PoE 2 Ref

Blacksmith's Strongbox

Strongbox container

Blacksmith's Strongbox

A locked chest that ambushes you with monster packs, then drops its loot once they're cleared.

  • Guarded by (3-12) packs of Monsters

Ranges span this container's versions — the game places a weaker one in low-level areas and a stronger one in high-level areas.

What it drops

This container favours martial weapons — maces, spears, quarterstaves and the like.

How it opens

Opening this box releases 3–12 packs of monsters that ambush you — defeat them before you can collect the loot. Clear the surrounding area first, then open the box so you aren't overwhelmed.

Strongboxes are items with a rarity of their own, so you can use an Orb of Alchemy, Regal Orb or Exalted Orb on one to upgrade it and add modifiers before opening it. As a rule of thumb, prefixes tend to raise the danger and suffixes tend to raise the reward.

How often you find one— 17.1% of strongboxes

When an area rolls a strongbox, the type is picked at the game's own weights. This one carries 200 of the 1,170 total weight, so it is 17.1% of the strongboxes you find before any Atlas passive shifts it.

StrongboxWeightShare
Strongbox30025.6%
Armourer's Strongbox20017.1%
Blacksmith's Strongbox20017.1%
Researcher's Strongbox20017.1%
Large Strongbox1008.5%
Ornate Strongbox1008.5%
Arcane Strongbox504.3%
Cartographer's Strongbox100.9%
Jeweller's Strongbox100.9%

Compared with other Strongbox containers

ContainerGuards
Arcane Strongbox3–12 packs
Armourer's Strongbox3–12 packs
Blacksmith's Strongbox3–12 packs
Cartographer's Strongbox6–12 packs
Jeweller's Strongbox3–12 packs
Large Strongbox3–12 packs
Ornate Strongbox3–12 packs
Researcher's Strongbox3–12 packs
Solidified Corruption10–20 packs
Strongbox3–12 packs

Rarity and Quantity are the container's own increases to what it drops, as the game states them.

Unique versions

This strongbox can turn up as a unique instead:

Atlas passives that affect it— 24

Other Strongbox containers