Cat Quest – How to Unlock Golden Chests

Run into those locked golden chests and wondering what's inside? Don't want to spend 5k gold on one? This guide will tell you where to find the secret quest needed to unlock the key for the golden chests in Cat Quest, and with it a whole new selection of gear you can find!

Cat Quest - How to Unlock Golden Chests

Introduction

If you’re reading this guide, then by now you’ve probably seen the golden chests found in both Kit Cat’s shop and within most dungeons. You’re also probably aware that, aside from Kit’s very expensive golden chests, they cannot be opened by your bare paws (or your cat paws for that matter). Golden chests in Cat Quest contain a separate pool of gear than what you get in normal chests. The stats are better and they look better, too, so opening these chests is well worth your time.

Cat Quest - How to Unlock Golden Chests - If you want clothes like these, you'll need to open golden chests.

This guide is also available to read on Steam and you can buy the game also for PS4 from Amazon or on Steam.

How to Unlock the Chests

There is one thing you must have before getting the quest for the golden key: Water Walking. Water Walking is a skill you will be prompted to get after you have defeated the second dragon, as part of the main quest. The quest chain to get Water Walking can be found in Pawt City (pictured below), which is in the far North West of the map.

NOTE: It’s possible that if you get water walking, but don’t complete the quest for it before going to the island, and you take the quest found there, you’ll lose water walking and get stuck there. Make sure you’ve completed the quests in Pawt City before going to Founder’s Island.

Cat Quest - How to Unlock Golden Chests - Pawt City

By now you should be around level 20-30, though the higher level you are the easier a time you will have (but it’s still doable at 20-30). Once you have Water Walking, head South back down to the starting village. Directly South of the town, and across the water, is the island that has the quest you want.

Cat Quest - How to Unlock Golden Chests - Founder's Island

There you’ll be given a quest to check out a cave for the secret to the golden chests in Cat Quest. If the mischievous nature of the three cats doesn’t tip you off, you’re in for a rough go, despite the quest’s level requirement. Make sure you rest up at their village to save your location.

 

Inside you’ll be faced with several mimic chests, all of which are very strong. It’s recommended you use a mix of the Fire and Ice spells, to weaken their defenses and slow their attack speed. When you go in, you won’t aggro every chest in the dungeon, just three, including the big gold chest, so do what you can to avoid getting to close to the ones who aren’t aware of you yet.

I would also recommend wearing armor that has a lot of defense, rather than a lot of health boosts. The healing spell in this game costs a lot of MP and gives very little HP in return. The regenerating nature of armor is a far better choice for survival in this situation.

Once you have cleared out the dungeon, head back to the GentleCats and tell them of your success. Along with the golden key (which works on all chests and doesn’t get used up) you will also get some snappy new threads to wear and a ton of exp. Enjoy the golden chest in Cat Quest!

And for what we thought of the game, be sure to check out our review.

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    thanks for helping me so much

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    Ummm I’m not sure if there was an update, but each chest does -999 damage now, so the way to beat them is to never get hit even once. I’m level 50, you said this was doable at 20-30… That is no longer true.

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      Really? Shoot, that sucks. Well unfortunately, unless something else has changed within the game, the method to defeat them remains virtually the same – except now you can’t get hit at all. So what armor you do wear doesn’t matter in regards to health and/or defense boosts.

      I wouldn’t think that the game is trying to say that you need to be a super high level to clear the quest. Because that would be the quest at an end-game status, and what’s the point of collecting all these cool, great, armors once you’ve beaten the game?

      The fact that these chests are doing 999 damage undoubtedly makes this quest more difficult; but if you’re still able to do normal damage to -them-, then it’s not impossible. However, I haven’t played this game since it first released, so some things have undoubtedly changed that I can’t account for anymore. I would recommend asking around, even trying to get in contact with the developers – they’re an indie studio, which often have a stronger line of communication with players. Twitter and Steam forums are likely the best bets.

      I’ll look around myself, too. See if others are having this problem, and/or see if there has been any other updates that may inform how the player should be tackling this now very difficult quest. I’m sorry my guide hasn’t been as helpful as it should have been up to this point. If I find out new information, I’ll be sure to edit the guide accordingly.

      Thanks for taking the time to comment!

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        HI, i did at lvl 30, small box does 999 and gold one even more, but its actualy doable. I done it like this – freeze them, turn big (i dont know my lvl od spell but it boosts my damage by 90%) give them few hits and run away. You have to be fast.

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        This tip helped me out greatly. Thank you soooo much

    • It is beatable. My 6 year old son is playing at lvl 107 and using a lvl 10 Flamepurr spell and some melee and is able to take out the chests with several hits and dodges. Still not seeing a key, however. Perhaps my son did it wrong?

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        I don’t recall if you can fight the chests before you get the quest, but if you can, it may be he didn’t have the quest.

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      Not true, I was lol 30. You hit them twice and move away. Didn’t take to long to kill them

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    That’s quite a complicated guide.. Get to the point.

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    PAWSOME! THX!

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    this really helped thanks

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    I started the quest, but now I can’t choose a different quest! I HAVE to complete this quest!

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    dude you need to be like lvl 50 to beat it

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    Uhh make sure you complete the water walking quest first.

     

     

    I got water walking and went straight to the island. Canceled the water walking quest to do the gold key quest, and now i’m stuck on the island.

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      Good call. Obviously a bug, but one worth nothing. Let the devs know on the discussion page on Steam, for sure.

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        The best way is to lv up the squire set and lv up your ice/fire/thunder spells
        Fire weakens defense and followed by thunder increases damage quite a lot, or just freeze, normal hit and repeat, once you get used to kill them, grind money as much as you like, you’ll get around 1300 gold each time, just don’t get hit

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