Biome Chests

Biome Chests

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Statistics

Type	FurnitureStorageCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (2 wide × 2 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Sell	5
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 1528–1532, 4712
• Internal Tile ID: 21 (19–28), 467 (13, 14)

"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 five / four Biome Chests (one of each type) will spawn in a particular world. Each represents a biome found in the current world. There are six / 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:

1. 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".
2. Obtain the appropriate Biome Key by killing enemies within their respective biome. On  Old-gen console and 3DS, the keys are crafted using Key Molds dropped by these enemies.
3. Return to the Dungeon and find the appropriate Chest for the key that was obtained.

Types

Chest	Key	Content
Jungle Chest Internal Item ID: 1528	Jungle Key	Piranha Gun
Corruption Chest Internal Item ID: 1529	Corruption Key	Scourge of the Corruptor
Crimson Chest Internal Item ID: 1530	Crimson Key	Vampire Knives
Hallowed Chest Internal Item ID: 1531	Hallowed Key	Rainbow Gun
Ice Chest Frozen Chest Internal Item ID: 1532	Frozen Key	Staff of the Frost Hydra
Desert Chest Internal Item ID: 4712	Desert Key	Desert Tiger Staff

Loot

Item	Quantity	Chance
Piranha Gun	1	100%

Loot

Item	Quantity	Chance
Scourge of the Corruptor	1	100%

Loot

Item	Quantity	Chance
Vampire Knives	1	100%

Loot

Item	Quantity	Chance
Rainbow Gun	1	100%

Loot

Item	Quantity	Chance
Staff of the Frost Hydra	1	100%

Loot

Item	Quantity	Chance
Desert Tiger Staff	1	100%

The chests also contain common items depending on the height they were found:

• Surface
• Underground
• Caverns

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Corruption Chest	Corruption Key	Shimmer Transmutation
Crimson Chest	Crimson Key
Desert Chest	Desert Key
Hallowed Chest	Hallowed Key
Ice Chest	Frozen Key
Jungle Chest	Jungle Key

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Trapped Corruption Chest	Corruption Chest Wire10	Heavy Work Bench
Trapped Crimson Chest	Crimson Chest Wire10
Trapped Desert Chest	Desert Chest Wire10
Trapped Hallowed Chest	Hallowed Chest Wire10
Trapped Ice Chest	Ice Chest Wire10
Trapped Jungle Chest	Jungle Chest Wire10

Notes

• As the Desert Chest was added in 1.4.0.1, 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.

Tips

• Biome Key drops are extraordinarily rare, with a 0.04*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.
• It is possible to get both the Corruption Chest and Crimson Chest if the player creates their world with the seed 05162020 which contains both evil biomes.

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 version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Sprites updated.
  • Introduced the Desert Chest.
  • Renamed "Frozen Chest" to "Ice Chest".

• Desktop 1.3.1:
  • Sprites updated.
  • Now used to craft Trapped Biome Chests.

• 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 version

• 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.

 Nintendo Switch version

• 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 version

• 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.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.