**This bug has been patched on all platforms as of May 2014. This post is now for non-patched games and archival purposes only.**
I watched a Youtube video about farming gold chests with active blocks. I also watched a video about farming dead goldfish with a crab-statue trigger. This is what happens when you combine the two tricks.
To Farm Gold Chests:
- Lay out four active blocks
- Run wire to a switch
- Turn off active blocks
- Place gold chest on the active blocks
- Put any item inside the chest
- Flip the switch
To Automate Using a Crab Statue:
- Place crab statue
- Box it in, leaving only one block of open space beside it
- Put pressure plate in open space
- Run wire from active block switch through the pressure plate and to the statue
- Flip the switch
I’m sure there are ways to increase the output by constricting the crabs more or using 1-second timers. Tweak it up and see if you can get a non-stop fountain of gold chests (and gold coins)!
Be careful when you’re selling the chests though. I really did accidentally sell my Hamdrax, and when I went to buy it back all I saw were tons of insanely overpriced chests.
Happy Farming!
