There's been a lot of rumors going around lately about the Chest Update, and this thread will try to clear as many of them up as possible. Please note that the information in this post is
not final, and may change at any time through the course of development.
Each rumor will be listed in the following format:
Last update to this post: August 18, 2013, 6:54 PM CDT (GMT-5)
Rumor: There's a big update coming soon.
Status: True
The "Chest Update" is possibly the largest gameplay-related change to MCSG since MCSGv2. As the name suggests, it's essentially a complete overhaul of the chest items in the game.
Rumor: v1 chests are returning.
Status: Partially true
MCSGv1 chests are returning in a way. We're using a lot of items from June/July of 2012 and combining them with new items (as well as resolving some of the complaints about v1's chests anyways). Although we'd like to use items from just before v2, we are unfortunately unable to find a configuration backup from later in v1.
Rumor: Tier 3 chests will be in the update.
Status: True
Tier 3 chests will be coming with the Chest Update.
Rumor: Tier 3 chests are randomized.
Status: True
Tier 3 chests will be in randomized locations across the map.
Rumor: There will be 20 tier 3s per map.
Status: False
Tier 3s will be limited per map based on the map's player size, as follows:
- Limited to 2 for a 24-player map
- Limited to 4 for a 48-player map
- Limited to 10 for a 120-player map (not set in stone and may change)
Rumor: Tier 3 chests will have diamond armor.
Status: Partially true
With the current plans, the only pieces of diamond armor that can spawn in a tier 3 are diamond helmets and diamond boots, otherwise tier 3s would be too overpowered.
Rumor: Tier 3 chests will have horse spawn eggs.
Status: True (but may change)
The current plan is for tier 3 chests to have a chance of a horse spawn egg appearing; however, due to the potential impact this can have on the game, it may change before release of the update. If horse spawn eggs do appear in the final Chest Update, they will spawn a horse with an extremely nerfed amount of health (from 10-12 hearts to 1-2).
Rumor: Golden apples are being moved from tier 2s to tier 3s.
Status: True
Due to the changes to the way golden apples act in Minecraft 1.6, they are being moved from tier 2 chests to tier 3 chests. To offset this, tier 2 chests have a chance of spawning multiple gold ingots (2-3).
Rumor: The Chest Update is coming on (X) date.
Status: False
There is no set date for the release of the update. Any release dates you hear are simply rumors from possibly misinformed players (or otherwise just trolls); please link them to this thread.
Rumor: The Chest Update will make (X) item be in chests.
Status: ???
The items are not set in stone yet. More information on what items will be in the actual update will be closer to release of the update.
Rumor: Every map will have tier 3 chests.
Status: Undecided
As of right now, every map on the development server has tier 3 chest locations set; however, some smaller maps may not have tier 3 chests, as it would be unsuitable for the current gameplay on those maps.
Rumor: X amount of tier 2s will be chosen in maps, which can then be replaced by 2 tier 3s.
Status: Partially true
Some existing chest locations have been replaced by possible tier 3 spawn locations, but there are also new locations added entirely. If a location is set to be a tier 3 location, but the chest randomization does not spawn one there, the chest will simply disappear.
