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.
If you replay the stage (such as with a 
Key of Undoing or 
Magic Smoke Bomb) that has the Treasure Key, there will be a new condition for obtaining it, and you can get another one even if you already got one the first time. Similarly, if you replay the stage with the Locked Chest, there will be a new chest there. It is possible to unlock multiple chests in a single quest this way.
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 |
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| 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 |
| Mystic Statue | Enter to reveal the "secret" inside |
| Spawner | Activate it until it breaks |
| Wishpool | Activate it when its charge is 3 or more |
Password Keys
A hint sign says a password, such as a sequence of numbers.
| Password | Action |
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| 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 |
Special Chests
| Img | Chest | Item | Effect |
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Ally | Familiar | Spawn a  familiar and convert all your familiars to strong familiars when you open this chest.
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Bone | Bone | After opening, bury this chest as though it were  Bones.
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Bubble | Bubble | This chest spawns inside of a  bubble.
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Clay | items in your inventory | Gain souls equal to your highest number of duplicates when you open this chest. |
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Counter | Negate | This chest will sacrifice itself to negate fatal damage. |
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Crit | Chord | Activate 2  Brass Knuckles when you open this chest.
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Dire | Guess | If you have to guess when you open this chest, gain a revive. |
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Double | Chest | Spawn a chest in this cell after opening this chest. |
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Electric | Electric | Apply  electric to all other cells in this column when you open this chest.
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Elemental | Aura | Apply random elemental auras to all cells in this column and row when you open this chest. |
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Explosive | Explode | This chest explodes in a 3x3 area when opened. The radius is increased by each visible 5 or greater. |
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Fire | Burning | Launch flares in all directions when you open this chest. |
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Friendly | Stranger | Spawn a stranger for each visible cell of value 4 or greater when you open this chest. |
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Golden | Coin | Gain  coins equal to the visible currency when you open this chest.
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Holy | anti-omen | Transform a random omen into  Ancient Evil when you open this chest.
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Ice | Frozen | Apply  Frozen to nearby cells in a 5x5 area when you open this chest.
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Labyrinth | Pathfinding | If you have no pathfinding when you open this chest, gain 5% pathfinding. Otherwise, gain 1% pathfinding. |
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Love | Life | Gain 1  soul when you open this chest.
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Lucid | Solve | Solve a random cell for each visible cell of value 4 or greater. |
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Magic | Magic | Gain 50 mana for each visible cell of value 4 or greater when you open this chest. |
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Mastery | Mastery | Gain 1 mastery charge when you open this chest. |
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Merchant | Shop | Uncomplete a special stage and reduce the price of all visible strangers by half when you open this chest. |
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Metal | Armor | Repair your armor to base durability when you open this chest. |
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Minion | Minion | This chest contains 3  Minions.
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Munition | Weapon | Reveal a random monster then kill all visible monsters when you open this chest. |
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Radioactive |  Poison
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This cell gains  Toxic. Spread Toxic when Poison activates. Reveal Toxic cells and kill any living objects within when you open this chest.
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Plant | Hungry Plant | Spawn a Hungry Plant on a numbered cell. It consumes all nearby monsters. |
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Present | any value | Transform items on the stage into  Presents when you open this chest.
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Prophecy | normal chest | Gain 3  Tokens when you open this chest. It contains a Blueprint.
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Regal | Legendary | If you open this chest while you have a legendary item, launch a blessing to the north. |
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Time | Status | Pass 50 turns when you open this chest. |
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Undercover | Glean | Glean all hidden cells around visible cells of value 5 or greater when you open this chest. |
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World | Stage | Reduce the stage power by the number of stages you have completed when you open this chest. |
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Easter | Easter | Spawn 3 Easter eggs in hidden cells when you open this chest. |
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Summer | Summer | After opening this chest, spawn a  Wishpool in its place.
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Halloween | Halloween | Spawn 3  spookers when you open this chest. Visible strangers put on masks.
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Christmas | Christmas | Spawn  Soft Snow and apply Frozen to a random cell when you open this chest. Visible strangers put on Christmas hats.
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Special Chest Related Items
| Image | Name | Description | Cost |
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Hook Hand | Your guaranteed chests will be Special Chests. Activate Special Chest effects twice. |  26 coins
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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 - Easter Chest in
Rabbit Hole - Summer Chest in
Beach Resort
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
- v1.72 Added: Easter Chest
- 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 | |||
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| Character | Stats |  Lives •  Defense •  Coins
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 Revive •  Status Effect
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| Stage | Stages • Special Stages • Stage Power | ||
| Objects |  Stranger •  Landmark • Familiar •  Monster •  Boss
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| Loot | (  Heart • Soul • Coin •  Diamond • Chest • etc. )
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| Modifiers | Aura • Stage Mods | ||
| Orbs |  Canker •  Sawblade • Bubble
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| Projectiles | Flare • Blessing • Bubble | ||
| Item | Inventory •  Armor • Bones • Minion • Seal
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| 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
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| Mastery |                                   
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