Mythical effects

Mythical effects appear on special variants of Steam Economy items in Unturned (version 3). There are fifty-three (53) mythical effects in total, with three being emissive effects.

Non-emissive mythical effects have a 3% chance to appear on unboxed items, with the items and effects available depending on the mystery box. Alternatively, an item with a mythical effect can be crafted outright. Emissive effects are attributes regarding an item's normal texture, as opposed to being an additional particle effect, and can coexist with other mythical effects.

Acquirement

Items with non-emissive mythical effects are created via one of two methods: unboxing, or crafting. Unboxed items will appear as Mythical in rarity, and be prefixed as such; the attached effect is known as a mythic.

Crafted items do not have the Mythical rarity nor prefixing, and the attached effects are known as particles. Crafted items can have a larger variety of mythical effects than available from any individual unboxing, and many items can only have mythical effects if they are crafted with one. The selection pool for particles are all weapon-compatible mythical effects.

Emissives

Unlike most mythical effects, emissives do not have an attached particle effect, nor are items with these effects actually considered of mythical rarity or value. Emissive effects include Luminescent, Dynamic, and Uses Hair Color. Luminescent items glow in the dark, Dynamic items have an animated effect on the texture or model, and Uses Hair Color has a material that copies the player's hair color.

List of mythical effects

Gen 1

The first generation of mythical effects were added throughout 2015. The Divine and Rainbow mythical effects have been permanently retired, and are no longer obtainable even from the mystery boxes they were originally introduced in. There are seventeen (17) first-generation mythical effects.

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  Bubbling

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  Burning

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  Cosmic

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  Divine

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  Electric

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  Energized

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  Freezing

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  Glitched

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  Glowing

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  Haunted

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  Holiday Spirit

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  Lovely

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  Musical

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  Party

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  Rainbow

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  Shiny

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  Wealthy

Gen 2

The second generation of mythical effects were added throughout 2016 and 2017. Blood Sucker was the first community-contributed mythical effect. There are eight (8) second-generation mythical effects.

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  Atomic

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  Blood Sucker

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  Confetti

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  Melting

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  Meta

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  Pyrotechnic

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  Radioactive

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  Steampunk

Gen 3

The third generation of mythical effects were added from 2019 to 2021. They are all community-contributed effects, and were released alongside various curated maps. There are fifteen (15) third-generation mythical effects.

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  Bananza

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  Blossoming

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  Cryptic Runes

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  Crystal Shards

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  Decked Out

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  Enchanted

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  Fire Dragon

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  Frosty

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  High Tide

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  Ice Dragon

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  Lucky Coins

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  Sacrificial

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  Sky Lantern

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  Soul Shattered

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  Spectral Gems

Gen 4

The fourth generation of mythical effects were added from 2021 and onwards. Similar to the third generation, all of them are community-contributed effects that were released alongside curated maps. This generation also marked the introduction of auras. Auras are mythical effects that are also their own cosmetic item. There are ten (10) fourth-generation mythical effects.

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  Electrostatic

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  Falling Icicles

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  Fire Crown

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  Firefly

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  Ice Crown

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  Palm Nights

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  Snowflake

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  Sunrise

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  Sunset

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  Wicked

Compatibility table

Some mythical effects have limited slot compatibility. Although most mythical effects are compatible with all clothing slots as well as skins, there are several that are only compatible with hats, glasses, and masks. Additionally, particles will always be compatible with skins, while auras will always be limited to the mask clothing slot.

Mythical effects comparison table

Name	ID	Is particle?	Is aura?	Slot compatibility
				Hat, Glasses, Mask	Backpack, Vest	Shirt, Pants	Skins
Atomic	20	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Bananza	31	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Blood Sucker	25	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Blossoming	30	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bubbling	9	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Burning	1	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Confetti	22	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cosmic	10	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cryptic Runes	37	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Crystal Shards	34	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Decked Out	33	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Divine	8	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Electric	11	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Electrostatic	43	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Enchanted	36	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Energized	16	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Falling Icicles	49	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fire Crown	47	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Fire Dragon	28	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Firefly	48	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Freezing	15	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Frosty	39	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Glitched	6	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Glowing	2	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Haunted	14	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
High Tide	32	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Holiday Spirit	17	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ice Crown	46	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Ice Dragon	29	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Lovely	3	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lucky Coins	26	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Melting	21	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Meta	18	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Musical	4	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Palm Nights	45	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Party	13	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Pyrotechnic	19	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Radioactive	23	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rainbow	12	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Sacrificial	38	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Shiny	5	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sky Lantern	27	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Snowflake	50	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Soul Shattered	35	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spectral Gems	40	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓
Steampunk	24	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sunrise	41	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Sunset	42	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Wealthy	7	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Wicked	44	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗

Trivia

• The concept for mythical effects was inspired by the "Unusual" item quality found in Team Fortress 2.
  • "Mythical" is synonymous with "unusual", and was suggested by Tyler "MoltonMontro" prior to his employment at Smartly Dressed Games.
• The Divine and Rainbow mythical effects were permanently retired due to feeling more appropriate as their own items, as opposed to being an enhancement.
  • Since then, the design of the Divine mythical effect has been incorporated into the BattlEye Halo cosmetic.
• When particles were introduced, the Holiday Spirit mythical effect was unintentionally called "Ornamental" instead.