The boxes you encounter across the galaxy are collectible objects that hold randomized rewards inside.
There are two main types, and their mechanics are completely different:
Booty Box — a reinforced loot chest. It is locked; to open it you must spend a Booty Key. When opened it grants a single reward from its loot table, ranging from
ammo, rockets and equipment to RME and even Antimatter.
Bonus Box — a free-floating reward box that needs no key. It spawns in large numbers across the
maps; just fly close and collect it for an instant reward of Credits, ammo, RME or Red Matter.
Booty Box
A reinforced loot chest found across the galaxy. It stays locked until you open it with a Booty Key — each open consumes one key and rewards a single randomized prize from the loot table below.
Opened with
Booty Key ·
Per map
20 (up to 40)
Reward types
16
Bonus Box
A free-floating reward box that spawns in large numbers across the maps. No key is needed — just fly close and collect it for an instant randomized reward of credits, ammo, RME or Red Matter.
Opened with
No key needed
Per map
100 (up to 175)
Reward boost
2×
All loot tables and rates below come from live game data; click a currency reward to see what it is.
The Booty Box is the most valuable loot source in the game. It can hold rare equipment, large ammo
stacks and Antimatter — but opening one comes at a cost.
NPC drop: When you destroy certain enemy NPCs, a Booty Box drops with a chance based on the NPC’s
strength. A dropped box stays on the field for 2 minutes, then disappears. Below is which NPC drops a
box at which rate.
Map spawn: Some maps hold a fixed number of Booty Boxes naturally (20 per map, 40 on
Sector X and Sector Y). Booty Boxes do not spawn on the starter maps (HELIOS, NOVA, ORION 1–2).
Ammo & rockets (~93%) make up the bulk of the box: high-tier laser ammo (LAP-3/LAP-4, SAP, RSAP),
rockets (MK-3/MK-4), special-module ammo (EMP-A, SNB-A, CLO-A, WSC-A) and RME. For ammo and rockets,
see the Ammo page.
Equipment (~5.75%) is rare: the lasers LR-3 and LR-4 (the rarest drop in the table — just 0.75%) (Weapons), plus the
shield generator SHG-3 and speed generator SPG-3 (Generators).
Antimatter (1%) is one of the most valuable rewards — 300–600 at once. For what
Antimatter is used for, see the Resources page.
The vast majority of the box is Credits and low-tier laser ammo (LAP-1/LAP-2) — frequent but small
rewards.
RME (4%) is used to prepare Raid gates; this is a steady source of it.
Red Matter is the most valuable and rarest Bonus Box reward: from 25 up to 100 , the highest at just 0.5%. The 2× boost on Sector X/Y doubles these
values.
Note: Values may change over time with game balancing; the numbers on this page are the live values
as of the last data refresh.
