Iron Crate

Iron Crate

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Statistics

Type	Grab bagFurniture
Placeable	✔️ (2 wide × 2 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Right click to open / L2 to open () / LT to open () / Double tap to open / Use to open
Rarity	02*
Sell	50
Research	10 required

• Internal Item ID: 2335
• Internal Tile ID: 376 (2)

The Iron Crate is a pre-Hardmode crate that can be obtained by fishing in any biome, at any height. It is the middle tier of standard crate. Its Hardmode counterpart is the Mythril Crate.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Iron Crate	Mythril Crate	Shimmer Transmutation

Drops

 PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version

Loot

Item	Quantity	Chance (group)	Chance (specific item)
Ginger Beard	1	4*1/25 (4%)	4*1/25 (4%)
Tartar Sauce		4.8*6/125 (4.8%)	4.8*6/125 (4.8%)
Falcon Blade		6.08*38/625 (6.08%)	6.08*38/625 (6.08%)
Sailfish Boots		4.26*133/3125 (4.26%)	4.26*133/3125 (4.26%)
Tsunami in a Bottle		4.04%	4.04%
Gold Coin	5–10	25*1/4 (25%)	25*1/4 (25%)
Copper Ore	12–21	16.67*1/6 (16.67%)	2.78*1/36 (2.78%)
Tin Ore			2.78*1/36 (2.78%)
Iron Ore			2.78*1/36 (2.78%)
Lead Ore			2.78*1/36 (2.78%)
Silver Ore			2.78*1/36 (2.78%)
Tungsten Ore			2.78*1/36 (2.78%)
Copper Bar	4–7	20.83*5/24 (20.83%)	3.47*5/144 (3.47%)
Tin Bar			3.47*5/144 (3.47%)
Iron Bar			3.47*5/144 (3.47%)
Lead Bar			3.47*5/144 (3.47%)
Silver Bar			3.47*5/144 (3.47%)
Tungsten Bar			3.47*5/144 (3.47%)
Obsidian Skin Potion	2–4	25*1/4 (25%)	3.13*1/32 (3.13%)
Spelunker Potion			3.13*1/32 (3.13%)
Hunter Potion			3.13*1/32 (3.13%)
Gravitation Potion			3.13*1/32 (3.13%)
Mining Potion			3.13*1/32 (3.13%)
Heartreach Potion			3.13*1/32 (3.13%)
Calming Potion			3.13*1/32 (3.13%)
Flipper Potion			3.13*1/32 (3.13%)
Healing Potion	5–15	50*1/2 (50%)	25*1/4 (25%)
Mana Potion			25*1/4 (25%)
Journeyman Bait	2–4	33.33*1/3 (33.33%)	33.33*1/3 (33.33%)
Master Bait		16.67*1/6 (16.67%)	16.67*1/6 (16.67%)

Note: Only one type of item out of the ores and bars can drop, not both a type of ore and a type of bar. The table above implies otherwise with the ores and the bars being in separate rows, but that is for readability purposes. The chance that a type of ore or bar is dropped is 37.5*3/8 (37.5%).

 Old-gen console version,  Windows Phone version,  Old Chinese version, Nintendo 3DS version, and  tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version

Pre-Hardmode
%	Chance	Items	Amount
6.08%	1 in 16	Falcon Blade	1
4.8%	1 in 21	Tartar Sauce
4.26%	1 in 23	Sailfish Boots
4.04%	1 in 25	Tsunami in a Bottle
4%	1 in 25	Ginger Beard
25%	1 in 4	Copper Bar	6-14
		Iron Bar
		Silver Bar
		Gold Bar
		Tin Bar
		Lead Bar
		Tungsten Bar
		Platinum Bar
25%	1 in 4	Obsidian Skin Potion	2-4
		Spelunker Potion
		Hunter Potion
		Gravitation Potion
		Mining Potion
		Heartreach Potion
		Calming Potion
		Flipper Potion
50%	1 in 2	Healing Potion	5-15
		Mana Potion
33.33%	1 in 3	Journeyman Bait	2-4
16.67%	1 in 6	Master Bait
25%	1 in 4	Gold Coin	5-10

Hardmode
%	Chance	Items	Amount
5.98%	1 in 17	Falcon Blade	1
4.72%	1 in 21	Tartar Sauce
4.18%	1 in 24	Sailfish Boots
3.98%	1 in 25	Tsunami in a Bottle
3.93%	1 in 25	Ginger Beard
1.67%	1 in 60	Enchanted Sundial
8.33%	1 in 12	Copper Bar	6-14
		Iron Bar
		Silver Bar
		Gold Bar
		Tin Bar
		Lead Bar
		Tungsten Bar
		Platinum Bar
16.67%	1 in 6	Cobalt Bar	5-14
		Mythril Bar
		Adamantite Bar
		Palladium Bar
		Orichalcum Bar
		Titanium Bar
25%	1 in 4	Obsidian Skin Potion	2-4
		Spelunker Potion
		Hunter Potion
		Gravitation Potion
		Mining Potion
		Heartreach Potion
		Calming Potion
		Flipper Potion
50%	1 in 2	Healing Potion	5-15
		Mana Potion
33.33%	1 in 3	Journeyman Bait	2-4
16.67%	1 in 6	Master Bait
25%	1 in 4	Gold Coin	5-10

Notes

• An Iron Crate will always contain at least one type of item from the first five groups (or any but the last two groups) displayed in the loot table above. This means that at least one type of item from the following list will always drop from an Iron Crate:

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Trivia

• The Falcon Blade, Tartar Sauce, and Ginger Beard can only be obtained by opening Iron and Mythril Crates.
• Iron Crates can be obtained in worlds with Lead Ore.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Reduced quantity of dropped ores from 18–29 to 12–21.
  • Reduced quantity of dropped bars from 6–9 to 4–7.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Will no longer drop Hardmode items, even if opened after the Wall of Flesh has been defeated in a world.
  • Loot tables re-adjusted so that Wooden, Iron, and Golden Crates now drop different metals depending on the level of crate.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now placeable.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Now placeable. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Now placeable. ()

• Console 1.07: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Added features and changes from Desktop 1.4.0.1.

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Now placeable.

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.