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What is a drop rate?

A drop rate is the published chance, as a percentage, that one pull, box or opening gives a particular item or rarity.

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How to read one

A 2% rate means one opening in 50 on average. It doesn't mean you get the item by opening 50: after 50 openings the chance of at least one is about 64%. Each opening is independent unless the game has pity.

We only list rates the publisher itself discloses, with the source and the date we checked it.

In the games we track

  • Apex Legends: a 7.4% chance of at least one Legendary item in an Apex Pack.
  • The Elder Scrolls Online: a 2% chance that a Crown Crate includes an Apex reward.
  • Guild Wars 2: the rarest Black Lion Chest contracts are 0.006%.
  • Warframe: Digital Extremes publishes full drop tables for Void Relics.

The Drop-rate Index lists the rarest result in every pool we track. To turn any rate into your chance over a number of openings, use the drop rate calculator.

About the author

Aashish Khakhar · Editor

Aashish edits GamesChart and checks every drop rate, price and player count against the publisher's own source before it goes live.

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Sources

  1. Apex Legends FAQ (EA) – Apex Pack odds, published by ea.com
  2. ESO Support – What are the odds for Crown Crate rewards?, published by help.elderscrollsonline.com

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