Loot Crate

Loot Crates, or Item Boxes, are consumables that drop during waves from slain enemies and trees. They always contain an item that can be added to your character, or Recycled for 25% of its current price.

There are two types of Crates in Brotato.

Image	Name	Info
	Crate	Has a chance to drop from slain enemies, and has a 20% to drop after a Tree is destroyed. Heals 3 HP when picked up.
	Legendary Crate	Drops exclusively from Elites that spawn in Danger 2 and above & Bosses that spawn on wave 20. Doesn't drop from Elites and Bosses killed on later waves in Endless Mode. Always contains a Tier 4 (Red/Legendary) Item. Heals 100HP.

Drop Rate

Whenever an enemy drops a consumable, that consumable has a chance to be a loot crate.

So for example, when a consumable drops, it has a chance to be a loot crate. That chance depends on the enemy killed. See Enemies for percentages.

A Baby Alien has a 1% chance to drop a consumable when killed, and a 1% chance for that consumable to be a Loot Crate. So when you kill a Baby Alien, the odds are:

 Chance for a Baby Alien to drop a Loot Crate: 1% * 1% = 1/10000
 

So a loot crate drops for every 10000 Baby Aliens you kill.

Whenever a Loot Crate drops, the chances of any further Crates dropping are halved. After 2 dropped Crates the chances are reduced to a third. And so on, as seen on the formular below.

Formula for Loot Crate spawn chance:

Enemy_Box_Drop_Chance * (100% + Luck) / (1 + Box_Spawned_This_Wave)

Luck

The Luck Stat heavily affects your chances of getting crates.

100 Luck doubles the chances of a Baby Alien to drop a consumable from 1% to 2%, and it also increases the chance for that consumable to be a Loot crate from 1% to 2%.

 Chance for a Baby Alien to drop a Loot Crate: 2% * 2% = 1/2500
 

So in total 100 Luck means your chances are 4 times higher. But note that since you'll find more crates, the chances will also decrease more due to the chances decreasing with the amount of Loot Crates already dropped.

Finally 100 Luck also doubles the chances for an item found within a Loot Crate to be of Tier 2/Tier 3/Tier 4. See Shop for more details and maximums on these chances.

Elites, Bosses, and the Loot Hoarder enemy have a 100% chance to drop a Crate on death, no matter the previous amount of crates dropped on the same wave. (But this changes in Endless Mode. So killing them later, or after killing Trees, can actually give you slightly higher chances of getting more Loot Crates, since the guaranteed drops reduce the chances of furture Loot Crates being dropped.

Related Items

Trees

These items are related to Trees. Trees have a 100 chance to drop a consumable when killed, and that consumable has a 20% chance to be a loot crate.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Bag	Tier 1	+15 materials when you pick up a crate -1 % Speed	15	3		Luck, Exploration, Economy
Lumberjack Shirt	Tier 1	Trees die in one hit	15	1		Exploration
Tree	Tier 1	More trees spawn	15			Exploration

Healing

These items are related to the healing you get from Crates.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Alien Worm	Tier 1	+3 Max HP +2 HP Regeneration -1 HP recovered from consumables	15			Max HP, HP Regeneration
Lemonade	Tier 1	+1 HP recovered from consumables	15			Consumable
Weird Food	Tier 1	+2 HP recovered from consumables -2 % Dodge	20			Consumable