In Anthem, players want to see loot of the Masterwork or Legendary rarity. However, they mostly see blue or purple items, which has led the community to create a new game: “Purples are Lava”.
Why is this being done? The highest rarity levels for loot in Anthem are represented by Masterwork and Legendary, indicated by the colors orange and yellow. Players are particularly after these levels.
In practice, however, it is not so easy to obtain the coveted items. Freelancers usually go home with a backpack full of blue or purple items. This becomes a nuisance because the space for loot is limited. Players can collect a maximum of 50 items in Freeplay or strongholds before hitting the limit.
Although items can be dismantled and turned into components for crafting, players must first leave the respective activity.
With Child’s Play to More Space: To make room for extensive grinding rounds, the community is currently even forgoing loot. Hoping for items of higher rarity levels, freelancers are now playing a child’s game to only pick up the “good loot”: “Purples are Lava”.
Purple items are thus lava that should absolutely be avoided. Like in “The Floor is Lava”, players in Anthem try not to touch certain objects. Here, it is the epic loot represented in Anthem by the color purple. “The Floor is Lava” will soon even be available as a game mode in Fortnite.
This is why it’s so difficult: In Anthem, loot drops from enemies or crates are not organized but usually fall in a pile. This makes it harder for freelancers to only pick up the good stuff. Additionally, it seems that the loot has quite a range within which the character automatically collects it.
Players thus approach the loot as slowly and carefully as possible to only collect the valuable loot. Epic loot is left behind to make room for better loot.
Have you also jumped on the trend of “Purples are Lava”? Or do you enjoy collecting epic items as well?
Patch 1.04 is being released today for Anthem, which is supposed to improve several things:
