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]
- Arid Inquest Cache (chance)
- Bandit Cutpurse Loot Box (chance)
- Champion Dredge Loot Box (chance)
- Customer Appreciation Package (guaranteed)
- 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)
- Black Lion Material Bag: Janthir Wilds (guaranteed)
Common drops[edit]
Drop chance: 100%
- Black Lion Statuette (2)
- Metabolic Primer
- Utility Primer
- Vibrant Dye Kit
- Elonian Beasts Dye Kit
- Frost Dye Kit
- Flame 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%
- Dokkaebi weapon skins
- Dokkaebi Warhorn Skin
- Dokkaebi Torch Skin
- Dokkaebi Sword Skin
- Dokkaebi Staff Skin
- Dokkaebi Short Bow Skin
- Dokkaebi Shield Skin
- Dokkaebi Scepter Skin
- Dokkaebi Rifle Skin
- Dokkaebi Pistol Skin
- Dokkaebi Mace Skin
- Dokkaebi Longbow Skin
- Dokkaebi Hammer Skin
- Dokkaebi Greatsword Skin
- Dokkaebi Focus Skin
- Dokkaebi Dagger Skin
- Dokkaebi Axe Skin
- Vintage Black Lion Weapon Box
- Black Lion Claim Ticket
- Acclaimed Militia Chestpiece Skin
- Portable Hot Springs Chair
Rare drops[edit]
Drop chance: ~2.0% - 0.3%
- Bright Inquisitor weapon skins
- Bright Inquisitor Warhorn Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Torch Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Sword Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Staff Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Short Bow Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Shield Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Scepter Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Rifle Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Pistol Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Mace Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Longbow Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Hammer Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Greatsword Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Focus Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Dagger Skin
- Bright Inquisitor Axe Skin
- Glyph of the Unbound (Unused)
- Glyph of the Herbalist (Unused)
- Black Lion Statuette (25)
- Unopened Endless Branded Tonic
- Golden Black Lion Chest Key (3)
- Lotus Harvesting Node
- Orichalcum Mining Node
- Advanced Cloth Rack
- Ghost Pepper Harvesting 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 | 0.452 | |
Transmutation Charge | 0.184 | |
Black Lion Claim Ticket Scrap | 0.148 | |
Large Crafting Bag | 0.142 | |
Revive Orb | 0.141 | |
Heavy Crafting Bag | 0.125 | |
Teleport to Friend | 0.11 | |
Seasonal Item | 0.1 | |
Black Lion Statuette | 0.082 | |
Black Lion Miniature Claim Ticket | 0.08 | |
Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlock | 0.079 | |
Uncommon Item | 0.079 | |
Upgrade Extractor | 0.077 | |
Utility Primer | 0.058 | |
Metabolic Primer | 0.057 | |
Guaranteed Armor Unlock | 0.05 | |
Black Lion Commemorative Coin | 0.048 | |
Tyrian Exchange Voucher | 0.047 | |
Black Lion Lockbreaker Kit | 0.046 | |
Guaranteed Weapon Unlock | 0.044 | |
Toy Mini Egg | 0.026 | |
Rare Item | 0.019 | |
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.