Gaming Q&A: Can Rocket Boots be found in Chests?

Question

One of the few items I have yet to obtain in Terraria is a pair of rocket boots.

Common wisdom is that they drop from the goblin invasions that occur every so often. Scuttlebutt says they also spawn in chests on floating islands or in dungeons.

I have scoured both wikis, but the only mention of finding rocket boots in chests is in this youtube video:

Obviously, if rocket boots can't be found in chests I shouldn't waste my time finding floating islands or battling Skeletron, so I am looking for some independent confirmation that they are a possible chest item in the first place (Or at least some volume of proof more than a single mention in a single youtube video).

Asked by Raven Dreamer

Answer

No, the Rocket Boots can not be found in any chests, don't drop from shadow orbs or bosses...

List of treasures around the Terraria world

Please note that most Coins & Hearts are not included.

The following items can drop when you break pots:

Stack of Bombs
Stack of Lesser Healing Potions
Stack of Torches
Stack of Wooden Arrows

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The following items can be found in any chests, they take up the other slots:

Stack of Arrows
Stack of Bottles
Stack of Copper Bars
Stack of Iron Bars
Stack of Jester's Arrows
Stack of Gold Bars
Stack of Gold Coins
Stack of Lesser Healing Potions
Stack of Silver Bars
Stack of Torches
Stack of Shuriken

The following items can only be found in buried chests:

The following items can only be found in underwater chests:

The following items can only be found in floating island house chests:

The following items can only be found in jungle shrine chests:

The following items can only be found in dungeon chests:

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The following items can drop from shadow orbs:

The first Shadow Orb broken in a world (not destroyed with dynamite) will always drop a Musket and several Musket Balls, from then on the drop is chosen at random from the list above.