towards pipes and a lower container for the core, then crosses to a backpack position. The backpack found on this visit is not Monolith, which is a useful reminder to inspect the item name before taking it.
- Legs route — around 10:09. The creator drops into the lower route, crawls through a gap and climbs into a pipe before reaching the container. The first legs found are Palatino; the corresponding route on the other side has already been visited.
- Helmet — around 13:45. The route continues through the lobby to the helmet container. A Monolith Liquidator helmet is found here, leaving the character wearing a mixture of finishes rather than a matching set.
- Return and extraction — around 14:38 onwards. The walkthrough checks the remaining core and backpack positions before returning to the ship. Empty boxes are part of the run, not proof that the entire location is broken.
If your priority is a wearable set, take the useful pieces you find and replace mismatched colours later. If you want one particular finish, expect the hunt to take longer. There is no verified number of runs that guarantees it.
Choosing a Monolith finish
Infinite Space’s later showcase brings the variants together on male and female characters, making it easier to judge the suit in motion and under changing light. The angular shape stays familiar; the finish changes its character considerably. Strike emphasises the metallic plates, Sandhawk suits a warmer palette, and Oubliette keeps the overall appearance dark.
| Version | Appearance in the showcase | Video chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Wikelo version | A distinctive finish shown separately from the standard colourways; the creator describes an exchange involving base Monolith equipment. | 1:08 |
| Strike | Silver, with a pronounced metallic sheen. | 2:08 |
| Sandhawk | A sandy, desert-coloured treatment. | 3:15 |
| Blackheart | Dark panels and contrasting helmet colouring. | 4:05 |
| Base | Muted grey rather than a deep black. | 5:02 |
| Oubliette | A darker grey-on-grey finish. | 5:57 |
| Liquidator | White and black. | 6:52 |
| Tsunami | Purple with pale contrasting markings. | 6:52 |
| Serpentine | Green, looking much darker away from direct light. | 7:46 |
| Runic | Weathered black and gold with geometric markings; separate from the demonstrated loot route. | 8:52 |
For a matching outfit, compare the helmet and backpack as well as the chest plates: those contrasts are particularly noticeable when the whole set comes together. The video below shows the finishes in motion and under different light.
Runic and Wikelo need separate plans
Do not head to Greycat expecting the Runic outfit shown in October’s announcement to fall out of the first orange box. It is a separate finish, and the reviewed loot footage does not show it dropping. Our Runic overview takes a closer look at that armour and the matching equipment.
The Wikelo version is also worth keeping separate from a basic looting checklist. The showcase says base Monolith equipment is used towards it, but does not demonstrate the complete contract and hand-in. Check the current contract requirements before committing your collected pieces; this guide does not claim that finding one base item completes the exchange.