Shadow Chest

Shadow Chest

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Statistics

Type	Furniture • Storage • Crafting material
Placeable	2 wide × 2 high
Use time	15 Very Fast
Rarity
Sell	1000*10

• Internal Item ID: 328
• Internal Tile ID: 21 (4)

Shadow chests can spawn on the ground close to the underworld. (note: the background shown is not the underworld background.)

The Shadow Chest is a storage item found only in The Underworld, generally on top of or within Ruined Houses, and contains rare items. All Shadow Chests are initially locked, requiring a Shadow Key to open. A single Shadow Key will open unlimited Shadow Chests (unlike Golden Keys, which are consumed upon use). Each Shadow Chest contains one high-tier item of rarity, along with other standard Underground loot.

Like all other naturally-occurring Chests, Shadow Chests can be freed with a Pickaxe or Drill after being emptied, and picked up by the player for placement and use elsewhere.

Loot

The Shadow Chest always contain one primary item and a few common items.

Primary Items Dark Lance Flamelash Flower of Fire Sunfury Hellwing Bow   Drax Brain

% Chance Items Amount 33% 1 in 3 Dynamite 1 50% 1 in 2 Meteorite Bar 15-29 Gold Bar 50% 1 in 2 Hellfire Arrow 50-74 Silver Bullet 50% 1 in 2 Lesser Restoration Potion 15-26 Restoration Potion 75% 3 in 4 Spelunker Potion 1-2 Featherfall Potion Mana Regeneration Potion Obsidian Skin Potion Magic Power Potion Invisibility Potion Hunter Potion Heartreach Potion 67% 2 in 3 Gravitation Potion 1-2 Thorns Potion Water Walking Potion Obsidian Skin Potion Battle Potion Teleportation Potion Inferno Potion Lifeforce Potion 33% 1 in 3 Recall Potion 1-2 50% 1 in 2 Torch 15-29 Glowstick 50% 1 in 2 Gold Coin 2-4

Notes

• Shadow Chests can contain potions like Lifeforce or Teleportation Potion, which require Hardmode materials to craft. Looting Shadow Chests effectively makes them available pre-Hardmode.
• Shadow Chest Mimics will appear as a locked Shadow Chest, rather than an unlocked one, making them harder to spot.
• The Drax can be found in Shadow Chests, making it accessible in pre-Hardmode and giving players a significant mining advantage.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: The Hellwing Bow can now be found in Shadow Chests.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Can now be renamed along with other placed storage items.

• Desktop 1.2: Now requires a Pickaxe or Drill instead of a Hammer to pick up.

• Desktop 1.0.6: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: The Hellwing Bow can now be found in Shadow Chests. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: The Hellwing Bow can now be found in Shadow Chests. ()

• Console 1.06: Can now be renamed along with other placed storage items.

• Console 1.2: Now requires a Pickaxe or Drill instead of a Hammer to pick up.

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7:
  • The Hellwing Bow can now be found in Shadow Chests.
  • Can now be renamed along with other placed storage items.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Now requires a Pickaxe or Drill instead of a Hammer to pick up.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

 DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced. Contains some items previously dropped by Underworld enemies and is picked up with a Pickaxe or Drill.