A Reddit user has determined the exact chance of receiving a specific loot item in Overwatch.
“Ouroboros” measured the drop rates of specific rarities by watching a number of crate opening videos online.
He then compared and tabulated his results in order to determine what your exact chances are of receiving a common, rare, epic or legendary item are.
While it should be noted that this system is far from perfect, it does provide a good outline of the probabilities involved.
You can check out the results below:
| Video link | Common | Rare | Epic | Legendary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Force | 235 | 125 | 31 | 9 |
| Royal | 113 | 66 | 15 | 6 |
| Futile | 116 | 67 | 15 | 6 |
| Jeel | 118 | 64 | 14 | 4 |
| Boogie2988 | 117 | 64 | 18 | 5 |
| DrFeelgood | 121 | 60 | 13 | 6 |
| Masier | 117 | 64 | 14 | 5 |
| MFPallytime | 237 | 132 | 27 | 8 |
| Stylosa | 245 | 125 | 28 | 6 |
| Drift0r | 116 | 58 | 15 | 7 |
| Redmercy | 234 | 125 | 33 | 12 |
| Nero | 238 | 121 | 29 | 8 |
| Outfoxed | 284 | 167 | 31 | 14 |
| Gamespot | 121 | 65 | 14 | 4 |
| Total count | 2412 | 1303 | 297 | 100 |
| Percent of Total | 58.66% | 31.69% | 7.22% | 2.43% |
| Drop rate | 97.08% | 78.22% | 25.91% | 9.38% |
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