Everything you need to know about treasure chests in Stardew Valley
While exploring the world of Stardew ValleyPlayers will encounter many different secrets and fun surprises that they might not expect. One of the more valuable things a player can collect is a Treasure Chest, a package of useful items worth 5,000 gold when sold.
These treasure chests can be found in various locations, but their main location is water. If you fish, you have a 15 percent chance of catching a treasure chest when you cast your line. Since this catch is unique compared to the catch of other fish, it is important to understand them.
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Updated March 28, 2024 by Christina Roffe: With the new version 1.6 update in Stardew Valley, players now have the opportunity to improve their mastery stats and unlock new rewards. These include golden treasure chests, an improved version of the regular treasure chests that you can find in the water. We’ve updated this article to include information about golden treasure chests, including how to unlock them, where to get them, and some of the possible items you can find inside. We’ve also updated the possible rewards from regular treasure chests to include new items introduced in the last update.
How to catch a treasure chest
Players can catch a treasure chest in any body of water where they can fish. Certain fishing rod attachments have a 15% chance of increasing the potential of obtaining a treasure chest. Catching a fish will reveal a treasure chest icon to players during the fishing mini-game. If players move the green bar over the symbol, they can catch the treasure. However, at the same time they also have to catch the fish they want to catch. Otherwise the treasure will not be obtained.
What’s in a treasure chest?
When successfully fishing out a treasure chest, players don’t know exactly what’s inside. The chance of finding just one item is 60 percent, but chests have a chance of containing multiple items: 24 percent for two items, 10 percent for three items, and six percent for four or more items.
Which items appear in the chest depends on a few factors, including the player’s fishing level, the distance at which they cast their line, and their progress in finding artifacts. The list of articles includes:
- amethyst (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Amethyst ring (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Amphibian fossil (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- anchor (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Old doll (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Ancient seed (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Old sword (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Aquamarine (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Aquamarine ring (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- bait
- Bait and Bobber Book
- Bone flute (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Broccoli seeds (Available only in summer and autumn)
- Broken trident (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Carrot seeds (Available only in winter and spring)
- chewing stick (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Chicken statue (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Money
- Combat boots (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Combat Quarterly Book
- copper ore
- Dark boots (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Deluxe lure
- diamond (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Dinosaur egg (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Dressed weirdo (Requires fishing level 6+ and maximum casting distance)
- Dried starfish (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Earth Crystal (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Elvish jewelry (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- emerald (Requires fishing level 2+ and maximum casting distance)
- Emerald ring (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Fire quartz (Requires fishing level 2+ and maximum casting distance)
- Firewalker Boots (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Frozen geode
- Frozen tear (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Genie shoes (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Geode
- Broken glass (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Luminous ring (Requires Luck buff)
- gold ore (Maximum throw distance required)
- Golden egg (Only possible after reaching 100 percent perfection)
- Golden animal cracker (After activating the Farming Mastery pillar)
- Golden Bobber (Only available if the Golden Bobber quest is available during the Desert Festival)
- Golden mystery box (After activating the Farming Mastery pillar)
- Iridium band (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Iridium ore (Maximum throw distance required)
- Iron ore
- jade (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Jade ring (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Book “Jewels of the Sea”.
- Leather boots (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Lost book (The museum library must still be incomplete and the player must have already found a lost book.)
- Magma geode (Maximum throw distance required)
- Magnetic ring (Requires Luck buff)
- Mining Monthly Book
- Mixed seeds
- Mysterious box
- Nautilus fossil (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Neptune’s Glaive (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Decorative compartments (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Powder melon seeds (Available only in autumn and winter)
- Prehistoric tool (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Prismatic Shard (Requires fishing level 6+)
- Qi bean (Only if the quest “Qi’s Harvest” is available)
- Rare CD (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Rice sprouts (Available only in spring, not at The Beach)
- roe (Requires reading the book “Jewels of the Sea”)
- rubber boots (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- ruby (Requires fishing level 2+ and maximum casting distance)
- Ruby ring (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Rusty gear (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Rusty spoon (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Rusty spur (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Skeleton tail (Requires fishing level 2+ and finding an artifact)
- Small light ring (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Small magnetic ring (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- sneakers (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Sonar Bobbers
- Stardew Valley Almanac
- Stone
- Strange doll (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Strange Doll (Green) (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Summer squash seeds (Only available in spring and summer)
- Thermal boots (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- topaz (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Topaz ring (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Treasure chest (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Tundra boots (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
- Wild bait (Must know Wild Bait recipe)
- Wood
- The Lumberjack’s Weekly Book
- Work shoes (Requires Fishing Level 2+)
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How to get a golden treasure chest
After the update to version 1.6 was rolled out Stardew ValleyPlayers now have the opportunity to join in Golden treasure chests as well as. If you want to get these, you must first improve your mastery stats. You can find your current mastery level in the Skills section of the main menu.
To increase your mastery points, you can either go about your daily tasks like farming, fishing, mining, and more, or pick up some skill books from the bookseller. After you reach the required number for the next level, you’ll want to pay a visit Championship Cavefound in the eastern part of the Cindersap Forest.
In here you want to get close to it Fishing mastery Column with the depicted fishing rod on the front. In addition to golden fishing chests, you will now also receive an advanced iridium rod and the Challenge Lure recipe.
In golden treasure chests you have a chance to get some of the following items:
- Baits and bobbers (Book)
- Broccoli seeds x2-8
- Carrot seeds x2-8
- Challenge bait x3-5
- Combat Quarterly (Book)
- Dressed weirdo
- Pixie dust x3-5
- fish stew
- Fish taco
- Iridium bars x1-5
- magnet x3-5
- Mining monthly (Book)
- pearl
- Powder melon seeds x2-8
- crab cocktail
- Sonar Bobbers
- Stardew Valley Almanac (Book)
- Stardrop tea
- Summer squash seeds x2-8
- Woodcutter’s Weekly (Book)
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Other places to find treasure
While fishing is the main way to find treasure, there are two other methods to get a chest. The first is to find artifact finds. There are many ways to obtain these, including by digging them up at artifact locations on Ginger Island, purchasing them from the Desert Merchant for 5 Omni-Geodes, finding them in level 3 Supply Crates at Beach Farm, and from Haunted Skulls after the Vault Bundle is dropped is finished. These finds may contain a chest. Another option is to use Secret Note #16 to find a chest buried where the X is marked on the note.
Stardew Valley
- Approved
- February 26, 2016
- developer
- ConcernedApe
- genre(s)
- Role play, simulation
