BLACK Version

BLACK Version is a new version of weapons and armor introduced in the February 3rd update in 2015 of. Being extremely powerful compared to even weapons and armor, these can only drop in Black strongboxes, which themselves are hard to find. These Black strongboxes additionally require hard-to-get Black Keys to open them, so Black weapons and armor are currently rare among players. Black Strongboxes can be collected in any game mode, though they are most common in Nightmare Mode. They can also be collected by acquiring augment XP(Flash Exclusive Feature).Black Keys have a 5% chance to drop from Nanotium Strongboxes in Nightmare Mode, and a 0.1-0.5 chance to drop from Nanotium Boxes found in Events. Both Black Strongboxes and Black Keys can be bought for Faction Credits and any Planetary Favours in the Faction Warfare Armory. Black Strongboxes and Keys can only be obtained after LV 25. You can see how many Black Keys and Black Strongboxes you have obtained in the Elite Inventory located on the Menu.

Stat Differences

 * Black weapons are 1.5 times as powerful as ones in terms of damage and DOT.
 * Black armor compared to armor has triple the defensive stats, plus a defense bonus of 100 in all three resistances. Due to this, an HVM Kevlar Vest in its Black version is tougher than the Rubicon Hardplate Chest in its  version, even though the Kevlar Vest is the second weakest vest in the game, and the Hardplate Chest is the strongest one.
 * Black ammo costs 1.2 times as much as  ammo or 12 times the cost of normal ammo. Similarly, Black HD ammo costs 4.8 times as much as   HD ammo or 48 times the cost of normal HD ammo.

Trivia

 * All pieces of Black equipment feature a white ring split in half vertically, with the exception of most Smokestack weapons.
 * On Rancor weapons, the smaller 2 semicircles inside the bigger ones are replaced with a glowing white Rancor skull logo.
 * All Black weapons also have three white stripes except the RIA T40.
 * Black weapons can sell for a maximum of $10,000 (as is the case with weapons).
 * There were no Black pistols until a major patch on October 5th, 2015. Now there are only 4 Black pistols: Ronson 45, Poison Claw, Mustang, and Trailblazer.
 * Interestingly, unlike pistols whose standard ammo needs purchasing,  Black Ronson 45 &  Black. The Mustang in the mobile edition have free unlimited standard ammo. Their High Damage Ammo as well as Ammo for other 2 Black  pistols still requires purchasing.
 * Championship reward weapons do not have a normal or version.
 * Most Black weapons in mobile uses PC sprite (e.g. Hotspot). A notable exception would be Shotlite weapons. Interestingly, when one receives a  Black weapon in mobile, the mobile sprite will appear for a split second after opening the box before turning into the  Black PC sprite. Again, Shotlite weapons are the exception.Hvm004-0.PNG