Golden Crate

Type	Grab bagFurnitureCrate
Placeable	✔️ (2 wide × 2 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Right click to open /; L2 to open () /; LT to open () /; Double tap to open
Rarity
Sell	2 GC
Research	10 required

This is the main page whose information applies to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.
For the differences of this information on Old-gen console and 3DS, see Legacy:Golden Crate.

The Golden Crate is a pre-Hardmode crate that can be obtained by fishing in any biome, at any layer. It is the highest tier of standard crate, having the greatest value if sold directly. Its Hardmode counterpart is the Titanium Crate.

Drops

Loot
Item	Quantity	Chance
Life Crystal	1	1/8 (12.5%)
Hardy Saddle(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	1	7/80 (8.75%)
Gold Coin	8–20	1/3 (33.33%)
Silver Ore	25–34	1/5 (20%)
Tungsten Ore
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore
Silver Bar	8–11	4/15 (26.67%)
Gold Bar
Tungsten Bar
Platinum Bar
Obsidian Skin Potion	2–5	1/3 (33.33%)
Spelunker Potion
Gravitation Potion
Mining Potion(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Heartreach Potion
Healing Potion	5–20	1/2 (50%)
Mana Potion	5–20	1/2 (50%)
Master Bait	3–7	2/3 (66.67%)
Enchanted Sword	1	1/30 (3.33%)

Only one type of item out of the ores and bars can drop, not both a type of ore and a type of bar. The table above implies otherwise with the ores and the bars being in separate rows, but that is for readability purposes. The chance that a type of ore or bar is dropped is 7/15 (46.67%).
(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) A Golden Crate will always contain at least one type of item from the first four groups (or any but the last four groups) displayed in the loot table above. This means that at least one type of item from the following list will always drop from a Golden Crate:

Golden Crates have a 28% chance of not initially rolling anything from the above groups, in which case the crate loot is rerolled until one of the above items drops. This means the above items have a 1.39x higher effective drop rate than is listed in the above table.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Golden Crate	Titanium Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Shimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Tips

Golden Crates do not provide the lower-tiered metals: They do not offer Copper, Tin, Iron, nor Lead.

Trivia

The Hardy Saddle can only be obtained by opening Golden and Titanium Crates.
Life Crystals can be obtained by opening Golden and Titanium Crates, making them renewable.
Golden Crates can be obtained in worlds with Platinum Ore.

History

Desktop version

Desktop 1.4.4:
- Stack limit increased from 99 to 9999.
- Reduced quantity of dropped ores from 30–44 to 25–34.
- Reduced quantity of dropped bars from 10–14 to 8–11.
- Increased drop rate of Life Crystals from 1/15 (6.67%) to 1/8 (12.5%).
- Reduced drop rate of Hardy Saddles from 7/75 (9.33%) to 7/80 (8.75%).
- Increased drop rate of Enchanted Swords from 1/50 (2%) to 1/30 (3.33%).

Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Will no longer drop Hardmode items, even if opened after the Wall of Flesh has been defeated in a world.
- Loot tables re-adjusted so that Wooden, Iron, and Golden Crates now drop different metals depending on the level of crate.
- Can now drop Heart Crystals and Enchanted Swords.