The chest broke... where to use ascetic?

[balmora pete]

In the Black Gulch, there is a wooden chest with an oil puddle under it, and I accidentally rolled into it with my torch lit. Which bonfire do I use the ascetic on, to reset the chest?

[Koros Antavo]

Majula. Only after you finish the game.
Broken chests don't respawn unitl ng+.

You didn't lose much though, as that particular chest contained Divine Blessing.

[balmora pete]

Originally posted by Koros Antavo:

Majula. Only after you finish the game.
Broken chests don't respawn unitl ng+.

You didn't lose much though, as that particular chest contained Divine Blessing.

Thank you for telling me, now I don't feel any regret

[Enderspoons]

A wooden chest will shatter if you hit it 3 times. Doesn't matter how meaty the swing is.

Even if you're doing it to mimic-check though, I would still avoid hitting them. You can tell a chest is a mimic in two ways:

1. Mimics have a breathing animation, where their lid moves up and down very slowly. You can catch a glimpse of their gums and teeth under there if your eyes are sharp.

2. Mimics have metal clasps on them; chests do not. Metal mimics have two bright white clasps, while wooden mimics have a dull gray lock in the middle.

[Koros Antavo]

Originally posted by Enderspoons:

A wooden chest will shatter if you hit it 3 times. Doesn't matter how meaty the swing is.

Oh, but it does. Chests break in a way all other non-immediately breakable objects break. It usually takes 3 swings to break them, but heavy attakcks of heavier weapons can do it in two. Greatshiled slams will break everything in one.

Since we're on the topic, there are other ways to check the chest for mimicry.

Poisoning the chest with Poison Mist or Toxic Mist will reveal a healthbar if it is indeed a mimic, and usually slowly kill them, without them even waking up.

Wearing any piece of the Butterfly set will trigger a poisoning animation near a mimic, but not near a regular chest.

Lastly, throwing a Lloyd's Talisman into the chest will pacify the mimic, allowing you to retrieve the item without waking it up or killing it.

[Enderspoons]

Originally posted by Koros Antavo:

Originally posted by Enderspoons:

A wooden chest will shatter if you hit it 3 times. Doesn't matter how meaty the swing is.

Oh, but it does. Chests break in a way all other non-immediately breakable objects break. It usually takes 3 swings to break them, but heavy attakcks of heavier weapons can do it in two. Greatshiled slams will break everything in one.

Since we're on the topic, there are other ways to check the chest for mimicry.

Poisoning the chest with Poison Mist or Toxic Mist will reveal a healthbar if it is indeed a mimic, and usually slowly kill them, without them even waking up.

Wearing any piece of the Butterfly set will trigger a poisoning animation near a mimic, but not near a regular chest.

Lastly, throwing a Lloyd's Talisman into the chest will pacify the mimic, allowing you to retrieve the item without waking it up or killing it.

Thank you for the additions.

[JellyPuff]

Black Gulch Mouth Bonfire resets the chest. Not sure, if it's worth trading an Ascetic for a Divine Blessing, though. Doesn't reset The Rotten, which would have definitely made it worth it, because of the extra boss soul, it drops at Bonfire Intensity 2+.

Originally posted by Koros Antavo:

Broken chests don't respawn unitl ng+.

Wooden Chests do respawn, if you use a Bonfire Ascetic. Wether or not they have been looted properly or broken doesn't matter. Metal Chests, however, only re-spawn until NG+ (but they're also unbreakable).

Funny, you guys would mention mimics, because that specific one at Black Gulch has a lock, despite being a regular old chest.
My go-to-way to check for Mimic-chests, was to parry in front of them, so that the parry-frames hit the chest. You hear a slash-sound, if it's a Mimic and a wooden/metal thunk, if it's a regular chest.

[Koros Antavo]

Originally posted by JellyPuff:

Wooden Chests do respawn, if you use a Bonfire Ascetic. Wether or not they have been looted properly or broken doesn't matter. Metal Chests, however, only re-spawn until NG+ (but they're also unbreakable).

But we're talking about broken chests specifically. Well, yes, even they respawn. "Technically". Because they respawn broken, with rubbish inside. So in a meaningful sense, they don't respawn.

Originally posted by JellyPuff:

My go-to-way to check for Mimic-chests, was to parry in front of them, so that the parry-frames hit the chest. You hear a slash-sound, if it's a Mimic and a wooden/metal thunk, if it's a regular chest.

Also a good mehtod. I'm pretty sure parries still count as hits though, which means after doing enough parries a regular wooden chest will break.

[JellyPuff]

Originally posted by Koros Antavo:

But we're talking about broken chests specifically. Well, yes, even they respawn. "Technically". Because they respawn broken, with rubbish inside. So in a meaningful sense, they don't respawn.

They should have their usual contents inside, after burning a Bonfire Ascetic. At some point, i've broken the one, containing the Soul Vessel at Lost Bastille (behind the Pharros Contraption-triggered illusory wall inside the big room with the Shadow-enemy), got the Rubbish and still was able to farm the Soul Vessel at a later time, when i needed some.

Edit: Perhaps, at some point in the past, you have broken a chest, haven't picked up the Rubbish initially, respawned the chest and picked it up afterwards and haven't noticed the actual item still inside the respawned chest.
Also, parries won't break chests.

[Koros Antavo]

Just tested it.

3 parries with Cleric's Parma do break the chest.
Broken a wooden chest with parries, took resulting Rubbish, reset the location with an Ascetic.
The chest did respawn, intact, closed, and with an item inside.

Perhaps chests don't respawn if you don't pick up Rubbish? No desire to test that now. I don't like breaking chests or using Ascetics generally.

[JellyPuff]

Originally posted by Koros Antavo:

3 parries with Cleric's Parma do break the chest.

You're right about that one, my bad. I guess, i somehow never parried a chest more than twice before and assumed chests are somehow different in that regard, than destructible props.

[Michanicks]

OP, it's don't worth it, i got in the same situation like you and could check that chest only in the NG+, there is nothing unique nor useful, it's just a Divine Blessing.

[balmora pete]

Originally posted by Michanicks:

OP, it's don't worth it, i got in the same situation like you and could check that chest only in the NG+, there is nothing unique nor useful, it's just a Divine Blessing.

Thank you, yes, I can easily live without consumables I barely use anyway haha

And thanks to all that provided info about chests, ascetics and mimics!

[Lu2]

if there is chain hanging from chest . its mimic

wooden chest usualy contains materials and consumables. so its not that bad if you destroy it