Treasure Hunting

Treasure Hunting Compendium

Decipher ancient cartographic fragments, unearth guarded chests, disarm lethal explosive traps, and claim Britannia's richest hoards.

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Treasure Map Tiers

Treasure maps drop from monsters across Britannia as tattered scrolls. A cartographer must decode the map before it can be dug up:

Level	Map Title	Cartography	Lockpicking	Initial Guardians	Gold Drop
1	Plainly Drawn	27.0+	36.0+ / Magic Unlock	Skeletons, Mongbats, Zombies	~1,000 gp
2	Expertly Drawn	70.0+	76.0+	Orc Mages, Gargoyles, Gazer Larva	~2,000 gp
3	Adeptly Drawn	80.0+	84.0+	Dread Spiders, Liches, Air Elementals	~3,000 gp
4	Cleverly Drawn	90.0+	92.0+	Daemons, Elder Gazers, Drakes	~4,000 gp
5	Deviously Drawn	100.0 (GM)	95.0+	Poison Elementals, Blood Elementals, Titans	~5,000 gp
6	Ingeniously Drawn	100.0 (GM)	100.0 (GM)	Ancient Wyrms, Balrons, Poison Elementals	~10,000+ gp + Rares

Required Skills & Mining Bonus

• Cartography: Used to decipher tattered maps. Maps cannot be dug until decoded.
• Lockpicking: Levels 1 can be unlocked with the Magery spell `Unlock`, but Levels 2–6 require a physical Lockpick and high Lockpicking skill.
• Mining Radius Bonus: The most critical convenience skill for treasure hunters.
  • Without Mining (0.0), you must dig on the **exact 1x1 coordinate tile**.
  • At 50.0 Mining, the search radius expands to a 2x2 area.
  • At 81.0 Mining, the search radius expands to 3x3.
  • At **100.0 GM Mining**, the search radius expands to a massive **4x4 tile radius (9x9 grid)**, making pin-pointing chest coordinates effortless.

Digging & Guardian Waves

1. Stand at the decoded coordinates, double-click your **Shovel** or **Pickaxe**, and target the decoded Treasure Map.
2. Your character will begin digging into the turf. Once the chest begins surfacing, the **initial guardian wave** will immediately spawn!
3. Guardians must be defeated or provoked. As items are removed from the chest, additional **reinforcement guardian waves** may spawn unexpectedly.

Picking Locks & Removing Traps

Opening an unearthed treasure chest without disarming its trap triggers a lethal explosion that can instantly kill nearby adventurers:

• Telekinesis Method: After picking the lock with your lockpicks, stand back at least 6 paces and cast **Telekinesis** on the chest. The explosion will safely discharge without harming the caster!
• Remove Trap Skill: Adventurers with Remove Trap and Detect Hidden can disarm the mechanism directly.