Strongbox

Strongboxes

Tooltip

Strongboxes are locked chests that contain various items.

Attempting to unlock a Strongbox will unleash packs of monsters that must be defeated in order to get the items within.

Strongboxes can be modified to increase the difficulty and reward of the monsters and rewards within respectively.

Strongboxes are a game mechanic. The exile may encounter chests with varying rarity, including unique. These chests may be crafted upon with currency items. When the chest is opened, a dark mist will surround the character, and monsters will approach. After they are slain, the chest will open and drop its rewards.

This mechanic is extremely similar to a Path of Exile 1 mechanic of the same name.

Mechanics

Corrupting a strongbox with a Vaal OrbVaal OrbStack Size: 20Corrupts an item, modifying it unpredictablyRight click this item then left click an item to corrupt it. Corrupted items cannot be modified again.
Shift click to unstack. results in all items being Corrupted.

Certain mechanics may allow a strongbox to be openable again. To do so, the player must hold the left click button down on the strongbox.

Types of Strongboxes

Type	Items contained
Strongbox	a mix of items
Arcane Strongbox	Foci, Sceptres, Staves, Wands
Armourer's Strongbox	Armour (equipment)
Blacksmith's Strongbox	Martial weapons
Large Strongbox	a mix of items with higher quantity than a normal Strongbox
Ornate Strongbox
Researcher's Strongbox	Currency items
Jeweller's Strongbox	Rings and Amulets

Affixes

Name	Type	Effect
Chaotic	Prefix	Casts Chaos Barrages
Menacing	Prefix	Guarded by a pack/2 packs of Rare Monsters
Scorched	Prefix	Summons Volatile Crags
of Treasures	Suffix	105-200% more Rarity of Contained Items
		Casts Lightning Storms
Arctic	Prefix	Freezes you when activated
Crowded	Prefix	Guarded by 4-8 Packs of Monsters
of Wisdom	Suffix	Contains Identified Items
of Bounty	Suffx	30-80% Incresed Quantity of Contained Items

Unique strongboxes

Name	Modifiers	Flavour text	Image	Notes
Ixchel's Torment Blacksmith's Strongbox	Guarded by 31 packs of Monsters Guarded by abberations of Chaos Contains an additional Unique Item, Corrupted with <random corruption outcome> Corrupted	His Trials will end when Time does... and then, they wil begin again.		Contains monsters from Trial of Chaos. The random mod can be one of the following corruption outcomes: ...with an Enchantment ...with unpredictable mod ranges ...with an additional Socket
Ogham's Legacy Large Strongbox	Revives the fallen monster (3-6) times Fallen monster gains an additional modifier each time it revives Contains no other Items	The cycle of vengeance never ends... even in death.		The monster corpse found on the strongbox will revive multiple times.
The Rain Festival Beetle Jeweller's Strongbox	Drops (3-5) additional Jewels (100-150)% more Rarity of Contained Items	During the first rain of each year, rich and poor alike chased the Beetle through the flooding streets of Keth, and its bounty was shared equally by all.		Clicking the strongbox will turn it into a monster called The Rain Festival Beetle that runs away from the player. Defeating it will drop items that would be contained in the strongbox, including 5-7 basic jewels.
Ventor's Contraption Researcher's Strongbox	Can be reopened 4 times Gold cost increased by 950% to 1050% each time opened Costs 200 Gold to open Drops items from Ventor's Trove	Prospero smiles upon you, fair traveller. Step close, take a chance, and try fortune's fare!		Clicking the strongbox spends your current Gold to roll a random currency reward which can range from Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. to stacks of currency to high level uncut gems and Perfect Jeweller's OrbsPerfect Jeweller's OrbStack Size: 20Sets a Skill Gem to have 5 Support Gem SocketsRight click this item then left click a Skill Gem to apply it. Can only apply to Skill Gems with fewer than 5 Support Gem Sockets., and other items

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0d	The Rain Festival Beetle now has Drops 3-5 additional Jewels (from 5-7) and 100-150% more Rarity of Contained Items (from 50-100%).[Undocumented]
0.2.0	Introduced 4 Unique Strongboxes - special chests with unique encounters. Strongboxes now spawn slightly more packs of Monsters in Maps. Strongboxes can now appear in certain Act 1 areas.
0.1.1c	Added Minimap Icons for Strongboxes.
0.1.1	A number of Maps now have 50% more chance to contain Strongboxes. Maps that are only exclusively found in Biomes containing Citadels now have 50% more chance to contain Essences, Strongboxes and Shrines. Strongboxes have been adjusted to spawn waves of enemies over a much shorter period of time. The Strongbox fog effect now fades away once all the waves of enemies have been spawned. Significantly increased the chance to encounter Research Strongboxes. Added a visual effect to distinguish which Monsters have been spawned by a Strongbox. The Volcanic Crag, Lightning Storms, Ice Spikes and Chaos Barrage Strongbox modifiers have all been adjusted to activate after a delay. Fixed a bug where strongboxes could fail to generate any monsters.
0.1.0f	Fixed a bug where Rare monsters could pause Delirium mist for an extended period of time, even before touching the Mirror of Delirium. This could result in opening a mirror and having no monsters spawn, or the mist not expanding fully. In addition, Delirium mist is now paused for 10 seconds when opening a Strongbox (previously 5). Note that unrelated to Delirium Mist, further changes to Strongboxes will be made in an upcoming patch to make them less terrible.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.