Cargo crates are colored according to their contents, as shown in the following table:
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|-
! Color
! Contents
|-style="background: #90EE90; color: black"
| Green
| Ore
|-style="background: #FBAED2; color: black"
| Purple
| [[Equipment|Equipment: Weapons, Addons]]|-style="background: #87CEEB; color: black"
| Cyan
| [[Trade Goods by Class of Goods|Trade goods]]
|-style="background: #CC7722; color: black"
| Brown
| Scrap metal
| White
| [[CtC]] cargo
|- style="background: #FFFF00; color: black"
| Yellow
| Special cargo/drops