Once fan has decided to take the issue into their own hands, creating a helpful Android app that simulates lootbox droprates.
“After reading about the new Chinese regulations that would force Blizzard to release their drop chances sometime next year I thought why not give it a shot now and make an almost perfectly accurate Lootbox simulation with all the information currently available,” the creator said on Reddit.
To create the app, the author said they watched “a lot of box openings from various streams”, and kept note of the rate at which each item dropped.
They also did some research about “Blizzard’s pity timers and so on”, and then started compiling the data into an app.
The app is simple to use: you can select either a basic lootbox, or themed ones, such as the lootboxes from the Halloween and Winter events.
My own personal research using this app showed that, after 200 simulated lootbox drops, I would land 21 Legendary skins, 54 Epics, 261 Rares, 472 Commons, and 4,400 credits. In total, I would need to have spent around $161 to unlock a similar rate of unlockables.
Check out the app on the Google Play store.
Update, October 2026: loot boxes have since moved into age-rating territory. PEGI is now re-rating games that sell paid random items, as we report in EA FC 27 jumps to PEGI 16 as Europe re-rates loot box games.