How to get a Fennec in Rocket League? [New] (Season 14)

As of Season 14 (March 2024), these are the 4 working methods to get a Fennec on PC, Xbox, PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

1. Item Shop
2. Blueprints
3. Drops
4. Trade In

1. Item Shop

Picking a Fennec up from the Item Shop is easy. Different variants of the Fennec keep appearing in the Shop at regular intervals.

When I want to pick one up I make sure I check the daily item shop rotation as well as the bundles tabs.

If you follow Rocket League’s official handle on X (twitter) then your work becomes easier since most of the significant Item Shop updates get a shoutout on Socials.

Today is your last chance to grab the Black Fennec in the Item Shop.

Equip it before it’s too late! pic.twitter.com/iqXb9lqxNl

— Rocket League (@RocketLeague) March 17, 2022

An unpainted or default Fennec is typically priced at 500 Credits while painted ones may cost you 700 or 800 Credits.

The prices of Fennec bundles can vary with themes, seasons and other items in the bundle.

I’ve noticed that in my game window, prices for bundles are also displayed in my local currency thereby allowing me to directly make a purchase with money also.

Whereas items that appear under the daily item shop rotation can only be purchased with credits that I have.

2. Blueprints

After every online match of Rocket League that you play, you stand a chance to win random blueprints.

Fennec Blueprints are not that rare to come by.

If you’re a regular Rocket League player, chances of you already having a couple of Fennec Blueprints of different variants in your inventory are very very high.

To view your inventory, go to Main Game Menu > Garage > Manage Inventory and slide over to the blueprints tab.

Here’s a screenshot of my inventory. As you can see I currently have 5 different Fennec blueprints.

Once in your inventory, look for the Totally Awesome Series, Select Favorites Series or Select Favorites 2 Series Blueprints. If you have only recently started playing the game then look for SF2 Series.

If you find a desired Fennec Blueprint, you’ll need credits to build the item.

Credits can be purchased from the item shop.

3. Reward Drops

There are 6 different kinds of reward drops in Rocket League’s game files: from Uncommon Drop (aka Sport Drop) all the way up to Limited Drop (aka Luxury Drop).

But since the Fennec is an Import item, you can get a Fennec only from 3 of these drops: Rare Special Drop (blue), Very Rare Deluxe Drop (purple), Import Drop (red).

How to get Reward Drops?

Here are all the ways by which you can earn drops in Rocket League.

1. Rocket Pass Free Tiers: You can earn up to 8 Sport Drops, 4 Special Drops, 6 Deluxe Drops every season from the from Rocket Pass.

The drops from Free Rocket Pass Tiers are rewarded each time you rank up i.e. gain more XP.

2. Weekly  & Season Challenges: Weekly challenges can earn you 1 Special Drop per Week (or) 13 Special Drops per Season.

Season Challenges can get you 3 Special Drops per Stage (or) 12 Special Drops per Season.

3. Finishing all Season Challenges:  Lastly, completing all 4 stages of challenges in a season earns you 1 each of Special, Deluxe, and Import Drop.

Odds of getting Fennec from Drops

In theory, these drops seem to follow a 60-30-10 split of obtainable item rarity. What does that mean? Here is a simple explanation:

• From 1 Special Drop, you stand a 60% chance of getting a Rare Item, 30% chance of getting a Very Rare Item, and 10% chance of getting an Import Item.
• From 1 Deluxe Drop, you stand a 60% chance of getting a Very Rare Item, 30% chance of getting an Import Item, and 10% chance of getting an Exotic Item.
• From 1 Import Drop, you stand a 60% chance of getting an Import Item, 30% chance of getting an Exotic Item, and 10% chance of getting a Black Market Item.

Based on these percentages, you have a 10% chance, 30% chance, and 60% chance of getting an Import Item from Special, Deluxe and Import Drop respectively.

There are 202 Items in the Import Item category of which 15 are Fennecs – 1 default and 14 painted.

Now, assuming that the odds of getting any of those 15 Fennecs (regardless of paint & rarity) are equal, we arrive at the figure of 7.42% chance that an Import Item will be a Fennec.

Multiply these percentages, we get the actual odds of getting a Fennec.

Points to be Noted:

1. These are gross approximations that I made based on reddit user PotentialScale’s account of opening ~500 reward drops. However, it is safe to consider these estimations as generally accurate, because they are also in line with older, archived sources of drop rates officially announced by Psyonix in July 2018.
2. In order to keep the math simple, I also worked with the assumption that there is no weightage towards unpainted items or items of lower rarity.
3. However for the sake of science, let us assume that such a weightage exists (and it actually does). What that means is the really low odds that I calculated are actually even lower than my results.
4. The reason I picked simplicity (over complexity) is because it is sufficient to drive the point home.

4. Trade In

The trading-in system in Rocket League was designed for players to be able to get rid of unwanted or duplicate items.

The system allows you to exchange 5 items of same rarity for one item of higher rarity. Trading-in also works with blueprints and tournament items.

Since the Fennec is an Import Item, you are going to need 5 Non-Crate Very Rare Items (aka NCVRs) to trade in.

Just like with drops, here also there is no official data. And so on the surface, your trade-ups may appear to be following total randomness.

But in reality its the same math as before (with drops).

Items from Same Series

There is however, one way of drastically increasing your odds of getting a Fennec with trading in – and that is by restricting the items you input to a particular series only.

I believe that each item among the 5 input items contributes to 20% odds for the series of output item.

If this is true, then in theory, I could restrict all 5 input NCVRs to a specific series in order to get Import Items from the same series.

To explore how this can help us increase our odds of getting the Fennec, let us observe the list of items in the Select Favorites 2 Series as shown in the image below.

As you can this series has 4 Import Items, 1 of which is a Fennec. It’s not hard to see where I’m going with this. Yes – 1/4 odds!

I would love to extensively test this out but the lack of a sufficient number of NCVRs from Select Favorites 2 Series in my inventory is the only thing holding me back.

Luckily, Select Favorites 2 is not the only series the Fennec is a part of. It’s also in the Totally Awesome Series and the Select Favorites Series as can be seen below.

If the assumptions are correct, and the math holds then, the odds of getting a Fennec from Select Favorites Series Trade ups should be 1/5 and from the Totally Awesome Series Trade ups should be 1/3.

If you happen to have 5 Very Rare Items from one of these Series and decide to test this out (in the name of science), then please do share your results in the comments below.

Why is the Fennec popular?

The Fennec’s popularity can be attributed to several factors.

From veterans like SquishyMuffinz to more recent stars like Zen, many top players have made the switch to the Fennec.

And, while it’s true that the Fennec’s body shape fits the octane hitbox better, it’s debatable whether this snug fit contributes to improved feel and car handling, or if it’s simply a placebo effect.

Regardless, there has been a noticeable shift among pro players embracing the Fennec. This trend has naturally influenced casual players and fans to follow suit and adopt the Fennec as well.

Here are 5 reasons that Squishy gave as to why he made the switch from Octane to Fennec:

1. Lots of EU pro players are dominant with the Fennec
2. Feeling that the Octane is not as good as the Fennec
3. Every touch feels better and more accurate with the Fennec
4. The Fennec moves better and everything feels better
5. The game feels easier with the Fennec

Here’s the clip:

Whichever way you prefer to see it, the conclusions are obvious:

• The Fennec is (arguably) the best car to use in Rocket League, mainly because it fits the hitbox well and feels more predictable.
• The best method of getting a Fennec is crafting it using blueprints.
• The math proves that your odds of getting a Free Fennec from drops or trading in are significantly low.
• The only exception to the previous point might be trading in 5 NCVRs from Totally Awesome (or) SF (or) SF2 Series which may have 1/4 odds (this needs more testing).