How do i get the Treasure maps?

LordLogenz

I'm a paid player and my friend got treasure maps, i guess they hold gear and other items within the land, how do i acquire these maps? is it through an email? or was it an update that i never received?

Iago

Some maps were part of the explorers pack and if they bought the explorers pack upgrade and you didn't that may be why you didn't get them.

If you did buy the explorers pack but didn't get your maps contact customer service and they will send them to you.

C0pp3rhead

If you're talking about something like the regular treasure maps, denoted with a Roman Numeral I - VI, those are dropped from creatures & such. If you're talking about the Explorer's Pack treasure maps, denoted with a CE, that's from a certain edition of the game.

Smaxx

You can get treasure maps through the Explorer Pack (pre-order bonus) and simply as random loot off NPCs or treasure chests/containers. They're rare and will lead you to hidden chests you can't find without the treasure map belonging to them. The loot contained is similar to regular chests, although I think it has a higher chance for more/better loot.

LordLogenz

thank you, i had to contact customer support. because my friend bought the game at walmart for $59.99 and got the package deal, then was nice and bought me the digital version for the same price under the impression i would get the same deal. we will see what happens i suppose.

Lord_Kreegan

Personal opinion, Treasure Maps are a waste of bag space. Some (most) you will find give you far too little information to identify where the treasure is: e.g., I had a map that indicated a treasure chest was adjacent to a river and a bridge with a certain tree configuration nearby. In that particular zone, I visited every river/stream/bridge location there was (took a while) and there was nothing that matched anywhere... also no treasure chest.

In any case, there are PLENTY of treasure chests to find in the game if you just explore and I never saw any difference in the quality of loot in the chests. I open the chests just for the little bit of XP they give, to get items I can deconstruct for crafting, and for the occasional soulshard. The gold is minimal.

So, don't stress over treasure maps.

TicToc

It's been a while, but I'm pretty sure that when you buy the pack the maps and other rewards show up in your mail.

If you didn't get the pack, don't worry too much about it. You are missing out on much with the maps. Beyond the newbie zones you'll probably already have better items than you will get in the chests. Most you will just sell to the vendor or salvage.

Tandor

TicToc wrote: »

You are missing out on much with the maps.

I think you meant to insert "not" there.

starkerealm

LordLogenz wrote: »

thank you, i had to contact customer support. because my friend bought the game at walmart for $59.99 and got the package deal, then was nice and bought me the digital version for the same price under the impression i would get the same deal. we will see what happens i suppose.

Yeah, so, some physical copies still have the preorder bonuses from last year. Meaning, you crack one of those boxes open and you get a Scuttler pet, the ability to roll any race in any alliance (except Imperial), and some treasure maps that have (usually) two blues in them. (I don't know if the CE chests can drop purples, I haven't seen it happen.)

If you're buying digitally; you're not going to get that because, well, you're not preordering the game. That simple. Customer support isn't going to be able to help you because it's not something you're supposed to get anymore. If you really want one, your only options are to buy a code third party (which I can't really recommend, because of scammers) or grab a physical box that advertises it has the Explorer Pack in it (which is going to be expensive).

Sorry.

starkerealm

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

Personal opinion, Treasure Maps are a waste of bag space. Some (most) you will find give you far too little information to identify where the treasure is: e.g., I had a map that indicated a treasure chest was adjacent to a river and a bridge with a certain tree configuration nearby. In that particular zone, I visited every river/stream/bridge location there was (took a while) and there was nothing that matched anywhere... also no treasure chest.

In any case, there are PLENTY of treasure chests to find in the game if you just explore and I never saw any difference in the quality of loot in the chests. I open the chests just for the little bit of XP they give, to get items I can deconstruct for crafting, and for the occasional soulshard. The gold is minimal.

So, don't stress over treasure maps.

Grab the lost treasure addon. It sticks a nice large red X on your map for any treasure map (or crafters survey) you get your hands on. I don't even look at the maps most of the times these days, I just run for the X, grab the stuff, and head off to vendor it.

Theosis

I deleted all mine

Ommamar

starkerealm wrote: »

LordLogenz wrote: »

thank you, i had to contact customer support. because my friend bought the game at walmart for $59.99 and got the package deal, then was nice and bought me the digital version for the same price under the impression i would get the same deal. we will see what happens i suppose.

Yeah, so, some physical copies still have the preorder bonuses from last year. Meaning, you crack one of those boxes open and you get a Scuttler pet, the ability to roll any race in any alliance (except Imperial), and some treasure maps that have (usually) two blues in them. (I don't know if the CE chests can drop purples, I haven't seen it happen.)

If you're buying digitally; you're not going to get that because, well, you're not preordering the game. That simple. Customer support isn't going to be able to help you because it's not something you're supposed to get anymore. If you really want one, your only options are to buy a code third party (which I can't really recommend, because of scammers) or grab a physical box that advertises it has the Explorer Pack in it (which is going to be expensive).

Sorry.

Actually if you look around you can find copies with the explorer pack code for $25-30, I bought mine 4 months ago on Amazon. I was curious so I looked the other day there are still some advertised for sale. The map chest came in the in game mail, if you are smart you will selectively take the maps out as you need them. If your not smart you will hit take all and then have inventory issues right away. The loot isn't anything special but it is a nice addition from a role-playing perspective. I agree with the comment up the unhelpful picture describing the location, but there is a couple nice add on that mark your map with a big red X showing you the coordinates. I only saw one that was blatantly off as it showed it being in the water, the rest get you within ten meters of the treasure or so.

AlnilamE

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

Personal opinion, Treasure Maps are a waste of bag space. Some (most) you will find give you far too little information to identify where the treasure is: e.g., I had a map that indicated a treasure chest was adjacent to a river and a bridge with a certain tree configuration nearby. In that particular zone, I visited every river/stream/bridge location there was (took a while) and there was nothing that matched anywhere... also no treasure chest.

In The Rift? IIRC that one is right outside Nimalten. Port to the wayshrine and move North towards the water and then left when you get to the path. The mound should be right past a large rock to your right as you approach the bridge.

If that's not it, let me know which map. I'm not too familiar with the AD zones, but I have memorized the location of pretty much every map in EP and most in DC.

Lord_Kreegan

AlnilamE wrote: »

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

Personal opinion, Treasure Maps are a waste of bag space. Some (most) you will find give you far too little information to identify where the treasure is: e.g., I had a map that indicated a treasure chest was adjacent to a river and a bridge with a certain tree configuration nearby. In that particular zone, I visited every river/stream/bridge location there was (took a while) and there was nothing that matched anywhere... also no treasure chest.

In The Rift? IIRC that one is right outside Nimalten. Port to the wayshrine and move North towards the water and then left when you get to the path. The mound should be right past a large rock to your right as you approach the bridge.

If that's not it, let me know which map. I'm not too familiar with the AD zones, but I have memorized the location of pretty much every map in EP and most in DC.

That was months and months and months ago. I don't even remember which one of my toons had it... but it was the last straw and I've simply discarded (never picked up) EVERY treasure map I've found as loot since then.

They're not worth the time to track down.

I explore a lot (not as much with my VR toons since I've already seen all the areas) and I will typically find 20+ treasure chests in a zone just from casual exploration. Along the shorelines especially... so, why bother using a treasure map to find something I'm going to find plenty of anyway?

AlnilamE

Well, while I like finding chests in the wild as well (I'm working on the 1000 chest achievement on my second toon), the treasure map chests give you a guaranteed soul gem, more than one item, one of which is pretty much guaranteed to be a set item, and a glyph).

I just like going on treasure hunts every once in a while.

starkerealm

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

AlnilamE wrote: »

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

Personal opinion, Treasure Maps are a waste of bag space. Some (most) you will find give you far too little information to identify where the treasure is: e.g., I had a map that indicated a treasure chest was adjacent to a river and a bridge with a certain tree configuration nearby. In that particular zone, I visited every river/stream/bridge location there was (took a while) and there was nothing that matched anywhere... also no treasure chest.

In The Rift? IIRC that one is right outside Nimalten. Port to the wayshrine and move North towards the water and then left when you get to the path. The mound should be right past a large rock to your right as you approach the bridge.

If that's not it, let me know which map. I'm not too familiar with the AD zones, but I have memorized the location of pretty much every map in EP and most in DC.

That was months and months and months ago. I don't even remember which one of my toons had it... but it was the last straw and I've simply discarded (never picked up) EVERY treasure map I've found as loot since then.

They're not worth the time to track down.

I explore a lot (not as much with my VR toons since I've already seen all the areas) and I will typically find 20+ treasure chests in a zone just from casual exploration. Along the shorelines especially... so, why bother using a treasure map to find something I'm going to find plenty of anyway?

The treasure map chests have better loot tables than the normal chests. It's possible to walk away from one without a blue, but it's rare. That said, by the time you're in vet zones, blues are just vendor trash anyway, so... *shrugs*

Again, I do advocate the Lost Treasure addon, simply to put the damn things on my map so I don't have to worry about "finding" them.

starkerealm

Ommamar wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

LordLogenz wrote: »

thank you, i had to contact customer support. because my friend bought the game at walmart for $59.99 and got the package deal, then was nice and bought me the digital version for the same price under the impression i would get the same deal. we will see what happens i suppose.

Yeah, so, some physical copies still have the preorder bonuses from last year. Meaning, you crack one of those boxes open and you get a Scuttler pet, the ability to roll any race in any alliance (except Imperial), and some treasure maps that have (usually) two blues in them. (I don't know if the CE chests can drop purples, I haven't seen it happen.)

If you're buying digitally; you're not going to get that because, well, you're not preordering the game. That simple. Customer support isn't going to be able to help you because it's not something you're supposed to get anymore. If you really want one, your only options are to buy a code third party (which I can't really recommend, because of scammers) or grab a physical box that advertises it has the Explorer Pack in it (which is going to be expensive).

Sorry.

Actually if you look around you can find copies with the explorer pack code for $25-30, I bought mine 4 months ago on Amazon. I was curious so I looked the other day there are still some advertised for sale. The map chest came in the in game mail, if you are smart you will selectively take the maps out as you need them. If your not smart you will hit take all and then have inventory issues right away. The loot isn't anything special but it is a nice addition from a role-playing perspective. I agree with the comment up the unhelpful picture describing the location, but there is a couple nice add on that mark your map with a big red X showing you the coordinates. I only saw one that was blatantly off as it showed it being in the water, the rest get you within ten meters of the treasure or so.

Yeah, you're talking about full retail boxes that were part of the pre-launch print run, right? Given the imminent buy to play conversion, I might actually pick one of those up for a contingency account. We'll see.

Gidorick

starkerealm wrote: »

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

Personal opinion, Treasure Maps are a waste of bag space. Some (most) you will find give you far too little information to identify where the treasure is: e.g., I had a map that indicated a treasure chest was adjacent to a river and a bridge with a certain tree configuration nearby. In that particular zone, I visited every river/stream/bridge location there was (took a while) and there was nothing that matched anywhere... also no treasure chest.

In any case, there are PLENTY of treasure chests to find in the game if you just explore and I never saw any difference in the quality of loot in the chests. I open the chests just for the little bit of XP they give, to get items I can deconstruct for crafting, and for the occasional soulshard. The gold is minimal.

So, don't stress over treasure maps.

Grab the lost treasure addon. It sticks a nice large red X on your map for any treasure map (or crafters survey) you get your hands on. I don't even look at the maps most of the times these days, I just run for the X, grab the stuff, and head off to vendor it.

Well that just takes all the fun out of treasure maps!

Grunim

Gidorick wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

Personal opinion, Treasure Maps are a waste of bag space. Some (most) you will find give you far too little information to identify where the treasure is: e.g., I had a map that indicated a treasure chest was adjacent to a river and a bridge with a certain tree configuration nearby. In that particular zone, I visited every river/stream/bridge location there was (took a while) and there was nothing that matched anywhere... also no treasure chest.

In any case, there are PLENTY of treasure chests to find in the game if you just explore and I never saw any difference in the quality of loot in the chests. I open the chests just for the little bit of XP they give, to get items I can deconstruct for crafting, and for the occasional soulshard. The gold is minimal.

So, don't stress over treasure maps.

Grab the lost treasure addon. It sticks a nice large red X on your map for any treasure map (or crafters survey) you get your hands on. I don't even look at the maps most of the times these days, I just run for the X, grab the stuff, and head off to vendor it.

Well that just takes all the fun out of treasure maps!

What's fun for one person is hair pulling aggravation for hours for another. I'm glad people can choose to play the way they want

starkerealm

Gidorick wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

Personal opinion, Treasure Maps are a waste of bag space. Some (most) you will find give you far too little information to identify where the treasure is: e.g., I had a map that indicated a treasure chest was adjacent to a river and a bridge with a certain tree configuration nearby. In that particular zone, I visited every river/stream/bridge location there was (took a while) and there was nothing that matched anywhere... also no treasure chest.

In any case, there are PLENTY of treasure chests to find in the game if you just explore and I never saw any difference in the quality of loot in the chests. I open the chests just for the little bit of XP they give, to get items I can deconstruct for crafting, and for the occasional soulshard. The gold is minimal.

So, don't stress over treasure maps.

Grab the lost treasure addon. It sticks a nice large red X on your map for any treasure map (or crafters survey) you get your hands on. I don't even look at the maps most of the times these days, I just run for the X, grab the stuff, and head off to vendor it.

Well that just takes all the fun out of treasure maps!

If it's fun to hunt them down, don't let me stop you. If it's just aggravating and you're trashing the items because "shank it," then it's obviously not fun.

phairdon

Plenty drop from mobs in this game. Plus the same maps can drop over & over again.