Galen treasure maps

Stanx

Now I'm sure I've been on the poor end of RNG, but I haven't had a single Galen treasure map since the DLC dropped and I play very regularly (pretty much daily). The price of these on guild traders is still very high so I'm at a loss.

I know there are a lot of treasure maps to cycle through but I have several containers I can't open because they contain Blackwood maps and my bank, storage chests and inventory are full of them. I cleared all my maps (dig up DLC, delete base game) before Galen dropped so everything I've stored has been since then.

Am I just really unlucky? It's driving me a little crazy as I know even when I get one the chances of getting the lead I need are very slim.

Veinblood1965

I've had one since release from rewards. Seems to be on par with other zones as once but in a while but not often I get more than one of the same zone in the span of a few weeks. (I delete them from my inventory every few weeks).

freespirit

I've had quite a few but by far the most of them came during the Elsweyr Event from dragon fight loot, more fighting them for alchemy mats led in my case to a ton of all zones treasure maps! 😀

Jaimeh

I've gotten two since that update, both during the Elsweyr event, and I had to farm a lot of dragons. Neither dropped the lead though, so I ended up buying some from traders. I remember someone calculated the percentage of looting a specific area map and it was really low, so you're definitely not unlucky OP, it's just compounded layers of rng: to drop a map, for it to be the correct one (and then for it to have a lead...).

Stanx

Thanks for the replies! Kind of glad I haven't been completely blighted by the RNG gods and think I'll just have to try some more patience.

Carcamongus

I can't remember the precise number, but it's around 1% for DLC zone maps.

BaalMelqartu

I have probably picked up about 10-15. I don't *know* if this is true, but I have encountered people saying they seem to get them more often from thieves troves. I know I have gotten some from those. I don't have facts to back this claim up, my experiences with getting them from troves could just be luck.

DinoZavr

Galen maps (and there are only 2 of them) have are 1:106 chance to drop when you get a treasure map
Treasure maps from treasure chests are like 1:16 in my experience
So, on average you get Galen map fairly often - one per 1,500 treasure chests
Hint: try Eastmarch and Deshaan there are a LOT of chests. Use HarvestMap if you play at PC. Plot a chests route.

(i already used like 20 - still no skin lead drop, but i hope ZOS has fixed the drop rate)
this is not the first discussion on the subject: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/622032/galen-treasure-maps-and-the-skin-lead-drop
in mu humble understanding Developers simply missed the fact that Galen and The Deadlands are the SMALLER zone, thus the said treasure maps priced had skyrocketed (Galen: skin lead, The Deadlands: Ancient Daedric Motif pages)

whitecrow

I've only got 1 Galen map and I've been holding onto it for a while, because I haven't found the spot yet. The drawing is distinctive enough (unlike Blackwood's!) but I just haven't come across it, or tried to search.

FluffWit

You're just having bad luck man. I got three without every going to Galen.... southern Elsweyr coffers probably.

Sold the first two, saw the price had dropped to 50k on xbox when I went to sell the last one and decided to gamble on actually doing it and got one of the leads- the Hist Bark Skin.