Now grab your turquoise Tommy-gun and get out there
A new update has parachuted into survival-shooter PlayerUnknown’s Batttlegrounds, bringing with it a huge array of new weapon skins, perfect for garishly dressing-up your arsenal and sticking out like a sore thumb.
Some skins can be found for free in Raider Crates, while others be obtained through the paid weekly Triumph Crates. The new skins have a varying drop-rate between the two types of boxes. Once you’ve bagged yourself a skin or two, you can apply it via the Weapons menu in the Customisation screen.
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The complete statement, along with patch notes, can be read here. The new skins, and their drop-rates, are as follows:
Triumph Crates:
- Desert Digital – R45: 15%
- Rugged (Orange) – UMP9: 15%
- Rugged (Orange) – SCAR-L: 10%
- Rugged (Orange) – M416: 10%
- Rugged (Orange) – AKM: 10%
- Rugged (Orange) – Kar98k: 10%
- Gold Plate – Win94: 5%
- Trifecta – P92: 5%
- Desert Digital – Mini14: 4.5%
- Trifecta – Micro UZI: 4.5%
- Gold Plate – Sawed-Off: 4.5%
- Desert Digital – Kar98k: 2.5%
- Trifecta – SCAR-L: 1.3%
- Desert Digital – M416: 1.3%
- Gold Plate – SKS: 0.6%
- Glory – UMP9: 0.32%
- Gold Plate – S12K: 0.32%
- Glory – AKM: 0.16%
Raider Crates:
- Rugged (Beige) – Crossbow: 20%
- Rugged (Beige) – M16A4: 20%
- Rugged (Beige) – S686: 20%
- Rugged (Beige) – SKS: 20%
- Rugged (Beige) – Kar98k: 6.5%
- Rugged (Beige) – S12K: 6.5%
- Silver Plate – R1895: 3%
- Jungle Digital – P18C: 1.4%
- Silver Plate – DP-28: 1.4%
- Silver Plate – S1897: 0.4%
- Jungle Digital – SKS: 0.28%
- Silver Plate – Vector: 0.28%
- Turquoise Delight – P1911: 0.08%
- Silver Plate – SCAR-L: 0.05%
- Jungle Digital – AWM: 0.05%
- Turquoise Delight – Tommy Gun: 0.028%
- Turquoise Delight – Kar98k: 0.0128%
- Turquoise Delight – M16A4: 0.0128%
- Gold Plate – S686: 0.0064%