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Wickerbottom Portrait
An artifact which may contain other artifacts.

Wickerbottom

An Ornate Chest is a Structure found in the Labyrinth biome of the Ruins. Ornate Chests are usually surrounded by Dangling Depth Dweller webbing.

Ornate Chests do not drop anything when destroyed.

Ornate Chest contents
Item(s) Chance Durability Quantity
Bat Bat 5% 30%-50% 1
Fire Staff or Ice Staff or PickSlashAxe 5% 30%-50% 1
Orange Gem or Yellow Gem or Green Gem 7% N/A 1
Thulecite 10% N/A 1-3
Red Gem or Blue Gem or Purple Gem 15% N/A 1-2
Nightmare Fuel 20% N/A 1-3
Thulecite Fragments 20% N/A 2-4
Football Helmet or Log Suit 20% 33%-80% 1
Spear 20% 33%-80% 1

Traps[]

WX-78 Portrait
IT'S A TRAP

WX-78

Opening an Ornate Chest has a 66% chance to trigger a random effect out of five possibilities. The type of trap is determined randomly, but changes each time the game is reloaded. Each Ornate Chest can only trigger a trap once. After the Ruins are reset in Don't Starve Together all Ornate Chests will again have a 66% chance to trigger a trap:

Ornate Chest traps
Trap Effect Amount Notes
Sanity Meter Sanity Trap Raises or lowers the player's Sanity -20 to +20
Health Meter Health Trap Raises or lowers the player's Health 0 to +20 Cannot kill the player. Code comment reads "Changes health (For the better! We don't want the player to die from this)"
Hunger Meter Hunger Trap Raises or lowers the player's Hunger -20 to +20
Terrorbeak Monster Trap Spawns Dangling Depth Dweller or Terrorbeak 1-3 Nightmarebeaks do not spawn from this trap in Don't Starve Together icon
Backpack Inventory Trap Raises or lowers the durability or spoilage of a random item in the player's Inventory -20% to +20% This may lead to unorthodox percentages on tools or armor.

Large Ornate Chest[]

Wendy Portrait
My, what magnificent horns you have!

Wendy

A Large Ornate Chest spawns when the Ancient Guardian is killed. 6-8 of the items are guaranteed to be chosen. There will always be a Seed of Ruin in Don't Starve. There will always be an Ancient Key in the Large Ornate Chest in Don't Starve Together.

Large Ornate Chest
Items(s) Chance Durability (%) Quantity
Thulecite CrownorThulecite SuitorThulecite Club 77% 100 1
MagiluminescenceorThe Lazy Forager
77% 100 1
The Lazy Explorer or Star Caller's Staff 77% 100 1
Thulecite 77% N/A 8-14
Thulecite Fragments 77% N/A 12-36
Green Gem 77% N/A 2-3
Yellow Gem 77% N/A 2-4
Orange Gem 77% N/A 2-4
Gears 77% N/A 3-6
Ancient Key(Don't Starve Together icon only) 100% N/A N/A
Seed of Ruin(Don't Starve icon only) 100% N/A N/A

Gift Icon Downloadable Content[]

In the Shipwrecked DLC, Ornate Chests have a chance to randomly be dug in X Marks the Spot locations, with no items in it.

Placeholder Trivia[]

  • The name "pandoraschest" is a reference to the Greek myth of Pandora's box, a box that contained all the evils in the world. The fact that the chest can spawn Terrorbeaks and Dangling Depth Dwellers when opened is likely a reference to this.
  • In DST, the Large Ornate Chest's drops were improved in the March 2022 QoL update.

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