Biome Chests

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Biome Chests
  • Locked Jungle Chest (placed) Locked Corruption Chest (placed) Locked Crimson Chest (placed) Locked Hallowed Chest (placed) Locked Ice Chest (placed) Locked Desert Chest (placed)

    Jungle Chest (placed) Corruption Chest (placed) Crimson Chest (placed) Hallowed Chest (placed) Ice Chest (placed) Desert Chest (placed)

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Statistics
Type
Placeable✔️ (2 wide × 2 high)
Use time15 (Very fast)
RarityRarity level: 0
Sell5 SC
Research1 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 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) five / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) four Biome Chests (one of each type) will spawn in a particular world. Each represents a biome found in the current world. There are (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) six / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 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 version Old-gen console and 3DSNintendo 3DS version, 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 ChestJungle ChestInternal Item ID: 1528 Jungle KeyJungle Key Piranha GunPiranha Gun
Corruption ChestCorruption ChestInternal Item ID: 1529 Corruption KeyCorruption Key Scourge of the CorruptorScourge of the Corruptor
Crimson ChestCrimson ChestInternal Item ID: 1530 Crimson KeyCrimson Key Vampire KnivesVampire Knives
Hallowed ChestHallowed ChestInternal Item ID: 1531 Hallowed KeyHallowed Key Rainbow GunRainbow Gun
Ice ChestIce Chest (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Frozen Chest (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Internal Item ID: 1532
Frozen KeyFrozen Key Staff of the Frost HydraStaff of the Frost Hydra
Desert ChestDesert Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 4712 Desert KeyDesert Key(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Desert Tiger StaffDesert Tiger Staff(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

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

Crafting

Recipes

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Corruption ChestCorruption ChestShimmerShimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Crimson ChestCrimson Chest
Desert ChestDesert Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Hallowed ChestHallowed Chest
Ice ChestIce Chest
Jungle ChestJungle Chest

Used in

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Trapped Corruption ChestTrapped Corruption Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Heavy Work BenchHeavy Work Bench(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Trapped Crimson ChestTrapped Crimson Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Trapped Desert ChestTrapped Desert Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Trapped Hallowed ChestTrapped Hallowed Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Trapped Ice ChestTrapped Ice Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Trapped Jungle ChestTrapped Jungle Chest(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Notes

  • As the Desert Chest was added in 1.4.0.1(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), worlds generated prior to this will contain only four Biome Chests.

Achievement

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Big Booty • “Unlock one of the dungeon's large, mysterious chests with a special key.”
Open your first Biome Chest. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Category: Explorer Explorer

Tips

  • Biome Key drops are extraordinarily rare, with a 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.
  • In drunk(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) and Get fixed boi(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) worlds both Crimson and Corruption Chests will be present.

Trivia

History

  • Desktop 1.4.0.1:
    • Sprites updated. Old sprites: Jungle Chest (old).png Corruption Chest (old).png Crimson Chest (old).png Hallowed Chest (old).png Ice Chest (old).png
    • Introduced the Desert Chest.
    • Renamed "Frozen Chest" to "Ice Chest".
  • 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.
  • Console 1.0.1372.5:
    • Sprites updated to match Desktop 1.3.1.
    • Now used to craft Trapped Biome Chests.
  • 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.
  • Switch 1.0.895.9:
    • Sprites updated to match Desktop 1.3.1.
    • Now used to craft Trapped Biome Chests.
  • 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.