Black Lion Chest
Black Lion Chest
“Contains a guaranteed item, a redeemable Black Lion Statuette, and 2 common items. Each chest has a 10% chance for a bonus uncommon or better item drop. Preview available.
— In-game description
A Black Lion Chest is a container that, when used with a Black Lion Chest Key, yields four items, with a chance to contain a fifth item. If opened with a Golden Black Lion Chest Key, the fifth item is guaranteed.
Many items within are also available in the Gem Store, though some rare items are exclusive to the chest, and a good portion of the items are Account Bound. Those exclusive items can later be purchased from the Black Lion Statuettes. Players are able to view the items contained in a Black Lion Chest by right clicking on the Chest and selecting the Preview option. The items within usually change with a major release.
When activated, a Black Lion Chest window opens that allows the player to combine a chest and a key.
Acquisition[edit]
- Rare drop from any open world foe.
Contained in[edit]
- Customer Appreciation Package (guaranteed)
- Arid Inquest Cache (chance)
- Bandit Cutpurse Loot Box (chance)
- Champion Dredge Loot Box (chance)
- Djinn Cache (chance)
- Dragonvoid Cache (chance)
- Dust Mite Cache (chance)
- Insect Loot Box (chance)
- Moa Loot Box (chance)
- Saurian Cache (chance)
- Speakers Cache (chance)
- Veteran Kodan Loot Box (chance)
- White Rabbit Loot Box (chance)
- Yeti Loot Box (chance)
Contents[edit]
- For previous contents, see: Black Lion Chest/historical
“Contains a redeemable Black Lion Statuette, a guaranteed item, and 2 common items. Each chest also has a 10% chance for an uncommon or better item, including exclusive skins not available anywhere else. You cannot receive duplicates of any exclusive skins.
— Preview description
Each Black Lion Chest contains four items: a seasonal item, one Black Lion Statuette, and two common items. In addition there is a chance at an uncommon, rare or super rare item which will appear as an additional fifth drop.
Guaranteed drops[edit]
- Black Lion Statuette (guaranteed)
- Fine Black Lion Dye Canister—Red (guaranteed)
Common drops[edit]
Drop chance: 100%
- Black Lion Statuette (2)
- Metabolic Primer
- Utility Primer
- Kralkatorrik Dye Kit
- Mordremoth Dye Kit
- Shadow Dye Kit
- Metallurgic Dye Kit
- Upgrade Extractor
- Transmutation Charge (5)
- Revive Orb
- Black Lion Commemorative Coin
- Black Lion Lockbreaker Kit
- Tyrian Exchange Voucher
- Guaranteed Weapon Unlock
- Guaranteed Armor Unlock
- Large Crafting Bag (2)
- Heavy Crafting Bag (2)
- Black Lion Material Bag: Secrets of the Obscure
- Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlock
- Teleport to Friend
- Black Lion Claim Ticket Scrap
- Black Lion Miniature Claim Ticket
Uncommon drops[edit]
Drop chance: ~3.0%
- Reflective Koi weapon skins
- Reflective Koi Warhorn Skin
- Reflective Koi Torch Skin
- Reflective Koi Sword Skin
- Reflective Koi Staff Skin
- Reflective Koi Short Bow Skin
- Reflective Koi Shield Skin
- Reflective Koi Scepter Skin
- Reflective Koi Rifle Skin
- Reflective Koi Pistol Skin
- Reflective Koi Mace Skin
- Reflective Koi Longbow Skin
- Reflective Koi Hammer Skin
- Reflective Koi Greatsword Skin
- Reflective Koi Focus Skin
- Reflective Koi Dagger Skin
- Reflective Koi Axe Skin
- Vintage Black Lion Weapon Box
- Black Lion Claim Ticket
- Vengeful Wolf Rider Helm Skin
- Vagabond's Package
Rare drops[edit]
- Fox Fire weapon skins
- Fox Fire Warhorn Skin
- Fox Fire Torch Skin
- Fox Fire Sword Skin
- Fox Fire Staff Skin
- Fox Fire Short Bow Skin
- Fox Fire Shield Skin
- Fox Fire Scepter Skin
- Fox Fire Rifle Skin
- Fox Fire Pistol Skin
- Fox Fire Mace Skin
- Fox Fire Longbow Skin
- Fox Fire Hammer Skin
- Fox Fire Greatsword Skin
- Fox Fire Focus Skin
- Fox Fire Dagger Skin
- Fox Fire Axe Skin
- Glyph of the Timekeeper (Unused)
- Glyph of Reaping (Unused)
- Black Lion Statuette (25)
- Unopened Endless Branded Tonic
- Golden Black Lion Chest Key (3)
- Lotus Harvesting Node
- Orichalcum Mining Node
- Ghost Pepper Harvesting Node
- Elder Wood Logging Node
Super rare drops[edit]
Drop chance: ~0.3%
- Permanent Crafting Station Contract
- Permanent Trading Post Express Contract
- Endless Upgrade Extractor Contract
- Permanent Black Lion Merchant Contract
- Permanent Bank Access Contract
- Endless Reinforcing Contract
- Permanent Hair Stylist Contract
Notes[edit]
- The non-guaranteed Black Lion Statuette drop can be between 2-25 statuettes at once.
- Drop rate research can be found here.
- Official drop rates were revealed with the March 19, 2024 update.
Item | Average number of item received per container opened | |
---|---|---|
Dye Kit | 0.45 | |
Black Lion Statuette | 0.339 | |
Transmutation Charge | 0.267 | |
Black Lion Claim Ticket Scrap | 0.151 | |
Revive Orb | 0.145 | |
Heavy Crafting Bag | 0.143 | |
Large Crafting Bag | 0.143 | |
Teleport to Friend | 0.109 | |
Seasonal Item | 0.101 | |
Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlock | 0.082 | |
Black Lion Miniature Claim Ticket | 0.081 | |
Upgrade Extractor | 0.079 | |
Uncommon Item | 0.078 | |
Utility Primer | 0.059 | |
Metabolic Primer | 0.057 | |
Guaranteed Armor Unlock | 0.049 | |
Black Lion Commemorative Coin | 0.048 | |
Tyrian Exchange Voucher | 0.048 | |
Guaranteed Weapon Unlock | 0.046 | |
Black Lion Lockbreaker Kit | 0.044 | |
Toy Mini Egg | 0.023 | |
Rare Item | 0.02 | |
Super Rare Item | 0.001 |
Trivia[edit]
- The contents were first updated in the 25 September 2012 update, which added additional items and replaced random tonics with Mystery Tonics and its endless version.
- Opening a chest previously yielded you with 1 , up until the January 21, 2014 update.
- Prior to the June 3, 2014 update, chests were split into locked and unlocked items. Using a key converted the former into the latter which served as a container.
- Prior to the February 18, 2014 update, unlocked chests were soulbound on acquire. This patch saw this item made account bound at the request of players.
- Tradeable permanent finishers were added in the 29 September 2015 update. This patch also removed Metabolic Primer, Utility Primer, Large Guild Discovery, and Boost Enchantment Powder from the drop tables. The Metabolic Primer was re-introduced in the March 28, 2017 update as an Uncommon drop.
- As of the rework in 2016, the window to open the chest now shows the current seasonal item as well as the chest sometimes being a different color. Previously it was just a grey color with no other decorations. Additionally, contents could now be viewed and the chests were given unique names.
- Until the update on November 1, 2016, three non-seasonal items (such as Trick or Treat Bag or Lucky Envelopes) were guaranteed.
- The One Path Ends update removed Tomes of Knowledge and Unidentified Dyes from rotation. The Black Lion Booster and Mystic Forge Stones were added as Common Drops but were later removed in the 2017 Wintersday Black Lion Chest update.
- Significant revisions were made to the regular Black Lion Chest items with updates to the 2017 Wintersday's Glacial Wintersday Chest, that included:
- The addition of more valuable common items, including dye kits, Upgrade Extractors, and new weapon- and armor-specific wardrobe unlocks.
- Previously rare weapon skins became uncommon drops and previously super rare weapon skins became rare drops.
- Notable permanent additions include:
- Self-Style Hair Kit and Total Makeover Kit were added as rare drops in the December 3, 2012 update.
- The Permanent Hair Stylist Contract was added on July 29, 2014.
- The Endless Upgrade Extractor Contract was added on December 12, 2017.
- Notable removals include:
- Self-Style Hair Kit and Total Makeover Kit were removed in the July 30, 2019 update.