On Average Rarest PUBG Lootbox Items Appear Once Every 80 Years
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds released a new update today titled 1.0 Update #2 which introduced 2 new Loot crates to the game, the Desperado crate (requires key to unlock) and the Biker crate (free to open). Like previous loot boxes, these crates contain a mix of items of various rarities spanning from the common items worth a few pennies to the ultra rare drops worth upwards of $1,500. Bluehole actually provides quite a bit more transparency in their lootboxes than other game companies, as they disclose the drop rates of all items in these 2 new crates and the rarest items have a tiny 0.1% drop rate (1 in 10,000). These 0.1% drop rate items are the Cloth Mask (Checkered), Sleeveless Biker Jacket (Brown), Sleeveless Biker Jacket (Black). These particular items can only be obtained the Biker Crate (which players have a 40% chance to receive when buying a random crate), so obtaining a single Cloth Mask would take 10,000 Biker Crates, which would take 4,166 weeks (6 crates a week, 40% chance to get a Biker crate), or 80 years.
Given the incredible rarity of these items, it should come as no surprise that these ultra rare items are fetching ultra high prices on the Steam marketplace. Cloth Mask (Checkered) for example fetches ~$600 at the time of this writing. The Desperado crates themselves (unopened) sell for ~$4, which is incredible because anyone who plays PUBG regularly can easily obtain 2-3 of these crates a week just by playing, which if sold, can quickly make up for PUBG's $20 price tag.
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds Loot Box Drop Rate
DESPERADO items (Requires Key)
- Sleeveless Turtleneck Top (Gray) : 8.00%
- Leather Boots (Black) : 8.00%
- Punk Knuckle Gloves (Black) : 7.50%
- Baggy Pants (Black) : 7.50%
- Striped Tank-top : 7.50%
- Wide Pants (Red) : 7.50%
- Punk Knuckle Gloves (Red) : 7.00%
- Sleeveless Turtleneck (Black) : 7.00%
- Baggy Pants (Brown) : 5.00%
- Long Leather Boots (Brown) : 5.00%
- Striped Shirt (Gray) : 5.00%
- Beanie (Brown) : 5.00%
- Horn-rimmed Glasses (Black) : 4.50%
- Training Pants (Light Blue) : 4.50%
- Leather Boots (Brown) : 4.50%
- Horn-rimmed Glasses (Brown) : 2.50%
- Aviator Sunglasses : 1.30%
- Checkered Jacket : 1.30%
- Long-sleeved Leather Shirt : 0.60%
- Leather Hoodie (Black) : 0.32%
- Leather Hoodie (White) : 0.32%
- Cloth Mask (Leopard) : 0.16%
BIKER items (No key required)
- Long-sleeved T-shirt (Red) : 15.00%
- School Shoes (Brown) : 15.00%
- raglan shirt : 10.00%
- T-shirt (Pink striped) : 10.00%
- Polka Dot T-shirt : 10.00%
- Dirty Long-sleeved T-shirt : 10.00%
- School Shoes (Black) : 5.00%
- Skinny Jeans (Khaki) : 5.00%
- Gas Mask (Half) : 4.50%
- Beanie (Gray) : 4.50%
- Sleeveless Turtleneck (Red) : 4.50%
- Skinny Jeans (Pink) : 2.50%
- Patrol Cap (Brown) : 1.20%
- Sleeveless Turtleneck (Gray Striped) : 1.20%
- Patrol Cap (Gray) : 0.40%
- Biker Pants (Black) : 0.40%
- Floral Shirt (White) : 0.26%
- Sneakers (Black) : 0.26%
- Padded Jacket (Purple) : 0.06%
- Princess Power Tank-top : 0.06%
- Floral Shirt (Black) : 0.05%
- Biker Pants (Gray) : 0.05%
- Aviator Goggles : 0.03%
- Sleeveless Biker Jacket (Brown) : 0.01%
- Sleeveless Biker Jacket (Black) : 0.01%
- Cloth Mask (Checkered) : 0.01%
Further Reading: PUBG 1.0 Update #2 Patchnotes, Ars Technica Rarest PUBG Items Show Up Once Every 80 Years
