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[[File:Golden-chest-v204-1-204x220.jpg|frame|Typical drop in RoS, [[Patch 2.0.4]].]]'''Resplendent Chests''' is the term for the shinyare Golden Chests, glowingwith their inner riches. Unlike normal chests which only drop an item or two and perhaps a couple of gems, big-dropping special [[Resplendent chests]] found in Diablo IIIrelease a shower of loot. These chests The quantity varies greatly, but there are generally found in fixed locations on surface areasusually 1-5 rare items, 1-2 blue items, and while their locations can vary in the randomly1-generated dungeons3 gems, they are seldom fully random, but will generally be found in known locations; just past big bosses, in certain locations at the end plus numerous stacks of a levelgold. Golden chests may also drop legendary items or plans, etcthough those are very rare.

Resplendent [[Cursed Chests ]] and [[Cursed Shrines]] reward players with 1 or 2 special chests, but those are visually distinct from normal chests[[Radiant Chest]]s, which glow whitish-blue and drop considerably more items. It's not yet known how better than plain chests, but well below the math works on such objects -- do they drop higher quality items, or just more items?quantity of Resplendent Chests.

==Golden Chests Over Time== Resplendent Chests have been buffed in their drops several times since Diablo 3's release. They've also been moved and relocated several times. Immediately after release there were several chests that spawned every game or every-other game that could be repeatedly farmed from nearby waypoints, and the developers had to remove them as they were being exploited.  In [[Patch 1.0.5]] Resplendent Chests were improved further buffed in their drops, but only in [[Inferno]] difficulty. Since that patch opening a chest will grant one stack Then players with five stacks of [[Nephalem Valor]] and when they opened the chest would see more loot drop. ([[Elite]]s dropped bonus loot will be affected by for players with five stacks as well.) At that time Golden chests were also useful to get stacked up, adding a NV stack if clicked with fewer than the five max. Some players figured how many stacks of to incorporate regular chest locations into their farming runs, to get stacked up more quickly. (The Nephalem Valor system was removed from the player game in [[D3v2]] in early 2014.) [[D3v2]] and [[Reaper of Souls]] buffed Resplendent chest drops, then Blizzard added another buff to them shortly after RoS went live with [[Patch 2.0.4]]. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/golden-resplendent-chest-drops-are-bugged-buff-coming] <blue>The treasure from Resplendent Chests has when been improved to feel more resplendent.</blue> Typical loot drops from golden chests were considerably increased in that patch, making the chests worth hitting. During much of the RoS beta they open were not, and players had grown used to just running past them unless the chest was right in front of their path.

'''[[Fields File:Chest-transcendent2.jpg|thumb|300px|Resplendent chests sparkle when opened.]]Chests are sorted randomly throughout the world, and may appear in different locations every game. Even players who have cleared an area hundreds of Miserytimes will still be surprised by a golden chest once in a while. [[Nephalem Rifts]]'''are a prime example, where chests and golden chests are totally randomized. Chest rifts have been seen, where half a dozen or more golden chests appear on the same level, in much higher density than in any other area of the game. This is random, and many Rift levels have no golden chests at all, and since there are no events or quests in Rifts, there are zero preset golden chest locations.

* [[Decaying Crypt]] - Even with that randomness, there are some areas of the game where a golden chest appears every game, or as part of various events and quests in any game they spawn in. Most side dungeons with two levels have a golden chest on the second level 2* [[Farmer's Cellar]]* [[Scavenger's Den]] - level 2* [[The Secluded Grove]]* [[The Lost Mine]] - level 2, usually fairly near the obelisk that teleports characters back to the dungeon entrance.

The following are locations that chests * [[Cave always* spawn, when the event or quest does. There are thousands of other random Golden Chest locations throughout the Moon Clan]] - level 2game.

* '''[[Weeping HollowCemetery of the Forsaken]]'''** Completing [[The Matriarch's Bones]] or the [[Jar of Souls]] events both drop equivalent to a Resplendent Chest, though the clickables do not look like a typical golden chest.

'''[[Southern Highlands]]'''* [[Den Cave of the FallenMoon Clan]] - level 2 * '''[[Cathedral Level 4]]'''** Skeleton Summoning Room - Golden Chest reward for killing all four skeleton posts and their spawn.

* '''[[Dahlgur OasisHowling Plateau]]'''** [[The Crazed Miner]] - Random event reward.** [[Sirocco Caverns]] - Level 2

* '''[[Ancient CaveStinging Winds]] - level 2* [[Flooded Cave]] - level 2'''* [[Ransacked Cellar]] - Random* [[Mysterious CaveThe Crumbling Dungeon]] - RandomGolden chest in the treasure room for completing this timed event.

* '''[[Howling PlateauDesolate Sands]]'''** [[Vile Cavern]] - Level 2** Spiral Giant Skeleton -- Chest always in the center of this surface event/area.** Circle of Desert Dervishes -- Chest reward after killing all 8 spinning Dervishes in this event.** Tunnel of the Burrowing Horror -- Level 2, entered after killing the Unique tunnel worm.

* [[The Wolf Gate]]-- Gateway to the left when first crossing the bridge at the very start of the act, only when doing the quest in Story Mode. * '''[[Westmarch Heights]]'''** Several of the short events via the cellars offer guaranteed golden chest rewards.** [[Plague Tunnels]] -- Level 2. * '''[[Blood Marsh]]'''** Golden chests in several of the Boggin den events.** Level 2 in the huge natural cave dungeons. * '''[[Ruins of Corvus]]'''** Golden chests tied to several random events in this dungeon. * '''[[Battlefields of Eternity]]'''** Several of the side dungeons offer golden chest rewards. * '''[[Pandemonium Fortress]]'''** Several golden chest reward events in Level 1 and Level 2.