Anything dropped from a ship, including cargo and addons, is placed in a standard crate, which can be picked up by flying your ship into it. On Christmas, Guild Software generally replaces the cargo crate model with one of Christmas presents.

Cargo crates

Color coding

Cargo crates are colored according to their contents, as shown in the following table:

Color Contents
Green Ore
Purple Equipment: Weapons, Addons
Cyan Trade goods
Brown Scrap metal
White CtC cargo
Yellow Special cargo/drops