Tip: open a brown chest when you get a gun from the rarer one

[Xjan256]

here's what items you can get from brown chests ONLY

Meatbun
Bomb
Ice Bomb
C4
Molotov
Supply Drop <-meh
Ammo Synthesizer
Backpack
Scope
Ammo Belt
Bullet Time
Decoy
Trusty Lockpicks
Potion of Lead Skin
Double Vision
Poison Vial
Potion of Gun Friendship
Knife Shield
Grappling Hook
Battery Bullets <-comes handy near ice enemies, otherwise useless
Lichy Trigger Finger
Enraging Photo
Ring of Mimic Friendship
Amulet of the Pit Lord
Heavy Boots
Cigarettes <-mostly only good when you're playing as pilot
Cog of Battle
Map
Sense of Direction <-eh
Blast Helmet <-not that useful
Lodestone Ammolet
Table Tech Sight
Table Tech Money
Table Tech Rage
Ruby Bracelet <- the worst right after health, ammo and money
Gas Mask
Dog
Health, ammo, money (worst)

If you get two brown chests, that just sucks

original title and post:
Why does no one open brown chests?

you can get pretty good items, like lead skin potion or lichy trigger finger. but brown guns are really not worth it

[highwayman]

You have one key and have to decide: Green chest or brown chest? That's self explanatory

[Mysticore]

Sure, you could always get Cog of Battle, Sling or Potion of Lead Skin from a brown chest, but the overall chance of getting a good gun/item is much lower compared to the other chest ranks. Therefore, they're not really worth a key most of the time.

[Xjan256]

of course it's good to open the rarer one first but i've seen quite a lot of people absolutely reject brown chests and telling others to do it too in tips and tricks threads

[Athenia]

Unless I have a ton of spare keys (like that one time I got the key stone thingy) I ain't opening any brown chests.

[bb420777]

I open 'em if I have keys to spare.
I'm not scared of brown chests.

However, if I already got a passive/active item from the other chest and I know there's going to be a gun in the brown chest, then I'll usually pass.

[Xjan256]

Originally posted by bb420777:

I open 'em if I have keys to spare.
I'm not scared of brown chests.

However, if I already got a passive/active item from the other chest and I know there's going to be a gun in the brown chest, then I'll usually pass.

yeah that's how i do it too

[Nermanater]

I've gotten significantly more heart drops (total waste of a key), guns like wind up or mailbox, and other next-to-useless passives than I've gotten decent items from brown chests. I try to save keys for chests on later floors if I can. Like other's said, if I have an abundance of keys I'll sometimes go for it, but only then.

[zverozvero]

There might be higher tier chests, locked rooms or even Lock trader. Brown chests throw in interesting idea of 'growing' what you allready have but its a long shot.

[Martin]

I wait until I've explored the entire dungeon first, then I either open or destroy the brown chest depending on the amount of keys I have.

If I'm holding Book of Chest Anatomy, I destroy brown chests, no questions asked.

[AnemoneMeer]

Generally speaking, brown chests only have one good gun drop(Normal shotgun), but a great many good passive/active drops. the problem is you can't tell what chest is what, and taking a gamble on the brown chest isn't as safe as opening the other.