Golden Chest

Not to be confused with Chest or Portal Chest.

Golden chests are spawned as part of generating a new world and were added in the 1.3 update.

Golden Chest
Golden Chest

Category
Use
Tool	None
Stackable	Yes (99)

Appearance

A golden chest looks almost exactly like a wooden chest except for being bright yellow instead of brown.

Where Found

Golden chests are created only on the generation of a new world or if purchased from a trade portal, although worlds created with an earlier version may spawn them when opened using version 1.3 or later.

They are located randomly underneath sand or sometimes dirt (with sand nearby), just above stone or the permanent stone back wall called "bedrock." Dirt or water can overlay the sand, and black sand can substitute for regular sand. They are typically located no more than fourteen blocks below sea level.

They can also rarely be found sitting on stone in previously unexplored caves, including those in floating islands. One is also standard as part of a cave troll lair, which might also have a level 0 trade portal.

Crafting

Golden chests can, along with a portal and 100 time crystals, be used to craft a portal chest at a diamond portal.

Location	Input Item 1		Input Item 2		Input Item 3		Input Item 4		Input Item 5		Crafted Output
		+		+		+		+		=
Lvl. 6 Portal	Golden Chest		Portal		Time Crystal		[[]]		[[]]		Portal Chest
Quantity	1		1		100		{{{Qty4}}}		{{{Qty5}}}		1

Rush Cost
0.5
Double-Time
0.25

Beginning in version 1.5, golden chests can be turned into gold ingots at a level 3 furnace or its electric counterpart.

Location	Input Item 1		Input Item 2		Input Item 3		Input Item 4		Input Item 5		Crafted Output
		+		+		+		+		=
Lvl. 3 Furnace or Electric Furnace	Golden Chest		[[]]		[[]]		[[]]		[[]]		Gold Ingot
Quantity	1		{{{Qty2}}}		{{{Qty3}}}		{{{Qty4}}}		{{{Qty5}}}		1

Rush Cost
8
Double-Time
4

Use

When spawned, they may contain copper coins, gold coins, platinum coins, copper ingots, iron ingots, gold ingots, and/or various gems. (Amethyst, Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Diamond.) Specific gem(s) and quantity of any item is randomly determined (from 1 to 99 per stack). There can be multiple occurrences of the same type of item in the same chest, usually of varying quantity per slot. Usually, the most common drop is copper coins. Ingots and gems most commonly appear singly, but have been found in multiple quantities.

Aside from the content they are created with, golden chests function just as crafted chests. They can be relocated, filled, carried, nested, and stacked with other golden chests. They cannot be stacked with regular chests, nor can they be crafted on a crafting surface.

Notes

When a golden chest under sand is removed, a back wall of stone will be revealed where the golden chest was spawned. This usually indicates what can be called "bedrock," although the sections left by golden chests tend to protrude above others.

Golden chests will not be destroyed when exposed to fire, although they may drop if the back wall and other supporting blocks are destroyed.

Gallery

A chest spawned over a bedrock air gap
A chest spawned as part of a floating island