[MC-73701] Locked Chest a little useless if can be broken by axe

Logging this as a bug as it seems like a big oversight.

If someone has an AXE they can just hack away at a chest to get all the drops in side. Doesn't matter if it's "locked" or not.

If it's locked, in my opinion, the chest should be indestructible or there's no point locking it in the first place.

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MC-44362 can break locked chest so thereful lock seems useless beside gamemode 2 Resolved

Comments 8

Jasper van den Berg 2014-10-27T18:03:18Z

Locked chests were an April Fools item which is no longer available in 1.8. Are you talking about trapped chests?

This is a feature request and not a bug.

Mustek 2014-10-27T18:04:26Z

The game allows you to set an NBT tag to 'lock' the chest and use a 'key' item to unlock it.

Mustek 2014-10-27T18:06:37Z

Either way, this is marked as intended by Dinnerbone. See MC-44362

Jasper van den Berg 2014-10-27T19:32:49Z

That kind of locked chest... didn't know that something like that was possible. Cool feature 🙂

G. Michael Carter 2014-10-27T19:43:00Z

Hence my useless feature. Someone sets their chest to NBT tag to 'lock' ... so you come up to it with a wooden axe... hack it out put the two chests back and any items you don't want.

So what's the point of NBT tag to 'lock' if it's so easy to get around?

Jasper van den Berg 2014-10-27T20:10:26Z

It's useful for gm2 survival maps or gm2 minigames. (gm2=gamemode 2)

G. Michael Carter 2014-10-27T20:51:27Z

Until someone get's a hold of a AXE in survival mode. Or at least last time I tested you could still break NBT tag to 'lock' chests.

kasamikona 2014-10-28T07:20:35Z

...Except gamemode 2 is adventure mode... where you can only break certain things, as specified by NBT data on the tool you hold. As long as you make sure there are no axes (or really anything) that is set to be able to break chests. If, at some other part of the map, a chest must be broken, just use command blocks to give the player something that can break chests, and take the item from them if they go too far from the area.