Crates are rewards given to the player for completing missions or event objectives. Opening a crate will give the player skins and accessories for the player avatar and vehicle appearance. Some crates hold each rates for the item pool, while others have differing rarity (often seen on event crates). Despite there being a rarity system for some crates, players cannot open duplicate items and are guaranteed a new reward each time. This means that if there are 13 rewards in a crate and a player has 13 of them, they will get every single item in the crate. Crates opened beyond the number of rewards will usually give the player 10 coins instead.
You can access the Crates tab in the Menu (press M).
Rarities[]
The rarities of crates have not been given any official names or explanation on their weightings/probability. A rough idea of their scale can be seen in the below table:
| Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5 | Tier 6 |
As seen in most crates, the rarity will not matter as every drop is the same rarity. Of the few that do have mixed rarity drops, they never have all six tiers.
Mission Crates[]
Crates awarded from missions are found in groups of four (or three for some vehicle ones). Each block of crates is separated by two missions with 20 Coins as a reward. There are four repeats of these blocks. Each crate category relates to a form of gameplay—person, tank, APC, helicopter. The first two person mission blocks award Mission Crate 1. The third block awards Mission Crate 2, and the fourth and final awards Mission Crate 3. All vehicle mission blocks award the corresponding vehicle crate.
Mission Crates as seen in inventory
Person Crates[]
The Person Crates are crates awarded to the player for doing missions that require you to be a person (outside of a vehicle). They are known as "Mission Crates" to some based on the icon of the crate. Each crate has three items in the item pool. Because of this, each player is guaranteed to receive a number of 10 coin rewards as players will receive more than three crates.
Players may redeem a crate for free by going to the shop menu and using the code freecrate. This will reward them with the second crate.
| Crate # | Item Pool (Rewards) | Total Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Person Crate 1 |   
|
3 |
| Person Crate 2 |  
|
3 |
| Person Crate 3 |   
|
3 |
Tank Crates as seen in inventory
Tank Crates[]
Players may earn separate crates for each Tank level by completing missions. The Tank Crate 1 (or Tank Lvl-1 Crate) contains all skins and accessories for the Tank Lvl-1, the Tank Crate 2 (or Tank Lvl-2 Crate) contains all skins and accessories for the Tank Lvl-2, and the Tank Crate 3 (or Tank Lvl-3 Crate) contains all skins and accessories for the Tank Lvl-3.
| Crate Type | Item Pool (Rewards) | Total Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Tank Crate 1 |  |
21 |
| Tank Crate 2 |  |
19 |
| Tank Crate 3 |  |
15 |
APC Crates as seen in inventory
APC Crates[]
Players may earn separate crates for each APC level by completing missions. The APC Crate 1 (or APC Lvl-1 Crate) contains all skins and accessories for the APC Lvl-1, the APC Crate 2 (or APC Lvl-2 Crate) contains all skins and accessories for the APC Lvl-2, and the APC Crate 3 (or APC Lvl-3 Crate) contains all skins and accessories for the APC Lvl-3.
| Crate Type | Item Pool (Rewards) | Total Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| APC Crate 1 |  |
13 |
| APC Crate 2 |  |
14 |
| APC Crate 3 |  |
21 |
Heli Crates as seen in inventory
Heli Crates[]
Players may earn separate crates for each applicable Heli level by completing missions. The Heli Crate 1 (or Heli Lvl-1 Crate) contains all skins and accessories for the Heli Lvl-1, the Heli Crate 2 (or Heli Lvl-2 Crate) contains all skins and accessories for the Heli Lvl-2, and the Heli Crate 3 (or Heli Lvl-3 Crate) contains all skins and accessories for the Heli Lvl-3.
| Crate Type | Item Pool (Rewards) | Total Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Heli Crate 1 |  |
8 |
| Heli Crate 2 |  |
6 |
| Heli Crate 3 |  |
13 |
Event Crates[]
Easter Crate as seen in inventory
Event Crates show up for ZBR events in Easter, Halloween, and Christmas. While most will reward coins if you own everything in them, some crates have had additional rewards added to them in later events. As 10 coins is not a massive number, it is generally advised that you consider holding onto spares ahead of future events.
Easter Crate[]
This crate made its first appearance during Easter, 2019. Players could earn these by killing players wearing the full bunny outfit.
Easter crates made a return for Easter, 2020. Players could earn three at a time by completing a round of ZBR. The bunny and chick outfits in the crate was found equipped on enemies in the newly added Giant Bunny Royale (Easter ZBR).
Easter crates also made a return for Easter, 2021. They were earned similarly to the previous year by completing a round of ZBR. This year added new rewards which included brand new camo flags (later added to the store for purchase), a new target mask, two emotes (Zombie Shuffle and Zombie Breakdown), and the Earth flag.
Item pool of Easter Crate (since 2021)
Halloween Crate[]
Halloween Crate as seen in inventory
Its first appearance was during the Halloween 2022 event. Players could earn these by collecting candies dropped by the plane during ZDC. While the message prompts at the start of a round mentioned the supply drops "will have a present in it with cool Halloween cosmetics", the Halloween crate ended up providing all cosmetics similar to the Special Crate.
On release, the crate actually provided all items. Some users received Steam-exclusive cosmetics, while some earned new upcoming cosmetics that were still in development—the most notable being the Dark Blue Glowing Eyes. This was later patched.
The fact that crates from ZDC drops were the same as winning either ZDC or ZBR was something that made winning feel less special. While there had been mentions that the loot would have to be looked at and that it shouldn't be that way, the crate remained as it was for the whole event. It is unclear if a proper Halloween item pool will be added for future events.
Holiday Crate[]
Holiday Crate as seen in inventory
The Holiday Crate was released in the 2018 Winter event. It made another appearance in the 2019 Holiday Event ,in Christmas ZDC 2021, and in the Christmas ZBR 2024. Different parts of the full Santa outfit and full Elf outfit are included. Due to the common nature of crates in the 2021 event, Holiday Crates do not reward the player with coins if they own everything in them. Players have the option of ignoring spares or opening them (with no reward) in order to clear out the crate inventory. Holding onto them is considered the wisest due to the chance that more items may be added to the possible rewards in following events.
Item pool of Holiday Crate
Holiday Crate 2[]
Holiday Crate 2 as seen in inventory
Similar to the first crate, Holiday Crate 2 was released in the 2018 Winter event and made further appearances alongside the first a the same times. It originally held all of the pieces for the full Snowman outfit, however had additional rewards added in Christmas ZDC 2021; three variants of the Holiday Suit outfit and the first dynamic skin after glowing eyes—flashing Christmas lights that drape over the shoulder. Just like the first one, these do not award the player with 10 coins if they own everything in them.
Item pool of Holiday Crate 2 (since 2021)
Special Crate[]
This crate has every single item in the game (including unreleased ones) in the item pool, with the exclusion of special items and Steam exclusives—moderator/dev items, squad emblems, and Katana.
Its first appearance was technically Christmas 2019 with all previously available purchasable cosmetics available. It was expanded to what it is currently for its new proper release for Christmas 2021 ZDC, with following events making it available. It is available as a reward for winning a round of ZBR or ZDC.
It shares the same icon as the Holiday Crate 2 in the inventory and has no preview.
St. Patrick's Day Crate as seen in inventory
St. Patrick's Day Crate[]
These crates were earned for free every 45 minutes of play during the 2019 St. Pats event. They contained parts of a leprechaun skin (later Paddy) and a clover emblem. The leprechaun hat was since updated to be more of a rounded bowl hat than a top hat.
April Fool's Day Crate as seen in inventory
April Fool's Day Crate[]
These crates were earned for free every 45 minutes of play during the Medieval Times event. They provided players with the free April Fool's cosmetics such as the Jester, Bard, and Ranger.
Item pool of April Fool's Day Crate
Mother's Day Crate as seen in inventory
Mother's Day Crate[]
This crate was available during the Mother's Day event as a reward for playing for a certain period of time. 11 of the 23 heads available for the event were in this crate.
Item pool of Mother's Day Crate
Father's Day Crate as seen in inventory
Father's Day Crate[]
An unreleased crate. This was a crate for Father's Day, 2019. The three heads and leg knife found within were free with play.
Item pool of Father's Day Crate
Cinco De Mayo Crate as seen in inventory
Cinco De Mayo Crate[]
An unreleased crate. This was a crate for Cinco De Mayo, 2019. The rewards found within were available for free with play.
Item pool of Cinco De Mayo Crate
Memorial Day Crate as seen in inventory
Memorial Day Crate[]
An unreleased crate. This was a crate for Memorial Day, 2019. The rewards found within were available for free with play.
Item pool of Memorial Day Crate
Purple Heart Day Crate as seen in inventory
Purple Heart Day Crate[]
An unreleased crate. This was a crate for Purple Heart Day, 2019. The rewards found within were available for free with play.
Item pool of the Purple Heart Day Crate
Unused Crates[]
These crates have not seen any use. They may have had a planned use, but were later dropped. They may also have information missing.
Legacy Crates[]
Crates used to be available for purchase or as a reward and were the primary option for players to obtain skins as skin packs were rarely on sale, only showing on events. Some of these were simply an option for randomize a player's selection if they didn't want to be stuck with a choice (such as the Emblem Crate).
Daily Crate[]
Daily Crate as seen in inventory
The daily crates were bonus crates rewarded to the player for their login streak. A player would earn crates in chains of two, broken up by either an experience boost or coins. Each crate was different: for example the final crate for day 14 would pull from a SWAT uniform, balaclava head, helmet with goggles, bomb vest, and both chest radios.
The crates were available early in the game's life, but was later removed.
Daily rewards menu
Emblem Crate[]
Emblem Crate as seen in inventory
Emblems are patches that are equipped on vehicles and relevant player accessories. All 103 of the available emblems were available from this crate. This crate allowed the player to receive a random emblem rather than buying one directly.
Legacy Emblem Crate
Uniform Crate[]
Uniform Crate as seen in inventory
This crate was where players could obtain outfits (equipped on torso, arms, and legs). There were 43 uniforms available from this crate.
Legacy Uniform Crate
Gear Crate[]
Gear Crate as seen in inventory
This crate was where players could obtain accessories (items) for their avatar. There were 33 items available from this crate.
Legacy Gear Crate
Face Crate[]
Face Crate as seen in inventory
This crate was where players could obtain heads for their avatar. There were 19 heads available from this crate.
Legacy Face Crate
Legacy Tank Crate[]
The Tank Crate was one of the available crates for purchase. It contained skins and accessories for all levels of the Tanks. There were 55 available skins/accessories for Tanks in this crate.
Legacy Tank Crate
Legacy APC Crate[]
The APC Crate was one of the available crates for purchase. It contained skins and accessories for all levels of the APC. There were 50 available skins/accessories for APCs in this crate.
Legacy APC Crate
Legacy Heli Crate[]
The legacy Heli Crate was one of the available crates for purchase. It contained skins and accessories for all applicable levels of the Helicopter. There were 27 available skins/accessories for Helis in this crate.
Legacy Heli Crate