What are Treasure Chests in Stardew Valley?

Players can come across Treasure Chests in Stardew Valley in a variety of places but they are most commonly found during the fishing mini-game. If they fish after reaching Fishing Level 2, there is a 15% chance of finding one. The loot in these chests is completely random and there is always a chance to reel in rare items like Golden Ore, Quartz, Community Center Bundle items, and more.

This article will list everything players can obtain from Treasure Chests in Stardew Valley.

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Treasure Chests in Stardew Valley explained

Fishing a Treasure Chest

Players can obtain chests by fishing in water bodies (Image via ConcernedApe)

Players can reel a treasure chest in any body of water that allows fishing. Once they cast the fishing rod into the water, there is a 15% chance of finding a chest. This probability can be increased by using several in-game items like Magnet, Treasure Hutner tackle, or by choosing the Pirate profession.

When catching a fish, players will notice a small green-colored bar pop up during the mini-game. By hovering it, they will be able to capture the fish and the treasure. However, losing the fish also means losing the treasure chest.

During fishing for a chest, there is also a 25% chance for the chest to be a Golden Treasure Chest. These chests have a 70% chance of having the following items:

• Iridium Bar
• Bait And Bobber, Mining Monthly, Combat Quarterly, Almanac, or Woodcutter's Weekly
• Carrot Seeds, Summer Broccoli Seeds, Squash Seeds, or Powdermelon Seeds, depending on the season and date the treasure chest was opened
• Fish Taco
• Fairy Dust
• Magnet
• Stardrop Tea
• Pearl
• Dressed Spinner
• Challenge Bait
• Shrimp Cocktail
• Fish Stew
• Sonar Bobber

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Other sources to obtain Treasure Chests

Some quests guarantee a Treasure Chest (Image via ConcernedApe)

Treasure Chests can also be obtained from the following in-game events.

• 3.7% chance to obtain from an Artifact Trove.
• 0.8% chance to obtain from a Mystery Box.
• 1.57% chance to obtain from a Golden Mystery Box.
• 0.3% chance to obtain from a Spooky Fish Pond when the population is at least 9.
• One Guaranteed chest after finding Secret Note #16.
• Guaranteed gold tier reward on SquidFest festival.
• Obtained from the prize machine in the Mayor's Manor after the player has received 22 prizes.

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Loot found in Treasure Chests in Stardew Valley

Chests reward with multiple unique items (Image via ConcernedApe)

The set of items obtained can depend on the type of chest, luck, and players' fishing level. A Treasure Chest can contain any of the following items:

Item	Fishing Level Required	Chance in Treasure Chest	Chance in Golden Treasure Chest
Amethyst Ring	2+	≈0.05%	≈0.03%
Amethyst	2+	0.043	0.027
Amphibian Fossil	2+	2.8-3.1%	1.7-1.9%
Anchor	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Ancient Doll	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Ancient Seed	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Ancient Sword	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Aquamarine Ring	2+	≈0.05%	≈0.03%
Aquamarine	2+	0.043	0.027
Bait And Bobber	NA	≈0.12%	0.015
Bait	NA	9-37%	6-9%
Bone Flute	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Broccoli Seeds	NA	0	0.07
Broken Trident	2+	≈0.6%	≈0.4%
Carrot Seeds	NA	0	0.07
Challenge Bait	NA	0	0.07
Chewing Stick	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Chicken Statue	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Coal	NA	9-50%	6-27%
Combat Boots	2+	≈0.012%	≈0.008%
Combat Quarterly	NA	≈0.12%	0.015
Copper Ore	NA	5-12%	3-8%
Dark Boots	2+	≈0.012%	≈0.008%
Deluxe Bait	6+	21-30%	14-20%
Diamond	2+	3-4%	2-3%
Dinosaur Egg	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Dressed Spinner	6+	0.04	0.09
Dried Starfish	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Earth Crystal	2+	0.037	0.023
Elvish Jewelry	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Emerald Ring	2+	≈0.05%	≈0.03%
Emerald	2+	0.043	0.027
Fairy Dust	NA	0	0.07
Fire Quartz	2+	0.037	0.023
Firewalker Boots	2+	≈0.012%	≈0.008%
Fish Stew	NA	0	0.07
Fish Taco	NA	0	0.07
Frozen Geode	NA	4-12%	2-8%
Frozen Tear	2+	0.037	0.023
Genie Shoes	2+	≈0.012%	≈0.008%
Geode	NA	4-16%	2-11%
Glass Shards	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Glow Ring	2+	≈0.03-0.09%	≈0.02-0.06%
Gold Ore	NA	0.09	0.06
Golden Animal Cracker	NA	0.07	0.09
Golden Bobber	NA	1	1
Golden Egg	2+	≈0.12%	≈0.08%
Golden Mystery Box	NA	6-15%	8-19%
Golden Tag	NA	33-99%	33-99%
Iridium Band	2+	≈0.12%	≈0.08%
Iridium Bar	NA	0	0.07
Iridium Ore	NA	0.011	0.007
Iron Ore	NA	5-10%	3-6%
Jade Ring	2+	≈0.05%	≈0.03%
Jade	2+	0.043	0.027
Jewels Of The Sea	5+	>=2.1%	>=2.1%
Leather Boots	2+	≈0.012%	≈0.008%
Lost Book	NA	0.04	0.02
Magma Geode	NA	0.05	0.03
Magnet Ring	2+	≈0.03-0.09%	≈0.02-0.06%
Magnet	NA	0	0.07
Mining Monthly	NA	≈0.12%	0.015
Mixed Seeds	<2	0.12	0
Mystery Box	NA	6-15%	8-19%
Nautilus Fossil	2+	2.8-3.1%	1.7-1.9%
Neptune's Glaive	2+	≈0.6%	≈0.4%
Ornamental Fan	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Pearl	NA	0	0.07
Powdermelon Seeds	NA	0	0.07
Prehistoric Tool	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Prismatic Shard	6+	≈0.012%	≈0.008%
Qi Bean	NA	0.43	0.51
Rare Disc	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Rice Shoot	NA	0.14	0.18
Roe	NA	0.25	0.25
Rubber Boots	2+	≈0.012%	≈0.008%
Ruby Ring	2+	≈0.05%	≈0.03%
Ruby	2+	0.043	0.027
Rusty Cog	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Rusty Spoon	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Rusty Spur	2+	0.7-0.8%	0.50%
Shrimp Cocktail	NA	0	0.07
Skeletal Tail	2+	2.8-3.1%	1.7-1.9%
Small Glow Ring	2+	≈0.29%	≈0.18%
Small Magnet Ring	2+	≈0.29%	≈0.18%
Sneakers	2+	≈0.012%	≈0.008%
Sonar Bobber	6+	3-4%	9-10%
Stardew Valley Almanac	NA	≈0.12%	0.015
Stardrop Tea	NA	0	0.07
Stone	NA	5-6%	3-4%
Strange Doll	2+	≈0.12%	≈0.08%
Strange Doll	2+	≈0.12%	≈0.08%
Summer Squash Seeds	NA	0	0.07
Thermal Boots	2+	≈0.012%	≈0.008%
Topaz Ring	2+	≈0.05%	≈0.03%
Topaz	2+	0.043	0.027
Treasure Chest	2+	≈0.24%	≈0.16%
Tundra Boots	2+	≈0.012%	≈0.008%
Wild Bait	NA	8-9%, 64-65%	5-6%, 69%
Wood	NA	5-6%	3-4%
Woodcutter's Weekly	NA	≈0.12%	0.015
Work Boots	2+	≈0.012%	≈0.008%

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