When, where, and how do chests spawn?

[Narkulus]

I started playing again and have only found a few underground and none on the surface. I'm missing a lot of recipes and would like to know if their are any special conditions to get chests to show up.

[Brainsloth]

Hi Narkulus,

The underground chests spawn the same as before, but surface chests have changed and only appear during the night.

[Narkulus]

Originally posted by Brainsloth:

Hi Narkulus,

The underground chests spawn the same as before, but surface chests have changed and only appear during the night.

I see, do they disappear at dawn then?

[rufferstuff]

Surface chests seem to only spawn at night, but if you go out right after sunrise you can still find them. Also keep in mind that your walking speed is faster than surface mobs will chase you, so just be aware of your surroundings and it isn't too dangerous to go out at night.

Underground chests can spawn any time I think but they are less common.

[harley9699]

Originally posted by Brainsloth:

Hi Narkulus,

The underground chests spawn the same as before, but surface chests have changed and only appear during the night.

New to the game. Changed from what? I'd still like the OP answered, please.
When do they spawn?
Where do they spawn?
How do they spawn? Additionally, what can you do to increase their chances of spawning?
(I've seen one, once)
Thanks.

[Brainsloth]

Hey harley9699,

The change I'm referring to is that, prior to R23, wood treasure chests that appear randomly on the surface used to spawn around the clock -- they now only show up after the sun goes down.

Beneath the ground, you'll find other variations of chests (with varying quality of loot) in the different cave layers. You might run into an obsidian treasure chest with decent loot in the bedrock/limestone layer, or an iron chest with pretty nice loot in the stalactite layer, and so on.

So, to answer you very directly:

• Surface chests spawn at night. Underground chests can spawn any time.
  
• Chests spawn anywhere, but the quality of loot varies by depth.
  
• Chests spawn randomly, independant of what you do. Exploration is probably the best way to run into more chests.

Hope that helps!

[harley9699]

Oh man, yeah. That was Very helpful. Thanks for the info.
I have a million more, but am trying to search them all out first.
Hope your week-free is netting some new $. It got mine (but, I have been following for quite a while).