Can we please have actual treasure?

Darkonflare15 · January 2016

I am an avid treasure hunter. I love exploring and finding treasure chests behind every nook and cranny. In the past Elder scrolls games, you have all kinds of different gems, gold,silver, and other items and that you could sell and make money off it. Right now most of those items are just trait stones which has no value what so ever to in-game merchants. I would not mind having flawless versions of those stones found among the treasure so that it feels like I am actually getting treasure in a treasure chest. As of now all we get from treasure is some random leveled weapon or armor, malachite, some times some armor sets, and a hundred gold coins which is not much treasure. You can also add items similar to what you find in safe-boxes which are actually label as treasure and makes some specific to treasure chests. I would not mind finding Dwemer, Daedric, or Ayelid artifacts in chests or find them lying around in the ruins and sale to the Mages guild for a tiny profit. It would be nice to be rewarded with actual profitable items. It would also be nice for the treasure chest to scale properly. It is already rare to find master chests or safeboxes in the game and when I find them I get less stuff than I find in advance chests and safeboxes which is disappointing. I would be a happy camper if treasure chests would be a little more rewarding.

Casdha · January 2016

How about adding Welkynd Stones to treasure chests. A stone that fully recharges magicka but is destroyed in the process. Talking about a money maker, they would be the true diamond of this game.

Pangnirtung · January 2016

Even though one of the devs promised better loot a few months ago everything that pick up gets sold or deconstructed.

I have NEVER found any weapon or armor worth keeping.

ZOS please, please put some very rare, very random items in treasure chests that we can actually get excited about.

Yolokin_Swagonborn · January 2016

Pangnirtung wrote: »

Even though one of the devs promised better loot a few months ago everything that pick up gets sold or deconstructed.

I have NEVER found any weapon or armor worth keeping.

ZOS please, please put some very rare, very random items in treasure chests that we can actually get excited about.

This is a great idea. ZOS should put it on their "NO ETA" list.

redspecter23 · January 2016

Ultra rare chase items from chests would be fantastic.

Very small % chance of finding purple or gold quality set items or outfits, skin styles, pets, etc.
Extremely small % chance of finding rare crown store items of even crown points in chests.

RAGUNAnoOne · January 2016

redspecter23 wrote: »

Ultra rare chase items from chests would be fantastic.

Very small % chance of finding purple or gold quality set items or outfits, skin styles, pets, etc.
Extremely small % chance of finding rare crown store items of even crown points in chests.

Yes this especially horse training scrolls I want those ingame otherwise it is pay to win for PvP

GreenSoup2HoT · January 2016

Why isn't there real treasure that is very very unique to find. Like once a month kind of spawn (never spawns in the same place. Unpredictable) that give's a player 10,000 gold. Just little thing's like this would be great, i'd love to hear stories of people finding these thing's.

I've stopped playing Eso a lot though. There's nothing to do at the moment. Stale laggy pvp, bad balance, no trail's. No justice system. No real outlaw or thief system. You can pickpocket and steal but for what? I log in, go into pvp for a little bit and leave. I'm left to waiting for dlc's, even though they may not be that great.

Rosveen · January 2016

Indeed. There are more valuable items (rare motifs) to find in wardrobes and nightstands than in treasure chests. It's odd.

Gidorick · January 2016

I love the idea of loot that serves no purpose other than to sell or wear. Flashy, fun, sparkly TREASURE!!!

Which is a more exciting find?

This?

Or THIS?!?!?!

So yea... I totally agree.

VShane · January 2016

This is so true, how often I find chests that the difficulty type of lock has no effect on the rarity or amount of treasure contained within it.

Darkonflare15 · January 2016

Gidorick wrote: »

I love the idea of loot that serves no purpose other than to sell or wear. Flashy, fun, sparkly TREASURE!!!

Which is a more exciting find?

This?

Or THIS?!?!?!

So yea... I totally agree.

When they added safe boxes with all the cool cultural items in Updated 6, it was so exciting to see all of the cool items even though they are suppose to be for selling. Some of the items I have launder and kept because it was just felt right to keep.

Gidorick · January 2016

Darkonflare15 wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

I love the idea of loot that serves no purpose other than to sell or wear. Flashy, fun, sparkly TREASURE!!!

Which is a more exciting find?

This?

Or THIS?!?!?!

So yea... I totally agree.

When they added safe boxes with all the cool cultural items in Updated 6, it was so exciting to see all of the cool items even though they are suppose to be for selling. Some of the items I have launder and kept because it was just felt right to keep.

Will be awesome when you can get a home to display those things in... we better get to do that!

dem0n1k · January 2016

Where have heavy crates gone?
\
Why did heavy sacks change from nice loot to 20 carrots or a few potatoes? I know it's random.. that makes it more annoying when my friend get s a heavy sack with 5 REKUTAS! & i get a heavy sack with 20 carrots

Just please..... No 'trophy' loot that just consumes an inventory slot & is otherwise useless. Pirate gold in chests please!

code65536 · January 2016

Gidorick wrote: »

Darkonflare15 wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

I love the idea of loot that serves no purpose other than to sell or wear. Flashy, fun, sparkly TREASURE!!!

Which is a more exciting find?

This?

Or THIS?!?!?!

So yea... I totally agree.

When they added safe boxes with all the cool cultural items in Updated 6, it was so exciting to see all of the cool items even though they are suppose to be for selling. Some of the items I have launder and kept because it was just felt right to keep.

Will be awesome when you can get a home to display those things in... we better get to do that!

Those erotic etchings...

Tabbycat · January 2016

The reason you cannot find any treasure is because M'aiq has already taken it.

RAGUNAnoOne · January 2016

dem0n1k wrote: »

Where have heavy crates gone?
\
Why did heavy sacks change from nice loot to 20 carrots or a few potatoes? I know it's random.. that makes it more annoying when my friend get s a heavy sack with 5 REKUTAS! & i get a heavy sack with 20 carrots

Just please..... No 'trophy' loot that just consumes an inventory slot & is otherwise useless. Pirate gold in chests please!

Coldharbour

EQBallzz · January 2016

People have been asking for this since launch so I wouldn't hold my breath. Even if they just jacked up the potential amount of gold it would be more exciting than what you normally find. Like a range between 200g and 5k or something.

Moonshadow66 · January 2016

dem0n1k wrote: »

Where have heavy crates gone?
\
Why did heavy sacks change from nice loot to 20 carrots or a few potatoes? I know it's random.. that makes it more annoying when my friend get s a heavy sack with 5 REKUTAS! & i get a heavy sack with 20 carrots

Just please..... No 'trophy' loot that just consumes an inventory slot & is otherwise useless. Pirate gold in chests please!

I found heavy sacks with 4 Emetic Russula or 5 Ta. TA!
But I also found heavy sacks with better stuff (wood/blooms/ores and the like) which evens it out somehow

To the OP: I love the idea, thanks for bringing it to the forums

Volkodav · January 2016

Oh,it would be so nice to use a map,find the treasure chest and upon opening it,find something really worth the hunt.Like a chest filled with Gold(not just 47g),or a unique weapon,like the Daedric Arc from Morrowind.OR,..maybe a single piece of Daedric armor.

altemriel · January 2016

great idea, I agree. maybe ZOS, add some rare chests on some really hard to access locations, to make it a challenge, add quests which will grant us treasure maps and then when we finally find the chest, put a bigger loot into it!

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_KaiSchober

RatedChaotic · January 2016

Treasure Hunter in Thief. Does unlocking it help?

AzraelKrieg · January 2016

RatedChaotic wrote: »

Treasure Hunter in Thief. Does unlocking it help?

Not really.

TheShadowScout · January 2016

Gidorick wrote: »

I love the idea of loot that serves no purpose other than to sell or wear. Flashy, fun, sparkly TREASURE!!!

Which is a more exciting find?

This?

Or THIS?!?!?!

So yea... I totally agree.

I'd rather take the ***!
Wait... that sounds kinda... dirty...
Uhm... I'd rather take the... jeweled rooster. Here. Better.

Ona more serious note, yeah, there is some "treasure" to be had, but right now the only things that really make you feel like you found "treasure" in a chest is a nifty set item, or a malachite shard. And there could be soo much more for those people like me who love searching for hidden chests...
Of course, seeing how I also often encounter people who "graze" all treasure chest locations to fram their contents... I can see why the developers are reluctant to put in too good stuff. But still... opening a master chest and finding only two blue decon baits and some gold is something of a letdown...

Zimnel · January 2016

The loot, one of the reasons I stopped playing so many times.
I go and return, go and return... on a cycle. Running a few solo dungeons and leveling, perhaps some pvp, but this game lacks a serious hook for me. Good loot would be one, it barely feels rewarding like it is atm.

Gidorick · January 2016

If ZOS would implement a player driven treasure hunting mechanic I think we'd see more Treasurey Treasures.

Here's a thread on that:
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/150629/player-driven-treasure-hunting-concept/p1

Mivryna · January 2016

The housing system is a perfect means to implement such a thing.

Stonesthrow · January 2016

AzraelKrieg wrote: »

RatedChaotic wrote: »

Treasure Hunter in Thief. Does unlocking it help?

Not really.

Been experimenting with this for the last week.

You will get "better" items from the chests, yes, but that means a simple chest can give you a couple blues or more chance for a malachite shard or soul gem. Have received more set pieces and usually the set piece comes with another blue or more in higher up chests.

The rate of maps is not increased at all (which was what I was looking for) from testing a couple hundred assorted chests in Wrothgar, but it says "Quality" in the constellation tip, so who knows if that includes maps.

Unless you really want to be in that tree for it's main benefits, recommend a pass at this time.

Spacemonkey · January 2016

I still dont understand why there are no higher quality foods (consumable) in chests. Or why we can't find potions as loot other than healt/magicka/stamina.

That would be worth still *crap* to npc vendors. But at least it would be sellable.
But MOSTLY, it would be of USE either immediatly or down the road, to the person finding it.

(Thinking like 5 min dmg potion, or 30sec invisibility or speed) /Adjust stats as necessary to make reasonable, im no alchemist

KaleidoscopeEyz · January 2016

Has anyone taken the Champion Point perk that grants you better quality items out of chests? I wonder how well this works. I took the find more gold perk and I guess I get more out of chests.

stevenbennett_ESO · January 2016

Honestly, the easiest fix for this would be to add the various treasure items you can currently ONLY loot from Stealing into the Chest tables as non-stolen goods. Even a small percentage chance in any given chest would make looting treasure chests more interesting.

Sausage · January 2016

Ive suggested this, green gem 5k gold, blue gem 15k gold, purple gem 30k gold and legendary gem 80k gold. That would make loot pool bigger too, so maybe players dont get so easily pissed off because of RNG either, like even if you dont get your Monster Set piece, maybe a gem ease your pain.