Plunderer's Instinct

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Plunderer's Instinct is a general Survivor Perk .

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	4,000	5,000	6,000	Unlocks potential in one's Aura-reading ability. Auras of unopened Chests and Items in the environment are revealed to you when standing within a range of 16/24/32 metres. Grants a considerably better chance at finding an Item of a higher Rarity from Chests . "The pioneers used to loot these babies for hours." — Aizeyu, The Lost Tapes

History

Version 1.0.0

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	16 metres	32 metres	64 metres	Unlocks potential in one's Aura-reading ability. Auras of Chests are revealed to you when standing within a range of 16/32/64 metres.

Version 1.3.0

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	16 metres	24 metres	32 metres	Unlocks potential in one's Aura-reading ability. Auras of Chests are revealed to you when standing within a range of 16/24/32 metres. Grants a slightly/moderately/considerably better chance at finding an Item of a higher rarity from Chests.

Version 2.6.0

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	16 metres	24 metres	32 metres	Unlocks potential in one's Aura-reading ability. Auras of Chests are revealed to you when standing within a range of 16/24/32 metres. Grants a considerably better chance at finding an Item of a higher rarity from Chests.

Version 3.3.0

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	16 metres	24 metres	32 metres	Unlocks potential in one's Aura-reading ability. Auras of unopened Chests and Items in the environment are revealed to you when standing within a range of 16/24/32 metres. Grants a considerably better chance at finding an Item of a higher rarity from Chests.

Change Log

Patch 1.3.0

• Nerf: decreased the Aura ranges to 16/24/32 metres.
• Buff: added a modifier to slightly/moderately/considerably increase the chances of finding an Item of a higher Rarity.

Patch 2.6.0

• Buff: changed the chance modifier to find an Item of a higher Rarity to considerably across all Tiers.

Patch 3.3.0

• Quality of Life: now only reveals the Aura of unopened Chests.
• Buff: added the ability to read the Aura of dropped Items.

Probabilities

Rarity

The following table shows the approximate probability of obtaining each Rarity Tier without and with equipping Plunderer's Instinct:

Rarity	Default	Plunderer's Instinct III
Common	43 %	14 %
Uncommon	33 %	18 %
Rare	16 %	22 %
Very Rare	5 %	31 %
Ultra Rare	2 %	15 %

Item

The following table shows the approximate probability of obtaining each Item without and with equipping Plunderer's Instinct, regardless of the Item's Rarity:

Rarity	Default	Plunderer's Instinct III
Med-Kit	37 %	23 %
Toolbox	37 %	37 %
Flashlight	16 %	16 %
Key	7 %	14 %
Map	2 %	10 %

Trivia

• The flavor text is a direct reference to "Pizza Delivery" (Season 1, Episode 5A) of Nickelodeon's Spongebob Squarepants, in which Spongebob states: "The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles", after encountering a boulder in the middle of nowhere.

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