Asteroid Rarity

Asteroid rarity is defined by their collection of resource scanning bonuses. The rarity scale for asteroids includes Common, Uncommon, Rare, Superior, Exceptional, and the extremely rare Incomparables. Additionally, for early adopters, Uncommon asteroids are guaranteed, and there are significant (2-4x) increases in the chances of gaining higher level bonuses.

Drop Rates for All Asteroids

 * Common: 50%
 * Uncommon: 30%
 * Rare: 15%
 * Superior: 4%
 * Exceptional: 1%

Drop rates for the first 100 asteroids

 * Common: 0%
 * Uncommon: 14%
 * Rare: 41%
 * Superior: 28%
 * Exceptional: 17%

Drop Rates for next 1,000 asteroids

 * Common: 0%
 * Uncommon: 31%
 * Rare: 37%
 * Superior: 20%
 * Exceptional: 12%

Drop Rates for the next 10,000 asteroids

 * Common: 0%
 * Uncommon: 57%
 * Rare: 26%
 * Superior: 12%
 * Exceptional: 5%