Be careful! A strong attack with a heavy weapon can and most likely WILL one-shot chests!

if you cant 1 shot the mimic stay away from it after attacking, it has a 360 degree grab attack which will most likely kill you

My advise would strike it with a weak or unused light weapon (such as a dagger or shortsword). It's possible to tell it's a mimic as soon as a health bar pops up above the chest without needing to look at the mimic directly. You can also work with some distance as well so a whip can also prove useful for them. However, large weapons like ultra greatswords might lead to high vulnerability against mimics. Be advised if you ever face them with large/heavy weaponry if it is not a one-hit kill attack.

mimics are hella stinky! they also don't smoke weed

Careful when attacking these as they open. Even if you're behind them if you're close enough you'll be grabbed. It catches me off guard every time I come back to this game.

Killed one in the gutter and the items dropped a floor underneath where I couldn't get them. Guess I'm going without the full dark set until ng+

There's a metal mimic chest in the brightstone cove which is not written here. You get to it from falling in the well from the first bonfire.

Using a weapon with 0 damage (usually a broken no scaling/raw weapon) won't aggro the mimic, however mimic won't deflect attacks like a real metal chest.

I use to be a mimic. Good times. I always thought that there should be bonfire Mimics... that would cause some chaos for sure.