Talk:Treasure Hunter

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"In hard mode, if a lockpick is used to open a regular chest (i.e. not a Locked Chest) that is not considered "high-end", one point is also gained." - Where the heck are there "regular" (non-Locked) chests in Hard Mode? ~ Kailianna Firesoul 20:40, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

I believe that's referring to Treasure Chest which doesn't need a lockpick. Otherwise, why would I need a lockpick to open a "non-Locked" chest? - HeWhoIsPale 20:53, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

By "Locked," it sounded like whomever posted that meant the chest type called "Locked Chest" which is the only chest type that's supposed to be in Hard Mode, as far as I know. The "non-Locked chests" that I was referring to would be the "Krytan Chest," "Luxon Chest," "Ancient Elonian Chest," etc. The comment in the article that I quoted seemed to me to imply that such chests existed in Hard Mode. Either the comment is extremely misleading, completely incorrect, or I'm missing something. ~ Kailianna Firesoul 23:37, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 The comment was misleading. 2 Dreadnought's Drift 3 changed base chance ? 4 Also in pre? 5 Hidden Treasure 6 Is salvage bonus & retain bonus Passive or Active? 7 retain chance 8 Jade Sea and Echovald 9 Stacking? 10 A few tips...

[edit] The comment was misleading.

There are only "Locked Chests" in hard mode. The comment meant to state that if you hunt treasure in hard mode in an area that (in normal mode) has chests that would not add to this title, you will gain one point for using a lockpick to open that chest in hard mode. Or consider it this way: All locked chests in hard mode add to this title.

Or just "all locked chests add to this title" as there are locked chests in Normal Mode (EOTN, etc).69.112.29.153 06:13, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dreadnought's Drift

I added this one, running it as a monk. The times 2-4 minutes are mainly for recharge of spell breaker, you could probably run it in 1-2 minutes useing dervish Vow of Silence. ImperialPriest 01:07, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] changed base chance ?

please can someone confirm this, i think the base chance for retaining a lockpick is 40% at normal mode, i dont know since when but i have only 63% at a 600g chest in NM with elite tressurehunter(5) and properous(4). i remember a time where i had 73% but i didnt noticed the change.Mystic Gohan talk 12:39, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

As far as I can tell there has been no change. I retain 56% with r4 treasure hunter and r2 lucky (+16%), making a base of 40%. Although its off from the lockpick page which says a 600 chests base retention is 30%. ImperialPriest 14:37, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

So what's the cheapest way to do this title? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:76.123.119.133 (talk).

Open only the 600 chests. And wish for luck in seeing a lot of keys drop for your characters. -- ab.er.rant 00:17, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Also in pre?

in presearing i saw a char with the the rank 1...

how is that possible

LazloW 19:47, 12 Febuary 2008 (GMT+1)

He probably collected Golden Eggs during Easter 2007. Arduinna 21:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Aye golden eggs would have been the only way. --Lemming 13:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually, i gained few points by opening some Hidden Stash...--RAd1cAl_EdwArd 00:27, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

no, don't believe him, you don't get points for hidden stash. I have a few perma-pre's, and they never got points from those hidden stash. 84.195.131.227 07:49, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hidden Treasure

Do opening Hidden Treasure chest count for the Treasure Hunter title track?--RAd1cAl_EdwArd 00:27, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

No. Only those with keys that are 600 or more. -- ab.er.rant 01:36, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Is salvage bonus & retain bonus Passive or Active?

Does the salvage bonus & retain lock-pick bonus active when the Treasure Hunter title is displayed or will these bonuses be always passive regardless of displayed title? --Czar 15:08, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I believe it's passive, but I'm not 100% sure. Calor 15:10, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

It is 100% passive, you do not need the title active, it would be a bit of a pain if you did as it is dependent on two titles, and displaying two at once is impossible :) --Lemming 15:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) Yes it is passive, I've not noticed any difference having the tile selected or not for either. --Kakarot 15:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Re: "it would be a bit of a pain if you did as it is dependent on two titles" What other title? Only Treasure Hunter gives you a passive bonus(es), eh? Off to hunt more treasures, cya. --Czar 12:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I think Lem was referring to Treasure Hunter and Lucky, since you mentioned both salvage bonus and lock pick retention in your original question. The treasure hunter title affects both of these and the lucky title affects the retention bonus. --Kakarot 13:42, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

And the wisdom title effect salvage chance too. So both things mentioned can involve two titles. --Lemming 17:11, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] retain chance

Is it right that there are chests with higher retain chance then other locations? while de retain chance is the same by both chests? Death Sligher 16:38, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

In normal mode, retain chance will vary with the area, so earlier areas give you higher retain chance. It varies with the cost of keys for those chests. -- Alaris 13:45, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

No I mean same % but other area. bv keys of 600gold but in two area's. Death Sligher 15:10, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

If keys are the same worth, then it should not matter. If you noticed a difference, it might just be chance. -- Alaris 15:26, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jade Sea and Echovald

Any good places to farm chests there? Any good places to combo with other titles (i.e. Kurzick / Luxon)? Thx. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Alaris (talk).

Yeah FFF in Melandru's Hope usually has 1 to 2 chests on the way (and more if you go out of the way). Drops are mostly terrible though, mainly purple Amber wands and bows, but the occasional Gothic stuff --Lytel 04:22, 10 May 2008 (UTC).

[edit] Stacking?

dose the % stack with other titles like wisdom?75.165.110.13 23:24, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes, they stack. I'll add the notes in. -- ab.er.rant 06:30, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A few tips...

• If your wearing a "high-ranked" Wisdom/Treasure Hunter title chest drops seem to be worse.(somewhere about R3+)
• Having a Large Amount of Keys/Lockpicks in your inventory will not effect quality of drops.
• Opening chests in an area that has alot of other people opening chests seem to lessen quality of drops(dont even have to be in same map with you, just area)
• If you dont open any chest for a long period of time it seems to produce better quality items for the first few opens.(ex. i took a 2 month break of no log in, same day as i logged in the frst 3 or 4 chests was great drops. ~ i tested this again by not logging in for about a week and again, the first 1 or 2 drops was good quality)
• Useing /rank or /zrank on a chest has no effect at all and is a waste of time.
• The second person to open seems to get a higher quality drop.(this was noted before and after the chest drop nerf which added purple+gold to same chest)
• The quality of drops seems to decrease as more and more party members open the same chest.
• Quality seems better when you are the only person on radar.
• Quality seems better when the enemys around the chest are still alive or nearby.

these are just a few things that might help some people, i recently maxed treasure hunter after about 3 years of chest running in various spots and mentaly recording data, these are a few thing is have seen in both CR groups and solo running. Just sharing my secrets o.~ "Warrior Power!" The Only Warrior 10:52, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

I run on my Necro, my I say Necro PowerXD, still 4400 to go:S. 145.53.242.142 18:43, 4 July 2008 (UTC)