Dead Man's Chest

The Dead Man's Chest is a naturally-generating Gold Chest that is rigged with various traps in order to kill the player upon opening the chest. The setup usually includes 3-5 Boulder Traps, 2-6 Dart Traps, and 0-3 Explosives, with a possibility of 1 to 2 Geysers at lava level. The boulder traps are set up above the chest, while the dart traps are setup horizontally, and the explosives hidden underneath.

Dead Man's Chests will always generate alone, and never in an Underground Cabin.

The Dead Man's Chest will contain standard Gold Chest loot based on where it is found, as well as occasionally the Dead Man's Sweater.



Tips

 * While the combination of traps can prove deadly to even a player with end-game gear, most of them can be avoided by simply using solid blocks, and the explosives can be mined.
 * Holding a Mechanical Lens or The Grand Design can easily reveal all the traps around the chest, and provide lots of wire and actuators as well.
 * The most evident giveaway of a Dead Man's chest are the boulder traps above it, as they are larger and generally easier to spot than the 1x1-tile dart traps and hidden explosives.
 * Using the Block Swap feature to swap out these chests for harmless chests is a great way to easily disarm the trap.

Trivia

 * The name of this item is likely a reference to a song sung by a character in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island (1883).