A pair of new crates are headed to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, less than a month after the game’s departure from Early Access. And it seems the recent uproar over loot boxes, along with early feedback to PUBG Corp’s first foray into the world of randomized items, impacted the marketing for Battlegrounds’ next wave of cosmetics.
The new Biker and Desperado crates are currently only available on the PUBG test servers, so any resulting drops can’t be traded or listed on the Steam Marketplace. This is the second time Bluehole tested new cosmetics instead of simply deploying them; a decision CEO Chang Han Kim previously told Player.One is rooted in the company’s desire to “maintain the value” of Battlegrounds’ cosmetic items. Drop rates are currently heavily skewed (4:1) in favor of the new crates, so players are much less likely to receive a Wanderer or Survivor box in the test environment this week. But there’s no word on what sorts of drop rates we should expect when the Biker and Desperado crates go live. There’s also no word on an official release date.
Here are the items and percentages for the Desperado crates, via Steam:
Sleeveless Turtleneck Top (Gray) - 8.00 percent
Leather Boots (Black) - 8.00 percent
Punk Knuckle Gloves (Black) - 7.50 percent
Baggy Pants (Black) - 7.50 percent
Striped Tank-top - 7.50 percent
Wide Pants (Red) - 7.50 percent
Punk Knuckle Gloves (Red) - 7.00 percent
Sleeveless Turtleneck (Black) - 7.00 percent
Baggy Pants (Brown) - 5.00 percent
Long Leather Boots (Brown) - 5.00 percent
Striped Shirt (Gray) - 5.00 percent
Beanie (Brown) - 5.00 percent
Horn-rimmed Glasses (Black) - 4.50 percent
Training Pants (Light Blue) - 4.50 percent
Leather Boots (Brown) - 4.50 percent
Horn-rimmed Glasses (Brown) - 2.50 percent
Aviator Sunglasses - 1.30 percent
Checkered Jacket - 1.30 percent
Long-sleeved Leather Shirt - 0.60 percent
Leather Hoodie (Black) - 0.32 percent
Leather Hoodie (White) - 0.32 percent
Cloth Mask (Leopard) - 0.16 percent
And here’s a breakdown of the Biker crates:
Long-sleeved T-shirt (Red) - 15.00 percent
School Shoes (Brown) - 15.00 percent
Raglan Shirt - 10.00 percent
T-shirt (Pink striped) - 10.00 percent
Polka Dot T-shirt - 10.00 percent
Dirty Long-sleeved T-shirt - 10.00 percent
School Shoes (Black) - 5.00 percent
Skinny Jeans (Khaki) - 5.00 percent
Gas Mask (Half) - 4.50 percent
Beanie (Gray) - 4.50 percent
Sleeveless Turtleneck (Red) - 4.50 percent
Skinny Jeans (Pink) - 2.50 percent
Patrol Cap (Brown) - 1.20 percent
Sleeveless Turtleneck (Gray Striped) - 1.20 percent
Patrol Cap (Gray) - 0.40 percent
Biker Pants (Black) - 0.40 percent
Floral Shirt (White) - 0.26 percent
Sneakers (Black) - 0.26 percent
Padded Jacket (Purple) - 0.06 percent
Princess Power Tank-top - 0.06 percent
Floral Shirt (Black) - 0.05 percent
Biker Pants (Gray) - 0.05 percent
Aviator Goggles - 0.03 percent
Sleeveless Biker Jacket (Brown) - 0.01 percent
Sleeveless Biker Jacket (Black) - 0.01 percent
Cloth Mask (Checkered) - 0.01 percent
In much less exciting news, Rock, Paper, Shotgun spotted an incoming change to the Hot Bull energy drinks we’ve been pounding since March 2017. PUBG Corp. will replace its knock-off Red Bull cans with a PUBG-themed drink that will almost certainly be reproduced by some beverage company hoping to cash in on the Battlegrounds craze before it’s over. It’s not the most exciting tweak, but it speaks to just how big PUBG has become in less than a year.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is out now on Xbox One and PC.
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