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'''Chests''' are objects present on indoor maps which contain treasures locked within them. During the course of battles, the player has a chance to have their [[unit]]s loot chests to claim free [[item]]s or [[gold]], but will often have to compete with enemy bandits to claim the contents of treasure chests first. Most units need [[Chest Key|a key]] to unlock a chest and take its contents, but [[Thief|Thieves]] and related classes have the ability to open chests without keys.

Since it is set entirely outdoors, {{FE4}} is the only ''Fire Emblem'' game which has no chests at all. In {{FE2}}, chests only appear when exploring locations and do not show up in battlefields.

There are several ways to unlock chests. The most common one, available to all units, is to obtain a [[Chest Key]] (or the more powerful [[Master Key]]) and use it on the chest, which costs one [[durability]] point from the key. The other way is through the use of members of the [[Thief]] class and related classes ([[Thief Fighter]], [[Assassin]], [[Rogue]], [[Whisper]], [[Trickster]], [[Outlaw]], [[Adventurer]]), who as part of their trade are able to reliably open locks without needing to find and use keys. Depending on the game, Thieves use either the [[Lockpick]] item to open chests, again costing one durability point from the Lockpick, or have a skill such as [[Locktouch]] which allows them to unlock chests without needing to use items at all. Additionally, depending on the game, [[Staff (magic)|staff]]-wielding units are able to use the [[Unlock]] or [[Thief (staff)|Thief]] staves to open them, both of which have the unique advantage of being able to open chests from far away.

The chests in ''Gaiden'' will automatically open when [[Alm]] or [[Celica]] walk up to them and have no special requirement to be unlocked.

During many battles, enemy [[Thief|Thieves]] who are not connected to the main enemy force will appear to take advantage of the confusion of war to loot the map's chests for themselves. Ideally the player will manage to get their own Thieves to the chests first, but if they cannot, the enemy can be forced to surrender the item by killing them, which will usually make them drop the stolen items (with the exception of {{title|Thracia 776}} and {{title|The Binding Blade}}, where items do not drop), or they can be stolen back from the enemy without killing them using the [[Steal]] skill of the players' own Thieves. However, gold taken from a chest by a Thief cannot be recovered at all.

File:Ss fe06 chests.png|Four chests in {{title|The Binding Blade}}. One of them has been opened by [[Cath]].

File:Ss fe09 chests.png|Three chests in {{title|Path of Radiance}}. One of them has been opened by [[Volke]].