Crates

Crates

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Statistics

Type	Grab bagFurniture
Placeable	✔️ (2 wide × 2 high)
Tooltip	Right click to open / L2 to open () / LT to open ()/ ZL to open () / Double tap to open / Use to open

• Internal Item ID: 2334–2336, 3203–3208, 3979–3987, 4405–4408, 4877, 4878, 5002, 5003
• Internal Tile ID: 376

Crates are grab bag-type items which can be caught while fishing, containing random loot such as ores, bars, potions, accessories, and other items. In addition, biome-specific crates can contain biome-specific loot. Their content can be unloaded by pressing the ⚷ Open / Activate button, either on their icon in the inventory or while holding them. Crates can also be placed.

The three standard types of crates (Wooden/Pearlwood, Iron/Mythril, and Golden/Titanium) can be caught anywhere, with Wooden/Pearlwood being the most common, and Golden/Titanium being the rarest. In general, rarer crate types contain more valuable loot. The other crates are biome-specific, i.e., they can only be caught in their respective biome (with the exception of the Obsidian/Hellstone Crates). They are slightly less rare than Golden/Titanium Crates. When fishing in an area with multiple biomes, only one biome crate type can be caught; for example, when a Floating Island is Corrupted and changes to Corruption, Sky Crates can no longer be obtained. See Fishing § Biomes for details on which biomes take precedence over others.

Crates are caught every 1 in 10 catches, on average; with a Crate Potion, the chance is doubled to 1 in 4 / 1 in 5. The kind of crate the player obtains is dependent on their Fishing Power, with higher Fishing Power increasing the probabilities of rarer crates. As an example, fishing with a Fishing Power of 100 in a lake of at least 300 valid water tiles in the Corruption would yield crates with the following probabilities: Golden Crate: 0.67*1/150 (0.67%); Corrupt Crate: 0.93*7/750 (0.93%); Iron Crate: 2.8*7/250 (2.8%); Wooden Crate: 5.6*7/125 (5.6%). The Crate Potion multiplies these chances by 2.5 / 2.

Types

Pre-Hardmode type	Hardmode type	Sell	Rarity	Biome	Catch quality
Wooden Crate Internal Item ID: 2334	Pearlwood Crate Internal Item ID: 3979	10	01*	Any	Plentiful
Iron Crate Internal Item ID: 2335	Mythril Crate Internal Item ID: 3980	50	02*	Any	Uncommon
Golden Crate Internal Item ID: 2336	Titanium Crate Internal Item ID: 3981	2	03*	Any	Very Rare / Extremely Rare
Jungle Crate Internal Item ID: 3208	Bramble Crate Internal Item ID: 3987	1	02*	Jungle	Rare
Sky Crate Internal Item ID: 3206	Azure Crate Internal Item ID: 3985	1	02*	Sky	Rare
Corrupt Crate Internal Item ID: 3203	Defiled Crate Internal Item ID: 3982	1	02*	Corruption	Rare
Crimson Crate Internal Item ID: 3204	Hematic Crate Internal Item ID: 3983	1	02*	Crimson	Rare
Hallowed Crate Internal Item ID: 3207	Divine Crate Internal Item ID: 3986	1	02*	Hallow	Rare
Dungeon Crate Internal Item ID: 3205	Stockade Crate Internal Item ID: 3984	1	02*	Dungeon	Rare
Frozen Crate Internal Item ID: 4405	Boreal Crate Internal Item ID: 4406	1	02*	Snow / Ice	Rare
Oasis Crate Internal Item ID: 4407	Mirage Crate Internal Item ID: 4408	1	02*	Desert	Rare
Obsidian Crate Internal Item ID: 4877	Hellstone Crate Internal Item ID: 4878	1	02*	Any (caught in Lava)	Plentiful
Ocean Crate Internal Item ID: 5002	Seaside Crate Internal Item ID: 5003	1	02*	Ocean	Rare

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Corrupt Crate	Defiled Crate	Shimmer Transmutation
Crimson Crate	Hematic Crate
Dungeon Crate	Stockade Crate
Frozen Crate	Boreal Crate
Golden Crate	Titanium Crate
Hallowed Crate	Divine Crate
Iron Crate	Mythril Crate
Jungle Crate	Bramble Crate
Oasis Crate	Mirage Crate
Obsidian Crate	Hellstone Crate
Ocean Crate	Seaside Crate
Sky Crate	Azure Crate
Wooden Crate	Pearlwood Crate

Notes

•   On Xbox, Left Trigger opens crates (instead of the button which is the equivalent to  Desktop's right click) as stated in the tooltip for the crates.
• A few exclusive items are found only in crates:
  • Sailfish Boots, Tsunami in a Bottle (Wooden, Iron, Pearlwood, Mythril) (however, both are similar to other items found in Chests)
  • Falcon Blade, Ginger Beard, Tartar Sauce (Iron, Mythril)
  • Hardy Saddle (Golden, Titanium)
  • Scarab Fishing Rod (Oasis, Mirage)
  • Hardmode: Anchor ( Pearlwood / Wooden)
  • Hardmode: Enchanted Sundial (Pearlwood, Mythril, Titanium)
• Crates can drop an ore or bar even if it cannot be obtained naturally in the world, because its alternative generated instead. For instance, a Wooden Crate can yield Copper Ore, even if the world is generated with Tin instead of Copper.
  • In Hardmode, this applies to the Hardmode metals too, whether or not any Altars have been broken to place ore in the world.
• The tiers of the metals provided rise with the crate tier: Wooden and Iron Crates omit the top tiers, biome crates omit Copper and Tin Bars (but not ores), Golden and Titanium omit the bottom tiers.
  • Crates do not contain "advanced" metals such as Meteorite or Chlorophyte.
• Crates always contain at least one item, as empty crates are re-rolled. The Golden Crate, for instance, has a 2.44% chance of requiring a reroll.
• The Hallowed Crate is unique in that it cannot be obtained in pre-Hardmode worlds except by fishing in an artificial Hallow, as the Hallow only spawns at the beginning of Hardmode (with the exception of Floating Islands in Celebrationmk10 worlds) and will thus only produce Divine Crates. However, it does not contain any unique drops, so there is very little point to obtaining it.
• One can throw Hardmode crates into shimmer to convert them into their pre-Hardmode variant.
  • This can be used to obtain Hallowed Crates without the need to create an artificial Hallow in a pre-Hardmode world.

Tips

• On the  Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version, it can be beneficial to fish for crates during pre-Hardmode, save them for later, and then open them up in Hardmode, in order to get Hardmode ores without breaking any Altars. This has the added benefit of not spawning random Ebonstone/Crimstone or Pearlstone in the world, which is a side effect of breaking Altars.
  • On the  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version, crates fished during pre-Hardmode will no longer drop Hardmode items, even after the Wall of Flesh has been defeated.
• Crates can also supply a few other Hardmode items:
  • As stated above, the Anchor and Enchanted Sundial are only found in crates.
  • Corrupt or Crimson Crates can contain Cursed Flames or Ichor, respectively, and both can have Souls of Night.
  • Divine Crates can drop Crystal Shards and Souls of Light.
• The higher the Fishing Power, the greater the chances for crates. See Fishing Power and Fishing § Tips for information and recommendations about how to increase Fishing Power.
• The chance to catch an Iron or Wooden Crate increases if the player is not in a biome where a biome crate can be caught (i.e., not Corruption/Crimson, Hallow, Dungeon, or Jungle, and below sky level – an example could be the pure caverns). With a Fishing Power of 100 and a lake of at least 300 valid water tiles, Iron Crates are then caught with a chance of 3.11*7/225 (3.11%) (instead of 2.8*7/250 (2.8%)) and Wooden Crates with a chance of 6.22*14/225 (6.22%) (instead of 5.6*7/125 (5.6%)).
• For a deep look at the sale value of crate contents in 1.4, see Crate values in 1.4. (See Crate values pre-1.4 for pre-1.4 versions.)

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Potency of Crate fishing chance with a Crate Potion active increased by 50% (overall increase of 25% more crates).
  • Lava Crates are now slightly less common (1/5 chance reduced to 1/6 chance).
  • When fishing in an area where Biome Crates can be caught, the game will now prioritize getting a Biome Crate instead of a Gold Crate, when in the (relatively rare) circumstance that the player was eligible for both. Actual odds of getting either are unchanged by this.
  • The drop rate of ore and ore bars from fishing crates has been reduced.
    • Wooden Crates have roughly 40% less ore.
    • Iron and Biome Crates have roughly 30% less ore.
    • Gold Crates have roughly 20% less ore.

• Desktop 1.4.0.5: Fixed a bug where several new items in Fishing Crates (mostly pets) were not dropping in multiplayer.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • New biome crates introduced: Ocean, Desert, Snow, and Underworld Crates.
  • All fishing crates now come in pre-Wall of Flesh and post-Wall of Flesh variants. Pre-Wall of Flesh variants do not contain Hardmode Ores.
  • Wood, Iron, and Gold Crates now drop better quality ore depending on which level of crate it is.
  • Many drop chances and amounts adjusted.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • New biome crates introduced: Jungle, Sky, Corrupt, Crimson, Hallowed, and Dungeon Crates.
  • Now placeable.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Introduced Wooden, Iron, and Golden Crates.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4's 1.0.750.0 update. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: ()
  • New biome crates introduced: Jungle, Sky, Corrupt, Crimson, Hallowed, and Dungeon Crates.
  • Now placeable.

• Console 1.07: Introduced Wooden, Iron, and Golden Crates.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0:
  • New biome crates introduced: Ocean, Desert, Snow, and Underworld Crates.
  • All fishing crates now come in pre-Wall of Flesh and post-Wall of Flesh variants. Pre-Wall of Flesh variants do not contain Hardmode Ores.
  • Wood, Iron, and Gold Crates now drop better quality ore depending on which level of crate it is.
  • Many drop chances and amounts adjusted.

• Mobile 1.3.0.7:
  • New biome crates introduced: Jungle, Sky, Corrupt, Crimson, Hallowed, and Dungeon Crates.
  • Now placeable.

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced Wooden, Iron, and Golden Crates.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced Wooden, Iron, and Golden Crates.