Chests

Chests

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Statistics

Type	Furniture • Storage
Placeable	2 wide × 2 high
Use time	15 Very Fast
Rarity

• Internal Tile ID: 21, 467

I hear there's a secret treasure... oh never mind.

— The Merchant

Chests are storage items that each hold up to 40 item stacks in rows of 10x4   / 8x5 / 5x8 / 5x4 . Chests can be freed with either a Pickaxe or a Drill, but only when empty. It is impossible to destroy the blocks underneath a placed Chest.

In addition to being craftable, a number of Chests are created during world generation, and placed in random map locations. The loot contained in these Chests is determined during world generation, and will not change if the world enters Hardmode.

There are 20 varieties of naturally-occurring Chests (15 of which cannot be crafted) and 27 craftable ones, plus the Barrel and Trash Can, for a total of 42 Chest types and 44 placed storage items overall (besides Dressers and portable storage items).

There is a maximum limit of 1000 placed storage items in each world (excluding portable storage like the Safe, Piggy Bank, and Defender's Forge , as well as showcase items like the Item Frame, Weapon Rack, and Mannequin). Attempts to place additional storage items beyond the max will result in a dropped item, rather than placement.

On the  Desktop,  Console,  Old-gen console, and  Mobile versions, placed Chests can be renamed (20 character max). Hovering the mouse cursor over a renamed Chest will show its name. If the chest hasn't been renamed, no name will display. To rename a Chest, first open it via ⚷ Open / Activate. The default Chest name reflects the Chest type (e.g. a Living Wood Chest has the default name "Living Wood Chest"). Select "Rename", and a keyboard interface will be displayed, allowing you to click letters or use your keyboard to type in a new name. Press ↵ Enter or click "Save" when finished. Chest names can also use the same text formatting as Announcement Boxes and Chat messages.

Natural Chests

Placed chests, with other storage items. Click the image to view a summary of each row.

Type	Found In	Notes	Sell
Chest Internal Item ID: 48	Surface	Basic crafted Chest. To craft, see the Craftable Chests section below. For its loot, see the Surface Loot section.	1
Gold Chest Internal Item ID: 306	Underground (unlocked) Dungeon (locked)	Locked Gold Chests require one Golden Key each.	10
Ice Chest Internal Item ID: 681	Snow Biomes		10
Ivy Chest Internal Item ID: 680	Jungle Shrines Mahogany Living Trees		10
Lihzahrd Chest Internal Item ID: 1142	Jungle Temple		1
Living Wood Chest Internal Item ID: 831	Living Trees		10
Mushroom Chest Internal Item ID: 2544	Mushroom Biomes	To craft, see the Craftable Chests section below.	1
Rich Mahogany Chest Internal Item ID: 626	Underground Jungle	To craft, see the Craftable Chests section below.	1
Skyware Chest Internal Item ID: 838	Floating Islands		10
Water Chest Internal Item ID: 1298	Oceans and, rarely, other water bodies		1
Web Covered Chest Internal Item ID: 952	Spider Nests		1
Granite Chest   Internal Item ID: 3125	Granite Caves	To craft, see the Craftable Chests section below.	1
Marble Chest   Internal Item ID: 3181	Marble Caves	To craft, see the Craftable Chests section below.	1
Shadow Chest Internal Item ID: 328	Underworld	Requires the Shadow Key.	10
Golden Chest Internal Item ID: 3885	Pirate Invasion		1
Corruption Chest Internal Item ID: 1529	Dungeon	Requires one Corruption Key. Plantera must be defeated before opening.	5
Crimson Chest Internal Item ID: 1530	Dungeon	Requires one Crimson Key. Plantera must be defeated before opening.	5
Hallowed Chest Internal Item ID: 1531	Dungeon	Requires one Hallowed Key. Plantera must be defeated before opening.	5
Frozen Chest Internal Item ID: 1532	Dungeon	Requires one Frozen Key. Plantera must be defeated before opening. An unlocked chest can be found in Heart Shrines.	5
Jungle Chest Internal Item ID: 1528	Dungeon	Requires one Jungle Key. Plantera must be defeated before opening.	5

Notes

• Before opening a chest outside of a dungeon in a Hardmode world, it would be advisable to shoot it with a ranged weapon or summon a minion, because the chest might really be a Mimic. If it is, it will take damage and start chasing the player.

Surface Loot

Ordinary Chests that occur naturally on the Surface contain various loot that the player can take and place in their own inventory. Each chest contains a single "rare item" and an assortment of randomly chosen common items.

Rare Items Item Amount Spear 1 Wooden Boomerang 1 Blowpipe 1 Glowstick 40-74 Throwing Knife 70-149 Aglet 1 Climbing Claws 1 Umbrella 1 Radar   1 Guide to Plant Fiber Cordage   1 Wand of Sparking   1

Common Items % Chance Items Amount 33% 1 in 3 Grenade 3-5 50% 1 in 2 Copper Bar 3-10 Tin Bar Iron Bar Lead Bar 67% 2 in 3 Wooden Arrow 25-50 Shuriken 50% 1 in 2 Lesser Healing Potion 3-5 67% 2 in 3 Ironskin Potion 1-2 Shine Potion Night Owl Potion Swiftness Potion Mining Potion    Builder Potion    50% 1 in 2 Torch 10-20 Bottle 50% 1 in 2 Rope 50-100 17% 1 in 6 Herb Bag   1-4 67% 2 in 3 Recall Potion 2-4 50% 1 in 2 Silver Coin 10-29

Underground Loot

The loot for any given chest is determined by the location in which it is found. Each chest contains a single "rare item" and an assortment of randomly chosen common items. The rare item is first placed in the chest, then each "set" of common items is checked to see whether or not it will be added. If a set is chosen to be added, a single item from the list is added to the chest.

Sets are displayed in the list below divided by horizontal borders. For example, the Wooden Arrow and the Shuriken both reside in the same set, so they will never both appear in the same chest.

Underground

• The Extractinator has a lower spawn chance than other rare items, at 5%.
• If a chest contains a Flare Gun, it also contains Flares.
• The Bars it contains will depend on the ore types available in the current world.

Rare Items Item Amount Band of Regeneration 1 Magic Mirror 1 Cloud in a Bottle 1 Hermes Boots 1 Enchanted Boomerang 1 Shoe Spikes 1 Flare Gun 1 Flare 25-50 (always with Flare Gun) Extractinator 1

% Chance Items Amount 33% 1 in 3 Bomb 10-19 20% 1 in 5 Angel Statue 1 33% 1 in 3 Rope 50-100 50% 1 in 2 Iron Bar 5-14 Lead Bar Silver Bar Tungsten Bar 50% 1 in 2 Wooden Arrow 25-49 Shuriken 50% 1 in 2 Lesser Healing Potion 3-5 67% 2 in 3 Regeneration Potion 1-2 Shine Potion Night Owl Potion Swiftness Potion Archery Potion Gills Potion Hunter Potion Mining Potion    Dangersense Potion    50% 1 in 2 Torch 10-20 67% 2 in 3 Recall Potion 1-2 50% 1 in 2 Silver Coin 50-89

Cavern

• The Lava Charm has a lower spawn chance than other rare items, at 2.5%.
• The Extractinator similarly has only a 6.5% chance.
• If a chest contains a Flare Gun, it also contains Flares.
• The Bars it contains will depend on the ore types available in the current world.

Rare Items Item Amount Band of Regeneration 1 Magic Mirror 1 Cloud in a Bottle 1 Hermes Boots 1 Enchanted Boomerang 1 Shoe Spikes 1 Flare Gun 1 Flare (always with Flare Gun) 25-50 Extractinator 1 Lava Charm 1 Wolf Fang  1

% Chance Items Amount 20% 1 in 5 Suspicious Looking Eye 1 33% 1 in 3 Dynamite 1 25% 1 in 4 Jester's Arrow 25-50 50% 1 in 2 Silver Bar 3-10 Tungsten Bar Gold Bar Platinum Bar 25% 1 in 4 Meteorite Bar (near Underworld) 20-25 50% 1 in 2 Flaming Arrow 25-50 Throwing Knife 50% 1 in 2 Healing Potion 3-5 67% 2 in 3 Spelunker Potion 1-2 Featherfall Potion Night Owl Potion Water Walking Potion Archery Potion Gravitation Potion 33% 1 in 3 Thorns Potion 1-2 Water Walking Potion Invisibility Potion Hunter Potion Dangersense Potion    Teleportation Potion 50% 1 in 2 Recall Potion 1-2 50% 1 in 2 Torch 15-29 Glowstick 50% 1 in 2 Gold Coin 1-2

Dungeon

• Aside from the items listed here, Gold Chests in the Dungeon will also contain common Gold Chest items listed above, depending on the height in which they were found: Underground or Cavern.
• Gold Chests in the Dungeon require one Golden Key each to be opened.
• Regular wooden Chests in the Dungeon will always spawn with one Golden Key, along with height-dependent common items.

Rare Items
Item	Amount
Magic Missile	1
Muramasa	1
Cobalt Shield	1
Aqua Scepter	1
Blue Moon	1
Handgun	1
Shadow Key	1
Bone Welder	1
Valor	1

Pyramid

• Aside from the items listed here, Gold Chests in the Pyramid will also contain common Gold Chest items listed above, depending on the height in which they were found: Underground or Cavern.
• The Pharaoh's Mask will always spawn with the Pharaoh's Robe.

Rare Items
Item	Amount
Sandstorm in a Bottle	1
Pharaoh's Mask	1
Pharaoh's Robe	1
Flying Carpet	1

Crafting

• All crafted Chests can be sold for 1 , except the Dynasty Chest, Steampunk Chest and Honey Chest, which all sell for 5 ; and the Glass Chest, which sells for 60 .

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Bone Chest   Internal Item ID: 2615	Bone (8) Any Iron Bar (2)	Bone Welder
Flesh Chest   Internal Item ID: 2617	Flesh Block (8) Any Iron Bar (2)	Flesh Cloning Vat
Glass Chest   Internal Item ID: 2748	Glass (8) Any Iron Bar (2)	Glass Kiln
Honey Chest Internal Item ID: 2249	Honey Block (8) Any Iron Bar (2)	Honey Dispenser
Slime Chest Internal Item ID: 2574	Slime Block (8) Any Iron Bar (2)	Solidifier
Steampunk Chest   Internal Item ID: 2250	Cog (8) Any Iron Bar (2)	Steampunk Boiler
Blue Dungeon Chest    Internal Item ID: 2614	Blue Brick (8) Any Iron Bar (2)	Work Bench
Boreal Wood Chest    Internal Item ID: 2559	Boreal Wood    (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Cactus Chest Internal Item ID: 2616	Cactus (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Chest Internal Item ID: 48	Wood (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Crystal Chest Internal Item ID: 3884	Crystal Block   (20) Any Iron Bar (2)
Dynasty Chest   Internal Item ID: 2230	Dynasty Wood    (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Ebonwood Chest Internal Item ID: 625	Ebonwood (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Granite Chest   Internal Item ID: 3125	Smooth Granite Block   (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Green Dungeon Chest    Internal Item ID: 2612	Green Brick (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Marble Chest   Internal Item ID: 3181	Smooth Marble Block   (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Martian Chest   Internal Item ID: 2814	Martian Conduit Plating   (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Meteorite Chest   Internal Item ID: 3180	Meteorite Brick   (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Mushroom Chest Internal Item ID: 2544	Glowing Mushroom (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Obsidian Chest    Internal Item ID: 2618	Obsidian (6) Hellstone (2) Any Iron Bar (2)
Palm Wood Chest   Internal Item ID: 2526	Palm Wood    (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Pearlwood Chest Internal Item ID: 627	Pearlwood (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Pink Dungeon Chest    Internal Item ID: 2613	Pink Brick (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Pumpkin Chest   Internal Item ID: 2619	Pumpkin (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Rich Mahogany Chest Internal Item ID: 626	Rich Mahogany (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Shadewood Chest Internal Item ID: 914	Shadewood (8) Any Iron Bar (2)
Spooky Chest    Internal Item ID: 2620	Spooky Wood (8) Any Iron Bar (2)

total: 27 row(s)

Trapped Chests 

Most chests can be crafted into Trapped Chests, losing their storage capability in exchange of making them a Mechanism.

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Trapped Blue Dungeon Chest  Internal Item ID: 3693	Blue Dungeon Chest    Wire (10)	Heavy Work Bench
Trapped Bone Chest  Internal Item ID: 3694	Bone Chest   Wire (10)
Trapped Boreal Wood Chest  Internal Item ID: 3689	Boreal Wood Chest    Wire (10)
Trapped Cactus Chest  Internal Item ID: 3695	Cactus Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Chest  Internal Item ID: 3665	Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Corruption Chest  Internal Item ID: 3680	Corruption Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Crimson Chest  Internal Item ID: 3681	Crimson Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Crystal Chest Internal Item ID: 3886	Crystal Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Dynasty Chest  Internal Item ID: 3684	Dynasty Chest   Wire (10)
Trapped Ebonwood Chest  Internal Item ID: 3668	Ebonwood Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Flesh Chest  Internal Item ID: 3696	Flesh Chest   Wire (10)
Trapped Frozen Chest  Internal Item ID: 3683	Frozen Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Glass Chest  Internal Item ID: 3700	Glass Chest   Wire (10)
Trapped Gold Chest  Internal Item ID: 3666	Gold Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Golden Chest Internal Item ID: 3887	Golden Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Granite Chest  Internal Item ID: 3703	Granite Chest   Wire (10)
Trapped Green Dungeon Chest  Internal Item ID: 3691	Green Dungeon Chest    Wire (10)
Trapped Hallowed Chest  Internal Item ID: 3682	Hallowed Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Honey Chest  Internal Item ID: 3685	Honey Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Ice Chest  Internal Item ID: 3672	Ice Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Ivy Chest  Internal Item ID: 3671	Ivy Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Jungle Chest  Internal Item ID: 3679	Jungle Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Lihzahrd Chest  Internal Item ID: 3677	Lihzahrd Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Living Wood Chest  Internal Item ID: 3673	Living Wood Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Marble Chest  Internal Item ID: 3704	Marble Chest   Wire (10)
Trapped Martian Chest  Internal Item ID: 3701	Martian Chest   Wire (10)
Trapped Meteorite Chest  Internal Item ID: 3702	Meteorite Chest   Wire (10)
Trapped Mushroom Chest  Internal Item ID: 3688	Mushroom Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Obsidian Chest  Internal Item ID: 3697	Obsidian Chest    Wire (10)
Trapped Palm Wood Chest  Internal Item ID: 3687	Palm Wood Chest   Wire (10)
Trapped Pearlwood Chest  Internal Item ID: 3670	Pearlwood Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Pink Dungeon Chest  Internal Item ID: 3692	Pink Dungeon Chest    Wire (10)
Trapped Pumpkin Chest  Internal Item ID: 3698	Pumpkin Chest   Wire (10)
Trapped Rich Mahogany Chest  Internal Item ID: 3669	Rich Mahogany Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Shadewood Chest  Internal Item ID: 3675	Shadewood Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Shadow Chest  Internal Item ID: 3667	Shadow Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Skyware Chest  Internal Item ID: 3674	Skyware Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Slime Chest  Internal Item ID: 3690	Slime Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Spooky Chest  Internal Item ID: 3699	Spooky Chest    Wire (10)
Trapped Steampunk Chest  Internal Item ID: 3686	Steampunk Chest   Wire (10)
Trapped Water Chest  Internal Item ID: 3678	Water Chest Wire (10)
Trapped Web Covered Chest  Internal Item ID: 3676	Web Covered Chest Wire (10)

total: 42 row(s)

Notes

• On the  Old-gen console version, Chests will gain a yellow outline upon getting close to them to signify they are within range to be opened.
• Underground and Cavern loot seems rarer on Wii U.

Trivia

• The pirates' Golden Chest, along with the Money Trough  , are the only storage items dropped by an enemy.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.5:
  • Crystal and Golden Chests are now obtainable.
  • Virtual Keypad for renaming no longer appears unless a gamepad is used.

• Desktop 1.3.2: You can now use the Sort feature with chests.

• Desktop 1.3.1:
  • Can now be crafted into Trapped Chests.
  • Golden and Crystal Chests been added but unobtainable.

• Desktop 1.3.0.4: Fixed 'quick stack to all chests' potentially eating loot in old/modded worlds.

• Desktop 1.3.0.3: You can now move items between chests and your inventory by using left shift, which will not trash the items.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Added Meteorite, Granite, Marble and Martian Chests.
  • Gold chests no longer generate outside of Underground Cabins, except in the Dungeon.
  • Chests now have opening and closing animations.
  • NPCs now avoid sitting near chests.
  • You can now craft items from a chest while it is open without having to place its contents in the player inventory beforehand.
  • Added an inventory button to Quick Stack to All Nearby Chests, making inventory management much quicker.
  • Quick stacking items from your inventory creates new stacks in your chests if applicable.
  • Added ability to favorite items by pressing Alt+Left Click. Favorited items cannot be quick-trashed, quick-stacked, or deposited.
  • Dressers can now act as chests.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1:
  • Pink, Blue, and Green Dungeon Chests have recipes.
  • Right-clicking to open a chest, Piggy Bank or Safe will no longer pick up an item from the stack where the cursor is.
  • Added Glass Chest.

• Desktop 1.2.4:
  • Added Palm Wood, Mushroom, Boreal Wood, Slime, Dungeon (Blue, Green, Pink), Bone, Cactus, Flesh, Obsidian, Pumpkin, and Spooky Chests.
  • Fixed the crash when a chest is placed above but not directly on a Boulder.

• Desktop 1.2.3.1:
  • Fixed a bug where Chests could not be placed on 2x1 tiles. There had to be a solid tile to the right of the chest to place it.
  • Fixed bug where opening a chest with a sign open would lock the inventory.
  • Fixed the problem with altars/pots/chests spawning in bugged conditions.
  • Chests should no longer lose their names in multiplayer.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Added Dynasty, Honey, and Steampunk Chests.
  • Shadewood, Ebonwood, Rich Mahogany and Pearlwood Chest sprites updated.
  • Placed chests can now be renamed (Maximum of 20 characters). Hovering the mouse cursor over a renamed chest will show its name. The default chest is shown for ANY chest (even ones that were renamed) called "Chest".
  • Boulders with Chests on them no longer crash the game if the boulder is hit.
  • Fixed bug where chests could be placed in bad positions (e.g. ice blocks or sloped blocks in world generation).
  • Fixed a crash when you destroy a teleporter with a chest on top.

• Desktop 1.2.1.2: Opening a chest can no longer grab items from it automatically on a small screen.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: People playing on small screens should no longer auto equip an item from a chest or pick it up.

• Desktop 1.2.0.2: Chests, crystal hearts, and statues should no longer spawn on ice (Thin Ice).

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Now broken with a pickaxe.
  • All chests have doubled capacity
  • Music box/chest duplicating no longer works.
  • Active blocks will no longer become inactive with a chest on them.
  • Chests now have larger loot tables.
  • Added craftable Ebonwood, Rich Mahogany, Pearlwood, and Shadewood Chests.
  • Added non-craftable Ivy, Ice, Living Wood, Skyware (which replace locked Gold Chests on Floating Islands), Web Covered, Lihzahrd, Water, and biome chests: Jungle, Corruption, Crimson, Hallowed and Frozen (all biome chests need a Biome Key to open).

• Desktop 1.1.1: Fixed an issue that caused stacked coins to go missing from chests during multiplayer.

• Desktop 1.0.6.1: No longer contain stacks of empty item.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • All wooden Chests generated in the Dungeon now contain Gold Keys, needed to open the locked Gold Chests.
  • Added Shadow Chest.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • Chests now spawn on the Surface, containing items to help new players survive.
  • Chests now contain loot based on the level they spawn in.
  • Gold Chests added, replacing most of the pre-generated chests.

• Desktop 1.0.1: Sand directly under a chest no longer falls due to gravity.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced regular Chest.

 Console version

• Console 1.08: Added Chest naming, Quick Stack, and Restock.

• Console-Release: Introduced.