Blight Light runs its own loot tables. Crates, barrels, NPCs, events and bosses all have hand-built loot, and the best gear only drops from a few chosen places.
This page explains the rules behind it, so you know where to look for what you want.
At a glance#
| Loot tables | Custom, server-wide |
| Special gear | Enhanced items, set pieces, named perk legendaries and legendary weapons |
| Luck | Raises every chance at gear. /luck shows every source and your chance. See Gear Luck |
| Coins in crates | Every military crate holds 10 to 20 Chimera Coins. Turn them into balance with /deposit |
| Recycling | Enhanced items and perk legendaries can give enhancement kits |
| Trading | Face to face, paid in coins from /bank |
| Menus | /ip for your perks, /luck for drop chances |
The big idea: gear comes from somewhere else#
Gear that helps you with one fight usually drops from a different activity.
The anti-Bradley armour (Bulwark) does not drop from the Bradley. The anti-helicopter armour (Skyguard) does not drop from the helicopter. That stops the closed loop where you farm one event, get gear for that event, and farm it forever.
Instead you get three ways to gear up:
- Play other content. Bosses, special places, dungeons, convoys and airdrops all carry gear for other fights.
- Trade. Swap what you do not need with players who have what you want.
- Buy it. Pay another player in Chimera Coins (CC) for the piece you want.
The ladder#
| Step | What it is | How you spot it |
|---|---|---|
| Normal loot | Regular Rust items from the custom tables | Plain names |
| Enhanced | A normal item that rolled 1 to 3 random perks | Name starts with "Enhanced". Check it with /ip |
| Set piece | A custom-skinned piece of one of the 16 gear sets, with fixed perks | Set name and a perk banner, for example "Miners Boots" |
| Named perk legendary | A named item with fixed perks, such as Miner's Treasure | Unique name and a perk banner |
| Legendary weapon | A custom-skinned weapon with a special power | Green Legendary Item tag under the name |
Enhanced items roll one perk, then have a 25% chance of a second perk and a 10% chance of a third.
Learn each step in detail on Gear Sets and Legendary Weapons.
Where special gear drops#
| Source | What it can hold | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| Crates and barrels | Everyday set pieces (Miners, Medics and the rest) and enhanced items | Gear Sets |
| Bosses, hunters and mini bosses | Legendary weapons and combat set pieces | Bosses & the Arena |
| The Tower, Alcatraz, the Slaughter Dome | Legendary weapons and combat set pieces in their elite and locked crates | Exploration |
| Airdrops | Legendary weapons and combat set pieces | Legendary Weapons |
| Arc drone crates | Legendary weapons, the Skyguard Chestplate and the Bulwark Boots | World Events |
| Armored Convoy | One legendary weapon per difficulty | World Events |
| Dungeons | Legendary weapons, set look-alikes and supply signals | Dungeons |
| Large presents | Seven of the legendary weapons. The Offering pays them | Legendary Weapons |
| Heli crates | Two named perk legendaries, and a good chance of enhanced items | Heli |
| Everyday activities | Named perk legendaries from mining, woodcutting, skinning, fishing, farming, crafting, barrels and some NPCs | Legendary Weapons |
Enhanced items#
Any container below can hand you an enhanced item the first time you loot it:
| Container | Chance of an enhanced item |
|---|---|
| Heli crate | 40% |
| Oil Rig locked crate | 40% |
| Bradley crate | 35% |
| Elite crate | 30% |
| Hackable locked crate | 30% |
| Underwater advanced crate | 30% |
| Military crate | 20% |
| Underwater basic crate | 18% |
| Barrels | 5% |
| Brown loot crate | 3% |
| Tool crate | 1.5% |
Scientist corpses have a 10% to 25% chance, depending on the scientist. Crafting any item has a 1% chance to make it enhanced.
Chimera Coins in crates#
Every military crate holds 10 to 20 physical Chimera Coins. They are an item until you bank them: type /deposit and put them in to add them to your balance. See Economy.
Recycling gear into upgrades#
- Enhanced items have a 90% chance per perk to give an enhancement kit when you recycle them. Named perk legendaries give kits too.
- Use a kit at a furnace: select a furnace to open the enhancement menu, and the kit adds its perk to another item.
- Legendary weapons recycle like the normal weapon underneath. Think twice: you lose the power.
Trading and selling#
- Face to face. Meet the other player and swap items by hand. It is the safe way to trade gear.
- Paying in coins. Send CC from
/bank, or cash coins out at a bank ATM and hand them over. - Selling to the server. Components, event resources and farm goods sell for CC on the stock market (
/sell).
Anything can be traded: legendaries, set pieces, event resources and everyday materials. See Economy.
Tips#
- Run a mix of content. The gear for your favourite fight usually drops somewhere else.
- Check
/luckbefore a boss run or a crate route. It shows your real chances, luck included. - Open
/ipto see exactly what your worn and held gear is giving you. - Recycle enhanced junk you will never use. Its kits can put the perk you want on the item you want.
- Check the Economy page before you sell. A rare piece can be worth far more to another player than to a vendor.