Legacy:Chests

 

This is the Legacy page whose information relates to the article Chests.
It applies only to the Old-gen console and 3DS versions of Terraria, detailing their differences from modern versions.

Chests can each hold up to 40 / 20 item stacks in rows of 5×8 / 5×4.

There is a maximum limit of 1000 placed storage items in each world (excluding portable storages).

Surface loot

Chests that occur naturally on the Surface have different loot.

Primary items (only one)

Item	Quantity	Chance
Spear	1	12.5%
Blowpipe	1	12.5%
Wooden Boomerang	1	12.5%
Glowstick	40–74	12.5%
Throwing Knife	70–149	12.5%
Aglet	1	12.5%
Climbing Claws	1	12.5%
Umbrella	1	12.5%

Secondary items

Item	Quantity	Chance
Grenade	3–5	1/3 (33.33%)
Copper Bar	3–10	1/2 (50%)
Tin Bar
Iron Bar	3–10	1/2 (50%)
Lead Bar
Rope	50–100	1/2 (50%)
Wooden Arrow	25–50	2/3 (66.67%)
Shuriken
Lesser Healing Potion	3–5	1/2 (50%)
Recall Potion	3–5	2/3 (66.67%)
Ironskin Potion	1–2	2/3 (66.67%)
Shine Potion
Night Owl Potion
Swiftness Potion
Mining Potion(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Builder Potion(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Torch	10–20	1/2 (50%)
Bottle
Silver Coin	10–29	1/2 (50%)
Wood	50–99	1/2 (50%)

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.