Shadow Chest

Shadow Chest

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Statistics

Type	FurnitureStorageCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (2 wide × 2 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Sell	10 SC
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 328
• Internal Tile ID: 21 (3)

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 03* 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.

Primary items (only one)

Item	Quantity	Chance
Sunfury	1	1/5 (20%)     1/6 (16.67%)
Flower of Fire((Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) in regular worlds)	1	1/5 (20%)     1/6 (16.67%)
Unholy Trident((Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) in don't dig up and get fixed boi worlds)	1	1/5 (20%) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Flamelash	1	1/5 (20%)     1/6 (16.67%)
Dark Lance	1	1/5 (20%)     1/6 (16.67%)
Hellwing Bow(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	1/5 (20%) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Brain(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	1	1/5 (20%) (Old-gen console version) 1/6 (16.67%)
Drax	1	1/6 (16.67%)

Secondary items

Item	Quantity	Chance
Demonic Hellcart(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	1/10 (10%)
Ornate Shadow Key(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	1/10 (10%)
Slice of Hell Cake(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	1/10 (10%)
Treasure Magnet(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	1/5 (20%)

Common items

Item	Quantity	Chance
Dynamite	1	1/3 (33.33%)
Meteorite Bar	15–29	1/2 (50%)
Gold Bar(in worlds with Gold) Platinum Bar(in worlds with Platinum)
Hellfire Arrow	50–74	1/2 (50%)
Silver Bullet(in worlds with Silver) Tungsten Bullet(in worlds with Tungsten)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Restoration Potion	15–20	1/2 (50%)
Spelunker Potion	1–2	3/4 (75%)
Featherfall Potion
Mana Regeneration Potion
Obsidian Skin Potion
Magic Power Potion
Invisibility Potion
Hunter Potion
Heartreach Potion
Gravitation Potion	1–2	2/3 (66.67%)
Thorns Potion
Water Walking Potion
Obsidian Skin Potion
Battle Potion
Teleportation Potion
Inferno Potion
Lifeforce Potion
Recall Potion	1–2	1/3 (33.33%)
Potion of Return(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Torch	15–29	1/2 (50%)
Glowstick
Gold Coin	2–4	1/2 (50%)

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Trapped Shadow Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Shadow Chest Wire10	Heavy Work Bench(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)

Notes

Shadow Chests can spawn on the ground close to the Underworld. (Note: The background shown is not the Underworld background.)

• 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(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)/Metal Detector(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 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 3DS version, making it accessible in pre-Hardmode and giving players a significant mining advantage.

History

 Desktop version

• 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 9/100 (9%) to 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 version

• 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.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.

 Mobile version

• 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.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced. Contains some items previously dropped by Underworld enemies and is picked up with a pickaxe or drill.