Item Rarity

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Item rarity is a colorcoded system displaying the relative chances/difficulty to obtain that item.

Common	Uncommon	Rare	Legendary	Essential

For craftable items, this is mostly cosmetic in nature. Procedural weapons show their rarity in more functional ways. Example - an uncommon melee weapon will often has some kind of secondary effect like poisoning foes, or setting them on fire. Legendary weapons have their own class, drawing from a preset pool of weapons, and having even more notable (and unpredictable) effects. Rarity is likely the best indicator of how much better an item is compared to similar items at the same level. The essential rarity is only for the matter manipulator and its upgrades (Scanning Mode, Wire Mode and Paint Mode), as well as the inspection tool. Although not for typical inventory items, manually-generated items spawned with admin commands can have the essential rarity and the other rarity classifications.