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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 10×4    / 5×8 / 5×4 (only 20 item stacks) . Chests can be freed with any pickaxe or drill, but only when empty. It is impossible to destroy the blocks underneath a placed chest that contains items.

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 8000 / 1000 placed storage items in each world (excluding portable storage like the Safe, Piggy Bank, Void Vault, 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  PC,  Console,  Old-gen console,  Mobile,  Windows Phone,  Old Chinese,  tModLoader, and  tModLoader Legacy versions, placed chests can be renamed (20 character max). Hovering the mouse cursor over a renamed chest will show its name. If the chest has not been renamed, no name will display. To rename a chest, first open it via ⚷ Interact. The default chest name reflects the chest type (e.g. a Living Wood Chest has the default name "Living Wood Chest"). Select "Rename" and enter a new name. Press ↵ Enter or press "Save" when finished. Chest names can also use the same text formatting as Announcement Boxes and chat messages.

Natural chests[]

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
Frozen Chest Internal Item ID: 681	Snow biomes	To craft, see the Craftable chests section below .	10
Ivy Chest Internal Item ID: 680	Jungle Shrines Living Mahogany Trees		10
Lihzahrd Chest Internal Item ID: 1142	Jungle Temple	To craft, see the Craftable chests section below .	1
Living Wood Chest Internal Item ID: 831	Living Trees	To craft, see the Craftable chests section below .	10
Mushroom Chest Internal Item ID: 2544	Glowing 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
Sandstone Chest Internal Item ID: 4267	Underground Desert	To craft, see the Craftable chests section below.	1
Skyware Chest Internal Item ID: 838	Floating Islands	To craft, see the Craftable chests section below .	10
Water Chest Internal Item ID: 1298	Oceans, and, rarely, other water bodies		1
Web Covered Chest Internal Item ID: 952	Spider Caves		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
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
Ice Chest Internal Item ID: 1532	Dungeon	Requires one Frozen Key. Plantera must be defeated before opening.	5
Jungle Chest Internal Item ID: 1528	Dungeon	Requires one Jungle Key. Plantera must be defeated before opening.	5
Desert Chest Internal Item ID: 4712	Dungeon	Requires one Desert Key. Plantera must be defeated before opening.	5

Other chests[]

Type	Source	Sell
Golf Chest Internal Item ID: 4265	Purchased from the Golfer for 3 with a Golf score over 500.	60
Golden Chest Internal Item ID: 3885	Drops from enemies of Pirate Invasion	2

Crafting[]

• All crafted chests can be sold for 1, except the Dynasty Chest, Steampunk Chest and Honey Chest, which all sell for 64.

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Nebula Chest Internal Item ID: 4195	Nebula Brick8 Any Iron Bar2	Ancient Manipulator
Solar Chest Internal Item ID: 4153	Solar Brick8 Any Iron Bar2
Stardust Chest Internal Item ID: 4216	Stardust Brick8 Any Iron Bar2
Vortex Chest Internal Item ID: 4174	Vortex Brick8 Any Iron Bar2
Bone Chest Internal Item ID: 2615	Bone8 Any Iron Bar2	Bone Welder
Lesion Chest Internal Item ID: 3965	Lesion Block8 Any Iron Bar2	Decay Chamber
Flesh Chest Internal Item ID: 2617	Flesh Block8 Any Iron Bar2	Flesh Cloning Vat
Glass Chest Internal Item ID: 2748	Glass8 Any Iron Bar2	Glass Kiln
Honey Chest Internal Item ID: 2249	Honey Block8 Any Iron Bar2	Honey Dispenser
only: Frozen Chest Internal Item ID: 681	Ice Block8 Any Iron Bar2	Ice Machine
only: Lihzahrd Chest Internal Item ID: 1142	Lihzahrd Brick8 Any Iron Bar2	Lihzahrd Furnace
only: Living Wood Chest Internal Item ID: 831	Wood8 Any Iron Bar2	Living Loom
Corruption Chest Internal Item ID: 1529	Corruption Key	Shimmer Transmutation
Crimson Chest Internal Item ID: 1530	Crimson Key
Desert Chest Internal Item ID: 4712	Desert Key
Hallowed Chest Internal Item ID: 1531	Hallowed Key
Ice Chest Internal Item ID: 1532	Frozen Key
Jungle Chest Internal Item ID: 1528	Jungle Key
only: Skyware Chest Internal Item ID: 838	Sunplate Block8 Any Iron Bar2	Sky Mill
Slime Chest Internal Item ID: 2574	Slime Block8 Any Iron Bar2	Solidifier
Steampunk Chest Internal Item ID: 2250	Cog8 Any Iron Bar2	Steampunk Boiler
Ash Wood Chest Internal Item ID: 5198	Ash Wood8 Any Iron Bar2	Work Bench
Balloon Chest Internal Item ID: 5177	Any Balloon8 Any Iron Bar2
Bamboo Chest Internal Item ID: 4574	Bamboo8 Any Iron Bar2
Blue Dungeon Chest Internal Item ID: 2614	Blue Brick8 Any Iron Bar2
Boreal Wood Chest Internal Item ID: 2559	Boreal Wood8 Any Iron Bar2
Cactus Chest Internal Item ID: 2616	Cactus8 Any Iron Bar2
Chest Internal Item ID: 48	Wood8 Any Iron Bar2
Crystal Chest Internal Item ID: 3884	Crystal Block20 Any Iron Bar2
Dynasty Chest Internal Item ID: 2230	Dynasty Wood8 Any Iron Bar2
Ebonwood Chest Internal Item ID: 625	Ebonwood8 Any Iron Bar2
Granite Chest Internal Item ID: 3125	Smooth Granite Block8 Any Iron Bar2
Green Dungeon Chest Internal Item ID: 2612	Green Brick8 Any Iron Bar2
Marble Chest Internal Item ID: 3181	Smooth Marble Block8 Any Iron Bar2
Martian Chest Internal Item ID: 2814	Martian Conduit Plating8 Any Iron Bar2
Meteorite Chest Internal Item ID: 3180	Meteorite Brick8 Any Iron Bar2
Mushroom Chest Internal Item ID: 2544	Glowing Mushroom8 Any Iron Bar2
Obsidian Chest Internal Item ID: 2618	Obsidian6 Hellstone2 Any Iron Bar2
Palm Wood Chest Internal Item ID: 2526	Palm Wood8 Any Iron Bar2
Pearlwood Chest Internal Item ID: 627	Pearlwood8 Any Iron Bar2
Pink Dungeon Chest Internal Item ID: 2613	Pink Brick8 Any Iron Bar2
Pumpkin Chest Internal Item ID: 2619	Pumpkin8 Any Iron Bar2
Reef Chest Internal Item ID: 5156	Reef Block8 Any Iron Bar2
Rich Mahogany Chest Internal Item ID: 626	Rich Mahogany8 Any Iron Bar2
Sandstone Chest Internal Item ID: 4267	Smooth Sandstone8 Any Iron Bar2
Shadewood Chest Internal Item ID: 914	Shadewood8 Any Iron Bar2
Spider Chest Internal Item ID: 3939	Spider Nest Block8 Any Iron Bar2
Spooky Chest Internal Item ID: 2620	Spooky Wood8 Any Iron Bar2

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 Ash Wood Chest Internal Item ID: 5209	Ash Wood Chest Wire10	Heavy Work Bench
Trapped Balloon Chest Internal Item ID: 5188	Balloon Chest Wire10
Trapped Bamboo Chest Internal Item ID: 4585	Bamboo Chest Wire10
Trapped Blue Dungeon Chest Internal Item ID: 3693	Blue Dungeon Chest Wire10
Trapped Bone Chest Internal Item ID: 3694	Bone Chest Wire10
Trapped Boreal Wood Chest Internal Item ID: 3689	Boreal Wood Chest Wire10
Trapped Cactus Chest Internal Item ID: 3695	Cactus Chest Wire10
Trapped Chest Internal Item ID: 3665	Chest Wire10
Trapped Corruption Chest Internal Item ID: 3680	Corruption Chest Wire10
Trapped Crimson Chest Internal Item ID: 3681	Crimson Chest Wire10
Trapped Crystal Chest Internal Item ID: 3886	Crystal Chest Wire10
Trapped Desert Chest Internal Item ID: 4713	Desert Chest Wire10
Trapped Dynasty Chest Internal Item ID: 3684	Dynasty Chest Wire10
Trapped Ebonwood Chest Internal Item ID: 3668	Ebonwood Chest Wire10
Trapped Flesh Chest Internal Item ID: 3696	Flesh Chest Wire10
Trapped Frozen Chest Internal Item ID: 3672	Frozen Chest Wire10
Trapped Glass Chest Internal Item ID: 3700	Glass Chest Wire10
Trapped Gold Chest Internal Item ID: 3666	Gold Chest Wire10
Trapped Golden Chest Internal Item ID: 3887	Golden Chest Wire10
Trapped Golf Chest Internal Item ID: 4266	Golf Chest Wire10
Trapped Granite Chest Internal Item ID: 3703	Granite Chest Wire10
Trapped Green Dungeon Chest Internal Item ID: 3691	Green Dungeon Chest Wire10
Trapped Hallowed Chest Internal Item ID: 3682	Hallowed Chest Wire10
Trapped Honey Chest Internal Item ID: 3685	Honey Chest Wire10
Trapped Ice Chest Internal Item ID: 3683	Ice Chest Wire10
Trapped Ivy Chest Internal Item ID: 3671	Ivy Chest Wire10
Trapped Jungle Chest Internal Item ID: 3679	Jungle Chest Wire10
Trapped Lesion Chest Internal Item ID: 3976	Lesion Chest Wire10
Trapped Lihzahrd Chest Internal Item ID: 3677	Lihzahrd Chest Wire10
Trapped Living Wood Chest Internal Item ID: 3673	Living Wood Chest Wire10
Trapped Marble Chest Internal Item ID: 3704	Marble Chest Wire10
Trapped Martian Chest Internal Item ID: 3701	Martian Chest Wire10
Trapped Meteorite Chest Internal Item ID: 3702	Meteorite Chest Wire10
Trapped Mushroom Chest Internal Item ID: 3688	Mushroom Chest Wire10
Trapped Nebula Chest Internal Item ID: 4206	Nebula Chest Wire10
Trapped Obsidian Chest Internal Item ID: 3697	Obsidian Chest Wire10
Trapped Palm Wood Chest Internal Item ID: 3687	Palm Wood Chest Wire10
Trapped Pearlwood Chest Internal Item ID: 3670	Pearlwood Chest Wire10
Trapped Pink Dungeon Chest Internal Item ID: 3692	Pink Dungeon Chest Wire10
Trapped Pumpkin Chest Internal Item ID: 3698	Pumpkin Chest Wire10
Trapped Reef Chest Internal Item ID: 5167	Reef Chest Wire10
Trapped Rich Mahogany Chest Internal Item ID: 3669	Rich Mahogany Chest Wire10
Trapped Sandstone Chest Internal Item ID: 4268	Sandstone Chest Wire10
Trapped Shadewood Chest Internal Item ID: 3675	Shadewood Chest Wire10
Trapped Shadow Chest Internal Item ID: 3667	Shadow Chest Wire10
Trapped Skyware Chest Internal Item ID: 3674	Skyware Chest Wire10
Trapped Slime Chest Internal Item ID: 3690	Slime Chest Wire10
Trapped Solar Chest Internal Item ID: 4164	Solar Chest Wire10
Trapped Spider Chest Internal Item ID: 3950	Spider Chest Wire10
Trapped Spooky Chest Internal Item ID: 3699	Spooky Chest Wire10
Trapped Stardust Chest Internal Item ID: 4227	Stardust Chest Wire10
Trapped Steampunk Chest Internal Item ID: 3686	Steampunk Chest Wire10
Trapped Vortex Chest Internal Item ID: 4185	Vortex Chest Wire10
Trapped Water Chest Internal Item ID: 3678	Water Chest Wire10
Trapped Web Covered Chest Internal Item ID: 3676	Web Covered Chest Wire10

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.

Note: A Chest can only contain one type of bar, and only the types of which the ore is generated naturally in the world.

Underground loot[]

This content is transcluded from Gold Chest § Loot.The loot for any given chest is determined by the location in which it is found. Each chest contains a single primary item and an assortment of randomly chosen common items. The primary 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 primary items, at 5%.
• If a chest contains a Flare Gun, it also contains Flares.
• A Golden Chest without a Cabin can spawn above underground (but not really on the surface) and can still contain its regular loot, although this is very rare.
  • In  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version, however, Golden Chests generate outside of cabins frequently.
• The bars it contains will depend on the ore types available in the current world.

Cavern[]

• Gold Chests that spawn within 250 blocks of the bottom of the world will generate the same common items as Shadow Chests.
• The Lava Charm has a lower spawn chance than other primary items, at 2.5%, and can only be found in areas where lava starts appearing in a normal Cavern biome.
• The Extractinator similarly has only a 5% chance, though it can spawn in any Gold Chest.
• 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.
• In versions before 1.4, Meteorite Bars can be found in Gold Chests.

Dungeon[]

• Gold Chests in the Dungeon are locked, and 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.
• Gold Chests in the Dungeon will contain one of the following unique items, as well as some of the common Gold Chest items listed above, depending on the height in which they were found: Underground or Caverns. They also have a 12.5% chance of containing a Bone Welder and a 33.3% chance of containing a Shadow Key on  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version. See the talk page for information on the distribution of the items among all Gold Chests in the Dungeon.

Unique items
Magic Missile
Muramasa
Cobalt Shield
Aqua Scepter
Blue Moon
Handgun
Valor
Shadow Key

Pyramid[]

• Aside from the primary 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 Caverns.
• The Pharaoh's Mask will always spawn with the Pharaoh's Robe.

Primary Items
Pharaoh's Mask
Pharaoh's Robe
Sandstorm in a Bottle
Flying Carpet

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.
• On the Wii U version, when renaming a chest, the text box will resemble the options on the last NPC spoken to.
• Underground and Cavern loot seems rarer on Wii U.

Tips[]

• 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.
• Likewise, beware of any new chests mysteriously appearing in already explored areas.

Trivia[]

• The pirates' Golden Chest and Golden Dresser, along with the Money Trough, are the only storage items dropped by an enemy.
• The Golf Chest is the only natural chest in the game that can be bought (aside from portable storage items).
• Due to the mechanics of random number generators, it is possible for a world to generate without a specific loot. However, this is very rare, because there are many chests in a world, and even if treasure is not generated naturally, it can still be obtained by fishing for Crates.

History[]

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Added Ash Wood, Balloon and Reef Chests.
  • Added Chest Locks which can lock Chests that are lockable.
  • Throwing Daggers/Glowsticks are no longer in primary loot. They are considered secondary loot now.

• Desktop 1.4.1.1: Fixed an issue when renaming chests that prevented the player from exiting their inventory easily.

• Desktop 1.4.0.5: Fixed bug where chests and other furniture items would crash the world when placed on non-solid tiles.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Chest limit increased from 1000 to 8000.
  • Gold chests now generate outside of Underground Cabins like in 1.2.4.1.
  • Living Wood, Skyware, Frozen, and Lihzahrd Chests are now craftable.
  • Spider, Lesion, Sandstone, Bamboo, Golf, Solar, Vortex, Nebula, Stardust, and Desert Chests added.

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

• Desktop 1.3.2.1:
  • Fixed bad Chest button cycling in Gamepads.
  • Fixed items being equipped when you open a chest with autopause under certain circumstances.

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

• Console-Release: Introduced.

• Switch 1.0.1096.2: You can now use the sort feature in chests.

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.