Open a Chest

Open a Chest is a quest.

Details

Property	Description
Giver	Mages Guild
Membership	Member
Requirements	Guild rank or character level 0+
Summary	Open a merchant's antique chest that the town's locksmiths could not crack; it turns out to be a trick box.

Objectives

Use the location names in your quest journal. Follow map markers when they are available.

Step	Objective	Optional
1	Open the merchant's old chest at the quest destination in the named town. Only the standard Open spell will work.	No
2	Give the opened chest back to the merchant	No
3	Return to your quest giver at the Mages Guild of the named town	No

Outcomes

Added gear requires a successful quest payment and a qualifying outcome. Quest mail alone does not count as payment.

Outcome	Gold multiplier	Gear choice
The mage's trick box is open, and the Guild has a little good publicity.	100%	Yes
The merchant's trick box stayed shut.	No added payment	No

With Questlines enabled, these outcomes control the added rewards. Gold multipliers apply only to gold the quest actually pays. A gear choice offers a weapon, armour and jewellery; keep one. See Quest rewards and loot for rarity, payment and online reward rules.

Possible quest foes

Foe	Group size
Battlemage	1
Sorcerer	1
Imp	1
Rat	1
Giant Bat	1
Mage	1
Skeletal Warrior	1

These are the script’s possible foe groups, including conditional encounters. They are not all guaranteed to appear together; repeated attacks and ordinary dungeon enemies can add more. Follow a foe’s reference for its combat rules before choosing weapons.

See Quest reference for offer requirements across quests.

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