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Mastering Different Car Bodies and Their Nuances
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Mastering Different Car Bodies and Their Nuances

Explore the diverse world of Rocket League car bodies, from common to import rarities. Learn about their types, unlock methods, and console-exclusive vehicles to enhance your gameplay.

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Mastering Different Car Bodies and Their Nuances

Explore the diverse world of Rocket League car bodies, from common to import rarities. Learn about their types, unlock methods, and console-exclusive vehicles to enhance your gameplay.

Bodies, also known as Battle-Cars, are the most basic and important method of player customization in Rocket League. At its base, the game features ten standard car bodies. Four of these vehicles are available by default, while the other six require completed matches to unlock. These ten default cars are classified as Base rarity. Each vehicle body is assigned to one of six possible Body Types. Psyonix introduces new Battle-Cars via Blueprints, the Item Shop, and the Rocket Pass. There are currently over 75 vehicle bodies.

Base

Most Common bodies can be unlocked simply by completing matches. The default cars unlocked from the beginning are Octane, Breakout, and Merc. Breakout, Octane and Merc are granted to every player from the beginning; other cars need to be unlocked via New Driver Challenges. On August 3, 2017, Psyonix introduced painted variants of some Common bodies, which could be obtained via the trade-in system. These variants are classified as Import rarity.

Common Vehicles

  • Breakout
  • Merc
  • Octane
  • Hotshot
  • Gizmo
  • Backfire
  • X-Devil
  • Paladin
  • Road Hog
  • Venom
  • Dominus

Console Exclusives

  • PlayStation 4: Sweet Tooth (Unlocked by playing one match with every common body)
  • Xbox One: Hogsticker (Unlocked by playing one match with every common body), Armadillo (Unlocked by completing a season in the single-player Season Mode)
  • Nintendo Switch: Mario NSR (Available on orange team, unlocked by default), Luigi NSR (Available on blue team, unlocked by default), Samus' Gunship (Unlocked by completing matches)

Deluxe (Very Rare)

As of Patch v1.81, the following vehicle bodies are now Very Rare quality and can be obtained from Drops. If you have played Rocket League prior to Free To Play, you will see them as Legacy quality. Even if you have the Legacy version of this vehicle, it is still possible to obtain a duplicate from drops, in which case it will be classified as Very Rare.

  • Aftershock
  • Esper
  • Grog
  • Marauder

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