Crates

Type	Grab bagFurniture
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.

Wooden Crates (most common), Iron Crates, and Golden Crates (rarest) can be caught anywhere. Rarer crate types contain more valuable loot. Biome Crates, which are exclusive to the Desktop version, Console version, and Mobile version, are slightly less rare than Golden Crates and can contain 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 kind of crate the player obtains is dependent on their Fishing Power, with higher Fishing Power increasing the probabilities of rarer crates. As an example, fishing with a Fishing Power of 100 in a lake of at least 300 valid water tiles in the Corruption would yield crates with the following probabilities: Golden Crate: 1/150 (0.67%); Corrupt Crate: 7/750 (0.93%); Iron Crate: 7/250 (2.8%); Wooden Crate: 7/125 (5.6%). The Crate Potion doubles these chances.^[1]

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)
For pre-Hardmode metals, and separately for Hardmode metals, all metals possible to a given crate type will appear with equal chances and numbers. That is, if crate can supply Tin, then Tin will be just as likely as Platinum. This applies to both ore and bar forms.
- This also applies to the alternate metals in each pair, regardless of which ore generated in the world. 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.
- Biome crates do not have Copper or Tin, and Golden crates lack not only Copper and Tin but also Iron, Lead, Palladium, and Cobalt.
- 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 is relevant only to the Golden Crate, as all others always have at least fishing bait. The Golden crate has a 4.4% chance of requiring a reroll in pre-Hardmode, and 4.6% in Hardmode.

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.
- Two stacks of Wooden Crates and a few higher-tier crates should provide enough metal for a Hardmode Forge, Hardmode Anvil, and at least some other items.
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.
The chance to catch a Iron or Wooden Crate increases if the player is not in a biome where a biome chest can be caught (i.e., not Corruption/Crimson, Hallow, Dungeon, or Jungle, and below sky level – examples could be the pure caverns or the Snow biome). With a Fishing Power of 100 and a lake of at least 300 valid water tiles, Iron Crates are then caught with a chance of 7/225 (3.1%; instead of 7/250 or 2.8%) and Wooden Crates with a chance of 14/225 (6.2%; instead of 7/125 or 5.6%).^[1]
For a deeper look at the sale value of crate contents, see here.