Shadow Chest
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Shadow Chest
The Shadow Chest is a storage item which is found only in The Underworld, generally on top of or within Ruined Houses, and contains rare items.
All Shadow Chests are initially locked, requiring a Shadow Key to open. The key is not consumed when used. Each Shadow Chest contains one high-tier item of 
rarity, along with other standard Underground loot.
Like all other naturally-occurring Chests, Shadow Chests can be freed with a pickaxe or drill after being emptied, and picked up by the player for placement and use elsewhere.
Loot
Each Shadow Chest will always contain one primary item, and can potentially contain multiple secondary items, or none at all. In addition, it can contain one or more common items.
| Item | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|
 Sunfury | 1 |      |
 Flower of Fire( in regular worlds) | 1 | |
 Unholy Trident | 1 | |
 Flamelash | 1 | |
 Dark Lance | 1 | |
 Hellwing Bow | 1 | |
 Brain | 1 | |
 Drax | 1 | |
| Item | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|
 Demonic Hellcart | 1 | |
 Ornate Shadow Key | 1 | |
 Slice of Hell Cake | 1 | |
 Treasure Magnet | 1 |
| Item | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|
 Dynamite | 1 | |
 Meteorite Bar | 15–29 | |
 Gold Bar(in worlds with Gold) Platinum Bar(in worlds with Platinum) | ||
 Hellfire Arrow | 50–74 | |
 Silver Bullet(in worlds with Silver) Tungsten Bullet(in worlds with Tungsten) | ||
 Restoration Potion | 15–20 | |
 Spelunker Potion | 1–2 | |
 Featherfall Potion | ||
 Mana Regeneration Potion | ||
 Obsidian Skin Potion | ||
 Magic Power Potion | ||
 Invisibility Potion | ||
 Hunter Potion | ||
 Heartreach Potion | ||
 Gravitation Potion | 1–2 | |
 Thorns Potion | ||
 Water Walking Potion | ||
| Obsidian Skin Potion | ||
 Battle Potion | ||
 Teleportation Potion | ||
 Inferno Potion | ||
 Lifeforce Potion | ||
 Recall Potion | 1–2 | |
 Potion of Return | ||
 Torch | 15–29 | |
 Glowstick | ||
 Gold Coin | 2–4 |
Crafting
Used in
| Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
|---|---|---|
 Trapped Shadow Chest |  Heavy Work Bench |
Notes
- Shadow Chests can contain Lifeforce and Teleportation Potions, which are unavailable for crafting before Hardmode.
- Mimics can appear as a locked Shadow Chest, making them harder to spot without a Lifeform Analyzer/Metal Detector or their upgrades.
- Gold Chests that spawn within 250 blocks of the bottom of the world will generate the same common items as Shadow Chests.
Tips
- Mimics can never spawn as an unlocked Shadow Chest. Unlocking every Shadow Chest during pre-Hardmode will give them away easily in Hardmode.
- The Drax can be found in Shadow Chests on the Nintendo
version, making it accessible in pre-Hardmode and giving players a significant mining advantage.
History
- Desktop 1.4.4:
- Instead of being primary loot, the Treasure Magnet is now a 1/5 chance secondary loot in Shadow Chests and Obsidian Lock Boxes.
- The Slice of Hell Cake can now be found along with the Ornate Shadow Key, raising its loot chance from
9*9/100 (9%) to10*1/10 (10%)
- Desktop 1.4.1: Shadow Chests are now more numerous in world generation, with the limit increasing from 7–10 to 10–15.
- Desktop 1.4.0.1: Can now contain Treasure Magnet, Demonic Hellcart, Ornate Shadow Key, Potion of Return, and Slice of Hell Cake.
- Desktop 1.3.1: Now used to craft the Trapped Shadow Chest.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1: The Hellwing Bow can now be found in Shadow Chests.
- Desktop 1.2.3: Can now be renamed along with other placed storage items.
- Desktop 1.2: Now requires a pickaxe or drill instead of a hammer to pick up.
- Desktop 1.0.6: Introduced.
- Console 1.0.933.1: The Hellwing Bow can now be found in Shadow Chests. (
)
- Console 1.0.750.0: The Hellwing Bow can now be found in Shadow Chests. (
)
- Console 1.06: Can now be renamed along with other placed storage items.
- Console 1.02: Now requires a pickaxe or drill instead of a hammer to pick up.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.
- Mobile 1.3.0.7:
- Drax no longer appear in Shadow Chests.
- The Hellwing Bow can now be found in Shadow Chests.
- Can now be renamed along with other placed storage items.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Now requires a pickaxe or drill instead of a hammer to pick up.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced. Contains some items previously dropped by Underworld enemies and is picked up with a pickaxe or drill.
