Warcraft 3 obtain phat lewt in early Orc stages

In the early Orc stages in Warcraft 3 I recall there being a chest on a small island that is inaccessible. This chest is an item called phat lewt. My question is how do I go about obtaining this item and what is its value in the game? I understand the concept of receiving phat lewt, just wanted to know what it is in WC3.

That island is inaccessible even once you reveal it with a cheat, so there's no way to reach the chest in the campaign.

According to WoWWiki, it's valued at 500 gold, and it's used in practice as a filler item for NPC heroes in the campaign while not having any other utility at all:

In practice, Phat Lewt is used throughout the campaign as an "inventory slot filler" for non-player heroes. Phat Lewt is flagged as the most powerful item in the game despite not actually doing anything, thus AI heroes will never drop the item. Many heroes have 1 to 6 Phat Lewts in their inventories throughout the campaign, but they are always invisible to players.