Shadow Chest

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Statistics

Type	FurnitureStorageCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (2 wide × 2 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Sell	10
Research	1 required

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

The Shadow Chest is a storage item which is 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. The key is not consumed when used. Each Shadow Chest contains one high-tier item of 03* 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[]

Each Shadow Chest will always contain one primary item, and can potentially contain multiple secondary items, or none at all. In addition, it can contain one or more common items.

Primary items (only one)

Item	Quantity	Chance (group)	Chance (specific item)
Sunfury	1	20*1/5 (20%)         16.67*1/6 (16.67%)	20*1/5 (20%)         16.67*1/6 (16.67%)
Flower of Fire ( in regular worlds)	1	20*1/5 (20%)         16.67*1/6 (16.67%)	20*1/5 (20%)         16.67*1/6 (16.67%)
Unholy Trident ( in don't dig up and get fixed boi worlds)	1	20*1/5 (20%)	20*1/5 (20%)
Flamelash	1	20*1/5 (20%)         16.67*1/6 (16.67%)	20*1/5 (20%)         16.67*1/6 (16.67%)
Dark Lance	1	20*1/5 (20%)         16.67*1/6 (16.67%)	20*1/5 (20%)         16.67*1/6 (16.67%)
Hellwing Bow	1	20*1/5 (20%) 16.67*1/6 (16.67%)	20*1/5 (20%) 16.67*1/6 (16.67%)
Brain	1	20*1/5 (20%) 16.67*1/6 (16.67%)	20*1/5 (20%) 16.67*1/6 (16.67%)
Drax	1	16.67*1/6 (16.67%)	16.67*1/6 (16.67%)

Secondary items

Item	Quantity	Chance (group)	Chance (specific item)
Demonic Hellcart	1	10*1/10 (10%)	10*1/10 (10%)
Ornate Shadow Key	1	10*1/10 (10%)	10*1/10 (10%)
Slice of Hell Cake	1	10*1/10 (10%)	10*1/10 (10%)
Treasure Magnet	1	20*1/5 (20%)	20*1/5 (20%)

Common items

Item	Quantity	Chance (group)	Chance (specific item)
Dynamite	1	33.33*1/3 (33.33%)	33.33*1/3 (33.33%)
Meteorite Bar	15–29	50*1/2 (50%)	25*1/4 (25%)
Gold Bar(in worlds with Gold) Platinum Bar(in worlds with Platinum)			25*1/4 (25%)
Hellfire Arrow	50–74	50*1/2 (50%)	25*1/4 (25%)
Silver Bullet(in worlds with Silver) Tungsten Bullet(in worlds with Tungsten)			25*1/4 (25%)
Restoration Potion	15–20	50*1/2 (50%)	50*1/2 (50%)
Spelunker Potion	1–2	75*3/4 (75%)	9.38*3/32 (9.38%)
Featherfall Potion			9.38*3/32 (9.38%)
Mana Regeneration Potion			9.38*3/32 (9.38%)
Obsidian Skin Potion			9.38*3/32 (9.38%)
Magic Power Potion			9.38*3/32 (9.38%)
Invisibility Potion			9.38*3/32 (9.38%)
Hunter Potion			9.38*3/32 (9.38%)
Heartreach Potion			9.38*3/32 (9.38%)
Gravitation Potion	1–2	66.67*2/3 (66.67%)	8.33*1/12 (8.33%)
Thorns Potion			8.33*1/12 (8.33%)
Water Walking Potion			8.33*1/12 (8.33%)
Obsidian Skin Potion			8.33*1/12 (8.33%)
Battle Potion			8.33*1/12 (8.33%)
Teleportation Potion			8.33*1/12 (8.33%)
Inferno Potion			8.33*1/12 (8.33%)
Lifeforce Potion			8.33*1/12 (8.33%)
Recall Potion	1–2	33.33*1/3 (33.33%)	16.67*1/6 (16.67%)
Potion of Return			16.67*1/6 (16.67%)
Torch	15–29	50*1/2 (50%)	25*1/4 (25%)
Glowstick			25*1/4 (25%)
Gold Coin	2–4	50*1/2 (50%)	50*1/2 (50%)

Crafting[]

Used in[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Trapped Shadow Chest	Shadow Chest Wire10	Heavy Work Bench

Notes[]

• Shadow Chests can contain Lifeforce and Teleportation Potions, which are unavailable for crafting before Hardmode.
• Mimics can appear as a locked Shadow Chest, making them harder to spot without a Lifeform Analyzer/Metal Detector or their upgrades.
• Gold Chests that spawn within 250 blocks of the bottom of the world will generate the same common items as Shadow Chests.

Tips[]

• Mimics can never spawn as an unlocked Shadow Chest. Unlocking every Shadow Chest during pre-Hardmode will give them away easily in Hardmode.
• The Drax can be found in Shadow Chests on the Nintendo 3DS version, making it accessible in pre-Hardmode and giving players a significant mining advantage.

History[]

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Treasure Magnet have been moved from primary loot to the secondary one and drops with 20*1/5 (20%) chance.

• Desktop 1.4.1: Shadow Chests are now more numerous in world generation, with the limit increasing from 7–10 to 10–18.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Can now contain Treasure Magnet, Demonic Hellcart, Ornate Shadow Key, Potion of Return, and Slice of Hell Cake.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Now used to craft the Trapped Shadow Chest.

• 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 1.02: Now requires a pickaxe or drill instead of a hammer to pick up.

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

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

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7:
  • Drax no longer appear in Shadow Chests.
  • 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.

Nintendo 3DS version

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