The more you explore inBanishers: Ghosts Of New Eden, the more loot you’ll discover, and that’s precisely what you should be doing before heading back to New Eden Town to face the Nightmare. It’s a tough opponent, and having good gear from exploring will definitely help you.

One of the primary ways to get new loot is by unlocking the locked chests scattered throughout the game. While these chests aren’t always easy to find, sometimes their keys can be hidden quite well, causing you to miss out on their contents. The same holds true for the Smuggler’s Loot chest.

The Smuggler’s Loot Chest location on the map - Banishers Ghosts of New Eden

Where To Find The Smuggler’s Loot Chest

There is a locked chest calledthe Smuggler’s Lootin the game that is easy to miss.

Even if you do spot it, you may not know how to reach it as it is cleverly hidden.

Two arrows showing how to get to the cave behind the waterfall - Banishers Ghosts of New Eden

You can find this chest inthe Mire Marshes region. Once you reach this area, you will see a camp calledMossy Watchtowerat the beginning of it.

From the camp,follow the main road, indicated by the bolded white line on the map, towardthe south. Keep going until you reachthe first dashed line that leads toward the right side. Follow this path until youreach a tree that acts as a bridge, allowing you tocross to the other side of the land.

A circle on the map showing the location of the key to the Smuggler’s Loot Chest - Banishers Ghosts of New Eden

From there,head to the right where you’ll notice a waterfall. Make a jump to reach it, andbehind the water, you’ll finda hidden cave.

Navigate your way inside the cave andclimb the rocks to ascend, and you’ll eventually discover the Smuggler’s Loot locked chest.

Red is looking at a hanging corpse - Banishers Ghosts of New Eden

How To Unlock The Smuggler’s Loot Chest

Just a bit past the chest location, you’ll see aspot where you can toss a rope.

This makes a quicker path to reach the chest later.

Now, you need todescend from thereto get to the key. Once again,follow the dashed line on the map heading south until you reach a small wooden house.Look up, and you’ll spota hanging corpse.Shoot it with your rifleto make it drop.

After it falls,search the corpse for the key to the Smuggler’s Loot. All that remains is to head back to the chest location and unlock it to get your new weapon,the Grand Behourt.