Special Chests

Special Chests are objects that can appear in place of normal  Chests.

Mechanics

Each type of special chest has an immediate effect when opened, and gives an item with a related keyword.

You may set one type of special chest in your loadout before beginning a quest. Your selected special chest has a 10% chance to replace regular chests.

The keyword items that drop from chests are still limited by the normal chest coin range, which is based on Stage Power. If only one keyword item is in the price range it will always drop. If all the keyword items are too expensive, you will get a random non-keyword cheaper item. Present Chest is the exception, it ignores the coin limit instead of having a theme.

Unlock Conditions

Each type of special chest must be unlocked. Quests have a ~10% chance to have a locked chest. If one is present:

• In a stage near the start of the quest, find a hint sign
• Somewhere in the first half of the quest, use the hint to obtain the  Treasure Key
• In a stage in the second half of the quest, find a new type of special chest and use the key to unlock it.

This type of chest will now be available in your loadout. You do not need to win the quest.

Stage Keys

A sign says "There is a secret in STAGE_NAME!"

In that stage, obtain the key by interacting with an object or cell.

Type	Action
Bagman	Pay the bagman multiple times
Barrel	Click it
Meteorite	Use it
Nomad	Buy from the nomad selling "keys"
Obelisk	Succeed in the obelisk's challenge
Sanctified Cell	Target with magic item
Spawner	Activate it until it breaks

Password Keys

A hint sign says a password, such as a sequence of numbers.

Password	Action
Customer's	Activate a Stranger with a coin price equal to or higher than each of the code values, in order
Chorder's	Chord the indicated cell values in order (you can still manually open cells between the different chords)
Shopkeeper's	In an item shop, click on the indicated item for sale in order
Monk's	Lose items* from the indicated inventory slots
Moneybag's	Collect coins or diamonds in the order of the passcode
Wizard's	Use magic items to target areas with each of the indicated total cell values in order

*Duplicate consumable items are consumed in order of first in inventory, no matter which one you click. This makes Monk's password more difficult.

Special Chests

Img	Chest	Item	Effect
	Ally	Familiar	Spawn a familiar, convert familiars to strong familiars
	Bone	Bone	Bury Bones
	Bubble	Bubble	This chest spawns in a bubble
	Clay	copies an item	Gain souls equal to your highest number of duplicate
	Counter	Negate	This chest will sacrifice itself to negate fatal damage
	Crit	Chord	Activate 2x  Brass Knuckles
	Dire	Guess	Gain a revive if you have to guess
	Double	Chest	Spawn another chest in this cell
	Electric	Electric	Apply electric to all other cells in this column
	Elemental	Aura	Apply random elemental auras to all cells in this column and row
	Explosive	Explode	Explodes a 3x3 area, radius +1 per visible 5 or greater
	Fire	Burning	Launch flares in all directions
	Friendly	Stranger	Spawn a stranger for each visible 4 or greater
	Golden	Coin	Gain coins equal to visible currency
	Holy	anti-omen	Transform a random omen into  Ancient Evil
	Ice	Frozen	Apply Frozen to a 5x5 area
	Labyrinth	Pathfinding	Gain 5% pathfinding if you have none, otherwise gain 1%
	Love	Life	Gain 1 soul
	Lucid	Solve	Solve a random cell for each visible 4 or greater
	Magic	Magic	Gain 50 mana for each visible 4 or greater
	Mastery	Mastery	Gain 1 mastery charge
	Merchant	Shop	Uncomplete a special stage, reduce visible stranger prices by half
	Metal	Armor	Repair armor to base durability
	Minion	Minion	Gain 3 minions
	Munition	Weapon	Reveal a random monster then kill all visible monsters
	Radioactive	Poison	This cell gains Toxic. Spread Toxic when Poison activates. Reveal Toxic cells and kill any living objects within
	Plant	Hungry Plant	Spawn a hungry plant on a numbered cell and kill all nearby monsters
	Present	any value	Transforms items on the stage into presents
	Prophecy	normal chest	3 Tokens and a blueprint
	Regal	Legendary	If you have a legendary item before, launch a blessing north
	Time	Status	Pass 50 turns
	Undercover	Glean	Glean all hidden cells around visible 5 or greater
	World	Stage	Reduce the stage power by the number of stages completed
	Halloween	Halloween	Spawn 3  Spookers, visible strangers put on masks
	Christmas	Christmas	Spawn  Soft Snow, apply Frozen to a random cell, visible strangers put on Christmas hats

Special Chest Related Items

Image	Name	Description	Cost
	Hook Hand	Your guaranteed chests will be Special Chests. Activate special chest effects twice.	26 coins

Notes

The chests for Seasonal Events are time limited, as the unlocks are found in the associated Mythic Emblem.

• Halloween Chest in  Pumpkin Patch
• Christmas Chest in  House of Santa

When having a quest non-specific clue to find a key, a different text may appear on objects.

• A meteorite will have a changed rewards text which becomes "surely you will get something in return?".

Changelog

• v1.66 Added: Christmas Chest, Radioactive Chest
• v1.65 Added: Munition Chest
• v1.63
  • Added: Elemental Chest, Mastery Chest
  • Loosened requirements for Halloween Chest
• v1.60 Mechanic added

Mechanics
Character	Stats	Lives • Defense • Coins
	Revive • Status Effect
Stage	Stages • Special Stages • Stage Power
	Objects	Stranger • Landmark •  Familiar • Monster • Boss
		Loot	(  Heart •  Soul •  Coin •  Diamond •  Chest • etc. )
	Modifiers	Aura • Stage Mods
	Orbs	Canker •  Sawblade •  Bubble
	Projectiles	Flare • Blessing • Bubble
Item	Inventory •  Armor •  Bones •  Minion • Seal
	Magic	Mana • Manalock • Duplicast
Keyword	Turn • Mistake • Damage • Chain • Chord • Powerchord • Explode • Glean • Guess • Pathfinding • Morality
Profile	Level	Score • Prestige
	Tokens • Special Chests • Heirloom • Sigil
	Mastery
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