Treasure Hunter

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Treasure Hunter
Campaign Core
Title type Account

The Treasure Hunter title is earned by opening high-end locked chests. This title can be displayed in the "Honor" monument, once it is maxed.

Contents

[edit] Treasure Hunter title track

Tier Title High-end chests
opened 		Salvage
bonus 		Retain lockpick
chance
1 Treasure Hunter 100 +3% +3%
2 Adept Treasure Hunter 250 +6% +6%
3 Advanced Treasure Hunter 550 +9% +9%
4 Expert Treasure Hunter 1,200 +12% +12%
5 Elite Treasure Hunter 2,500 +15% +15%
6 Master Treasure Hunter 5,000 +18% +18%
7 Grandmaster Treasure Hunter 10,000 +21% +21%
Benefits:
  • The base chance (50%) of retaining a base item when attempting to salvage upgrades from it increases as shown by the salvage bonus in the table above.
  • The base chance of retaining lockpicks after use will also increase as shown.
  • If using lockpicks to open the chest, it will also contribute to both Lucky and Unlucky titles.

[edit] Acquisition

A chest is considered "high-end" if the key required to open it costs 600Gold or more. Each such chest opened contributes one point to this title track. Any Locked Chest will add a point to this title. Locked chests can be found anywhere in Hard Mode and throughout the Eye of the North expansion.

The following keys will add to the title:

Prophecies Factions Nightfall Core
Shiverpeak key (Southern Shiverpeaks)
Darkstone key (Ring of Fire Island Chain)
Miner's key (Sorrow's Furnace) 		Kurzick key (Echovald Forest)
Luxon key (Jade Sea)
Forbidden key (Raisu Palace)
Stoneroot key (Urgoz's Warren)
Deep Jade key (The Deep) 		Vabbian key (Vabbi)
Ancient Elonian key (Desolation)
Margonite key (Realm of Torment)
Demonic key (Domain of Anguish) 		Obsidian key (The Fissure of Woe)
Phantom key (Underworld, Scarred Earth,
The Courtyard (explorable area), The Hall of Heroes (explorable area))
Lockpicks used on any of the above chests or on any Locked Chest (Hard Mode)

During Easter 2007, 2008, and 2009, Golden Eggs would randomly drop from slain enemies. For each Golden Egg picked up, one point was added to this title's progress. It should be noted that the point was added only if the Golden Egg was picked up while still assigned to your character.

[edit] Costs analysis

As stated above, there are three ways to advance this title: With keys, with lockpicks and with Golden Eggs. For sake of simplicity and since they drop for a limited amount of time each year, Golden Eggs shall not be taken into account here despite that they are the cheapest way to advance this title. Also not taken into account here is the value of the drop that you get from the chest that you open, as the range of value for these drops is so wide that it would be impossible to say anything meaningful in that regard.

To give an estimate on what the title costs from start to end, let's consider the following basic scenarios; assumed is that we start from 0 on both the Treasure Hunter title, as well as the Lucky Title. We look at three different lockpick prices:

  • 1500Gold each (Merchant)
  • 1250Gold each (Player market)
    • this price is dictated solely by players and may change, but has proven itself to be quite stable over a long time and has a large influence on most Treasure Hunters' financial investment in their title
  • 1200Gold each (Discount Merchant)


  • Scenario I: Use the cheapest keys only
  • Scenario II: Use the most expensive keys only
  • Scenario III: Use cheapest keys until it's cheaper to use lockpicks. For lockpick prices between 1177g and 1250g that break-even point is at a retention rate of 52%. This scenario requires 1200 keys of 600g to get to rank 4 of Treasure Hunter, then switch to lockpicks.
  • Scenario IV: Use lockpicks only on the cheapest 'high-end' chests as defined above. (Base retention rate of 40%).
  • Scenario V: Use lockpicks only on HM locked chests. (Base retention rate of 10%).


Scenario I II III IV V
Required # of Keys 10,000 10,000 1,200 0 0
Required # of Lockpicks 0 0 3,230 3,764 7,180
Total Cost (1200Gold) 6,000Platinum 12,500Platinum 4,596Platinum 4,516.8Platinum 8,616Platinum
Total Cost (1250Gold) 6,000Platinum 12,500Platinum 4,757.5Platinum 4,705Platinum 8,975Platinum
Total Cost (1500Gold) 6,000Platinum 12,500Platinum N/A 1 5,646Platinum 10,770Platinum
1To break even for 1500g lockpicks, you need a retention rate of 60% or higher. It would require you to reach Rank 7 (Highest rank) on the Treasure Hunter title first. That kind of defeats the purpose of scenario III.

[edit] Least Cost Method

In order to achieve the Treasure Hunter title with as small of a cost as possible, there are a couple things to consider: which chests to open and lockpicks vs keys.

The matter of choosing chests is fairly simple. The chest must be a high enough price to obtain points towards the title (600Gold or more), and the chest must have a retention rate as high as possible to reduce cost. Thus, from here on it is assumed that only 600Gold chests are opened.

Now to the question of lockpicks vs keys. First, it is assumed the lockpicks are bought at the current market value of 1.25Platinum. At this cost, using lockpicks from the start has been shown to be more effective than using keys due to increasing the Lucky title track. Scenario IV in the table above shows this. Thus, from here on it is assumed that only lockpicks are used.

The following table shows the average rate of progression for the treasure hunter title track (using Scenario IV).

Retention Rate 40% 43% 46% 48% 51% 53% 56% 58% 61% 63% 66% 68%
# of Chests 100 150 209 91 308 342 749 551 1117 1383 1711 3289
Lockpicks Retained1 40 64 96 43 157 181 419 319 681 871 1129 2236
Lockpicks Broken1 60 86 113 48 151 161 330 232 436 512 582 1053
Treasure Hunter2 100 (1) 250 (2) 459 (2) 550 (3) 858 (3) 1,200 (4) 1,949 (4) 2,500 (5) 3,617 (5) 5,000 (6) 6,711 (6) 10,000 (7)
Lucky2 10,000 (0) 26,000 (0) 50,000 (1) 60,750 (1) 100,000 (2) 145,250 (2) 250,000 (3) 329,750 (3) 500,000 (4) 717,750 (4) 1,000,000 (5) 1,559,000 (5)
Unlucky2 6,000 (1) 15,202 (2) 28,197 (3) 33,957 (3) 53,134 (4) 74,386 (4) 120,586 (5) 154,226 (5) 220,498 (5) 300,882 (6) 396,912 (6) 575,922 (7)
Cost 75Platinum 107.5Platinum 141.25Platinum 60Platinum 188.75Platinum 201.25Platinum 412.5Platinum 290Platinum 545Platinum 640Platinum 727.5Platinum 1,316.25Platinum
Total Cost3 75Platinum 182.5Platinum 323.75Platinum 383.75Platinum 572.5Platinum 773.75Platinum 1,186.25Platinum 1,476.25Platinum 2,021.25Platinum 2,661.25Platinum 3,388.75Platinum 4,705Platinum
1The number of lockpicks retained is rounded down for simplicity. However, this is well within possible variance.
2Rank is shown in parenthesis.
3If using 1.2Platinum lockpicks, the total cost is 4516.8Platinum.

It should be noted that opening 3841 chests of the lowest cost (50Gold) after the treasure hunter title is maxed will max the Lucky title track for an extra 96.25Platinum. It should also be noted that if the remainder Lucky title is to be maxed using the Nine Rings method, it is better to do this as early as possible, as this will reduce the break rate of lockpicks even further.

[edit] Tips

  • Poisoned Outcrops holds between 2-5 chests and averages as a 5-minute run. That makes it a good location to do chest runs while getting a shot at Elemental Swords dropping.
  • Witman's Folly is a small area that holds 2-3 chests to the east. Starting from Port Sledge, you can get 2-3 chests in under three minutes, but the drops tend to be poor.
  • Dreadnought's Drift spawns 3 chests from either entrance and takes about 2-4 minutes per run.
  • The Secret Lair of the Snowmen holds between 4 and 5 chests for an average 10 minutes per run, making it a good alternative.
  • The run from Beacon's Perch to Droknar's Forge yields 5-10 chests in about 20 minutes. It is not the fastest way to obtain the title, but if you have a party of all players you can make more money than you lose in keys.
  • Outside of Boreal Station, there are up to three chests that take less than two minutes to get to. It does not necessarily have the best drops but it is a quick way of moving this title along, slightly faster than Fronis or Witman's.
  • Fronis Irontoe's Lair (accessed via Kilroy Stonekin in Gunnar's Hold) has a chest that can be reached in a minute or less, especially when Kilroy uses his "Kilroy Stonekin" skill.
  • Raisu Palace (explorable area) will always hold exactly 5 chests. Ideally, a full run will take about 5 minutes. This can be a difficult run because of all the Shiroken enemies, however the payoff can be great, with Oni Blades and Golden Phoenix Blades having a chance to drop.
  • Farming Golden Eggs during Easter events can be an extremely rapid method of gaining points.

[edit] Notes

  • Treasures found in Nightfall, Hidden Treasures found in Eye of the North dungeons, and reward chests found after completing elite missions and Eye of the North dungeons do not contribute to this title since they do not require keys.
  • Using Zaishen Keys will not contribute toward this title.
  • The salvage bonus from this title stacks with the similar bonus from the Wisdom title track.
  • This title was changed into an account-wide title in the 13 November 2008 update
  • This title indirectly contributes to the Wisdom title. A chest often drops an unidentified gold item. This chance is higher for more expensive chests.

[edit] Trivia

Titles
Core Cartographer • Drunkard • Guardian • Maxed Titles • Party Animal • Protector • Skill Hunter • Survivor • Sweet Tooth • Vanquisher
Prophecies Legendary Defender of Ascalon
Nightfall Lightbringer • Sunspear
Eye of the North Asura • Deldrimor • Ebon Vanguard • Master of the North • Norn
All campaigns Legendary Cartographer • Legendary Guardian • Legendary Skill Hunter • Legendary Vanquisher
Account titles
Core Champion • Codex • Gamer • Gladiator • Hero • Lucky • Treasure Hunter • Unlucky • Wisdom • Zaishen
Factions Kurzick • Luxon
Nightfall,
Eye of the North 		Commander
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