Firstly thank you for adding this plugin to the last update.

All works fine except the messages for the CustomNPCs dont report the weapon used.

[Death Notes] Grub shot a Patrolman using their {weapon} over a distance of 8.9 meters.

I enabled the debug in the config and saw this.

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[2025-12-19 14:44:35] 2025-12-19 02:44:35 : [DEATHNOTES DEBUG]
[2025-12-19 14:44:35] 2025-12-19 02:44:35 : KillerEntity: CustomPet / player / assets/prefabs/player/player.prefab
[2025-12-19 14:44:35] 2025-12-19 02:44:35 : Killer's Owner: Llamafarmer
[2025-12-19 14:44:35] 2025-12-19 02:44:35 : VictimEntity: CustomScientistNpc / scientistnpc_heavy / assets/rust.ai/agents/npcplayer/humannpc/scientist/scientistnpc_heavy.prefab
[2025-12-19 14:44:35] 2025-12-19 02:44:35 : Initiator: player
[2025-12-19 14:44:35] 2025-12-19 02:44:35 : LastAttacker: player
[2025-12-19 14:44:35] 2025-12-19 02:44:35 : KillerEntityType: CustomNPC
[2025-12-19 14:44:35] 2025-12-19 02:44:35 : VictimEntityType: HeavyScientist
[2025-12-19 14:44:35] 2025-12-19 02:44:35 : DamageType: Bullet
[2025-12-19 14:44:35] 2025-12-19 02:44:35 : Bodypart: Body
[2025-12-19 14:44:35] 2025-12-19 02:44:35 : Weapon: semi_auto_rifle.entity

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When I looked in the DATA>DeathNotes>WeaponPrefab.json I saw the Python and the Semi Auto wher not on that list.

I added these the end of the list, saved it, then reloaded DeathNotes

"python.entity": "Python",
"semi_auto_rifle.entity": "Semi Automatic Rifle"
}

But the message is still just displaying {weapon} in the chat
I'm probably doing something wrong, but don't have the coding knowledge to know what 

Any chance you could advise?

Can you please send me your DeathNotes.json file to @terceran. via Discord please? I need to see the part of the config that is producing this message: "[Death Notes] Grub shot a Patrolman using their {weapon} over a distance of 8.9 meters." It would also be nice to see how you have semi_auto_rifle.entity mapped in it. By the way, WeaponPrefab.json is a relic of the past and is no longer in use. Everything is self contained in DeathNotes.json .

Oh, I didn't know that, just getting into Plugins for Rust. I have sent the json in Discord. As for the setting up the semi entity, the fact Im not sure what that is probalby indicates Im doing something wrong :)

Thank you. Please see your Discord, I just sent you a beta version to try out. I suspect this will fix the issue. Thanks again.

Merged post

Just to close the loop here, @Llamafarmer confirmed the update is working. Upcoming release version 6.5.3 should rectify this issue.