Crates

Type	Grab bag • Furniture
Placeable
Tooltip	Right click to open /; L2 to open () /; LT to open () /; Double tap to open /; Use to open

Crates are grab bag-type items which can be hooked while fishing, containing random loot such as ores, bars, potions, accessories, and other items. In addition, biome-specific crates can contain biome-specific loot. Their content can be unloaded by using ⚷ Open / Activate. They can also be placed.

If fishing in water with a Fishing Power of at least 50 and the line does not break, there is a 10% chance to harvest crates normally and 20% when fishing with a Crate Potion.

The kind of crate the player obtains is dependent on the Fishing Power, with higher Fishing Power increasing the probabilities of rarer crates. As an example, fishing with a Fishing Power of 100 in The Corruption would yield crates with the following probabilities: Golden Crate: 6.67%; Corrupt Crate: 9.33%; Iron Crate: 28.21%; Wooden Crate: 55.79% ^[1]

Rarer crate types contain more valuable loot, and the biome crates can have items otherwise found only in the matching biome chests. When fishing in an area with multiple biomes, the crate priority is, from highest to lowest, Corruption > Crimson > Hallowed > Dungeon > Jungle > Sky. For example, when a Floating Island is Corrupted and changes to Corruption, Sky Crates will no longer be harvested.

The Old-gen console version and DS version currently only have Wooden Crates, Iron Crates and Golden Crates.

Variants[edit | edit source]

Type	Value	Biome	Chest
Wooden Crate Internal Item ID: 2334	1000*10	Any	Surface, Underground
Iron Crate Internal Item ID: 2335	5000*50	Any	none
Jungle Crate Internal Item ID: 3208	10000*1	Jungle	Ivy Chest
Sky Crate Internal Item ID: 3206	10000*1	Sky	Skyware Chest
Corrupt Crate Internal Item ID: 3203	10000*1	Corruption	Shadow Orb
Crimson Crate Internal Item ID: 3204	10000*1	Crimson	Crimson Heart
Hallowed Crate Internal Item ID: 3207	10000*1	Hallow	none
Dungeon Crate Internal Item ID: 3205	10000*1	Dungeon	Locked Gold Chest
Golden Crate Internal Item ID: 2336	20000*2	Any	none

Notes[edit | edit source]

On Xbox, Left Trigger opens crates (instead of the button which is the equivalent to Desktop's right click) as stated in the tooltip for the crates.
Only Wooden Crates will contain ores, though any crate can have bars.
A few exclusive items are found only in crates:
- Sailfish Boots, Tsunami in a Bottle (Wooden, Iron) (however, both are similar to other items found in chests)
- Falcon Blade, Ginger Beard, Tartar Sauce (Iron)
- Hardy Saddle (Gold)
- Hardmode: Anchor (Wooden)
- Hardmode: Enchanted Sundial (Wooden, Iron, Gold)
The metals supplied will be (on average) evenly split between both alternative metals in each pair, regardless of which ore generated in the world. This applies to both ore or bar forms. For instance, a Wooden Crate can yield Platinum Ore, even if the world is generated with Gold Ore instead of Platinum.
- In Hardmode, this applies to the Hardmode metals too, whether or not any Altars have been broken to place ore in the world.
Crates do not contain the "advanced" metals such as Meteorite or Chlorophyte.
Crates always contain at least one item, as empty crates are re-rolled. This also raises final average yield somewhat.

Tips[edit | edit source]

Crates collected before Hardmode, but saved to open during Hardmode, will yield Hardmode ores and bars. Stockpiling them while fishing is a lot safer and can give players a big head start when entering Hardmode.
- The crates can also supply a few other Hardmode items:
  - As above, the Anchor and Enchanted Sundial are only found in crates.
  - Corrupt or Crimson Crates can contain Cursed Flames or Ichor, respectively, and both can have Souls of Night.
  - Hallowed Crates can drop Crystal Shards and Souls of Light.
The higher the Fishing Power, the greater the chances for crates. See Fishing Power and Fishing § Tips for information and recommendations about how to increase Fishing Power.