How to Revive in PEAK: Ancient Statues, Scout Effigy and More

Every way to bring a dead scout back in PEAK: Ancient Statues, the Scout Effigy, the Book of Bones and checkpoint flags, with costs and where statues are.

10/8/2026 3.0.0 Last updated: 10/23/2026 6 min read

FAQ

How do you revive a dead friend in PEAK?

Use an Ancient Statue near a campfire, or a Scout Effigy. The statue revives everyone who is dead or unconscious at once; the Effigy revives one random dead scout.

Can you use an Ancient Statue more than once?

No. The statue crumbles after one use, whether it revived someone or gave a mystical item.

Can you revive on Ascent 7?

Yes. Since patch 2.0.a, Ascent 7 allows revives, but players start with 10 Curse and a statue revive adds 15 Curse instead of 5. The Scout Effigy still adds no Curse.

What happens if I use a statue when nobody is dead?

It spawns a random mystical item instead, and the statue is used up. It never gives the Cursed Skull.

How many Ancient Statues are on today's island?

Four. In the current 208-island pool every island has one statue on the Shore, one in the Tropics or Roots, one in the Alpine or Mesa, and one in the Caldera or the Gloom. The Kiln and the Citadel have none.

Does the Scout Effigy count for the Clutch badge?

Yes. Since patch 1.9.a, reviving someone with a Scout Effigy counts toward the three revives Clutch needs.

Ways to revive

A placed Checkpoint Flag · PEAK Wiki (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Method	Who comes back	Cost	Notes
Ancient Statue	Every dead or unconscious scout	+5 Curse each (+15 on Ascent 7), return with 30 Hunger	One use per statue
Scout Effigy	One random dead or unconscious scout	No Curse	Consumed even if nobody is dead; not in solo
Book of Bones	A dead skeleton, as a Living Skeleton	+5 Curse	Reviving another player gives Applied Esoterica
Checkpoint Flag	Only yourself, at the flag	No Curse	A personal respawn point, not a team revive

Ancient Statues

An Ancient Statue · PEAK Wiki (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ancient Statues stand next to campfires along the route. Interact with one and it crumbles:

If any scout is dead or unconscious, they all come back at the statue with 30 Hunger and +5 Curse (+15 on Ascent 7).
If everyone is alive, it spawns a random mystical item instead. It can give anything except the Cursed Skull.

Because a statue only works once, the usual rule is to save it until someone actually dies, unless your group badly needs a mystical item.

The statues inside the Tomb are decorative and cannot be used.

What a statue gives when nobody is dead

Every item in the pool has the same chance except the Scoutmaster’s Bugle, which is rarer. The pool is smaller in solo runs, because items that only make sense with other scouts are removed.

Pool	Possible items	Chance each
Co-op	Anti-Rope Cannon, Anti-Rope Spool, Anti-Zooka, Book of Bones, Bugle of Friendship, Cure-All, Faerie Lantern, Pandora’s Lunchbox, Ritual Dagger, Scout Effigy	9.6%
Co-op	Scoutmaster’s Bugle	3.8%
Solo	Anti-Rope Cannon, Anti-Rope Spool, Anti-Zooka, Book of Bones, Cure-All, Faerie Lantern, Pandora’s Lunchbox	13.5%
Solo	Scoutmaster’s Bugle	5.4%

A solo statue never gives a Scout Effigy, and in co-op the odds are about one in ten, so trading a statue for an item is not a way to stock up on revives. Any mystical item does count for the Esoterica badge.

Where the statues are

The Shore statue near the crash site · PEAK Wiki (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Gloom statue · PEAK Wiki (CC BY-SA 4.0)

On the islands in the current pool there are four usable statues per run, one in each of these regions:

Region	Statue
Shore	Yes
Tropics / Roots	Yes
Alpine	Yes
Mesa	Yes
Caldera	Yes, in the temple at the far end
Gloom	Yes, in the left room of the Citadel entrance hall
The Kiln / The Citadel	None

The final tower never has one. Today’s map marks each statue; the luggage locations page lists them by region together with the luggage.

Across the 208 islands in the current pool that is 4 statues every day, including Mesa days. The Shore statue is there every single day.

Planning revives along the route

Before the run, open today’s lineup and count the statues ahead of you. The gaps matter more than the total:

Mesa days now have a statue in the Mesa as well. The last statue on either route is still the Caldera temple or the Gloom, and the final tower has none.
The last statue is in the Caldera temple (Kiln route) or in the left room of the Citadel entrance hall (Gloom route). After it, the only revives are a Scout Effigy or the Book of Bones.
The last statue is the one to save. The final tower has no statue at all, so if the group is complete when you reach the last one, think twice before trading it for an item.

Common revive mistakes

Mistake	Why it hurts	Better habit
Using a statue for an item early	One fewer revive later; the island only has four	Only spend it if the group really needs the item
Testing the Scout Effigy	It is used up even with no ghost to revive	Keep it until someone is actually dead
Reviving with a statue on Ascent 7	Each revived scout takes 15 Curse on top of the starting 10	Use the Effigy first on Ascent 7

Solo vs group

In a group, statues are the backbone of your safety net: one statue can bring back several dead scouts at once, which is also the fastest route to Clutch (three revives in one expedition). In solo, the Scout Effigy never spawns, and a statue is mainly a source of a mystical item from the smaller solo pool above. A Checkpoint Flag works the same in both modes: it only ever brings back the player who placed it, at the flag.

Scout Effigy

Scout Effigy · PEAK Wiki (CC BY-SA 4.0)

A consumable mystical item that revives one random dead or unconscious scout at the spot you use it, with no Curse. That makes it the best revive on Ascent 7, where statue revives are expensive.

It is used up even if nobody is dead, so do not test it.
It does not spawn in solo runs.
It comes from ancient luggage (co-op pool) and from statues.
It counts toward the Clutch badge (since patch 1.9.a).
Cooked, it grants 10 Bonus Stamina when used. It weighs 5.

Book of Bones

Book of Bones · PEAK Wiki (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Raises a dead scout as a Living Skeleton, at +5 Curse. Resurrecting another player this way earns the Applied Esoterica badge. The book also makes most heat hazards in the Caldera trivial while you hold it.

Badge	Requirement
Clutch	Revive 3 scouts in a single expedition
Applied Esoterica	Resurrect a friend using unholy means (Book of Bones)
Emergency Preparedness	Heal an unconscious friend with an item to save them from death
Survivalist	Escape the island without ever losing consciousness

See the complete badge list for the rest, and the Ascents guide for how Curse stacks on the higher difficulties.

How to Revive in PEAK: Ancient Statues, Scout Effigy and More

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