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Biome Chests
"Ice Chest" redirects here. For the chest found in Underground Cabins in the Ice biome, see Frozen Chest.
Biome Chests are Hardmode Chests found within the Dungeon. Each contains one specific rare, powerful weapon, in addition to other miscellaneous items. While Biome Chests are placed during world creation, they are initially locked and can only be opened with an appropriate Biome Key, which will only become available in Hardmode.
Only (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) five / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) four Biome Chests (one of each type) will spawn in a particular world. Each represents a biome found in the current world. There are (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) six / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) five types of Biome Chests in total, though a world will only contain one evil biome chest, a Crimson or Corruption variant, depending on which of those biomes the world contains.
In order to open a Biome Chest, the following steps are required to take:
- Defeat Plantera for the first time to lift the curse from Biome Keys, allowing them to be used. As long as Plantera has not been killed, Biome Keys display the tooltip "It has been cursed by a powerful Jungle creature".
- Obtain the appropriate Biome Key by killing enemies within their respective biome. On
Old-gen console and 
, the keys are crafted using Key Molds dropped by these enemies. - Return to the Dungeon and find the appropriate Chest for the key that was obtained.
Types
| Chest | Key | Content |
|---|---|---|
 Jungle ChestInternal Item ID: 1528 |
 Jungle Key |
 Piranha Gun
|
 Corruption ChestInternal Item ID: 1529 |
 Corruption Key |
 Scourge of the Corruptor
|
 Crimson ChestInternal Item ID: 1530 |
 Crimson Key |
 Vampire Knives
|
 Hallowed ChestInternal Item ID: 1531 |
 Hallowed Key |
 Rainbow Gun
|
 Ice Chest (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Frozen Chest (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)Internal Item ID: 1532 |
 Frozen Key |
 Staff of the Frost Hydra
|
 Desert Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 4712 |
 Desert Key(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) |
 Desert Tiger Staff(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
|
The chests also contain common items depending on the height they were found:
Crafting
Recipes
| Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
|---|---|---|
| Corruption Chest |  Shimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | |
| Crimson Chest | ||
| Desert Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) |
| |
| Hallowed Chest | ||
| Ice Chest | ||
| Jungle Chest |
Used in
| Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
|---|---|---|
 Trapped Corruption Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) |  Heavy Work Bench(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) | |
 Trapped Crimson Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | ||
 Trapped Desert Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) |
| |
 Trapped Hallowed Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | ||
 Trapped Ice Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | ||
 Trapped Jungle Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) |
Notes
- As the Desert Chest was added in 1.4.0.1(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), worlds generated prior to this will contain only four Biome Chests.
Achievement
Big Booty • “Unlock one of the dungeon's large, mysterious chests with a special key.”
Open your first Biome Chest. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Category: 
Explorer
ExplorerTips
- Biome Key drops are extraordinarily rare, with a 1/2500 (0.04%) drop rate. It is likely that thousands of enemies have to be defeated to see one drop. With the right equipment and some time, a Biome Key farm can be set up in the biome to get there sooner.
- In drunk(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) and Get fixed boi(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) worlds both Crimson and Corruption Chests will be present.
Trivia
- The weapons found in each Chest are based off of the four classes. The Vampire Knives and Scourge of the Corruptor are melee, Piranha Gun is ranged, Rainbow Gun is magic, and Staff of the Frost Hydra and Desert Tiger Staff are summoning.
- Prior to Mobile 1.3.0.7, Ice Chests were obtainable pre-Hardmode on the
Mobile version, being part of Heart Shrines.
History
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Sprites updated. Old sprites:
- Introduced the Desert Chest.
- Renamed "Frozen Chest" to "Ice Chest".
- Sprites updated. Old sprites:
- Desktop 1.3.1:
- Sprites updated. Old sprites:
- Now used to craft Trapped Biome Chests.
- Sprites updated. Old sprites:
- Desktop 1.3.0.1: Biome Keys are now dropped instead of Biome Key Molds. Biome Chests can only be opened after Plantera has been defeated.
- Desktop 1.2.1: Biome keys are now crafted with rare Hardmode drops.
- Desktop 1.2: Introduced.
- Console 1.0.1372.5:
- Sprites updated to match Desktop 1.3.1.
- Now used to craft Trapped Biome Chests.
- Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4's 1.0.750.0 update. (
)
- Console 1.0.750.0:
- Biome Keys are now dropped instead of Biome Key Molds.
- Biome Chests can only be opened after Plantera has been defeated.
- Console 1.02: Introduced as craftable.
- Switch 1.0.895.9:
- Sprites updated to match Desktop 1.3.1.
- Now used to craft Trapped Biome Chests.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.4.0.5.0:
- Sprites updated to match Desktop 1.4.0.1.
- Introduced the Desert Chest.
- Renamed "Frozen Chest" to "Ice Chest".
- Now used to craft Trapped Biome Chests.
- Mobile 1.3.0.7:
- Biome Keys are now dropped instead of Biome Key Molds.
- Biome Chests can only be opened after Plantera has been defeated.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced as craftable.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.
Unique Items
- Piranha Gun
- Scourge of the Corruptor
- Vampire Knives
- Rainbow Gun
- Staff of the Frost Hydra
- Desert Tiger Staff(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
