What Is a Trapped Chest in Minecraft?

A trapped chest functions as a normal chest for item storage, but it produces redstone power when opened. It can be visually distinguished from normal chests by a red coloration around the latch.

Can you lock a chest in Minecraft?

Chests (and maybe other inventories and doors) can be locked with a key that can be crafted with gold. To lock a chest, you hold a key and shift-right-click the chest to be locked. The Key and the chest will now have sort of an id or something, that makes the key unique and the key is bound to that chest.

Is there a secret chest in Minecraft?

All you have to do is dig a place on the ground, and place a chest there. Then, on top of that, add another chest, in which you will put only junk. When another player enters your house, they will see the top chest full of junk, and likely fail to see the chest underneath that (where you hide your stuff!).