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Loot boxes can be acquired through several means, depending on the game. Among the most common are waiting for them to be drop during or after gameplay, for completing rounds without quitting during in a multiplayer match or other special competition, as an award for reaching a new level, or as part of in-game special occasions or events. They might also be acquired by purchasing them with an in-game currency or using in-game crafting components to make them. Most controversially, though, are those games that offer Loot Boxes for real money, either via on-the-fly purchase through [[microtransactions]] or [[Bribing Your Way to Victory|buying keys from the game's virtual store]] to open otherwise sealed boxes that drop during normal play.
 
All of these versions of Loot Boxes can be found in the smallest mobile games and up to the huge video games that can be found in PC and consoles, especially ones that usesuse the free to play models.
 
While many game companies will say that they use Loot Boxes to keep their players engaged and offer easy and incremental improvements to game contents, there is no denying that they ''also'' get an ongoing revenue stream while avoiding the need to create new [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] or the overhead of game subscriptions.
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== [[Action-adventure]] ==
* ''[[Rise of the Tomb Raider]]'' has the cards that can only be unlocked by loot boxes in the ''Expeditions'' mode, either using in-game dough, Credits, or purchasing them from the virtual store of console or PC. This system only benefits the extra gameplay modes for the gamer's final score. - Which doesn't affect the story.
 
== [[Action RPG]] ==
* ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' has Reda, a nomadic vendor, where he sells Heka Chests for 3,000 drachma. The latter are in-game currency.
* The in-game store of ''[[Middle Earth: Shadow of War]]'' is called the Market, where gamers can purchase loot boxes,; they can use the in-game currency, Mirian, with real money, or actual microtransactions. But special chests requires gold, that are the rarest of the in-game currency or- buyingwhich goldcan be bought with real money.
* ''[[Mass Effect: Andromeda]]''{{'}}s loot boxes are rewarded for completing strike team missions; andthey can be claimed in the Strike Team Console or in the Militia Office.
 
== [[Card Games]] ==
* In the ''[[Pokémon Trading Card Game Online]]'' gamers can use microtransactions to buy virtual card packs, which functionsfunction as loot boxes,. Gamers use in-game coins to use to buy these same virtual card packets, and even scan a special code or QR code from the actual [[Real Life|real life]] Pokemon''Pokémon'' trading cards and its gear to get them.
* In ''[[Elder Scrolls: Legends]]'', the Crown Crates can be bought from the Crown Store using Crown Gems, the in-game currency, which can be obtain from extracting unwanted items or automatically from already owned items.
* ''[[Gwent]]''{{'}}s Card Kegs can be drop randomly during multiplayer, crafted using [[In-Game Currency|Ore]], or straight up buying them.
* For gamers that play ''[[Hearthstone]]'', the packs give out randomize cards, though the packs themselves can be obtain by various ways, like: competing, doing certain quests, Recruit A Friend, or buying them straight from the in-game shop for either real money or using in-game money.
** Special cards, like the Wild card packs, can ''only'' be bought with real money, since in-game money can't be used to buy them and they aren't rewarded.
* ''[[Shadowverse]]'' gives out cards in packs that can either be bought or gained through playing the game by story mode or playing multiplayer.
 
== [[First Person Shooter]] ==
* ''[[Counter-Strike]]''{{'}}s Weapon Cases dropsdrop right after a gamer completes a game round, buying a key from the tie-in game store, or buying from some guy selling it in the Steam Markets. Since keys are needed to unlock the cases.
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''{{'}}s loot box system is similar to CSGO, they randomly drop and needs keys to open them (Which can be bought from the Mann.Co store, using the Steam Market to buy it from a seller, or a fan trusted site, like Scrap.TF).
* Some of the important goods for ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront (series)|Star Wars: Battlefront 2]]'', like better Star Cards, crafting materials, and extra Credits, can only be obtain by loot boxes, which can only be bought by paying real money. Note: The early system was so abusive and predatory that Disney had to step in and tell EA to cool it,; this made the game company to disable the microtransactions temporarily.
* ''[[Battlefield 1]]'' and ''[[Battlefield Hardline]]''{{'}}s Battlepacks are obtained by finishing specific objectives, just buying in-game currency to buy the loot boxes, or reward progression.
* Some of ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops 3]]''{{'}}s loot boxes, that are called Mystery Boxes, can spawn in various locations.
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== [[Fighting Game]]s ==
* ''[[Injustice 2]]'': To receive Mother Boxes, the gamer needs to link to the game's mobile counterpart, win all of the endings, completing all of the tutorials, doing the story mode, engaging the daily challenges, or leveling up both of your player card and individual characters.
 
== Hybrids ==
* ''[[Paragon (video game)|Paragon]]''{{'}}s loot crates are dropped randomly after completing matches and they need Keys to open. To get Keys it's to open chests, buy them from the in-game store with real money, and being rewarded from rank 13+.
* With ''[[Overwatch]]'', some of the ways to get a loot box isare to buy them straight from the store via microtransactions, grind to the next level, waitingwait for drops, and fortake part in special holidays/ events.
* ''[[Fortnite]]'' gothas three types:
** The Loot Llama are dropped in an area.
** Supply Drops are loot crates that randomly drops,drop; they contain supplies and one legendary weapon.
** In Fornite's "''Save the World''" 's story mode, Llama Pinatas can spawn in certain areas of maps and contain gear and supplies,; they can either be either bought straight from the Event Store or earned via gameplay.
* In ''[[Phantasy Star Online 2]]'', the scratch cards are kinda like loot boxes with itstheir randomness, and itstheir selections of three choices., Evenand their dropping during certain events. Most of the cosmetics can also be bought with real money.
** Subverted, that most of the cosmetics can be bought with real money.
 
== [[MMORPG]] ==
* ''[[RuneScape]]''{{'}}s daily mini-game, Treasure Hunter, which offers five crates where the gamer has to choose one but they need a key to unlock, which can be obtain by drops or can be bought in groups with real money.
* ''[[City of Heroes]]''/''[[City of Villains]]'' never had anything along the order of in-universe Loot Boxes, but toward the end of their original run a "Booster Pack" mechanism was added to the game. Players could buy booster packs with real-world cash or merits, and each would give five random drops ranging from common salvage to ultra-rare enhancements and recipes. With the revival of ''COH'' in a non-profit form in 2019, boosters became available for in-game currencies only.
** The Incarnate Salvage drops at the end of Incarnate Trials are effectively one-item Loot Boxes without the boxes. There are four tiers of salvage -- Common, Uncommon, Rare and Very Rare -- and the tier a player will be offered at the end of a trial is selected by a random draw weighted to favor the lower levels of rarity. (Interestingly, the player can choose which item they gain from the tier they receive). Incarnate salvage is locked to the character that earned it, though; it is untradeable and unsellable, although it can be broken down into or converted by the expenditure of the primary Incarnate currency, Incarnate Threads.
* ''[[Neverwinter]]'' {{'}}s loot boxes can either be found after defeating foes or bought with Astral Diamonds. But they need Enchanted Keys to be unlocked, these keys can be bought with real money.
* ''[[Champions Online]]'' has locked loot boxes which drop after killing enemies; the only way to unlock them is with keys that are either bought with cash in the game store, or purchased with one of the rarest in-game currencies. (Whichwhich can ''also'' be purchased with cash in the game store.).
 
== [[Multiplayer Online Battle Arena]] ==
* ''[[League of Legends]]'' has the Hextech Chests that drop when one gets the High Champion Mastery scores or buying them straight from the store. Keys are earnearned during in matchmade games where they drop, some more frequently, (like when a gamer plays with a team of friends).
* ''[[Paladins (video game)|Paladins]]'' has the Treasure Chests can be earned by doing certain quests. To open them the gamer needs Crystals, the in-game currency, which can be obtained by microtransactions, buying the Battle or Season Passes, buying them straight from the store, redeeming codes, doing special quests, daily logins, and Refer-A-Friend.
* ''[[Dota 2]]''{{'}}s Treasures can be purchased through the ''DOTA 2'' store, using charms, or waiting for item drops.
 
== [[Sports Game]]s ==
* Many of EA's Sports titles.:▼
** ''[[Need for Speed: Payback]]'' uses the Shipments that are- containers that can be earned by gameplay or premium currency, which can be bought with Speed Points, some of which are special types that arerequire costly microtransactionmicrotransactions to get. What's worst is that basic essential stuff, like Boost, Speed, and general car parts, have been divided up in a card and loot box system which ties with the Shipments. Later on, EA tonetoned the predatory system down and made it "fair".
▲* Many of EA's Sports titles.
* Before it was replaced with a more ethical system, ''[[Rocket League]]'' has crates that can be unlocked by using keys, which can be obtained either by buying from the marketplace or by trade.
 
== [[Strategy Game]]s ==
* ''[[War Planet Online: Global Conquest]]''{{context}}
* In a "[[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]" way, ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{'}}s loot crates are actual loot crates, since 343 Industries team up with "Loot Crate", a subscription company. Also, the subscribers will be{{when}} put in the game as "members" of the "Fireteam Apollo" and will get exclusive in-game content.
 
== [[Turn-Based Strategy]] ==
* ''[[Girls Frontline]]'' has a form of this when it comes to purchases of furniture for game dorms and character costumes, involving spending ingame tokens (acquired for ingame tasks or with real money) for randomized rewards based on certain rotating drop pools depending on special events. Some events will provide a higher ratio of certain items, mixed with some generic items, and there is a generic catchall drop list - all prior special drop events getsget added to it eventually after some time.
 
== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* ''[[Recovery of an MMO Junkie]]'' has a scene where a party goes to loot boxes where the main character buys web money until she gets what she wants rather than being lucky.
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